ARTISTS
Omkar Gulvady
Tabla
Pandit Omkar Gulvady is one of our most senior artists at the Festival of Tabla 2022.
David Trasoff
Sarod
THIS PERFORMANCE IS CANCELLED. David Trasoff is a senior disciple of the late maestro Ali Akbar Khan.
Saili Oak
Vocalist
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
Tabla
Pranav Ghatraju began his training in Tabla at the Learnquest Academy of Music under Dr. Nishikant Sonwalker when he was 5 years old.
Dave Cipriani
Slide Guitar
Award-Winning Guitarist Dave Cipriani is one of the few advanced exponents of Indian Slide Guitar in America.
Gregg Johnson
Pakhawaj
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.
Ted Morano
Harmonium
Ted Morano began learning Sitar in 1981 from Vasant Rai in New York City.
Ravi Deo
Tabla
Ravindra Deo is an award-winning tabla artist and original music composer for dance, game, theater, and film.
Priya Majethia
Sitar
Priya Majethia, a resident of Tampa, Florida is a sitar player, pianist and vocalist.
Rachana Pillai
Tabla
Rachana Pillai is a tabla player, a Bharatnatyam dancer, electronic music producer, dj, and educational neuroscientist.
Dani Ekbote
Tabla
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
Sarangi
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.
Sahar Farooqui Khundmiri
Sitar
Since the age of 12, Sahar Farooqui has dabbled in violin, harmonium, and classical Indian music theory.
Sagar Shah
Tabla
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 Dore
Tabla
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 Chana
Jori
Surdarshan Singh (Sunny) is a young, masterful Tabla & Jori player who started learning music at the tender age of 4.
Debasish Chaudhuri
Tabla
Debasish Chaudhuri is one of the most sought after and acclaimed tabla teacher and player from Kolkata, India.
Leonice Shinneman
Pakhawaj
Leonice Shinneman is recognized as the foremost American disciple of the legendary North Indian tabla and pakhawaj master Pandit Taranath Rao.
Peter Fagiola
Pakhawaj
Musician and music educator Peter Fagiola is a multi-instrumentalist who focuses on the North Indian pakhawaj, marimba, piano, and Western percussion.
Aakash Pujara
Flute
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.
Bharadwaj Vellore Ramesh
Sarangi
The poignant sound of the Sarangi has always had me spellbound.
George Koller
Sarangi
George Koller is a bassist, producer, composer, multi instrumentalist and promoter of jazz, world and folk music.
Yadira Pascault Orozco
Sitar
Yadira Pascault Orozco is a resident of the city of Los Angeles and is a sitar player.
Ahilan Hatti
Santoor
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
Dharini Desai
Bharatanatyam
Dharini Desai is born into a family of Bharatanatyam and Gujarati folk dancers.
Pankaj Mishra
Sarangi
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
Vocalist
Prasad Upasani is a Hindustani Vocal Classical musician, teacher and performer, who is also a talented software IT professional.
Jin Won
Tabla
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.
Prahlad Chudasama
Sitar
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
Mridangam
Shubha Chandramouli, a disciple of Sri. Poovalur Srinivasan, is an accomplished artist in the field of Carnatic music.
Shivam Sudame
Tabla
Shivam started learning tabla at the age of 7 from Shri Hemant Ekbote in Irvine.
Aayush Savdekar
Tabla
Aayush Savdekar, 15 years, is a young Indian Classical Tabla artist and has been learning tabla as a disciple of Guru Shri.
Sarang Majmudar
Tabla
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
Sarangi
Eric Carroll grew up a multi-instrumentalist, focusing on primarily saxophone, bass, and guitar.
Gabe Noel
Sarangi
Gabe Noel is a musician from Chicago, who has called Los Angeles home since 2003.
Meena Patil
Sitar
For Meena Patil, music journey started with classical vocal music at an early age before she discovered the fascinating world of Sitar.
Akash Shah
Harmonium
Akash is a high school senior and has been learning Hindustani Classical music for the past 4 years.
