Testimonials

“Our 7 year old son has been learning the Tabla fro Upneet for the last 18 months. Living in England with limited exposure to Hindustani music, it isn’t easy at all to inspire a young child to firstly start learning the Tabla, and more importantly, stick with it.

Upneet has managed both these seemingly impossible feats, and his contemporary style in teaching young children makes it very appealing for Kartik to learn this very difficult but immensely rewarding art. Upneet is a very insightful teacher and will temper the intense bits of parts with showcasing the art himself, and makes the lessons continually interesting.

He is also very encouraging with feedback, boosting his students confidence by applauding their successes while continuing to find ways to improve their performance in areas which need development.

When we have had to move to online lessons during the pandemic, Upneet has effortlessly adapted his style of teaching to make the transition seamless and allowed our son to continue his learning uninterrupted.

Upneet is a very warm person and as his students, we have the privilege of feeling part of his illustrious musical family.”

Kartik’s parents

“Upneet is a wonderful teacher!! His teaching techniques really helped me learn the Tabla.

He is patient, likeable and fun. All the things he has taught has made me very good at Tabla and now I am able to play fantastically!”

Simran

“It is often said that althou a pupil may “seek” a teacher, it’s the teacher who actually “finds” the pupil. In that sense, it was a set of chance interactions among my social contacts that led me to be discovered by Upneet Ji.

A total beginner to the Tabla world, I was immediately struck by the “relaxed discipline”, passion, enthusiasm & warm welcome I received at his beautiful home. Initially face-to-face and latterly over the virtual media.

I have been having Tabla lessons from Upneet over the last 7 months and I have been very impressed, motivated and inspired by him. What I particularly like is his ability to go beyond the mechanics and technicality of the Tabla playing and bring in bite size stories, ,anecdotes and context to the contents of the lessons.

I will let him and my prospective audience judge mt progress in relation to my Tabla playing skills: but I look forward to a long “guru-chela” relationship with him.

I am more than happy to recommend Upneet Ji as a Tabla teacher, specially for senior professional and a Tabla naive person like me.”

Dr Marudkar

I have been learning tabla from Upneetji for the last 18 months. I have previously learnt from the age of 8 for about 10 years but then it was a cherished hobby which unfortunately took a backseat.

Upneetji is responsible for me being able to rekindle my passion, and it is such a spiritual experience to restart playing the Tabla with my son, who also learns from Upneetji. The transition to online lessons during the pandemic has been really seamless.

Upneetji is a very patient teacher who adapts to individual pupils learning styles, to get the best out of them. I am blessed to have found a teacher in him.

Dr Kulkarni