Miner grew up playing the classical violin, but says that as a teenager she was drawn to the transcendent music of the sitar, a long-necked lute with a hollowed-out gourd body. The instrument’s ...

The New England Conservatory of Music Intercultural Institute, is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week with a symposium on bimusicality. Bimusicality is when artists can perform in two distinct ...

The new book "The Journey of the Sitar in Indian Classical Music: Origin, History, and Playing Styles" (published by iUniverse), from sitar player and author Dr. Swarn Lata, compiles the knowledge and ...

Join Yogini Kaliji in welcoming the Batish Family. A legend of the Bay Area world music scene, Ashwin is a sitar and tabla master. Trained from an early age in the north Indian classical music ...

For the first time, sitar maestro Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan and two-time Grammy-winning flautist Rakesh Chaurasia shared the stage in Strings & Wind, a unique collaboration exploring an intimate ...

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 ...

The Consulate General of India in Shanghai hosted Vasant Baithak, featuring Indian classical music and dance, drawing over 1,000 attendees. The event fostered cultural exchange and mutual ...

An eclectic group of people sat on floor cushions in a Los Feliz home earlier this month for a concert to mark famed sitar player Ravi Shankar’s 90th birthday. In the same room where Shankar played in ...

In a mesmerizing collaboration, filmmaker and actor Rishab Shetty has teamed up with neo-classical sitar virtuoso Rishab Rikhiram Sharma to present a fresh rendition of 'Varaha Roopam' from the ...

A widely acknowledged classical musician of the north Indian genre, Partha Bose has an uncanny ability to communicate with listeners world-wide through his sitar. Partha Bose has an evolving style ...