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BBC Proms: Proms 2020: Anoushka Shankar: New Explorations

Anoushka Shankar: New Explorations

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Another chance to hear Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda perform The Sitar and the Hang.

Another chance to hear sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar in new collaborations, with electronic music producer Gold Panda and the strings of the Britten Sinfonia.

Another chance to hear Anoushka Shankar, Gold Panda and Manu Delago's performance of The Sitar and the Hang, with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Jules Buckley, at the 2020 BBC Proms.

Presented by Ian Skelly from the Royal Albert Hall.

Anoushka Shankar sitar
Gold Panda live electronics
Manu Delago percussion
Britten Sinfonia
Jules Buckley conductor

Boundary-crossing, multi-Grammy-nominated sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar returns to the Proms, showcasing two of her most recent collaborations. 

In the centenary year of her father Ravi Shankar’s birth and with the aim of presenting ‘ragas and the sitar in a new light’, she combines recordings of some of his works both with her own sitar improvisations and with live electronics by composer/producer Gold Panda.

Alongside conductor and arranger Jules Buckley, Anoushka Shankar has produced new arrangements of her own pieces for the Britten Sinfonia strings, who are joined by her regular collaborator percussionist Manu Delago. Among them are ‘Wandering Around’, ‘Voice of the Moon’, ‘Land of Gold’ and ‘Chasing Shadows’.

BBC Proms: Proms 2020

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 2020 BBC Proms season.

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