"Snehesh blends a lot of emotion, surprise elements and aesthetic touches replete with the dramatic ups and downs of several euphoric crescendos and lingering peace punctuated by well measured silences; all streaming out of a thinking mind, far too matured for his age." - The Hindu
Date: Friday, June 27, 2025
Time:
Doors: 7:30 pm
Music: 8:00 pm
Address: 277-279 Broadway, Glebe
Snehesh Nag is a sitar player, composer, and educator who performs Hindustani classical music and Indian-inspired cross-genre music.
As a sitarist, he has trained with his father Pandit Sugato Nag and legend of sarod Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, and plays a unique blend of two gharanas (school of music), namely the Senia Shahjahanpore and Enayatkhani gharana. Known for “blending a lot of emotion, surprise elements, and aesthetic touches”, Snehesh has shared the stage with Indian classical tabla legends such as Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and the late Pandit Subhankar Banerjee. He has performed extensively in India, the US, and Canada garnering wide acclaim, and is the recipient of multiple accolades such as the National Scholarship, Government of India and the Acharya Allauddin Khan Memorial Award.
Snehesh also holds a master's degree in music technology and is music producer on his upcoming album Nag Mahal. He was an artist-in-residence at Strathmore in 2024 where he shared his knowledge of Hindustani classical music in workshops and collaborated with musicians of diverse traditions. As an educator, Snehesh has been teaching privately for many years and frequently conducts workshops. He has worked with Baltimore Symphony’s OrchKids program and conducted workshops at places such as Strathmore and Silkroad’s Global Musicians Workshop, where he has expanded upon both Indian classical repertoire, as well as tools to converse with other musical traditions.
He will perform for Local Edition alongside Murtaza Damoon on tabla. Murtaza started playing tabla at the age of 7 from his father. At an early age he became a disciple of Ustad Zamir Ahmed Khan of Farukhabad Gharana. Murtaza later became the disciple of the legendary maestro Pandit Kumar Bose of Benaras Gharana. He has performed on multiple international platforms with different genres of music.