Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Toronto Tabla Ensemble - Joyfully 7

Toronto TablaEnsemble’s new single

Toronto Tabla Ensemble presents ‘Raghupati’ a new single and music video. Ritesh Das, Founder and Artistic Director of the Ensemble reimagines a landscape of harmony, peace and unity. This song has great significance for Indians bringing sentiment to the unity encouraged by Mahatma Gandhi during the challenges of colonization during the 24 day long Salt March in 1930. This song is revived by the Ensemble bringing a new positive energy to the composition.   The track presents a synchronized collaboration with powerful vibrations of footwork from Kathak Dance, a compelling foundation of tabla percussion, resonating vocals, and the beginnings of melodic sarod instrument accompanied by the flute.  

Toronto Tabla Ensemble (TTE) presents an exciting new concert featuring classical Indian art forms and their contemporary arrangement in an ensemble format. They will present original compositions by artistic director Ritesh Das both from their recent album Bhumika as well as new works which will feature on upcoming recordings. The Ensemble’s innovation is to take a traditionally solo or accompaniment percussion instrument found in North Indian Classical Music and bring it to the centre of the stage through powerful collaboration with world music and dance forms. For this installment, they will be joined by guest Kathak dancer Labonee Mohanta and Odissi dancer Anindita Nanda who will present solos in their respective pure formats before joining the Ensemble with new choreography in an energetic meeting of rhythm, footwork, and movement. California-based mridangam player Sekhar Sarukkai will join TTE for the second time after making his debut at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in 2018.

#Torontotablaesnemble #worldmusic @tabla #Tablaschool #Tablatoronto #Tablacanada #Riteshdas

Thank you to Global Music Awards for this great honour and beautiful quote on the album!

Since 1991, the Ensemble has mesmerized audiences using the rhythms and grooves of North India to collaborate with music and dance from around the world. TTE follows this blueprint with its modern, high-energy approach. TTE’s repertoire has brought audiences to the edge of their seats by showcasing the complexity of pure traditional tabla augmented by South Indian percussion, Japanese taiko, and kathak dance to create a high energy stage presence. Founded by tabla master Ritesh Das, Toronto Tabla Ensemble has performed to sold-out audiences across Canada, USA, Australia and India. They were nominated for a JUNO Award for their album Firedance and their compositions have been licensed for commercials, films, and as the theme music for CBC Radio’s daily Metro Morning

Faceoff gets three Laurels, from India. Well deserved. My brother would have been extremely proud of his Sister -in-law Melissa who added such strong visuals to this song from an album dedicated to him. Great work by my students Razak Pirani Shamir Panchal Nivethan for composing and strong support melodically by Raaginder Singh Momi and followed by yet another strong approach through Kathak dance by my brothers senior student Labonee Mohanta. Congratulation to the whole team and I am sure this is going to win more recognition and awards.

Toronto Tabla Ensemble CD #Bhumika  top 30 and #1 on International chart

Track by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Video by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Track by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Video by Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s lates CD available on iTunes.

Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s latest Music Video Faceoff from the new CD #BHUMIKA. Directed and produced by Melissa Das_Arp of Taal Productions 

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWHSnmLnaM) Clip from Bhumika Prologue Finale Sold out show on August 22nd 2018  .Great work by all the artists! #tabla #Kathak #Worldmusic #Bhumika #studytabla #Laboneemohanta #Torontotablaensemble #riteshdas #Talproductio #Melissadasarp

Two singles from the Album #BHUMIKA