Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion

Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 7:00 PM

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall

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Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 7:00 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Renowned classical tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain captivates Washington Performing Arts audiences season after season with his dynamic, genre-defying programs and compelling collaborations. For the first time live in nearly a decade, Hussain presents his Masters of Percussion program with Washington Performing Arts, featuring a stage full of percussionists from around the world. Since 1996, this program has unearthed Indian folk and classical traditions to Western audiences and amplified the enthralling rhythm traditions of Hussain’s home country often mixed with Western influences. Masters of Percussion is a testament to Hussain’s lasting influence on global music, and further solidifies him as an international phenomenon.

This performance is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.

Our Partners

This event is also made possible through the generous support of Gordon and Lisa Rush.

Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.