n this brilliant solo performance from Darbar Festival 2017, tabla exponent Supreet Deshpande provides glimpses of a motley styles of tabla playing through age-old compositions and his own brainstorming and ‘taleem’ (learning) in a rhythmic cycle of 16 beats or Teental. He is accompanied by Milin...

In this brilliant solo performance from Darbar Festival 2017, tabla exponent Supreet Deshpande provides glimpses of a motley styles of tabla playing through age-old compositions and his own brainstorming and ‘taleem’ (learning) in a rhythmic cycle of 16 beats or Teental. He is accompanied by Mili...

Considered the greatest master of tabla accompaniment for the ghazal genre, Khan uniquely invented a new tabla soundscape or trademark style for the 6 and 8 beat rhythmic cycles and in doing so he became a global sensation and trendsetter. Khan’s ability to maximise tension and release during his...

This short tabla solo was filmed and recorded live in Mulshi, Maharashtra in the colonnaded patio of a sprawling farmhouse. Tabla virtuoso Supreet Deshpande packs in power and precision in this three-and-a-half-minute solo bringing home, the crisp dexterity of the Farukhabad gharana which he chie...

A sublime tabla solo by the fantastic Pandit Yogesh Samsi from the 2013 Darbar Festival

A thunderous tabla solo by the sublime Pandit Subhankar Banerjee from the 2014 Darbar Festival

Talwalkar tabla playing has created a unique signature sound from the musical rhythmic patterns to lightning speed virtuoso improvisations and compositions – a true master of the tabla at the top of his creative musical ability and power. He learnt his art from his father, the legendary Pandit Su...

Rayatt performs a thunderous solo in a 16-beat cycle (teentaal) keeping the temperament predisposed to highlighting the richness of the compositions and tukdas in between. There is consistency in his restrained but powerful playing throughout the concert. As he delivers one after the other compos...

Bhupinder Chaggar plays a dynamic teentaal table solo in the Benares style with Ajoy Joglekar keeping the nagma on the harmonium. He learnt his art from Pandit Sharda Sahai (1935 - 2011) who is the direct descendant of Pandit Ram Sahai (1780–1826) the founder of this unique gharana. Chaggar has m...

An impromptu tabla solo recorded in between the sound check of a concert with Pandit Kushal Das. Following almost three years of renovations, Queen Elizabeth Hall reopened on Monday 9 April 2018. The cultural landmark opens with world class, environmentally-improved new facilities for audiences a...

Playing a tabla solo at the Darbar Festival was not just another concert for Gurdain Rayatt. There sat an intimidating array of artists in the front row of King’s Place, London including Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar. They were all Darbar’s artist line-up for the year 2011, senior and acclaime...

Surdarshan Chana’s tabla solo is sublime and shows varied textures and moods – a reflection of the artist’s years of exposure to authentic Punjab and Benares baaj and his experience as a cross-over artist performing with various genres. But despite the occasional deviation in his career from trad...

In this beautiful recital from 2010, Satyajit Talwalkar introduces his solo performance with an intricate composition over a 16-beat rhythmic cycle of Teental. Thereafter, he raises the tempo slightly and plays more compositions, embellishing them with tukdas and mohras and executes relas of grea...