Philip Gelb is actively involved in 2 careers; as a shakuhachi player and teacher and also a vegetarian chef. Both of these interests began at an early age while growing up in Brooklyn, NY. He began studying music at the age of 9, starting with the guitar and switching to shakuhachi, after encountering this incredible instrument at the age of 24 during his last year of College at the University of Florida. He began cooking very young and became a vegetarian at the age of 18 during his first year of College.