"Tabla Beyond Borders: Life, Spirit, and Rhythm with Ritesh Das"
Ritesh Das
17 episodes
2 months ago
I like to hear from you Tabla study is more than learning rhythms — it’s a complete training for attention, memory, timing, and pattern thinking. In this episode, I share what tabla is, how it’s learned through an oral tradition, and how speaking, playing, and listening work together to shape the mind. I talk about my own path from Kolkata to North America, the early challenges of introducing tabla to new audiences, and how years of collaboration with artists from taiko, flamenco, jazz...
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I like to hear from you Tabla study is more than learning rhythms — it’s a complete training for attention, memory, timing, and pattern thinking. In this episode, I share what tabla is, how it’s learned through an oral tradition, and how speaking, playing, and listening work together to shape the mind. I talk about my own path from Kolkata to North America, the early challenges of introducing tabla to new audiences, and how years of collaboration with artists from taiko, flamenco, jazz...
"Tabla Beyond Borders: Life, Spirit, and Rhythm with Ritesh Das"
21 minutes
11 months ago
Why I Started the Toronto Tabla Ensemble
I like to hear from youIn this inaugural episode, Ritesh Das takes listeners on a heartfelt journey into the origins of the Toronto Tabla Ensemble (TTE). Discover the vision and passion that led him to establish TTE in 1991, and how he set out to introduce and blend the art of tabla with diverse musical genres and cultures. At a time when few in Toronto, Canada, even knew what tabla was, forming an ensemble and building awareness posed significant challenges. Ritesh shares personal stories of...
"Tabla Beyond Borders: Life, Spirit, and Rhythm with Ritesh Das"
I like to hear from you Tabla study is more than learning rhythms — it’s a complete training for attention, memory, timing, and pattern thinking. In this episode, I share what tabla is, how it’s learned through an oral tradition, and how speaking, playing, and listening work together to shape the mind. I talk about my own path from Kolkata to North America, the early challenges of introducing tabla to new audiences, and how years of collaboration with artists from taiko, flamenco, jazz...
