Sitar Concert by Pt. Kushal Das

Name: Sitar Concert by Pt. Kushal Das
Start: 2026-04-19T12:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-19T14:30:00-07:00
Location: Seattle Asian Art Museum

Schedule

Sun Apr 19 2026 at 12:30 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Seattle Asian Art Museum | Seattle, WA

Kushal Das, renowned Sitar and Surbahar artist, was born in a musical family in Kolkata. His father Sailen Das was a disciple of Lakshman Bhattacharya and Pt. Ravi Shankar. His uncle Santanu Das was a disciple of Pt. Ali Akbar Khan. He started his training under the guidance of his father and uncle. Later he received training from Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and from Ajoy Sinha Roy (a disciple of Pt. Allauddin Khan) and took vocal lessons from Pt. Manas Chakraborty and Pt. Ramkrishna Basu.
Pt. Das will be accompanied on the tabla by Sandip Ghosh, who has been a disciple of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee for the last 18 years. Sandip has accompanied distinguished artists like Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty, Ud. Shahid Parvez, Ud. Shujaat Khan, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia and Vid. Kaushiki Chakrabarty. He is also a solo artist, collaborating with bands worldwide.