Jon Sterckx - Tabla player
Jon Sterckx is a versatile percussionist and tabla player based near Bristol, South West UK.
Jon plays a range of percussion instruments and has worked across a wide range of musical styles, from Indian classical music and other traditional musical forms to contemporary experimental & 'fusion' styles, theatre & dance collaborations, and solo multi-percussion Live Sampling / Live Looping performances.
Jon works as a freelance musician, primarily as a performer, but also works as an instrumental teacher, session musician and delivers workshops in schools & colleges & is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth.
Jons music often explores combining rhythmic ideas and techniques between different instruments and musical forms, both in his solo work and in collaborations. He also combines this with technology through computer based studio recording and solo live sampling performances.
He has performed with various artists and groups including multi instrumental duo Taaliqa, the duo Tandj , based on South Indian devotional music, Fusion band Dhani and Indian classical music with sitar player Ricky Romain, and his unique solo multi-percussion live sampling performances.
