Roopa Panesar
Roopa Panesar is considered one of the finest sitar players from the UK to emerge on the Indian Classical Music scene. She is a disciple of the renowned educationalist and leading musician of the UK, Ustad Dharambir Singh ji MBE, a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan.
Roopa’s knowledge and skills have also been strengthened by additional training from masters including Pandit Arvind Parikh, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, Pt. Buddhaditya Mukherjee and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar.
Embracing Indian classical music as well as jazz and Western classical genres, Roopa Panesar leaves audiences captivated and peers filled with respect. Her outstanding musical ability has resulted in a stream of high-profile national and international concerts, tours and televised performances including the BBC1 televised VJ75 memorial in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales and working with the Belgian Symphony Orchestra.
Roopa Panesar proudly joins the modest number of Indian females worldwide who have launched their careers as full-time touring and teaching sitar players.