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Hindol Deb
Sitarist and composer in the lineage of Ravi Shankar — shaping an artistic world where Indian classical raga meets jazz, world music and contemporary collaboration from Cologne, Germany.
Samhita — Sitar with Crossover Large Ensemble · 2025
The Artist
Master of Sitar & Indian Classical Music
Hindol Deb is a sitarist and composer whose work begins with the depth of Hindustani classical music and opens into jazz, world music and cross-cultural collaboration. Trained by his father Sri Panchanan Sardar and the renowned gurus Pandit Santosh Banerjee and Pandit Deepak Choudhury, he brings a deeply rooted classical practice into contemporary musical dialogue.
His artistic life moves between solo raga performance, chamber collaboration, the world-jazz quartet, the large crossover ensemble Samhita and orchestral work. Across festivals and stages in India, Europe and North America, Hindol creates spaces where tradition is heard as a living, exploratory language.
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Ragasutra - Klanggeschichten aus Indien
St. Philippus Kirche,
Ragasutra - Indian Traditional Music
Art Base
Ragasutra Indian Traditional
Kulturschmiede
Sound as Medicine - Indian Classical Music
Kraftwerk
Ragasutra Indian Traditional
Mandapa
FOR MUSICIANS WHO WANT TO GO DEEPER
Study with Hindol
Hindol works selectively with musicians who want to develop a deeper relationship with raga, listening, technique and improvisation.
Private Sitar Lessons
Private Sitar Lessons
Indian Music Theory
Indian Music Theory
Intensive Workshops
Intensive Workshops
Online & In-Person
Online & In-Person
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Listening as a meeting place
Hindol’s work approaches raga as a living practice: rooted in attentive listening, shaped through improvisation, and renewed through meaningful encounters with musicians and audiences across traditions.
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