Actor · Composer · Producer

Zakir Hussain

ज़ाकिर हुसैन (संगीतकार)

b. 9 March 1951, Mumbai · also credited as Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi

Ustad Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor who was based for much of his career in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience.