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Strings Across the SeasAuthor: Adwitiya, Atreya, Kai, Oojal & Yuhan
Welcome to Strings Across The Seas, where musicians who travel from their home country to another, talk about their experiences and tell us what made them do it. We listen to their music and their dreams. We speak to musicians who have found their passion in stringed instruments that are not well-known globally, but hold great significance in certain traditions, cultures and folklores. These unique instruments find themselves in pages of history books, and soon, our podcast. Language: en Genres: Music, Music Interviews Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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“Indian Music with an English Accent” — Sitar and Jonathan Mayer
Friday, 20 May, 2022
In our second episode, we explore London-born Jonathan Mayer’s relationship with Indian classical music, and how he gradually fell in love with the sitar owing to his Indian roots. His journey captures the harmony of Western and the melodies of Indian classical music, and how he traded the violin for this Indian instrument, enriching the way he sees and feels music. Here’s Jonathan, one of the UK’s most prominent sitar players, who has not only composed orchestral symphonies and performed Indo-Jazz music, but has also worked on actor Riz Ahmed's hip-hop project.
