Winner of the Aga Khan Award for Music, Soumik Datta is a sarod virtuoso, composer, TVpresenter and Artistic Director of the Soumik Datta Arts charity. Soumik is acclaimed for extending the reach of the sarod, collaborating with artists from disparate global traditions including - Beyonce, Jay-Z, Nitin Sawhney, Akram Khan, Arijit Singh, and the Philharmonia OrchestraSoumik’s latest production, Travellers, is a sonic journey that layers field recordings and immersive sound design with a virtuosic band, transporting audiences across the invisible borders that divide land, places and people. Woven through the music, we hear the cries of refugees being deported and the plea of news reporters in Gaza.

The sound of missiles echo across the speakers and through the din emerges the voice of Oppenheimer, gently underscored by the sarod. 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. Soumik will bring his music not just to concert
halls, but to intimate spaces: to homes, heritage sites, juvenile centres, national borders, and schools, interacting with marginalised communities that often go unheard.