Tony Hole - Handpan

Tony is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and improviser who performs with several world fusion ensembles. While piano is his first instrument, he came to percussion through West African drumming in Ghana and Indian Carnatic drumming in South India.  In Pravah Trio, Tony plays the handpan, bringing together his backgrounds in melody and rhythm. He is an accredited teacher in both InterPlay improvisational performance and TaKeTiNa group rhythm process.

Mahzad Fard (Maz) - Tonbak and Daf

Iranian-born, Australia-based percussionist Mahzad has a deep love for rhythm, collaboration and the thrill, and occasional chaos, of improvisation. She studied Daf and Tonbak with respected musicians in Iran. She has performed with a range of local musicians and since joining Pravah has moved away from memorised music in favour of spontaneity. These days, she lets rhythm lead the way, following the flow of the music.

Simon Gill - Sitar

Simon has played sitar since first travelling to India in the early 1990s. Since then, he has been fortunate to study in Adelaide with eminent sitar maestro Alan Posselt. Regular travel to India has given opportunities to imbibe the music and to perform in different places, such as Kolkata in 2025 and 2026 and Benares in 2025. Back home, Simon maintains daily practice and regular performance on sitar in a variety of contexts. He struggles to contemplate what life would be like without a daily dose of sitar.