Soumik Datta at Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room
Dates: (10/31/2021 )
Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room |
Kensington Gore, London
London, SW7 2AP
Tickets: £16.12 - £21.50
SUBMIT UPDATES
Soumik Datta is an award-winning musician, producer and television presenter. He plays the 19-stringed sarod and combines Indian music with songwriting, spoken poetry and live electronica.One of the biggest new music talents in Britain (Vogue), Soumik has collaborated with Beyonce, Jay-Z, Bill Bailey, Nitin Sawhney, Joss Stone, Anoushka Shankar, Arijit Singh, Akram Khan and Shankar Mahadevan to name a few.Dattas highlights include winning the Arts Council England Elevate Award and the British Councils COP26 x Climate Change grant. An Ambassador of the Earth Day Network, Datta often addresses social and environmental issues through songs, music and film.In May 2020, BBC Radio 3 commissioned Soumik to create new work for their Culture in Quarantine programme Sounds of Silence, in which he examined the effect of lockdown on musicians in the UK.This spring he will release a new video album titled Silent Spaces, produced in collaboration with the Royal Albert Hall.This concert is part of Journeys, a festival curated by Nitin Sawhney, celebrating 150 years of immigration.
Videos
Recommended For You
Get UK / West End's #1 Newsletter
Get the best news & discounts for UK / West End & beyond.
