Born in 1973 in Singen in Germany, Florian Schiertz post-graduated in performance in 2003 at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in the fields of Tabla and North Indian classical music. Florian received intensive training by means of the traditional Guru-Shisha-Parampara method with Udai Mazumdar and with Sumantra Guha, himself a pupil of the great Jnanprakash Ghosh. Since then he has been active as a freelance musician giving concerts both as a soloist and as accompanist to distinguished musicians and taking part in renowned music festivals…

"Path breaking: German Tabla Vadak holds audience spellbound" - The Hitavada, M.P., INDIA, 15.02.2009
Newspaper Clippings

"Soul of music can cross boundaries" - The Hindu, INDIA, April 2010

"Bridging the cultural divide" - Deccan Chronicle, India, March 2010