Heiko Dijker

Heiko Dijker is an tabla artist. Known for contributions to Hindustani classical music, performance, teaching, and repertoire building.

Holding a Masters-degree in classical Tabla of the Rotterdam Conservatory, Heiko has been working with great Indian classical and not so classical musicians and dancers, as well as with fusions of traditional and innovative music and dance. Just to name a few: RaviChandra Kullur (Carnatic Bansuri and Beyond), Sandhya Sanjana (Indian vocal), Pandit Birju Maharaj (the legendary Kathak dancer), Ustad Fariddudin Dagar, Bahauddin Dagar (Rudra Veena), Neela Bhagwat (Indian vocal), Amine and Hamza M'raihi (Tunesian Oud and Kanoun), Kailash Ensemble, Praful, TablaTronic Violince, Aesh, Het Nieuw Ensemble (contemporary western), Scapino Ballet, The Zeeuws Symphonic Orchestra, Composer Jacob ter Veldhuis, Lenneke van Staalen, Sharat Srivastava, Taal Vadya (rhythm group with South-Indian master-percussionists), Shinske Ishihara (Japanese Marimba virtuoso), and many more. Next to enjoying his performances, he has been an accompanist of great masters like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) and Pandit Buddhadhitya Mukherjee (Sitar).

At the Rotterdam Conservatory, he is a teacher at the SKVR music school in Rotterdam, and has given lecture-demonstrations/workshops for Conservatories and institutes all over the world. Currently Heiko has joined his traditional skills with music-production, and has created several albums. Heiko has recorded artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Saskia Laroo and Ravichandra Kulur for his songs.