Name: Soumik Datta: Philharmonia Artist in Residence
Start: 2024-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

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Soumik Datta

Sarod

Soumik Datta: Philharmonia Artist in Residence

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United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Soumik Datta: Philharmonia Artist in Residence: Concert Various

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Concert

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South Bank Centre

Time zones, migrant memories and displaced rhythms collide in an original score for sarod and chamber orchestra. 

Award-winning sarod player and composer Soumik Datta is the Philharmonia’s Artist in Residence for the 2023/24 season. This evening celebrates the culmination of his year-long collaboration with Philharmonia players to explore the theme of migration through his new score titled ‘Borderlands’. 

At times the stage is an airport concourse. The players arrive at a customs desk where rapid-fire, spoken rhythms are answered by chromatic flute lines and thundering timpani strikes. Cinematic strings soar above sarod and tabla solos punctuated by electronic samples, political commentary and personal narratives. 

Multifaceted and evocative, the performance weaves through a series of syncopated, polyphonic movements to offer a compelling perspective on migration, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience of displacement, tolerance and home.

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