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Chef Floyd Cardoz of Tabla and Top Chef Masters fame joins Lynda and Iris in the studio this week. He sheds some light on what home-style Indian food is and how it differs from the Indian cuisine in restaurants. They also discuss his casual modern Indian restaurant, Paowalla, which opened last year.

Ehren Hanson a disciple by the great tabla maestro Anindo Chatterjee, began learning tabla at age 15.  In 2005 he received the prestigious “Senior Performing Arts Fellowship” from the American Institute of Indian Studies and is currently living in New York City where he works as a professional tabla player, founder @ Viewcy.com, and director of the Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla (ACST).

Philharmonia Orchestra violist, Gijs Kramers, gets a special one-to-one lesson with master tabla player, Sanju Sahai. Learn all about the basics of tabla in this film, and find out what Bach sounds like when accompanied by tabla. If you have your own tabla, take them out and follow along!

Funding and support from Orchestras Live and Shruti Arts.