The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai is bringing together more than 50 artistes from India and around the world for a two-day celebration of Ustad Zakir Hussain. The festival, titled Maestro Forever: A Tribute to Zakir Hussain, will run across multiple NCPA venues from 9 am onward on both days.

The programme includes morning Hindustani classical recitals, evening concerts by family and long-time collaborators, film screenings by Sumantra Ghosal and a photography exhibition by Dayanita Singh. Performers include Ajoy Chakrabarty, Amjad Ali Khan with Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, Rakesh Chaurasia, Selvaganesh, Vijay Ghate, Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, Shankar Mahadevan and members of the extended Shakti family.

Zakir Hussain’s wife, Antonia Minnecola, said the gathering ha

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