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Ariel Chab-Tarab studied sitar during several years in India with Dr. Krishna Chakravarty, Ph.D (disciple of Master Pandit Ravi Shankar), and also with Ram Das Chakravarty, Ph.D, Master of the Senia Gharana. He attended the Banaras Hindu University (Banaras, India), and double majored in Hindi Langue and Musical Appreciation.

He has given numerous concerts in Argentina, Chile and India. His style stresses the purity of sound and the strict adherence to the traditional classical form, the Raga.

He collaborated with Rasikananda Das in the soundtrack to the motion picture “Unicornio”, the first Indian-Argentinian co-production of the Argentinian filmmaker Pablo Cesar, with live footage shot on location in India.

In October 1995 he organized the international meeting “Diálogo entre las Culturas” (Dialogue among Cultures), to celebrate the United Nations' jubilee. The event was sponsored by UNESCO, Argentina's National Arts Fund, the Embassy of India, and the City of Buenos Aires' Culture Secretariat, among others.

He is also the author of the first known Indian music book to be written in the Spanish language, in which he transmits very clearly the vast musical heritage of India.

His collection of Indian musical instruments is Argentina's largest, as well as the teaching and audiovisual material he owns. Due to his knowledge, the Indian diplomatic see in Buenos Aires considers him to be a cultural ambassador

Ariel Chab-Tarab is a full-time teacher, and dedicates his time to music lessons, the coordination of workshops, et cetera.