Professor Pandit Swapan Siva is a renowned tabla maestro and educator from Kolkata, deeply rooted in the Farrukhabad gharana. As a disciple of Ustad Karamatullah Khan, he began his musical journey early, immersing...
Rimpa Siva (b. 1986) is one of India’s most celebrated female tabla prodigies, hailing from a musical lineage rooted in the Farukhabad gharana. Taught by her father, Prof. Swapan Siva, she displayed remarkable...
Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (born 1948, Chembur, Mumbai) hails from a musical Keertankar family with early exposure to devotional performance traditions. He began tabla training under his father, Dattatray Talwalkar, and later advanced his craft...
Sukhdeep Dhanjal is an eminent UK-based tabla player, and son-in-law to Bhai Gurmeet Singh Virdee, in whose memory Darbar Festival was founded. He has performed at WOMAD, Reading Festival, and the BBC,...
“I focus on the first Dha which will compel you to listen to the tabla!” Pandit Subhankar Banerjee. Note: Dha is a syllable in the spoken language of tabla created by playing...
The Tabla is one of the most iconic percussion instruments in Indian classical music, known for its rhythmic complexity and expressive tonal range. It consists of two drums—the smaller dayan (played with...
1976 In a Southall ravaged by fascist attacks, the unassuming Ramgharia Sabha Southall sits nestled on Oswald Street, amid flickering kaleidoscopic images of British-Asian duality. ‘Little India’, they call it, but the...
Himmet’s musical journey began at the young age of 5, with formal Tabla training from Ustaad Harkirat Singh Rayatt. Between the ages of 6 and 20 years old, Himmet attended annual Chakardar...
Jasdeep is one of the few jorī players in the world, having trained under the renowned Shri Sukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ and currently receiving further mentorship from esteemed Tabla maestro Pt. Yogesh Samsi....
Vinod Lele, hailing from the illustrious Banaras gharana of tabla playing and mentored by the esteemed Kashinath Khandekar, boasts a rich musical journey. Alongside his Sangeet Praveen degree from the Prayag Sangeet...