An Evening with Rimpa Siva — tabla

An Evening with Rimpa Siva

We are thrilled to welcome Rimpa Siva — the Princess of Tabla — one of India's most celebrated tabla artists.

She grew up in a tradition that rarely welcomed girls, and transformed it from the inside. A prodigy trained in the Farukhabad gharana by her father Prof. Swapan Siva, she brings to the tabla a combination of technical precision, spontaneity, and expressive power that is genuinely uncommon.

Her performances open with a long, meditative peshkar — a slow-building introduction that gives way to an electrifying solo moving through gats, tukras, and relas with stunning clarity. The tabla in her hands is not accompaniment — it is the full voice of the evening.

Hailed by legends including Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Pandit Kishen Maharaj, she is a recipient of the Indian Music Academy President Award and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

She will be accompanied by Shreyes Ravi on harmonium.

Watch Rimpa perform:

• Amazing Tabla Solo — Farukhabad Gharana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2WseDHEPI
• Mind-blowing Tabla Solo — Darbar Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ffgCM4SEfU
• With Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, New York: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5IyZ4AW8o