Niladri Kumar
Niladri Kumar, born in 1973 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is an Indian sitar
player, composer, and music director. The son of sitar player Kartick Kumar, a
disciple of Ravi Shankar, he began studying sitar at age 4 and gave his first
public performance at age 6 in Puducherry. He developed the zitar, a modified
five-string electric sitar. As a leader and collaborator, his studio albums
include Together in 2001, If: Magical Sounds of Sitar in 2003, Zitar in 2008,
Priority in 2009, and Together alongside Talvin Singh in 2011. He has
collaborated with artists including Zakir Hussai...
