A British Indian composer and virtuoso player of the sarod, Soumik Datta trained with the sarod legend Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta while completing his Masters in Composition at Trinity College of Music. Soumik’s concerts bridge the world of Indian classical and contemporary music. He collaborates with musicians across the globe to bring his sarod to wider audiences, and has recently worked with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Bill Bailey, Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney. In 2014 Soumik was commissioned by Edinburgh Mela and the Commonwealth Games to rescore Satyajit Ray’s ‘Goopy Gayne Bagha Gyne’, and received rave reviews for his work. In 2015 he was invited to co-compose music for choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s show Fractus V. Soumik’s most recent work has been as a filmmaker and producer for Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India. He spent one year of his life travelling across six states of India, shooting and collaborating with over one hundred grassroots musicians.