“The melodic character of Indian music and the harmonic character of Western music are like oil and water. They will not mix…Nor should there be any fear that one will harm the other.” — Sitar maestro ...

Among other things, Shankar, who'd taken on the Pennsylvania-born Slawek as a disciple a decade before in the holy Indian city of Banaras, wanted to borrow one of Slawek's sitars. His was naturally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We’re doing things a little differently this time,” conductor Carolyn Kuan confided at the start of the Hartford Symphony ...

Indian musician and composer Hasu Patel stops into the KUHF Performance Studio to play a portion of her new Sitar Concerto which has been comissioned by and will be premiered by the Doctor’s Orchestra ...

Anoushka Shankar and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. When and where: 8 p.m. Friday, South Orange Performing Arts Center, One SOPAC Way, South Orange; 8 p.m. Saturday, Carnegie Hall, New York. How much: ...

Despite performing regularly in Europe and America for 50 years, Ravi Shankar has never appeared at the Proms. It's an omission he will rectify on Wednesday when he takes to the stage at the Albert ...

Alongside conductor Alpesh Chauhan, Fazal Qureshi was joined on stage by soloists Niladri Kumar (sitar) and Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri). The Triple Concerto for tabla, sitar and bansuri is the second ...

Classical music concerts don’t have to be stuffy. Over at UCSD, the longtime Soirée for Music Lovers program keeps classical music fresh by highlighting pieces from the current century. Its upcoming ...

“We’re doing things a little differently this time,” conductor Carolyn Kuan confided at the start of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s “Scheherezade & Shankar” Masterworks concert. Next to the base of ...