This album was recorded at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, UK, in February 2020, and is a 24bit, 96kHz high-resolution recording.
Performer Biography
Jonathan Mayer, the sitar player on this album, began his musical training at age five with violin, piano, and composition, and started sitar at sixteen.
Performer Biography
Sasha Rozhdestvensky, a violinist, is considered one of today's finest Russian violinists, with Yehudi Menuhin calling him 'one of the most talented and refined violinists of his generation'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Mayer composed fusions of Hindustani classical and Western classical idioms, also informed by jazz.
Composer Biography
John Mayer, born in Calcutta, received a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music as a violinist and studied comparative music.
Performer Biography
Shahbaz Hussain is a leading tabla virtuoso who received the 'Son of Lahore' Award from the Government of Pakistan in 2008.
Performer Biography
Debashish Chaudhuri, the conductor, was the first Indian to study at the Prague Conservatory and later the only Indian to study at the Chigiana Academy of Music since Zubin Mehta.
