Zakir Hussain (tabla maestro), Soumik Datta (sarod player), Asin Khan Langa and Dilshad Khan (Sarangi players) are the four Indian winners out of fifteen from across the world to be awarded by the Geneva based AKDN Foundation this year.
2022 Aga Khan Music Award
Published by: Team GI Youth
Published on 14, Nov 2022
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