Purbayan Chatterjee innovates Indian classical sitar music by blending traditional ragas with modern elements, collaborating with global artists, and utilizing cutting-edge technology. His approach ...

India is a country rich in tradition and skill. Be it the ancient dance forms that entertain and inform people even today, to the forms of ‘nataks’ and ‘jatras’ that show society a mirror, Indian art ...

Since the release of her eponymous debut in 1998, Anoushka Shankar has been internationally renowned as an alchemist of Indian music. Blending classical sitar with modern flourishes, the multiple ...

At the exquisite setting of Purana Qila in Delhi, Australian High Commissioner Philip Green highlighted a unique fusion of ...

Purbayan Chatterjee is one of the world’s premier traditional sitar players, a star in his native India, with an album near the top of the charts and a worldwide following that beckons him to tour ...

The story of finding and learning sitar is a documentary that gives us a brief insight into India, shares the shots of Indian ...

A new, ambient sound has arrived and it stars Santa Barbara–raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maxton Hunter and his journey learning the sitar. The tracks “Dhara” and “Jaya” were released ...

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Neo-classical musician and sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma will debut and perform on India’s first-ever LED-enhanced electric sitar during the India leg of his upcoming 10-city Sitar for Mental Health ...

India's traditional musical instruments reflect the cultural richness and craftsmanship that has evolved through time. Skilled artisans craft these instruments from locally sourced bamboo and wood, ...

Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee’s YouTube channel’s description reads ‘Sitar Explorer‘. In his latest single, Two-Thirds, released on March 26, Purbayan explores a curious instrument – a ‘see-tar‘.

Wood and metal have pretty much been the materials of choice for craftsmen making acoustic instruments for many years, but the rise of 3D printing in recent times has brought us guitars, violins, ...