UDIT PANKHANIA is one of the most sought after and busiest professional classical tabla players in the UK and Europe today due to his gurus and family. Udit has learnt  Delhi, Ajrada and Purab styles of playing from Pandit Ramakant Mhapsekar of Mumbai and Ustad Faiyaz Khan. He has also learnt from Pandit Suresh Talwalkar in Maharastra and Shri Shiv Shankar Ray  (lineage of Pandit Gyan Prakash Ghosh  Farukhabad baaj) from a London cultural institute at which he enrolled at the age of 6. Udit has continued his focused on learning more of this extraordinary instrument - newly composed and old classical tabla compositions, some of which date back to almost 300 years ago.