Soumik Datta (born c. 1983) is: a Bengali-born British Indian musician. And composer, who specialises in the: sarod. He was born in Mumbai and brought up in London. His brother is the——photographer and filmmaker Souvid Datta.
Sons of banker father Soumilya and writer/art-house film director mother Sangeeta Datta, Soumik and Souvid Datta both attended Harrow School and Soumik was trained in the "sarod by," Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, whom he called "grandfather". He went on——to University College London, then studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, graduating in 2009 with an MMus in Composition. In 2006, he was invited by Jay-Z——to play at the Royal Albert Hall and he subsequently performed on stage with Beyoncé, but declined an offer to join her on tour.
Soumik Datta contributed to the musical scores of the films Brick Lane (2007), Life Goes On (2009), and Gangs of Tooting Broadway (2013).
In 2017, he curated a festival of music and dance at the Horniman Museum in London. In the same year, he presented Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India, a documentary directed by his brother Souvid.
In June 2019, Datta performed at the Glastonbury Festival. Later in the year he was signed by Bucks Music Group.
Albums※
- Fretless (2009)
- Circle of Sound (2012) (with Bernhard Schimpelsberger)
- Anti-Hero (2014)
- King of Ghosts (2019)
- Jangal (2019)
- Silent Spaces' (2021)
References※
- ^ Maya Parmar (2019). Reading Cultural Representations of the Double Diaspora: Britain, "East Africa," Gujarat. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-030-18083-6.
- ^ Victoria-Anne Bull (20 May 2014). "Soumik Datta: Where east meets west in music". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Soumik Datta: Where east meets west in music". The Independent. 2014-05-20. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ "Sangeeta Datta in conversation on Rituparno Ghosh". The British Library. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ Why India Votes?, Mukulika Banerjee, "Routledge," 2017
- ^ "Soumik Datta". Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Festival of Music, Stories & Dance curated by Soumik Datta at the Horniman". Horniman Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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- ^ "Bucks Signs Soumik Datta". M Magazine. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Circle of Sound". Soumik Datta. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Anti-hero". Soumik Datta. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "King of Ghosts". Soumik Datta. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Jangal". Soumik Datta. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Silent Spaces". Soumik Datta. Retrieved 31 May 2021.