Niladri Kumar's guest appearances

Niladri Kumar

New Sounds from WNYC

DESIblitz Podcasts

DesiYup.com Podcast

Zakir Hussain

Sonam Kapoor

Deepika Padukone

Cyrus Todiwala

Adil Ray

Imran Khan

Imtiaz Dharker

Harshdeep Kaur

Ali Fazal

Mena Massoud

Shazia Mirza

Diljit Dosanjh

Anil Gupta

Shashi Tharoor

Arjun Kapoor

OwlTail

GupShup

Listen to our exclusive gupshup with Sitar maestro Niladri Kumar, creator of the Zitar.

NILADRI KUMAR ~ Creator Of The Zitar | DESIblitz Gupshup

“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a radio-friendly (short) Raga Charukeshi, for Rupak Tal (a seven beat rhythmic cycle) and Raga Bhairavi in Teental (16 beats.) 

<p>“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a radio-friendly (short) Raga Charukeshi, for Rupak Tal (a seven beat rhythmic cycle) and Raga Bhairavi in Teental (16 beats.) </p>

#3912: With Zakir Hussain & Niladri Kumar (Special Podcast)


Shashank Subramanyam

DesiYUP attended the Darbar Festival at the Soutbank Centre. During a double bill concert we traveled from South to North. First we heard the moving sound of Bansuri by carnatic flutist Shashank Subramanyam. Shashank is a household name in South India.  India’s Sitar virtuoso Niladri Kumar performed for the first time at the Darbar festival. He rocks when he plays sitar. Have a hear.

Darbar Festival - Shashank Subramanyam and Niladri Kumar