Sitar virtuoso Purbayan Chatterjee interprets Carlos Santana’s music on the sitar in an online concert on November 21Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee has been on song all during the lockdown, experimenting, going digital and jamming with some extraordinary musicians. In a Zoom interview with MetroPlus, Purbayan talks about the event, digital concert, fusion music and more… Edited excerpts…Why was Santana chosen for this special programme? So, me being a sitar player, when this idea came about of exploring one international artiste, Santana was the automatic choice. I feel that the online concert scenario or the digital concert scenario is still evolving. In spite of the popularity of fusion music, there are many classical musicians who are not too happy about fusion concerts or music.

Source: The Hindu November 19, 2020 12:20 UTC