Percussionist

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.

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.

Percussionist

Jasdeep Singh Degun

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 10, 2026

Fantasia Orchestra with Jasdeep Singh Degun · Sinfonia Smith Square

Past events

Jan 30, 2026

An American in Paris · Chineke! Orchestra

Jan 30, 2026

Chineke! Orchestra: An American in Paris · Southbank Centre

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

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