Heiko Dijker Amsterdam Heiko Dijker is an Amsterdam based Tablaplayer-Producer whose playing is marked by enthousiasm and energy, depth of knowledge and rythmic poetry. After years of traditional training with Shri Bhaswaraj Bhendigeri in India, he continued to learn with grandmaster Faiyaz Khan in the Guru-Shisya (Master-Disciple) system. Holding a Masters-degree in classical Tabla of the Rotterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Ted de Jong and Ustad Faiyaz Khan, Heiko has been working with great Indian classical and not so classical musicians and dancers, as well as with fusions of traditional and innovative music and dance. Just to name a few: RaviChandra Kulur(Magical Bansuri), Sandhya Sanjana (Indian vocal), Neela Bhagwat(Indian vocal), Pandit Birju Maharaj(the legendary Kathak dancer), Ustad Fariddudin Dagar, Bahauddin Dagar (Roudra Veena), Amine and Hamza M'raihi(Tunesian Oud and Kanoun), Het Nieuw Ensemble (contemporary western), Scapino Ballet, Concerto Rotterdam (with Jacob ter Veldhuis), Lenneke van Staalen, Taal Vadya(rythm group with South-Indian percussionists), Shinske Ishihara(Japanese Marimba virtuoso). Next to enjoying his performances, he is an accompanist of great masters like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia(Bansuri) and Pandit Buddhadhitya Mukherjee(Sitar) at the Indian classes at the Rotterdam Conservatory, and a teacher at the SKVR music school in Rotterdam. CHECK ALSO HIS MORE ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS COMBINING GROOVING TABLA WITH LIVE LAPTOP-LOOPS AND MANIPULATIONS..... Heiko Dijker’s tracks Before The Beginning by Heiko Dijker published on 2017-01-19T12:51:48Z Cricket's Meditation by Heiko Dijker published on 2017-01-19T12:36:48Z Yaa Devi by Heiko Dijker published on 2017-01-17T16:59:46Z Garland Of Joy, Sorrow & Prayer live in Doorn - Bombay Bazaar by Heiko Dijker published on 2016-03-29T23:10:39Z Neelam - TablaTronic (Heiko Dijker) by Heiko Dijker published on 2013-07-11T00:00:43Z Bagagedrager - Koelie by Heiko Dijker published on 2012-11-04T10:24:24Z Possibilities by Heiko Dijker published on 2012-11-01T01:48:08Z Shanti-OnderZoek - Spinvis & Leela & Asiatolia by Heiko Dijker published on 2012-07-30T04:20:03Z
Garland Of Joy, Sorrow & Prayer live in Doorn - Bombay Bazaar by Heiko Dijker published on 2016-03-29T23:10:39Z
