Devapriya Nayak (Debu) was born in West Bengal, India, and began learning tabla at the age of three from his grandfather, Chaudhury Kausalya Nandan, who…
Artist Profiles: Debu Nayak
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Artist Profiles: Sharda Sahai
Sharda Sahai began his study of tabla at an early age from his father, the late Pandit Bhagvati Sahai. Following his father’s demise in 1946,…
Artist Profiles: Trilok Gurtu
A renowned master musician and composer, Trilok Gurtu has been at the forefront of innovative musical collaborations for the past years. The son of one…
Artist Profiles: Subhankar Banerjee
Subhankar Banerjee is a tabla virtuoso from Kolkata (Calcutta), who has been on the concert circuit since he was sixteen and has performed regularly with…
Artist Profiles: Subhrangshu Chakraborty
Subhrangshu Chakraborty, tabla artist, started his musical run when he just age of six. His first guru Provas Kumar taught him in the farukha style.…
Artist Profiles: Shailendra Mishra
Shailendra Mishra is an award-winning Indian Tabla player who performs jugalbandi concerts of North &South Styles of Indian music as well as fusion music. He…
Artist Profiles: Sanju Sahai
Sanju Sahai, also known as Vishnu, is currently one of the finest and most sought after tabla players. He is the direct descendant of Pandit…
Artist Profiles: Samir Chatterjee
Pandit Samir Chatterjee studied tabla initially with Amalesh Chatterjee, and later with Shyamal Bose, so that he is able to combine the styles of both…
Artist Profiles: Rajnarayan Bhattacharya
Early on Rajnarayan Bhattacharya received encouragement from his mother Smt. Nilima Bhattacharya, a disciple of Pt. Ramesh Bandopadhyay of Vishnupur Gharana, and started his musical…
Artist Profiles: Masit Khan
The late Ustad Masit Khan, was the unparalleled tabla maestro of his time and practically performed with all the top musicians, such as Ustad Fayyaz…