Roopa Panesar & Gurdain Rayatt

Name: Roopa Panesar & Gurdain Rayatt
Start: 2025-08-15T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Nobel Peace Center

Schedule

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Nobel Peace Center | Oslo, OS

Norwegian debut concert for the leading sitarist, performing in the MelaKlassisk strand of the Mela.
With her soulful and unique playing style, Roopa Panesar captivates audiences, and it is with good reason that she is referred to as one of the best sitar players on the Indian music scene in the UK.
Roopa Panesar was born in London but grew up in Leicester and at the age of seven she began her apprenticeship with the renowned teacher and musician Ustad Dharambir Singh ji MBE, who remains her musical guru. Panesar is renowned for her unique playing style and has performed at leading venues such as the Barbican and the Southbank Centre, toured both nationally and internationally, and collaborated with everyone from Mercury Prize winner Talvin Singh to the Belgium Symphony Orchestra.
At this MelaKlassisk, Roopa Panesar will be accompanied by Gurdain Rayatt on tabla.
Gurdain Rayatt is one of the UK’s most exciting tabla players. Hailing from three different major tabla lineages including Benares, Punjab and Farukhabad, Gurdain has been trained both in the UK and India, and has been taught by iconic teachers including Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Kumar Bose and Pandit Anindo Chatterjee.
Both musicians are masters of the classical tradition, but also enjoy exploring jazz and other musical traditions, and the audience can look forward to an improvised, innovative and soulful interplay.