Hany Morgan Playing Tabla - Toronto, Canada - Nov 2017

Hany Morgan playing part of a 20 minute tabla solo in a church at a refugee fundraiser in Toronto, Canada November 2017. Back up drummers is Danielle Hanna. ArabesqueCanada.com Hany Morgan began playing percussion at age five and performing Sufi drum and dance at age seven. Raised in a musical family in Cairo, Egypt, he was surrounded by musical art and taught to play the derbeki (Arab drum) by his father. The Morgan family performed Islamic traditional religious choral music in the time of King Farouk . As well as the tabla, Hany plays the duff, tura, kawla, and violin. Hany Morgan has been the lead drummer for Egypt's famous El Tanoura Dance Troupe in the Sufi tradition for 15 years. He has toured the globe with this large ensemble sponsored by the Egyptian government. As well as composing and teaching, he records and tours with many other musical and dance productions worldwide, including Arabesque Canada.