Composer, arranger and improviser; consummate soloist and generous collaborator; custodian of tradition and restless innovator, multi-award winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun is an anomaly indeed. Unconstrained by genre, the Leeds-born virtuoso’s extraordinary skill and creativity are reshaping the musical landscape for his peers, and for generations to come.
Amid artist residencies and fellowships, an international concert schedule, royal command performances and the well-deserved laurels of recent years, Jasdeep’s lifelong training in gayaki ang -a lyrical approach to the sitar that mimics the human voice – has remained his anchor and his passion.
“In our tradition, you’re always a student”, he explains. “My teacher, Ustad Dharambir Singh MBE, shows me how big the music is, and how much we still have to explore.”
Other events in our Studio as part of the Sounds St Leonards series:
Laura Cortese & Bert Ruymbeek (Thu 29 May, 8pm)
Sounds St Leonards Family Concert – Laura Cortese & Bert Ruymbeek (Fri 30 May, 10:30am)
Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Wake Fire : A Midsummer Celebration! (Sun 29 June, 8pm)
