Happy 45th birthday, Sitarist, Anoushka Shankar. 🎂
June 9, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Happy 45th birthday, Sitarist, Anoushka Shankar. 🎂
with sitarist Indrajit Banerjee in my living room, August 2015
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
with sitarist Indrajit Banerjee in my living room, August 2015
Anyone spotted that Peter Fluck of Spitting Image fame and the musician Ravi Shankar were both born ##OTD 7 April? A satirist and a sitarist...
April 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Anyone spotted that Peter Fluck of Spitting Image fame and the musician Ravi Shankar were both born ##OTD 7 April? A satirist and a sitarist...
In the recording studio with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar as well as tanpura virtuoso Cynthia Hayes
August 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
In the recording studio with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar as well as tanpura virtuoso Cynthia Hayes
When I was 24 I got to see sitarist RAVI SHANKAR & his daughter ANOUSHKA play "Full Circle" at Emory’s Emerson Concert Hall in ATL.They played ragas Maru Bihag, Desh, & Mishra Piloo. Tanmoy Bose & Arup Chattopadhyay were on the tabla and Nick Able & Shaylee Dave on the tanpura. It was resplendent!
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When I was 24 I got to see sitarist RAVI SHANKAR & his daughter ANOUSHKA play "Full Circle" at Emory’s Emerson Concert Hall in ATL.They played ragas Maru Bihag, Desh, & Mishra Piloo. Tanmoy Bose & Arup Chattopadhyay were on the tabla and Nick Able & Shaylee Dave on the tanpura. It was resplendent!
Mirror, mirror
John, Ringo, Paul
Who's the sitarist of them all
John, Ringo, Paul
Who's the sitarist of them all
October 28, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Mirror, mirror
John, Ringo, Paul
Who's the sitarist of them all
John, Ringo, Paul
Who's the sitarist of them all
with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar in my living room, August 2015
June 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar in my living room, August 2015
With sitarist Kushal Das and percussionist Hindole Majumdar at Acme Records in Milwaukee in Oct 2018
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With sitarist Kushal Das and percussionist Hindole Majumdar at Acme Records in Milwaukee in Oct 2018
With sitarist Indrajit Banerjee and tabla maestro Hindole Majumdar at a recording session at National Recording, Milwaukee, August 2015.
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
With sitarist Indrajit Banerjee and tabla maestro Hindole Majumdar at a recording session at National Recording, Milwaukee, August 2015.
for whatever it's worth their article on the jugalbandi was wholesale ripped from Wikipedia's, citations and all
![Fact-checked by Grok 14 hours ago
Jugalbandi
A jugalbandhi or jugalbandi is a performance in Indian classical music, especially in Hindustani classical music but also in Carnatic, that features a duet of two solo musicians.[1][2] The word jugalbandi means, literally, "entwined twins." The duet can be either vocal or instrumental.
Often, the musicians will play different instruments, as for example the famous duets between sitarist Ravi Shankar and sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, who played the format since the 1940s. More rarely, the musicians (either vocalists or instrumentalists) may be from different traditions (i.e. Carnatic and Hindustani). What defines jugalbandi is that the two soloists be on an equal footing. A performance can only truly be deemed a jugalbandi when neither musician is always the soloist or solely an accompanist. In jugalbandi, both musicians act as lead players, and a playful competition exists between the two performers.
Hindustani-Carnatic Jugalbandi
Jugalbandi of Hindustani and Carnatic styles has evolved into a relatively common pattern that has the Hindustani artist accompanied by a tabla artist, and the Carnatic artist accompanied by a mridangam artist, and possibly also accompanied by tanpura. The main artists from each tradition present a composition in their own style and then](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcykurfvhhpynm4cwhsnnu4d/bafkreibr7jyg7uwhqt36php2mbdqtyr4xmfn7e7fhyf63tnkyvs4caoroe)
![Jugalbandi
A jugalbandhi or jugalbandi is a performance in Indian classical music, especially in Hindustani classical music but also in Carnatic, that features a duet of two solo musicians.[1][2] The word jugalbandi means, literally, "entwined twins." The duet can be either vocal or instrumental.
