ARTISTS

Pandit Omkar Gulvady is one of our most senior artists at the Festival of Tabla 2022.

THIS PERFORMANCE IS CANCELLED. David Trasoff is a senior disciple of the late maestro Ali Akbar Khan.

Saili Oak
A finalist on the popular reality TV series “Zee Marathi SaReGaMaPa,” Saili is a senior disciple of Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, a leading vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Pranav Ghatraju began his training in Tabla at the Learnquest Academy of Music under Dr. Nishikant Sonwalker when he was 5 years old.

Gregg attended CalArts as an Ahmanson Scholar, completing a BFA (‘77) and MFA (’79) in World Music Performance with specialization in the classical music of India.

Award-Winning Guitarist Dave Cipriani is one of the few advanced exponents of Indian Slide Guitar in America.

Aakash Pujara is an Indian Classical flautist. He began his musical journey with Tabla training at the age of 8 from the Late Pandit Ravi Bellare, after which he went on to learn Tabla with Shri Hemant Ekbote.

Ted Morano began learning Sitar in 1981 from Vasant Rai in New York City.

Sarang is born into a musical family and started receiving tabla lessons from a young age of 5 years old from Jyoti Prakas and Abhijit Banerjee.

Eric Carroll grew up a multi-instrumentalist, focusing on primarily saxophone, bass, and guitar.

Rachana Pillai is a tabla player, a Bharatnatyam dancer, electronic music producer, dj, and educational neuroscientist.

Shivam has been learning tabla since the age of 6.

The poignant sound of the Sarangi has always had me spellbound.

Aakriti Maske is a resident of Redlands and is a flute player.

Since the age of 12, Sahar Farooqui has dabbled in violin, harmonium, and classical Indian music theory.

Sagar is a high school freshman and loves coding, technology, and robotics. He has been learning Tabla for the past 4 years with his great guruji Rupesh Kotecha.

Shyam showed interest in tabla from a young age and regularly liked to listen and play around with the tabla at his Thatha’s house.

Surdarshan Singh (Sunny) is a young, masterful Tabla & Jori player who started learning music at the tender age of 4.

Debasish Chaudhuri is one of the most sought after and acclaimed tabla teacher and player from Kolkata, India.

Shri Hemant Ekbote was introduced to tabla at the tender age of six.

Jef Feldman (Pakhawaj) studied for 12 years with Pt. Taranath Rao.

Narayan is a performer and teacher in the art of tabla playing.

Prahlad has had a passion for Indian Classical music from a young age and started learning Sitar during his High School days in India.

Shubha Chandramouli, a disciple of Sri. Poovalur Srinivasan, is an accomplished artist in the field of Carnatic music.

Shivam started learning tabla at the age of 7 from Shri Hemant Ekbote in Irvine.

Geet learns Sarangi from her father Shri Pankaj Mishra since June 2020.

George Koller is a bassist, producer, composer, multi instrumentalist and promoter of jazz, world and folk music.

Gabe Noel is a musician from Chicago, who has called Los Angeles home since 2003.

Makheer Singh is a 16 year old high school Junior who plays the Dilruba.

Lavina Shahani is a resident of Long Beach, CA and is a tabla player.

Yadira Pascault Orozco is a resident of the city of Los Angeles and is a sitar player.

Ahilan Hatti is a rising junior at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. He initially started training on santoor at the age of seven with Rupesh Kotecha, and is currently a disciple Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya

Vocal Disciple of Yamuna Kadekodi.

Dharini Desai is born into a family of Bharatanatyam and Gujarati folk dancers.

Sarangi artist Pankaj Mishra born into a lineage of exceptional family of musicians, the son of Sri Satyanarayan Mishra, Grandson of Pt. Mahadeo Prasad Mishra, and great-grandson of Sarangi Virtuoso Pt. Saraju Prasad Mishra.

Prasad Upasani is a Hindustani Vocal Classical musician, teacher and performer, who is also a talented software IT professional.

Dancer and percussionist Jin Won is a one-of-a-kind artist in Indian
performing arts who explores the sonic and visual possibilities of rhythm
through dance and music.

Musician and music educator Peter Fagiola is a multi-instrumentalist who focuses on the North Indian pakhawaj, marimba, piano, and Western percussion.

Leonice Shinneman is recognized as the foremost American disciple of the legendary North Indian tabla and pakhawaj master Pandit Taranath Rao.

Rohan Ramanan is a vocalist and oboist from Orange County, CA.

Ravindra Deo is an award-winning tabla artist and original music composer for dance, game, theater, and film.

Aayush Savdekar, 15 years, is a young Indian Classical Tabla artist and has been learning tabla as a disciple of Guru Shri.

Dani Ekbote has been learning tabla from his father, Shri Hemant Ekbote, since he was born, having studied both the Delhi and Ajrada gharanas.

Pratyush Goberdhan grew up around Hindustani classical learning from grandfather the late Prof. Hari Shanker Adesh and his mother Smt. Surabhi Adesh primarily doing vocal and violin.

Siona Bhasme is a tabla player and vocalist from Glendale, CA.

Chirag Dixit is a student of Pankaj Mishra of the Banaras Gharana.

Priya Majethia, a resident of Tampa, Florida is a sitar player, pianist and vocalist.

For Meena Patil, music journey started with classical vocal music at an early age before she discovered the fascinating world of Sitar.

Akash is a high school senior and has been learning Hindustani Classical music for the past 4 years.

Budding artist, Varenya Sastry, is a student of Sri Anjaneya Sastry.