Friday, September 13, 2013
ANURADHA PAL is a world-renowned,
multifaceted Tabla virtuoso, multi-percussionist and Music composer
who has been hailed as the first professional female Tabla player in the world
by Encyclopedia Britannica, Who’s Who Journal of the World and the Limca Book
of Records.
A disciple of Tabla legends Late Ustad Alla Rakha & Zakir
Hussain, Anuradha Pal is the youngest and only female Indian Musician to
have performed at the prestigious Woodstock Festival in 2008; where she
performed with her acclaimed World Music band Recharge, for an audience of 4 lakh
people.
Anuradha Pal has performed extensively at some of the most
prestigious Music Festivals in the World, like Woodstock, WOMAD, Voices
of the World, Night of the Virtuosos, Rhythm Sticks Festival and
Masters of Indian Music Festival; amongst numerous others in USA, UK, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia, New
Zealand, Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Far East.
She became the first and the youngest woman Indian Musician to
have performed at the WOMAD Festival in 1999, where she presented her band
Stree Shakti -
Asia’s first and much acclaimed all-female, percussion based Vocal-
instrumental ensemble, for 1.5 lakh fans.
She has performed sensational Tabla Solos and astutely accompanied
some of the best musicians of India like Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Shivkumar
Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Smt. Girija
Devi, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Ustad Shahid
Parvez, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt; younger musicians like Rahul Sharma, Niladri
Kumar, Rakesh Chaurasia, as well as, acclaimed Jazz, Latin & African musicians
in major Indian & International festivals.
She has also performed with renowned International musicians.
Recently, she performed at the Global Fusion Concert in Dubai with the
Classical Crossover String Quartet Bond, Jazz DrummerSherrie Maricle,
Saxophonist Sharel Cassity, Flamenco Dancer Concepcion Jareno &
Guitarist Antonia Jimenez; and Ney artist Burcu
Karadag.
Anuradha Pal composed the background score for M.F. Husain’s
film; Gaja Gamini; which was highly appreciated at the Cannes Film
Festival for its originality & evocativeness. She has also composed
music for short films, documentaries, theatre & other commissioned work
& events.
Anuradha was invited as an artist in residence, at the New England
Conservatory & Berkeley School of Music She contributed actively in the
research of the “Relationship between Brain, Music & Language” at
Neurosciences University, San Diego & the ‘Study of Tabla, Aesthetics &
Complexities’ at the Harvard Science Center (USA).
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