Ustad Amir Khan Music Festival 2023, by Intonation Foundation
Afternoon Session | Vivek Datar | samvadini
Accompanied by Ravi Gutala on tabla

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Vivek learned harmonium from (late) Pandit Vinayakrao Kale, a Gwalior Gharana vocalist. Currently, Vivek learns from Vidushi Seema Shirodkar. Vivek is co-creater of the popular vocal riyaaz app, RiyaazPal used by vocalists for daily riyaaz. He runs a bi-weekly program, Swar Sudha, on ePrasaran.com. Vivek lives and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Ravi Gutala

Ravi was initiated at a very early age into Tabla by Shri P.Anjaiah, in Hyderabad, India and has been studying Tabla under Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri at Ali Akbar College since 1990. He has been teaching Tabla in South Bay for the past 25 years.

Ravi was a recipient of All India National Talent Search Scholarship and was a regular performer at AIR, Hyderabad. He has accompanied many noted artistes such as, Pt.Jasraj, Dr Balamurali Krishna, Dr L.Subramaniam, Smt.Lakshmi Shankar, Shri Anup Jalota, Master Shashank etc. Ravi has played on 14 CD recordings and performed in over 980 concerts/recordings.

Ravi designs 3D IC chips for a living!