NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music ...

He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences. Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical ...

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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain are classical Indian music gurus. Both musicians are arguably the most accomplished musicians of their kind, not just India, but the world. On April 7 at ...

Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya celebrates 100 years of shaping India's music legacy, producing acclaimed artists in ...

Grammy-nominated santoor maestro Rahul Sharma believes music is more than performance; it is a spiritual journey. Speaking to ...

Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and rhythms in Western classical music. Host Scott Yoo then ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Did you know that for nearly two weeks in April every year, Cleveland is the home to the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India? Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival draws ...

The 10th Bhimaanjali, the annual pre-dawn convocation of Indian classical music held in reverent homage to Bharatratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, reached a luminous milestone on December 6, 2025, at Ravindra ...

Music transcends barriers, connecting people across the globe through a universal language. Anupam Shobhakar, an Indian-American musician based in New York, embodies this philosophy by seamlessly ...

For many Western audiences, the music of India means one thing: the sitar. But Indian classical music involves more than that stringed instrument, as versatile as it is. Showing the richness of Indian ...

Subramanian is a technology executive and classic music teacher. She lives in Carmel Valley. One of my earliest childhood memories is of listening to and learning the South Indian classical music ...