Our Instructor

Pavan Kanekal was raised in California and started learning tabla at the age of 7 from Pt. Rajgopal Kallurkar during a trip to Bangalore. Upon his return, Pavan continued to learn from Shri Abhinay Padhye and Shri Satish Tare in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years.

In 2016, Pavan moved to Seattle and started learning from Shri Ravi Albright, a disciple of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, and started teaching his own tabla classes. He was also fortunate enough to take lessons directly from Pt. Anindo Chatterjee and Shri Anubrata Chatterjee online.

Pavan also has experience with accompaniment and has performed with both instrumental and vocal artists. He has attended workshops with accomplished tabla players such as Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shri Anubrata Chatterjee, and more.

More recently In 2021, Pavan moved to the Detroit Metro Area. He has continued his passion for tabla by offering classes to students of all ages, while keeping up with his own lessons remotely.