{"id":132366,"date":"2024-12-16T07:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=132366"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:13:39","slug":"heartfelt-farewell-to-legendary-tabla-maestro-ustad-zakir-hussains-legacy-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=132366","title":{"rendered":"Heartfelt Farewell to Legendary Tabla Maestro: Ustad Zakir Hussain\u2019s Legacy Lives On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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R<\/span>enowned tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on December 15 in the United States at the age of 73, following a two-week battle with heart and lung complications in the ICU. His death marks the end of an illustrious musical journey that transcended boundaries, cultures, and generations, leaving an enduring legacy honored by fans and personalities worldwide.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Heartfelt Farewell to Legendary Tabla Maestro: Ustad Zakir Hussain\u2019s Legacy Lives On<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tributes have flooded social media, highlighting his universal impact on music. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia<\/a> expressed his condolences on X, emphasizing that Hussain\u2019s music spoke a \u201cuniversal language\u201d and that his rhythm will \u201cecho in our hearts forever.\u201d Industrialist Harsh Goenka also penned a heartfelt tribute, recalling Hussain\u2019s global influence and personal connection through performances at his home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Ustad Zakir Hussain was celebrated with numerous accolades. He was honored with India\u2019s prestigious Padma awards: the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023. In 2009, he received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album for his collaboration on the \u201cGlobal Drum Project\u201d with Mickey Hart and Giovanni Hidalgo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ustad Zakir Hussain\u2019s contributions to music have left an indelible mark, making him a cherished icon whose rhythmic genius will be remembered for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Renowned tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on December 15 in the United States at the age of 73, following a two-week battle with heart and lung complications in the ICU. His death marks the end of an illustrious musical journey that transcended boundaries, cultures, and generations, leaving an enduring legacy honored by fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[37680,37696,37678,37687,37677,37671,37688,37669,37685,37694,37684,37673,37683,37690,37681,37670,37672,37695,37689,37679,37675,18488,37676,37691,37668,37682,33237,37693,37667,37686,37674,37666,37692],"class_list":["post-132366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertrainment","tag-cultural-impact","tag-enduring-legacy","tag-global-drum-project","tag-global-influence","tag-grammy-award-winner","tag-heart-and-lung-complications","tag-heartfelt-tributes","tag-indian-classical-music","tag-indian-music-legends","tag-indian-percussionist","tag-influential-musicians","tag-jyotiraditya-scindia","tag-music-accolades","tag-music-history","tag-music-icon","tag-music-legacy","tag-music-tributes","tag-musical-collaborations","tag-musical-contributions","tag-musical-journey","tag-padma-bhushan","tag-padma-shri","tag-padma-vibhushan","tag-renowned-musicians","tag-renowned-tabla-player","tag-rhythmic-genius","tag-social-media-tributes","tag-tabla-maestro","tag-tabla-virtuoso","tag-timeless-music","tag-universal-language-of-music","tag-ustad-zakir-hussain","tag-ustad-zakir-hussain-memorial"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}