Hari Pal

Hari Pal of Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, plays tabla in traditional North Indian style as well as his own contemporary style. He has developed an unconventional style of tabla solo, where he employs 7 tablas to amalgamate Eastern classical rhythms with melody and popular rhythms. His 6 tablas are tuned to a pentatonic scale and when played with a bass tabla (bayan), he creates an expression of rhythm in melody. Please go to his website www.haripal.com for sound clips.
As a young tabla player he earned several prizes in open competitions and has played tabla for six years with professional musicians of Lucknow, India in unrehearsed live radio broadcasts.

Parallel to his academic pursuits in industrial biotechnology, he has maintained routine tabla practice in his many places of residence around the world.

Before coming to Canada in 1985, he has lived in India, UK, The Netherlands, USA and Kuwait, where he played and often recorded his tabla performances in radio, television and public programs with several distinguished international composers and musicians such as Ton de Leeuw (Piano), Imrat Khan (sitar), Shahid Parvez (Sitar), V.G. Jog (Violin), Irshad Khan (Sitar) and Han Bennink (drum kit/percussion).

His exposure to the music of different continents has had a deep influence on his creative rhythmic impulses. Besides his proficiency in North Indian style of tabla, he also plays Dumbek and Djembe. He has conducted several percussion concerts in Canada and USA to emphasize inter-cultural fusion of rhythms with African, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North American drummers.

Essentially what Hari has to offer is:

* Tabla solo conventional North Indian style and tabla accompaniment with classical instrumental and light Indian music.
* Multi-Tabla solo - his unconventional style - to create rhythm in melody.
* Duets / ensembles with djembe, conga, dumbek, bongo and drum kit.
* Accompaniment with string / wind instruments in jazz. Latin, Middle Eastern, Flamenco and pop music.