The art is usually credited to Amir Khusraw (1244-1325), called ... These singers are supported by musicians playing percussion instruments, the dholak or tabla, and a sitar, a long-necked stringed ...

When it comes to the decision of making children choose between Arts and a theoretical subject, most parents and teachers ...

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Featuring around 170 works from 11 artists across the country, the event highlighted how art can align with environmental ...

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 ...

Anupama Bhagwat, an internationally acclaimed sitarist, has dedicated her life to preserving Indian classical music. Through ...

Stick around for a screening of “A Night at the Pocket.” Proceeds benefit Sitar Arts Center. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $5 donation requested. PJ Harvey is the rare artist to emerge during the height of ...

He gave up dancing in 1938 to study the sitar under the legendary court musician Ustad Allauddin Khan. After completing his studies in 1944, Shankar began giving recitals all over India and working as ...

Office: Music Arts Center, room 202 Phone ... Another book project in progress, “Sitar Business: The Life of Musical Instrument Manufacture in North India,” illuminates the cultural world of the ...

British musician Jasdeep Singh Degun has said it is "an absolute honour" to become the first sitar player to win a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. Degun, from Leeds, was named best ...

We launch full steam ahead into fall festival season, with the Silver Spring Jazz Festival and Rosslyn Jazz Fest vying for attention this weekend, alongside some vital D.C. events, including Adams ...