Shivalik Ghoshal

New Jersey, USA

Shivalik has been a student since age 7 of Sree Kinner K. Seen of Punjab gharana, who's father Pandit Lachman Seen is the gurubhai of the late Ustad Alla Rakha Khan-Saheb. Presently he is a student of the tabla legend Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri of the Lucknow gharana.  Shivalik has had the honour and privilege of accompanying maestros such as Pandit Manilal Nag, Smt Girija Devi, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Phalguni Mitra and Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain. Shivalik has also done work in the film industry, having performed all the tabla drumming in the Oscar winning soundtrack of the 2004 docu-drama “Born Into Brothels”.  He also played in the "The Jungle Book" Musical with Walt Disney Theatrics, working with Toni-winning theater director Mary Zimmerman, Toni-winning dance choreographer Christopher Gatelli for Broadway's "Newsies” and multi-talented music director Doug Peck, who remixed the Jazz-based music of the movie with Indian classical instrumentation. Currently, Shivalik is a part of the Raga Renaissance movement in Brooklyn as part of Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM) community that is dedicated to promoting Indian Classical/Raga based music throughout the New York area.