Arka Tito Basu has been learning tabla for 11 years now, since 2003, and recently received a distinction in the Grade 8 Tabla Exam from Pandit Ram Sahai Sangeet Vidyalaya (PRSSV), London. He has also received three first places in the Ashu Babu Memorial Tabla School concerts and has had the opportunity to perform with his guru-ji Shen Flindell at Woodford Folk Festival, Noosa and Gold Coast.  Tito’s mother, Sulagna Basu, is a well-known classical and semi-classical vocalist and dancer in Brisbane.

This video features Tito performing with Tabla Tarrango, the student group of Ashu Babu Memorial Tabla School, led by Shen Flindell, at Woodford Folk Festival in 2010: