He was undergoing treatment at a hospital in San Francisco.

Hussain, who is known for taking tabla to the global stage, is a four-time Grammy winner.

Earlier this year, he won three Grammys during the 66th edition of the musical award.

In his career, he has worked with several major Indian and international artists like English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and percussionist TH Vikku Vinayakram, among others.

Hussain is the son of legendary tabla player Allah Rakha.  Zakir was a child prodigy who began his professional career at the age of 12, accompanying India’s greatest classical musicians and dancers and touring internationally extensively by the age of 18.

In his illustrious career that spanned decades, Zakir Hussain was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023, by the Government of India.

In 1999, the Tabla maestro was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians.

As a composer, he scored music for numerous feature films, major events and productions. He has composed three concertos, and his third, the first-ever concerto for tabla and orchestra, was premiered in India in September, 2015, by the Symphony Orchestra of India, premiered in Europe and the UK in 2016, and in the USA in April, 2017, by the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center.

He used to conduct many workshops and lectures each year. He was in residence at Princeton University and Stanford University, and, in 2015, was appointed Regents Lecturer at UCBerkeley.

His yearly workshop in the San Francisco Bay Area, conducted for the past 30 years, has become a widely anticipated event for performers and serious students of tabla.

He is the founder and president of Moment Records, an independent record label presenting rare live concert recordings of Indian classical music and world music.

Zakir was resident artistic director at SFJazz from 2013 until 2016, and was honored with SF Jazz’s Lifetime Achievement Award on January 18, 2017, in recognition of his “unparalleled contribution to the world of music”.