Zakir Hussain
Meets Berklee

2019 Signature Series at Berklee

Visiting Artist Zakir Hussain, Tabla and Percussion
Produced by Berklee India Exchange (BIX)
Managing Director ClintValladares

Artistic Director Annette Philip

Assistant Manager Rohith Jayaraman

Assistant Lydia Renold

"He's the kind of artist that comes around once in a lifetime. | think of him as one in a billion. His
presence has changed the face of music. The music sounds the way it does today because of him."
-Vijay lyer, Grammy Award-nominated composer, pianist, bandleader

"He's an effortless musician. He has this ability to be elegant while he’s playing the most mind-
boggling things I've ever heard.”
-Béla Fleck, 75-time Grammy Award-winning banjoist and composer

“They say that the universe has a rhythm—a divine rhythm. Without Zakir ji, we'd be missing so many
spiritual frequencies. Such beautiful elements of emotion come through his thythms. The world would
be incomplete without him."

-Shreya Ghoshal, internationally acclaimed, award-winning vocalist

"Everybody wants to play with Zakir. He's able to transcend cultures and national borders. He's amazing."
-Herbie Hancock, composer, pianist, bandleader