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Sukhwinder Singh + Roopa Panesar

Darbar Festival

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Sukhwinder Singh playing the tabla and smiling to his left. He is wearing an orange top, beaded necklaces and a white turban.

A double bill of India’s iconic sitar alongside an explosive solo tabla performance.

A decade after selling out her concert at the festival, one of the finest sitar maestras returns. Roopa Panesar performs captivating and soul-stirring ragas from the Hindustani tradition of north India, accompanied on the tabla by Shahbaz Hussain, one of the UK’s master Indian musicians. Savour the development of the raag through its four stages: the exploration of the alaap, the pulse of the jor, the building strength of the jhalla, and finally the crescendo of the gat.

Maverick tabla and jori master, Sukhvinder Singh is one of the world's great percussion maestros. Learning from the grand masters of the Punjab and Benares styles of percussion including the late Pandit Kishen Maharaj, he has created a unique sound of rhythmic improvisation. Let him take you on a journey through structured groove and mind-bending crescendo.

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Produced by Darbar in association with Barbican

Performers

Roopa Panesar sitar
Shahbaz Hussain tabla

Sukhvinder Singh tabla solo
Milind Kulkarni harmonium nagma

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