Often, the musicians will play different instruments, as for example the famous duets between sitarist Ravi Shankar and sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, who played the format since the 1940s. More rarely, the musicians (either vocalists or instrumentalists) may be from different traditions (i.e. Carnatic and Hindustani). What defines jugalbandi is that the two soloists be on an equal footing. A performance can only truly be deemed a jugalbandi when neither musician is always the soloist or solely an accompanist. In jugalbandi, both musicians act as lead players, and a playful competition exists between the two performers.
Hindustani-Carnatic Jugalbandi
Jugalbandi of Hindustani and Carnatic styles has evolved into a relatively common pattern that has the Hindustani artist accompanied by a tabla artist, and the Carnatic artist accompanied by a mridangam](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcykurfvhhpynm4cwhsnnu4d/bafkreigmtmvja5ml3a5ca6pejubvgcqsmpl2bdxntltoo7v7m3rydsbccq)
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
for whatever it's worth their article on the jugalbandi was wholesale ripped from Wikipedia's, citations and all
🖌️ "Sitarist (Woman) - Roopa Panesar"
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🙌 #Figurative #painting of a woman musician, a celebrated sitarist Roopa Panesar, playing the sitar on a brightly lit stage.
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#originalart #art #fineart #visualart #impressionism #SoulOfAshu
April 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
🖌️ "Sitarist (Woman) - Roopa Panesar"
©Ashu Shendé
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🙌 #Figurative #painting of a woman musician, a celebrated sitarist Roopa Panesar, playing the sitar on a brightly lit stage.
#originalart #art #fineart #visualart #impressionism #SoulOfAshu
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#originalart #art #fineart #visualart #impressionism #SoulOfAshu
Is the player considered a 'sitarist'?
(always wondered) 🤔❔
(always wondered) 🤔❔
January 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Is the player considered a 'sitarist'?
(always wondered) 🤔❔
(always wondered) 🤔❔
Happy 44th birthday, Sitarist and Composer Anoushka Shankar. 🎂
June 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Happy 44th birthday, Sitarist and Composer Anoushka Shankar. 🎂
tbh hes my favorite indian sitarist
July 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
tbh hes my favorite indian sitarist
with renowned sitarist Kushal Das at the Crown Plaza Hotel Auditorium in Milwaukee tonight
September 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
with renowned sitarist Kushal Das at the Crown Plaza Hotel Auditorium in Milwaukee tonight
with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar at a private performance in Milwaukee in June 2016
September 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar at a private performance in Milwaukee in June 2016
grammy nominee sitarist anoushka shankar on the harper's bazaar india february issue 2026 wearing dior 𝝑𝝔
#indian #fashionsky #fashion #music
#indian #fashionsky #fashion #music
February 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
grammy nominee sitarist anoushka shankar on the harper's bazaar india february issue 2026 wearing dior 𝝑𝝔
#indian #fashionsky #fashion #music
#indian #fashionsky #fashion #music
Maestro sitarist Ravi Shankar.
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Maestro sitarist Ravi Shankar.
with sitarist Shakir Khan (son of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan) at a house concert in Naperville, IL in April 2016
June 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
with sitarist Shakir Khan (son of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan) at a house concert in Naperville, IL in April 2016
Happy 80th Birthday, Robbie van Leeuwen!
October 29, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Happy 80th Birthday, Robbie van Leeuwen!
At a newsagents in Schiphol airport in the late 60s, I realised the man next to me, buying online reading before a flight, was the great sitarist Ravi Shankar. As he presented his purchases to the cashier, I nosily took note of what he was buying. Several issues of Mad Magazine.
February 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
At a newsagents in Schiphol airport in the late 60s, I realised the man next to me, buying online reading before a flight, was the great sitarist Ravi Shankar. As he presented his purchases to the cashier, I nosily took note of what he was buying. Several issues of Mad Magazine.
with sitarist Indrajit Banerjee and tabla maestro Hindole Majumdar at Plymouth Church in Milwaukee in March 2017
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
with sitarist Indrajit Banerjee and tabla maestro Hindole Majumdar at Plymouth Church in Milwaukee in March 2017