Nilan Chaudhuri has spent his life immersed in the tradition of Indian classical percussion. Initiated into Tabla at the age of five by his father, Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri, Nilan has performed as a Tabla soloist and accompanist for nearly twenty years. He’s shared the stage with some of Hindustani Classical Music’s greatest treasures, at venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Fillmore, Fox Theater, and San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, and The Kennedy Center. In addition to maintaining a busy performing schedule, Nilan teaches Tabla throughout the Bay Area privately and as a faculty member at the Ali Akbar College of Music, in San Rafael, and at Chitresh Das Institute, in San Mateo.