Festival of Tabla

The Festival of Tabla is a premier festival in SoCal showcasing young and upcoming artists as well as renowned maestros. The schedule is as follows - SAT, AUG 22 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM FOT Introduction FOT Introduction by Mona Kotecha 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tabla Trio Tabla: Tanishq Iyer + Mahadevan Iyer + Rishabh Bendre Sarangi Nagma: Chirag Dixit 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM Sitar Solo by Avichal Jha Sitar: Avichal Jha | Tabla: Ojas Bhargave 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Documentary - 'From Africa to India: Sidi Music in the Indian Ocean Diaspora' Documentary Film by Amy Catlin followed by Q&A 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM Tabla Solo by Jim Santi Owen Tabla Solo: Jim Santi Owen | Sarangi: Pt. Pankaj Misra 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Tihais Simplified for any Taal by Leonice Shinneman Tabla workshop by Leonice Shinneman 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Bansuri Solo by Aditya Sutar Bansuri Solo: Aditya Sutar | Tabla: Ravi Venugopalan 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Traditional Sri Lankan Drums and Dance by SandaWaruna Drums: Waruna Hemachandra | Dance: Sandani Sulochani | accompanied by Gunindu (Guni) Abeysekera 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Maxton Hunter & Friends Maxton Hunter - Acoustic Guitar & Sitar | Ginger Rose - Harp | Soulnate - Keyboard & Harmonium | Miles Shrewsbery - Tabla 2:25 PM - 2:35 PM FOT Short - Leonice Shinneman - Coconuts Solo 2:25 PM - 3:05 PM Qaida: Demystifying Tabla Improvisation by Ravi Deo Tabla workshop by Ravi Deo accompanied by Pandit Pankaj Mishra on Sarangi 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Harmonium Duet by Sagar Deshpande & Anish Dharam Harmonium Duet: Sagar Deshpande & Anish Dharam | Tabla: Varenya Sastry 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM Mharo Pranam: A Tribute to Vidushi Lakshmi Shankar and the Enduring Legacy of Patiala Gharana Workshop by Vidushi Sudakshina Alagia 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Jori Solo by Mehar-Jot Singh Sagoo Jori Solo: Mehar-Jot Singh Sagoo | Sarangi: Pratyush Goberdhan 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CHAI TIME 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM What Remains - An English Play Written and Directed by Pawan Janakiram | Cast: MK Sathya, Sohani Pawan | Musicians: Sushman Kashyap - Vocal, Pratyush Goberdhan - Violin, Prafulla Athalye - Tabla, Avichal Jha - Sitar 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Kathak Dance by Rukhmani Mehta Rukhmani Mehta - Kathak | Pandit Pankaj Mishra - Sarangi | Jayanta Banerjee - Sitar | Salar Nader - Tabla 5:40 PM - 5:50 PM FOT Short - Waruna Hemachandra - Thammattama Drum Solo Waruna Hemachandra - Thammattama Drum Solo 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Vocal Performance by Rigved Barve Vocal: Rigved Barve | Tabla: Hriday Buddhdev | Harmonium: Aryan Prakash 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM DINNER 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM Mridangam Solo - Ashvath Karthik Ashvath Karthik - Mridangam 8:15 PM - 9:45 PM Grand Finale - Ustad Tari Khan Tabla Solo: Ustad Tari Khan | Santoor: Kamaljeet Ahluwalia SUN, AUG 23 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM FOT Introduction 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Raga Meditation by Jimmy Sudekum Jimmy Sudekum - Rudra Veena 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Beyond Yoga by Bharat Maru Bharat Maru 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM FOT Short - David Neptune - Takeda Drum Solo David Neptune - Takeda Drum Solo 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Vocal Performance by Vidushi Sudakshina Alagia Vocal: Vidushi Sudakshina Alagia | Tabla: Rohit Panchakshari | Harmonium: Aryan Prakash 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Indian Melodic Concepts for Saxophone Improvisation by Michael Morera Michael Morera - Saxophone 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Inside the Guru Shishya Parampara by Rukhmani Mehta Rukhmani Mehta 1:45 PM - 1:55 PM FOT Short - Empire Beats - Chenda Drumming Sreejith Kanhirangadan, Rajiv Kuzhupillil, Rachana Mathradan, Dhanya Rajiv, Deepti Nair, Anand Kumar Nair 2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Carnatic Violin Solo by Arun Ramamurthi Violin Solo: Arun Ramamurthi | Mridangam: Aditya Ganesh | Kanjira: Vivek Chellappa 2:25 PM - 3:05 PM Mapping Bols on the Body: Making Indian Rhythms Accessible Through Body Percussion by Jim Santi Owen Jim Santi Owen 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Tabla Solo by Tejas Venkateswaran Tabla Solo: Tejas Venkateswaran | Sarangi: Pratyush Goberdhan 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM Her Voice - Women Composers in Hindustani Music by Srivani Jade Srivani Jade - Vocal | Anish Dharam - Harmonium | Rohit Panchakshari - Tabla | Avichal Jha - Sitar 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Vocal Performance by Saneyee Bhattacharjee Vocal: Saneyee Bhattacharjee | Tabla: Prafulla Athalye | Harmonium: Aryan Prakash 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Chai Time 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Tabla Solo by Rimpa Siva Tabla Solo: Rimpa Siva | Sarangi: Pt. Pankaj Mishra 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Hearing Listening - Sravanum Srithiyum - Technology Assisted Immersion and Accessibility in Indian Performing Arts Rishabh Kaushik | Nivrritii (Nivi) Mahesh 5:40 PM - 6:10 PM Sarod Solo by Hriday Buddhdev Sarod Solo: Hriday Buddhdev | Tabla: Sarang Majmudar 6:20 PM - 6:30 PM FOT Short - Abhi Patel - Djembe Solo Abhi Patel - Djembe | Chirag Dixit - Sarangi 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM Dinner 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Grand Finale - Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Tabla Solo: Pandit Anindo Chatterjee | Sarangi: Suhail Yusuf Khan