Roop Verma

Indian sitar player playing Indian classical and sacred music. His training comes from the greatest masters of our time, Maestros [a299241], Swami Shyam and [a319702]. You could say that Roop Verma's musical runway began several hundred years ago. The knowledge his tradition based on has its roots both in mystics of ancient and medieval times India, as well as in the concert music we know today and which arose from the royal courts. He was born in one music loving family and grew up in electric environment rich in arts and culture. He has studied with great teachers like Swami Shyam, where he was taught the esoteric music, with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who became his basic music teacher, and finally with Ravi Shankar, from whom he learned to master the sitar. He lives in Oneonta, New York, USA, but is still traveling with concerts and seminars over most of the world. His creative production includes several CDs, most recently with the work of Chetna, two morning ragas.