By Faris Majeed
"TABLA found me rather than me finding tabla", says Heike Dijker, a musician from Holland who has been travelling through the Indian music since years. He is creating magic with his fingers on his tabla for a new venture.
After his high school education, he was slowly attracted to music. He started loving and worshipping music more than anything. His quest for music brought him to India and made him a disciple of the renowned musician Fayaz Khan. There he met his disciple Ustad Philip V Francis.
When Fayaz Khan was his guru, Ustad Philip was his 'guru bhai', says Dijker. Guru bhai is the person with whom he shares and discusses everything about music. In India he was lured in to the rhythm and beauty of Hindustani and classical music. He found his soul in it and wanted to live in it. Thus he became part of Indian music now.
Being a fusion maestro he has performed at various stages and once rocked with the Bollywood composer Shankar Mahadevan and the renowned flutist Ravi Chandra Kulur. He has travelled around to find various musical genres of the world. In fact, it was his desire to "to bring cultures altogether on a deeper level' led to his musical journey.
He is currently in Thrissur with his unique blend of classical Indian violin and tabla with the Western Makalu string quartet. Lenneke Van Staalen, Carolien Hulshof, Annerieke Nentjes, Marieke Brokamp, Sanne Van der Horst will assist him in this pioneer venture.
His programme, East Meets West, will be staged today at 5.45pm at the Regional Theatre, as a tribute to Ustad Philip V Francis, a legendary composer and tabla player who died in 2008. The programme is organised by Piano.
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