Rajen Sukhadia & Robin Sukhadia | Teentaal Tabla Duet | 2012 video

Rajen Sukhadia and Robin Sukhadia perform a tabla duet in Teentaal (16 beat cycle) at an event organized by www.sarodsitar.com on January 12, 2012. Sri Gaurang Doshi facilitated the event. "This was the first time we played tabla classically together together for an audience. learning the same material and presenting it together. He has played such an important role in my development as a musician and human being, and it was an honor to share the stage with him. Here, we start with a kaida taught to him by his Guru, Gaurang Doshi, and I end with a kaida taught to me by my Guru, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri." Photographs by Neelanjana Banerjee About the artists: Rajen Sukhadia Rajen began his musical training in vocal and tabla at the at the age of eleven in Mehemedabad, Gujarat. He began his studies with Sri Raghubhai Pahadwala of the Ajrada Gharana, and then continued his vocal training with Srimati Kumudani Rathore of the Maihar Gharana. At present, he is studying tabla with Sri Gaurang Doshi, who is a sarode exponent of the Maihar Gharana. For the past 15 years, Rajen has been teaching north Indian classical vocal and tabla in the greater Greensboro North Carolina area. Robin Sukhadia A Master in Fine Arts graduate from the World Music program at the California Institute of the Arts, Robin Sukhadia is a disciple of tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Robin's special focus on the musical traditions and rhythms of south Asia informs his approach to musical arrangement and ...