Festival of Tabla 2022 - Surdarshan Chana | Pandit Pankaj Mishra

Surdarshan Chana presents a Jori solo in 12 beats accompanied on Sarangi by Pankaj Mishra

Surdarshan Chana
Surdarshan Singh (Sunny) is a young, masterful Tabla & Jori player who started learning music at the tender age of 4. He started learning Jori-Pakhawaj and tabla from Punjab Grandmaster Ajit Singh Matlashi and then went on to learn from Ustad Gurmeet Singh Virdee. After receiving a solid foundation and feel of the Punjab Gharana and its various Pakhawaj styles, Surdarshan went on to learn from the legendary Shiri Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari for 14 years. He vigorously learned and practiced the fierce Benares Gharana style of tabla, while keeping his Punjabi Baaj of Jori- Pakhawaj very much alive. Surdarshan Singh received his degree in Classical Music and is now an enthralling soloist. He performs nationally and internationally accompanying maestros of international repute across the globe. He is also one of the leading accompanists and soloists in the UK.

He has students all over the world and is invited to play at some of the biggest Indian classical music festivals around the globe. He was recently invited to play at the Buckingham Palace to play a very rare percussive instrument called jori in the queens music room.

Pankaj Mishra
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, Pankaj was trained from an early age by the renowned Sarangi maestro Pt. Mahesh Prasad Mishra of the Benaras Gharana. His dance recital performances with Kathak exponent Padmabhushan Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt. Chitres Das, Pt. Vijay Shankar have been widely acclaimed. Vocal accompaniment with Padmabibhusan Girija Devi, Bidushi Purnima Chowdhury and others. He has performed for Hollywood movies and documentaries.


Sound: Rahul Parikh
Video: Anthony Ferrara & Team
Lighting / Screen: 3D Sounds

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