Hyderabad witnessed a rare mehfil, a traditional intimate musical gathering. Sitar maestro Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan performed, recreating the charm of past musical eras. Guests experienced music ...

Dadpur, almost 50 km from Kolkata, is a village in Uluberia where the day begins with birdsong and the notes of the sitar. Every person in the village starts their day with their thoughts attuned to ...

HYDERABAD: As the sweet sitar notes regally adorned the air, a sense of deep, indescribable calm engulfed us all at Ravindra Bharathi. Perhaps it was the soothing nature of the instrument — no, it was ...

In the second volume in a series of free-flowing, ambient-tinged mini-albums, the composer—daughter of the late sitar virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar—seeks out a new vocabulary for her instrument. Save ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...