Sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee and guitarist Mark Lettieri have released a new single, “Soar.” This piece represents the moment when structure begins to dissolve, and instinct…
(headline image: Anoushka Shankar – Photo by Carly Hildebrant) On Friday, March 28, 2025, Grammy-nominated sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar marks 30 years of performing with…
Composer and sitar player Anoushka Shankar has shared a video of her new single, “Hiraeth.” This recording will appear in Chapter III: We Return to…
I’m not familiar with many sitar masters from the United States (which is no one’s fault but my own), but Maxton Hunter certainly comes across…
Anoushka Shankar – Chapter I: Forever, For Now (Leiter Verlag, 2023) Anoushka Shankar, the highly acclaimed musician renowned for her mastery of the sitar, firmly…
Roopa Panesar – Atma (2023) Roopa Panesar, a British-Asian musician, is set to release a new album in spring 2023 titled “Atma,” which translates to…
The sitar, an Indian classical stringed instrument with a body made from a gourd base, features both sympathetic and melody strings. It is most commonly…
Roopa Panesar is regarded as one of the top sitarists to emerge from the UK’s Indian classical music scene. Her repertoire spans Indian classical, jazz,…
Presented by The World Music InstituteMasters of Indian Music SeriesKaufmann Music Center129 West 67th Street, NYC The World Music Institute gave us in October, as…
Purbayan Chatterjee with Rakesh Chaurasia and Ojas Adhiya are set to perform in New York Cityon Sunday, October 23, 2022, at Kaufman Music Center. The…