An accomplished Indian Classical Sitar performer / teacher, Sanjeeb Sircar has a music career of more than thirty three years during which he has performed and taught music at many places in India, and also performed and given lessons in Europe and the USA. He also plays a number of different styles of music including Christian, being a Christian, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Fus ...ion, Choir, Western / European Classical and instruments including the Guitar, Piano / Keyboards, Bass and Tabla.
A pioneer in the field of using the Sitar in authentic Jazz, Christian and Gospel, and other world music forms for more than thirty years, he has successfully managed to maintain the high standards of his Indian Classical Sitar while successfully trying to evolve new, meaningful, creative expressions with other genres of music. Later after coming to know Jesus more personally he loves to play Christian Music.
Prominent among his teachers are Ustad Shujaat Khan, the late Pandit Banwari Lal (1912-2003) of Allahabad, Dr. Raj Bhan Singh, and Dr. K.C. Gangrade.
He holds a masters degree in Indian Music (Sitar), from the Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad, a diploma in Indian Music (Sitar), from the Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi and has passed Fifth Grade in Piano of the Trinity Collage of Music, London, England.
He has played with many fine musicians from India and around the world.
Sanjeeb is based at New Delhi and may be contacted for performances, recordings, teaching, lecture-demonstrations, playing with a band, etc. at:
Email: sundayin@yahoo.com
More audios and videos of his are
www.myspace.com/sitarsanjeebsircar
www.youtube.com/sanjeeb2
Website:
www.sanjeebsircar.com