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Jon Sterckx tabla, percussion & Samswara Indian Music. Stroud & Devon UK.

Jon Sterckx – Tabla player & World Music Percussionist

Jon Sterckx is an innovative tabla player & percussionist with over 30 years experience of working with non western percussion and a variety of Music genres and traditions.

In his solo live sampling performances , Drumscapes,  Jon skilfully brings percussion from across the globe together with 21st century technology in a unique blend of rhythmic soundscapes, bouncy world rhythms and high energy drumming.

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Jon is a freelance musician – performer, tabla & percussion teacher, session musician and teaches and delivers Indian Music and World Rhythm workshops in schools & colleges and universities.  Jon also teaches weekly tabla classes in Swindon and individual lessons in the Glos area. Jon teaches various percussion instruments online to students around the world and provides online recording sessions for artists, composers & producers around the world.  Jon is based near Stroud / Gloucester / Bristol, South West UK.

Jon has performed twice at the globally renowned TED events, which can be seen here & here.


“Few percussionists, no matter how skilled, can captivate and keep an eager festival audience with a solo performance but Jon Sterckx’s stunning Drumscapes are a masterclass in control and rhythm that hook the audiences from the first beats and carry them through to an invariably ecstatic climax.
Centred on the tabla, darabuka and riq (a Middle Eastern tambourine) Jon combines beats and rhythms from across the globe with cutting edge sampling and innovative vocal sculpting, building layered soundscapes that mix the experimental with the traditional and creating a uniquely intoxicating, exhilarating and, many say, trance inducing performance quite unlike any other.” Musicport Festival 2015.


Jon Sterckx, Tabla Percussion Stroud & Devon. Indian music & World Rhythm performances & workshops


Jon has played & recorded sessions for musicians & producers from around the globe, including 2x Grammy winning composer Christopher Tin (alongside Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & mixed at Abbey Road), Grammy Nominated producer Arun Shenoy & UK Folk Award winners Phil Henry & Hannah Martin.


Jon has performed at:

Festivals including: WOMAD, Musicport, Glastonbury, London International Arts Festival, Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Rhythmtree, Larmertree, Beautiful Days, MondoMix, Drum Camp, Green Gathering, Kaya Festival, Pulse Festival, World Music Workshop Festival, Beat Herder Festival, Big Chill, Sunrise, Waveform, Plymouth Respect, Exeter Respect, Stroud Fringe Festival, Fusion Asia Festival, London International Arts Festival, One World Festival Dorset, One World Festival Devon, Diversity Festival Devon, SoMAC Festival, Gloucestershire, Sacred Music Festival Gloucestershire, Other Worlds Festival, Blackpool, Headlander Festival, Stockport, Midsummer Fiesta, Cheltenham, Ambition Festival, Croydon, Eastern Electronic Festival, Birmingham, Thornbury Arts Festival, Gloucestershire, Osho Leela Festival, Ultimate Celebration Festival, Frome Festival, 3 Choirs Festival, Pando festival, Equinox Festival, Reconnection.

Melas including: Cardiff Mela, Belfast Mela, Glasgow Mela, Plymouth Mela, Basingstoke Mela, Swindon Mela event.

Venues including: Westminster Hall, Cadogan Hall, St. Georges – Liverpool, Dartington Hall – Devon, Wales Millennium Centre – Cardiff, Rich Mix – London. Southbank Centre – London, Shakespeare’s Globe – London, Colston Hall – Bristol, Exeter Phoenix – Devon, The Plough, Devon, Contact Theatre – Manchester, Hafod Inn – West Wales, Barbican Theatre – Plymouth, Y-Theatre – Leicester, Grand Pavilions – Porthcawl. Band-On-The-Wall, Manchester, Celtic Manor – South Wales, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, Guildhall – Preston, Guildhall – Plymouth, Butterworth Hall – Warwick, Town Hall – Birmingham, The Acorn – Penzance, Vortex – London, Cafe Oto – London, Klub Karamel – London, Ilminster Arts Centre, Swindon Arts Centre, Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester, Aiglon International College – Switzerland.

Organisations including: Amnesty International, World Preservation Foundation, WOMAD, The Tulsi Trust, TEDxWarwick, Love Etiquette, TEDxBrum, Asian Arts Agency, Plymouth South Asian Society, Hampshire Indo British Society, Indian Music & Dance Academy in Swindon, Aiglon International College – Switzerland, South Asian Performing Arts Centre (SAPAC), Swindon, Indian Music & Dance Academy, Swindon. Attik Dance, Plymouth, University of Plymouth, Gloucester College, Devon Arts in Schools Initiative, Cornwall Music Hub, Dhruv Arts (LIAF), South West Music School (SWMS), Swindon Dance, Dorset Music Service, Plymouth College of Arts, Bandlab Music Creation Software (Bollywood Percussion sample pack 2020 + ‘Jon Sterckx Signature’ pack 2021, tabla sample pack 2022 + Frame Drum sample pack 2023).


Navigate the site using the links above to find information about Jon’s performance work, workshops for schools, session recording. Listen to Jon’s music, buy cd’s and downloads and watch videos from performances. Use the contact page to contact Jon & for booking details and enquiries.

Quick links to Jon’s main performance & workshops:

Drumscapes Multi Percussion World Music Performances for Festivals, Art Centres, Cultural Events & Melas.

Samswara Indian Music Sitar & Tabla performances for Art Centres, Cultural Events, Corporate events & Melas.

World Music Workshops for Schools, Colleges, Universities, Festivals, Art Centres.

Tabla & world percussion tuition, lessons & workshops in Stroud, Gloucester & Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Swindon & South West UK.

Based in Stroud & Devon, South West UK – can travel throughout the country for performances & workshops.
Jon performs & teaches Indian Music, tabla and world rhythm in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Devon, Cheltenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol, Birmingham & Midlands, London, Cardiff & South Wales & South West UK and South Coast.

Connect with Jon on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/jonsterckx


© Jon Sterckx 2023.