Kankakee Community College, Iroquois Room, D152 - Kalyan Pathak is a composer, musician, drummer and a percussion player. Born in Ahmedabad, India, Kalyan was formally trained in Classical North Indian Tabla. Kalyan came to Chicago in 1991 to study African, Afro-cuban, Latin and Middle Eastern genres of percussion from various masters in the US. Since moving to the U.S., Kalyan has become one of the busiest virtuoso tabla and multi-ethnic percussionists in the country, and has performed, collaborated and toured with many international artists from jazz, classical and jam band music scenes.