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Sodhi · Hardeep Deerhe · Glasgow

Tabla player. Scotland.

From the Golden Temple in Amritsar to the Edinburgh Fringe, I play tabla for concerts, festivals, theatre and recording sessions, and teach it across Scotland.

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Played at

  • Golden Temple, Amritsar
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Sawai Gandharva Festival, Pune
  • Celtic Connections
  • WOMAD
  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • Bimhuis, Amsterdam
  • Barrowland Ballroom
  • Theatre Royal Stratford East
  • Rosslyn Chapel
  • Eden Court, Inverness
  • Commonwealth Games 2026
  • Edinburgh Mela

Highlights

  • 168 countriesLive TV broadcast from the Golden Temple, Amritsar, one of five performances there.
  • FirstScottish-born musician to play the Sawai Gandharva festival in Pune, India. Opening act, 2015.
  • Fringe FirstAnd the Charlie Hartill Award, for Kanpur: 1857 at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe.
  • CommissionedJoint lead artist on Resonant Ground for Eden Court's Confluence 2026.
  • BBC SSOPerformed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a Commonwealth exchange, 2014.
  • Since 2019Co-director of Glasgow Mela. Board member of Jazz Scotland. Teaches Indian classical music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
“…powerful live accompaniment from brilliant Scottish tabla musician Sodhi”
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman ★★★★, on Kanpur: 1857
“…enhanced by the live tabla playing of Sodhi (Hardeep Deerhe)”
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, on Kanpur: 1857
“…the live tabla accompaniment is inspired.”
Theatre Weekly, on Kanpur: 1857

Coming up

  • Westbourne Music presents Arfan, Suhas and SodhiWednesday 11 November 2026, 1pm. The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street. Arfan Iqbal (rudra veena) and Suhas Mitra (sarod), with Sodhi on jori and tabla. Tickets
  • An Evening of Indian Classical MusicTuesday 17 November 2026, 6pm. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. Dhrupad, Carnatic song and Bharatanatyam with Arfan Iqbal, Shankari Subramaniam and Oxana Banshikova. Tickets

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