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Ustad Zakir Hussain on performing on-stage and his reunion with Shakti
Updated On: 12 December, 2022 11:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
As Shakti, the famed fusion band, prepares for its 50th anniversary next month, Ustad Zakir Hussain shares about the year ahead
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Zakir Hussain
Mention his name, and the first image that flashes through your mind is that of nimble fingers dancing on the edge of a tabla. Having arrived in India in December, Padma Bhushan-awardee Ustad Zakir Hussain is busy with a line-up of schedules stretching into the New Year, including the much-awaited Shakti reunion tour.
Ask him about the experience of being on tour, and Hussain says, “The entire atmosphere of performing compositions in front of a live audience and knowing their response immediately is a different kind of high.” For a performer who has accompanied greats such as the late George Harrison, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar, that feels like a modest statement. He adds, “The general energy and response of the audience gives me encouragement to raise the bar with each passing concert.”
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