GUWAHATI: Indian music composer and iconic tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain became the first Indian to win three Grammy awards in one night yesterday on Sunday, February 4 at the awards ceremony held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The music maestro won Grammy awards for Best Global Music Performance for Pashto and for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the album As We Speak, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia alongside American musicians Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer.
The album ‘This Moment’ by fusion band Shakti, featuring Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan and English composer John McLaughlin won the Grammy for Best Global Music Album, making the former the first Indian to win three Grammys in one night.
“.... and Ustad Zakhir Hussain, the living legend creates history by winning 3 Grammys in one night!!! Rakesh Chaurasia wins 2!! This is a great year for India at the Grammys.. and I am blessed to witness it,” the three time Grammy award winner Ricky Kej stated on X.
The 66th annual Grammy awards was a momentous occasion for Indian music as three Indian musicians, including Shankar Mahadevan, Rakesh Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain, won big in the star-studded evening.
