Biography

Keshab Kanti Chowdhury is a professional tabla artist and percussionist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. An internationally acclaimed versatile percussionist, he is India’s leading exponent of tabla. Keshab has performed at many concerts in India and abroad with most distinguished musicians under the aegis of ICCR (Govt of India), UNESCO, Ritmo Vital (Spain), Bienal de Flamenco (Spain), ISKCON, Neemrana Music Foundation (France), Moscow Conservatoire, Boheme Jazz, Minsk Jazz Festival (Belarus), The Riga Oriental Music Center (Latvia), Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, and Africa. He is the disciple of Ustad Chamma Khan, the great tabla wizard of the Delhi Gharana. Initially, he learnt from Guru Pt Milan Chhetri, a disciple of renowned tabla maestro Ustad Afaque Hussain Khan of Lucknow Gharana, and Pt Rangnath Mishra of Banaras Gharana. The rolling thunderous cadence of his drums with a quick turn of his style from soft passage to brisk movements weaving intricate rhythmic patterns and a wonderful mathematical art of juggling in kaleidoscopic patterns within the ring of the time cycle have been greatly admired by the audience on several platforms. His aesthetic perception, virtuosity, and elation have given his playing a fine and unique character.