Percussionist

Sitar player Jasdeep Singh Degun, the first British Asian musician to win the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist award, returns to Darbar with one of today’s top tabla players.

Jasdeep Singh Degun & Sukhvinder Singh Pinky

Milton Court Concert Hall

At the centre of the programme is In C by Terry Riley, a revolutionary piece that forever changed the course of music. It’s built from a simple idea: short repeating musical cells layered by musicians in real time, creating something hypnotic, unpredictable and full of life. Riley’s work was deeply influenced by Indian classical traditions and we bring it into even closer conversation with those roots here featuring sitar, tabla and our full orchestra.

Fantasia Orchestra with Jasdeep Singh Degun

Smith Square Hall

In the centenary year of his death, the orchestra begins with Charlestonian Rhapsody by Edmund Thornton Jenkins, an American composer who emigrated to London and found success as both a performer and composer.

An American in Paris

Southbank Centre

Chineke! Orchestra: An American in Paris

Leeds-born composer, arranger and improviser; consummate soloist and generous collaborator; custodian of tradition and restless innovator, multi-award winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun takes to the Howard Assembly Room stage once more, this time for classical story telling.

Jasdeep Singh Degun

The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2024 Instrumentalist of the Year Award, Jasdeep Singh Degun was born in Leeds, but his music evokes whole worlds, and his sitar playing…well, let’s just say that it has to be heard to be believed. Tonight at The Tung Auditorium he joins the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and tabla virtuoso Harkiret Bahra to perform his own Sitar Concerto Arya – a lyrical, brilliantly imaginative tale of different musical cultures, united by a willingness to explore, and (above all) by the spirit of song. A night of wonder with an artist born to inspire.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Jasdeep Singh Degun, sitar

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

Virtuoso sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun is joined by an eight-piece band in music from his acclaimed Real World Records debut, bringing the spontaneity and beauty of Indian tradition together with the rich counterpoint of western classical music and modern rhythmic ambience.

A programme of gloriously cinematic music for sitar and strings.
Composer and sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun’s music complements the ancient traditions of ragas with contemporary techniques. In this beautiful evening performance, string players from the CBSO will join Jasdeep and tabla player Harkiret Bahra on stage to co-create a musical tale, driven by the beautiful spontaneity of the Indian classical tradition, transporting you through layers of mesmerising melody.

Live at the Centre: Jasdeep Singh Degun

CBSO Centre

Kirill Karabits conducts Jasdeep Singh Degun's new Sitar Concerto and Sergei Prokofiev's seventh symphony in a programme that bridges cultures, contexts and continents.

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Jasdeep Singh Degun x BBC Symphony Orchestra

Barbican Centre

Jasdeep Singh Degun’s thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi’s beautiful baroque masterpiece won huge acclaim when it was first performed by Opera North in 2022, winning multiple awards including Outstanding Achievement in Opera at the UK Theatre Awards and Best Stage Production in the Asian Media Awards. This new production of the work focuses on the musical spectacle of a union of uniquely talented singers and musicians from both the South Asian and western classical traditions.

Orpheus: Claudio Monteverdi and Jasdeep Singh Degun

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Jasdeep Singh Degun’s thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi’s beautiful baroque masterpiece won huge acclaim when it was first performed by Opera North in 2022, winning multiple awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Opera at the UK Theatre Awards and Best Stage Production in the Asian Media Awards. This new production of the work focuses on the musical spectacle of a union of uniquely talented singers and musicians from both the South Asian and western classical traditions.

Orpheus: Claudio Monteverdi & Jasdeep Singh Degun With Opera North

De Montfort Hall

Step into the world of Orpheus, the legendary musician whose music could move gods and mortals alike. Jasdeep Singh Degun’s thrilling reimagining of Monteverdi’s beautiful baroque masterpiece brings music drawn from the Indian classical tradition, performed by South Asian artists, opera singers, and Opera North musicians.

Percussionist

Jasdeep Singh Degun

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 26, 2026

Live at the Centre: Jasdeep Singh Degun · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jan 22, 2027

Jasdeep Singh Degun x BBC Symphony Orchestra · Barbican Centre

Apr 13, 2027

Orpheus: Claudio Monteverdi and Jasdeep Singh Degun · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Apr 18, 2027

Orpheus: Claudio Monteverdi & Jasdeep Singh Degun With Opera North · De Montfort Hall

24 - 25 Apr, 2027

Orpheus · Leeds Playhouse

Past events

Oct 28, 2026

Jasdeep Singh Degun & Sukhvinder Singh Pinky · Barbican Centre

Apr 10, 2026

Fantasia Orchestra with Jasdeep Singh Degun · Sinfonia Smith Square

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sitar in Lament by Degun

Chineke! Orchestra

Sitar in Concerto For Sitar & Orchestra by Degun

Chineke! Orchestra

Percussion in Rageshri by Degun

Sinfonia Smith Square

Percussion in Arya (Sitar Concerto): movement II by Degun

Sinfonia Smith Square

Sitar in Sitar Concerto No. 2 by Degun

Barbican Centre

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