Sitar for soul - Inde du nord

Traditionally, the sitar is the virtuoso instrument used to showcase the traditional ragas of northern Indian classical music, while the tabla highlights the subtleties of rhythm.

Precocious and virtuosic, Deepsankar is the fourth generation of sitarists in a family of musicians.

He embarked on his musical journey from a very young age under the guidance of his father, Pandit Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, and under the attentive advice of the master Padmabhusahan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Saheb.

A student of the Benaras Gharana master, Abhirup Roy is greatly appreciated by audiences and recognised by musicians in Kolkata; he is an internationally renowned tabla virtuoso. He has not only won over audiences with his unique style of playing, but has also drawn people in as much with his compositions as with the direction of his projects around the world.

Hindustani music is practised in northern India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is one of the two major genres of Indian classical music, alongside Carnatic music from southern India.