Tabla Blog - Yannick Even

Really enjoyed accompanying Mahuya Mukherjee - Hindustani classical music and Sanchita Banerjee - Odissi dance for 6 concerts across Switzerland during the summer 2023 for the "Inner Joy tour 2023". Such a great experience and joyful events. This tour was sponsored by Sahaja Yoga Switzerland and under the patronage of the Indian Embassy in Switzerland for celebrating India's G20 Presidency and 75 years of india - Switzerland bilateral relations ! We had a great time including in Bern performing for his Excellency Mr Ambassador.

Raga Bhairavi - performance by Stephen Day, Indian consulate of Hong Kong, July 2019 Raga Malkauns - performance by Stephen Day, Indian consulate of Hong Kong, July 2019 Jago Kundalini Ma - performance in Tokyo, Japan Oct 2019

What a dream to perform in 8 cities across China (from HK to Beijing) with my favorite indian music group. A very intense tour with concerts and even a TV show everyday. We performed for a total of 10000 people including 4000+ in a stadium in Shenzen... We were very well elvomed and the concert always finished with everybody's dancing and a 30 minutes long photo sessions... Guruji Violin - Nirmal Sangeet Sareeta 2013 Beijing, China Mauline Bhajan - Nirmal Sangeet Sareeta 2013 Beijing, China Shenzen Wuhan Changsha Nanjing Nanjing Tianjing Beijing TV Beijing Beijing

Raag JaijaiWanti - Teentaal Classical Indian Music - Paris November 2008 Yaad E Nabi Amazing Grace Fusion Quawwali Gospel - Paris November 2008

After completing my engineering studies, I fulfilled my promise to my tabla teacher and went to the PK. Salve International Art Academy based in Nagpur where my Guru Sandesh Popatkar was teaching. I stayed there for 6 months (July to December). With my teacher Sandesh Popatkar after a concert 1998 This was one of the most amazing moments of my life. A typical day was: early morning under witnessing beautiful Indian sun rise over teh jungle, relaxing meditation, breakfast with all the student, pratice at Arun Ate class, then class with my teacher always learning new compositions, lunch with student and practice session for all afternoon, jamming sessions in the evening, lot of chatting and fun with all the student, dinner and party and music again... so about 8 to 12 hours tabla a day - such a dream !!! Playing with Pf Aun Apte at the PK Salve academy every morning at his class For half year in was fully immerged into an artistic atmosphere surrounding with 50+ student coming from ...

As tabla is a fascinating instrument for western ears, I got very fast many opportunities to perform for the public. My first concerts were around Rouen accompanying my synthesizer class, playing with a classical and jazz young guitarist and then performing as the tabla player of the Sahaj Band formation. My first Concert Le Havre 1992 Sahaj Band was a Indian folk group based in Montpellier composed of members of the Sahaja Yoga Association. We played for all the south of France Indian festivals as well as performed many concerts initiating the French public to folk Indian and Quawwalis music. Concerts were always very joyful and interactive with many spontaneous dances and cheerings in our public. Sahaj Band Concert at Le Garden Montpellier 1994 During these years I loved exploring many different music styles. I was playing and performing for my engineer school rock band, jamming with any musicians on my road (jazz to reggae), giving tabla lessons to motivated students or enjoying a...