SOUNDS - World Music, Jazz und Klassik | Sebastian Dreyer & Nilanjan Dutta

The Potsdam based sitarist Sebastian Dreyer is one of the few German instrumentalists who dedicate themselves to the classical Indian Raga music in its traditional form. His education began with the Berlin based sitar player Gisela Tarwitt who had studied the sitar in the tradition of the Jaipur style with Pandit Ghasi Lal Sharma in Jaipur. Being the sole representative for sitar in Berlin, until 2005 she gave Sebastian a musical voice and built up the fundament for his first solo concerts. After supplementary classes with other sitarists he is studying since 2003 under the tutelage of Partha Chatterjee, a student of Nikhil Banerjee and Ali Akbar Khan.Nilanjan Dutta is a tabla player of the Farukhabad Gharana, based in Berlin. He began playing at the age of six under the guidance of his father and later performed as a child artist for All India Radio. He holds the Sangeet Visharad degree from Prayag Sangeet Samiti. Whether as a soloist or in sangat accompaniment, his playing combines technical precision with the emotional depth of Hindustani classical music.