Biography

Pandita 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. She holds the distinction of being the youngest Indian musician and the only Indian female musician to have performed in two of the biggest music festivals in the world - the Woodstock Festival (Europe) for a mammoth audience of 400,000 fans and at the WOMAD festival (UK) for 150,000 fans. Anuradha has performed extensively at some of the most prestigious music festivals in the world, like Edinburgh International Festival, Rhythm Sticks Festival, Greenwich and Docklands Festival, Bath International Music Festival, Voices of the World, BBC Music Live Festival, Night of the Virtuosos Festival, Masters of Indian Music Festival, Festival of India amongst numerous others in USA, UK, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Far East. Anuradha Pal has performed for dignitaries like the Honourable President and Prime Minister of India, and Queen Elizabeth of Britain, at major diplomatic events like the SAARC Summit and the CHOGM Summit. She represented India in the Asian Performers Summit in Japan (1999) and at the Commonwealth Games Festival, UK (2000). Superbly trained by tabla legends Late Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain, Anuradha Pal performs scintillating tabla solos and accompanies the top Indian musicians like Pt Jasraj, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram, Ustad Sultan Khan, Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, etc.