Tabla player & percussionist. Trained in India & UK with several tabla teachers.
Jon plays Indian classical music & has worked on many fusion projects, dance & theatre collaborations.
Also experienced in Middle Eastern drumming, Jon performs a unique set of live sampled multi percussion - 'Drumscapes'. All instruments are played, sampled, mixed & processed live on stage, creating exciting multi percussion soundscapes of highly energised rhythms.

More info, audio & video on the website: www.jonsterckx.co.uk

Recent Gigs include: Plymouth Respect Festival, Cardiff Mela, Fusion Asia Festival, Band on the Wall, Manchester, Sonorities Festival, Belfast, Plymouth South Asian Society, Plymouth Rath Yatra, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, Exeter Phoenix, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Larmer Tree Festival, Sunrise Festival, Big Chill Festival, Waveform Festival, Exeter Respect Festival, Exmouth Festival, Porthcawl Grand Pavilions, Dartington College of Arts Festival, Plymouth Mela.

Can be booked for Indian music performances and workshops at venues, festivals, melas, weddings, parties and functions. Workshops for schools, colleges and universities.

"I have booked Jon Sterckx many times to perform at Exeter Respect Festival, the city's annual celebration of diversity. Jon has performed solo, in a duo and in larger groups and has always been nothing short of excellent. He has been easy to work with and his performances have been of the highest quality, combining great musical skill with technical expertise, and creating percussive soundscapes which have always enthralled our diverse audiences. I thoroughly recommend him." - Paul Giblin ( Exeter Respect Festival)

Reviews, feedback & testimonials:

"Thanks so much for playing at our night for RESPECT - I thought you were amazing - a hypnotic, almost trance-inducing performance. You certainly had the audience hooked. Hope to have you play at another of our events sometime!" - Sound Gallery, Exeter. ( from Exeter Respect Festival performance)

"Thanks for coming down Jon and performing, your performance was amazing!!!! "- Imran Iqbal - Cardiff Mela Organiser.

"A highly energised exciting performance, which hooked the audience from the first beat." - Kevin Johnson, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.

"A stunning performance that excites the very deepest natural love of music. The strong beats and vibrant array of instruments and effects makes every peace a joy to liisten to" - audience comment.

"Talented percussionist Jon Sterckx was outstanding on tabla, and a longer solo from him would have been welcome." - Pippa Howell - Frome Festival Review.

"...a mesmerizing Sitar and Tabla Performance by Ricky Romain and Jon Sterckx." - Plymouth South Asian Society AGM performance 2007.

"It was a treat to listen to Jon Sterckx and Ricky Romain on the tabla and sitar respectively. Jon and Ricky gave a short but superb introduction to Indian music, explained some of the difference between western and Indian styles and captivated the audience later with the rendition of the Bhairavi raga in Vilambit, Madhya and Drut tintaal.
Jon and Ricky engaged very well with the audience providing a thrilling performance and deserving the rapturous applause they received at the end.
I am looking forward to hearing them again soon!" - Mahesh Subramanuim - Hampshire Indo British Society ( Music Mela performance 24/09/2011)

" . . .The brilliant sitar of Ricky Romain in duet with Jon Sterckx's tabla wizardry was a first class example of musicians "playing off" each other, their evident joy never becoming indulgent, and never compromising the aims of the music. . . ." - Colin Sell.

more information, music & video: http://www.jonsterckx.co.uk