Mysuru: Pandit Sayan Ghosh, a young, multi-talented artiste from Kolkata, will be presenting a solo sitar recital at the residence of Mysore Vasudevacharya, near Agrahara in city, on May 13.

The concert, to be held between 5 pm and 7 pm, is open to all music lovers.

Pandit Sayan, a highly acclaimed sitarist now, had his training in vocal, primarily in Rabindra Sangeet, from his mother. He had his formal Sitar training under Ganesh Das, who was a renowned Sitarist of the famous ‘Imdadkhani Gharana.’ He was groomed into the Etawah – Imdadkhani Gharana of Baaj, which enhances Gayaki anga, by Das.

Sayan now performs regularly in Baithaks and selective events. He contributes to music projects as an original composer as well as player on a regular basis. He has also collaborated with many musicians of repute. He works as a Guest Faculty at Ghulam Abbas Khan Academy for their music appreciation courses named Art of Listening.

He has arranged and played sitar for many Albums. A renowned teacher, Sayan has students around the world and is teaching ‘Tagore on Sitar,’ which is his own initiative. A creative Bengali poet and a lyrics writer, he is also into instrument construction and offers his designed Sitars for sale around the world.