About

Soumik Datta

Winner of the Aga Khan Award for Music, Soumik Datta is a visionary musician with the ability to cross boundaries, cultures and art forms. A sarod virtuoso, composer, TV presenter and Artistic Director of the Soumik Datta Arts charity, his work embraces traditional and contemporary art forms to address the urgent issues of our times. A student of the maestro Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, Soumik is acclaimed for extending the reach of the sarod, collaborating with artists from disparate global traditions. In May 2025, Soumik won both the Eastern Eye ACTA award for Music and the Indian Global Forum award for Distinctive Contribution to Music. Soumik’s latest production, Travellers, is a sonic journey that layers field recordings and immersive sound design with a virtuosic band to transport audiences across the invisible borders that divide land, places, and people. In September 2025, Soumik embarks on the ‘Melodies in Slow Motion’ Tour, a seven-month journey of discovery across India that redefines the idea of a musical performance.