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Considered one of the finest sitar players to emerge on the Indian music scene, UK based Roopa.
Roopa Panesar is one of the finest sitar players to emerge from the UK, embracing Indian classical music as well as jazz and western classical genres.!
Roopa Panesar
Roopa Panesar remains firmly within the Hindustani classical idiom, but brings a distinctive style to sitar performance.
Born in Leicester, she is considered one of the finest sitar players to emerge on the Indian classical music scene from the UK.
She is a disciple of the renowned educationist and leading musician of the UK, Ustad Dharambir Singh ji MBE (a disciple of the late Ustad Vilayat Khan).
She began her training at the age of seven, under her Guru, until the present day. She also learnt from the senior most disciple of the late Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Arvind Parikh ji. Her musical vision has been enriched while receiving guidance from other outstanding musicians visiting the UK including Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt Buddhaditya Mukherjee and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar.
Aside from touring Europe and the US, she has made numerous BBC appearances, collaborated with Mercury Prize winner Talvin Singh and the Belgian Sympho