Pandit Ronu Majumdar, one of India’s most famous flute gamers, expressed profound sorrow and heartfelt admiration for the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who handed away in San Francisco on Monday. In an interplay with ETimes, Majumdar said that the information of Hussain’s demise had left the music world in a state of shock. He was quoted as saying that it was an unlucky and heartbreaking second, including that he discovered it troublesome to course of the loss. Majumdar described Hussain as the brightest star in the music world, whose gentle had now pale.
He talked about that he had maintained cordial relations with Zakir Hussain and his household, noting that Hussain’s youngest brother, Taufiq, had been his childhood good friend. Recalling his skilled relationship with Hussain, Majumdar shared that that they had collaborated on two extremely profitable albums and several other films. Majumdar additionally mirrored on Hussain’s humanity and kindness, stating that these qualities would all the time stay with him. He recalled how Hussain handled him as an equal, as if that they had been taking part in collectively for years. Referring to Hussain as his musical alter-ego, Majumdar talked about their collaboration on widespread albums like ‘Ethereal Rhythms’ and ‘Heart to Heart’.
He recounted his first expertise working with Hussain in 1996, describing how Hussain’s distinctive taking part in had made it look like that they had an everlasting musical connection. Majumdar added that Hussain had been a bigger-than-life persona, far past anybody’s comprehension. Hussain’s household confirmed his demise early Monday morning, clarifying earlier conflicting experiences about his well being. He was 73 and had succumbed to issues arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Born in 1951, Hussain was celebrated as one of the world’s most completed musicians. He had been hospitalized for 2 weeks and later admitted to the ICU as his situation worsened. Hussain’s illustrious profession earned him quite a few accolades, together with the Padma Shri in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Vibhushan in 2023. He additionally received 4 Grammy Awardsthree of which he obtained earlier this 12 months at the 66th Grammy Awards.
