Years active 1991–present Origin Toronto, Canada Members Ritesh Das, Ian De Souza | Website www.torontotabla.com Record label Toronto Tabla Ensemble | |
Associated acts Pandit Chitresh Das
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
Evan Ritchie, Donald Quan, Jeff Martin, The Tea Party Past members Santosh Naidu, Debanjan Mukherjee, Subha Dasgupta, Devin Persaud, Ed Hanley, Prasanna Ketheeswaran, Gurtej Hunjan, Morgan Doctor, Amar Seepersad, Rakesh Tewari, Anita Katakkar, Joanna de Souza, Keith Sutcliffe, Dexter Raghunanan, Neel Punna, Satpal Singh, Heather Thorkelson, Anand Kapur, Robin Kalnin, Bindhu Sadasivan, Jono Gooch, Vitra Gosine, Sara Jaffri Albums Second Palla, Firedance, Compilations, Weaving, alankar Genres Hindustani classical music, World music Similar Jeff Martin, Jeff Martin 777, Swapan Chaudhuri, The Armada, The Tea Party Profiles | ||
The Toronto Tabla Ensemble (TTE) is a non-profit charitable organization founded by Artistic Director and tabla master Ritesh Das. The performing ensemble has toured Canada coast-to-coast six times, toured Australia in 2006, and India in 2011.
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Since 1996 the TTE has produced three music videos and six albums, including Firedance, which received a nomination for the Juno Award for Best Global Album. Their original music has been used in numerous films and commercials, and in 2003 the Ensemble was commissioned to create the theme music for CBC Radio’s daily morning show, Metro Morning.
25 years
In 2016 the Toronto Tabla Ensemble celebrated its 25th anniversary with a pair of concerts at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. This was the official debut of the Toronto Tabla Youth Ensemble and featured brand new music composed by Artistic Director Ritesh Das. In addition to the tabla, students played South Indian mridangam, ghatam, and keyboard, and also launched the JAMKat. For this event, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, wrote a congratulatory letter which was presented by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Arif Virani, during the concert. The concert was supported in part by Ontario Arts Council.
Indian Diaspora Festival
In 2014 the Toronto Tabla Ensemble launched an innovative festival called the Indian Diaspora Festival. The sold out festival launch featured performances of Indian dance and music performed by local and international artists. The tabla player was a student of Ritesh Das trained in Toronto while the kathak dancer was a student of Das' late brother Pandit Chitresh Das from California.
Discography
Songs
Second PallaSecond Palla · 1998
Tap RootSecond Palla · 1998
Indo AfricaSecond Palla · 1998