SHUBH was born in a musical family of tabla maestro PL. Kishan Maharaj as his grandson. His father Pt. Vijay shankar is a renowned kathak dancer and one of the senior students of Pt Birju Maharaj, naturally Shubh got music in his blood by both sides of his families. From a very young age Shubh used to thump mini tabla sets and hence at small age of "one" his father devoted him in the feet of his maternal grand father Pt Kishan maharaj the perfect hands to show the correct path to the small tabla player. As the heritage passes on, Shubh formally got his grandpa's "shaagirdi" in 1993 and joined the legacy of Pt. Kanthe Maharaj's family.

The sadhna and practice began and the time changed the relation of grandpa and grandson into teacher and pupil (guru and shishya).

In 2000 Shubh gave his first tabla solo performance as an up-coming child prodigy at a tender age of 12 and after that he got the privilege of performing at several big stages of Indian music festivals with his guru ji and alone...

He was fortunate to perform in front of the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar and got his blessings. Till the date he has accompanied several leading maestros of Indian classical ie: Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ud. Amjad Ali khan, Pt. Debu Choudhuri, Vidushi Girija Devi, Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ud Shahid Parvez and lots more!!

-SAPTAK (Ahmedabad)

- SANKAT MOCHAN FESTIVAL (Varanasi)

- BABA HARIBALLABH SANGEET MAHASABHA (Jalandhar)

-SHANKAR LAL FESTIVAL (New Delhi)

- WOMAD FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE (Australia)

-WOMAD NEWPLYMOUTH (New Zealand)

- AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL (New Zealand)

-ICCR FESTIVAL OF INDIA, PARIS (France)

- DARBAR FESTIVAL (U.K.)

are few globally prestigious festivals Shubh has participated, including stages such as "SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE', AUSTRALIA and 'QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON. He is not only a soloist but a very blending accompanist as well. Specialty of the young tabla player is the pure BENARAS GHARANA style of playing. The style of Pt. Kishan Maharaj can be easily recognized in him and beside his guru he was privileged to also receive the partial guidance from Pt. Sharda sahay, Pt. Pooran maharaj (uncle) Pt. Kumar bose and Pt. Sukhvinder singh ji few outstanding tabla exponents from the same GURU GHARANA. based in Delhi, Shubh is an ambitious, hard working, firm determined, humble and polite upcoming tabla player with lots of hopes. The only aim is to promote BENARAS GHARANA style of tabla playing as much as it could be and carry the legacy of Pt. Kanthe Maharaj and Pt. Kishan Maharaj much more further......