Zakir Hussain is one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians. Zakir was a child prodigy who began his professional career at the age of 12. Blessed with a lineage of five generations of sitar players, Niladri Kumar is a world-renowned global icon. He is hailed as one of the serious exponents of Indian music and has an uncanny ability to make this music appealing to youth and audiences at large.
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