Anuradha Pal

 ( Hindustani Instrumentalists ) 

In 2018, she led 217 tabla players in a tribute to Ustad Alla Rakha to celebrate his birth Centennial.

In January 2018, she received the Ministry of WCD First Ladies Award from the President of India, which recognized her as the first Indian female musician to perform at the WOMAD and Przystanek Woodstock festivals.

She composed and performed the background score for M.F. Husain's film Gaja Gamini, using only tabla and voice. The score has been described as the first background composition created entirely on the tabla. Her work was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival.

Pal has conducted lecture-demonstrations and workshops at institutions, including Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Vienna Boys' Choir, Palazzo Ducale (Italy), Milap Fest (U.K.), and Monash University (Australia). In 2006, she served as an artist-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music.

She represented India at the Asian Performer's Summit in Japan in 1999 and has performed at SAARC and CHOGM summits.

In January 2021, she organized the Aatmanirbhar Kala Ke Sangh Music Festival.

She performed at the Dior Fall 2023 show at the Gateway of India in Mumbai.

Anuradha Pal's Stree Shakti is an all-female Hindustani-Carnatic music instrumental ensemble founded on International Women's Day in 1996. The group has collaborated with various female musicians and performed at international music festivals. In 2002, they toured the UK and Ireland with the Pan-African Orchestra from Ghana.

The Anuradha Pal Collective was formed in 2023.

She has performed at institutions such as Sri Agrasen Kanya PG College (Varanasi), Rebel Girls Interactive (Delhi), and Ruia College (Mumbai).

In March 2018, she wrote the lyrics to "Khud Ko Tu Pehchaan De" and composed the anthem for the Ministry of Women and Child Development’s Nari Shakti campaign.

She was appointed as a UNICEF Brand Ambassador for female empowerment, education, and inclusion in 2006.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pal mobilized funds and distributed food rations, blankets, and medical supplies to disadvantaged groups. This included women, children, the elderly, disabled individuals, and struggling musicians and instrument makers, provided in locations such as Kasniyawad village near Udaipur, across 12 villages, and in states including Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, or Maharashtra. From July 2020 onward, she also offered financial assistance to underprivileged communities.

On 8 May 2021, Pal and her husband donated medical supplies to a BMC COVID-19 care centre and to MLC offices in Mumbai.

On the International Day of the Girl Child in 2020, Pal established the Padmashri M.T. Vyas Stree Shakti Award, in memory of her grandfather—educationist Maganlal Tribhuvandas Vyas—to encourage young girls pursuing Indian music or dance to engage in social service. In 2021, she honored four young girls for their contributions to social initiatives, including promoting folk art, supporting cancer patients, raising environmental awareness, and fundraising during the pandemic.

APCF has received several honors, including the Mumbai Cultural Sustainability Award 2024 from the Vivekananda Youth Foundation, and the WOW Iconic Wellness and Spiritual Award 2023.

• The Hindu year 2009
• The Hindu year 2006
• Golden Horn Records
• Berklee College of Music
• South Asian Women's Network
• Website
• Sur aaur Saaz
• Report on DNA
• The right note on www.masala.com
• Classical musical maestros world on Times of India
• Report on Tribune India
• Report on Mid-day
• operatheatremadlenianum.com
• Report on New York Times Machine
• South Asian Art's page about Anuradha Pal.