Pandit Supreet Deshpande

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Pandit Supreet Deshpande is a tabla maestro from the Farukhabad gharana. He studied under his father Pandit Kiran Deshpande as well as Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, and brings a gharana-blending style to his playing, with ideas from Delhi, Ajrada, Lucknow, Benaras, Punjab, and beyond. He is known for expertise with rare and ancient kayda compositions. Outside music he is the CEO of a life sciences company specialising in blood analysis.


"Pursue something akin to the famous Star Trek quote - 'to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before'."



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