Breaking the silence of iconic British cultural venues during the 2020 lockdowns, Soumik Datta and a team of 40 strong musicians ventured into empty spaces like the British Museum & The Royal Albert Hall to create a series of 6 films and songs. The album is now released digitally and available wherever you stream music.
“Diwali is a special festival for my family. It marks the mythic victory of light over darkness. For me, during the pandemic - music was my light. Music allowed me to break the silence of the pandemic and bring together otherwise isolated artists to fill vacant arts spaces with beautiful sound. We made strings, voices and beats echo through the hallways of empty museums, auditoriums, cinemas and nightclubs. So this Diwali we celebrate it all - light over darkness, sound over silence, offering this album as a message of joy.” - Soumik Datta
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In partnership with Choose Love, Soumik Datta is touring the SDA production Hope Notes across England in autumn 2022. Hope Notes tells refugee stories through music and was made in collaboration with refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Kenya, Bangladesh, Yemen, Cameroon and Uganda. A sensory feast to challenge social injustice through an uplifting, musical lens, Hope Notes highlights an important part of our history, and shows us how our society deals with vulnerable people.
Choose Love does whatever it takes to provide refugees and displaced people with everything from lifesaving search and rescue boats to food and legal advice. Since Choose Love was founded in 2015, we have supported almost 4 million people (3,860,000) and raised more than $80 million for over 390 partner organisations working across the world.
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Soumik Datta is a Laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards. The triennial Awards, established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 2018, recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.
While contributing to the preservation and ongoing development of musical heritage, many of the laureates, including Soumik, draw on the power of music to raise awareness about social and environmental issues.
The Aga Khan Music Awards reflect the conviction of His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, that music can serve as a cultural anchor, deepening a sense of community, identity and heritage, while simultaneously reaching out in powerful ways to people of different backgrounds.
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‘Sounds of Silence’ is a new 5 part audio series presented and produced by Soumik Datta, commissioned for BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine - in partnership with Arts Council England.
Featuring 5 guests on 5 episodes from distinct locations across the nation, their stories interwoven with home recordings made specifically for this work. Datta’s new series is a canvas of delightful sounds and rare insights that address issues of mental health, loneliness, older audiences, racism in the arts and our connection to nature.
"Soumik has made a wonderful series of programmes for us as part of Culture in Quarantine. He gives us space to think and imagine, and reminds us all of the changes we’re experiencing in these strange times, as we engage with 5 wonderful musicians and their ‘Sounds of Silence’ all over the country.” - Alan Davey, Controller, BBC Radio 3
‘Sounds of Silence’ is a new 5 part audio series presented and produced by Soumik Datta, commissioned for BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine - in partnership with Arts Council England.
Featuring 5 guests on 5 episodes from distinct locations across the nation, their stories interwoven with home recordings made specifically for this work. Datta’s new series is a canvas of delightful sounds and rare insights that address issues of mental health, loneliness, older audiences, racism in the arts and our connection to nature.
"Soumik has made a wonderful series of programmes for us as part of Culture in Quarantine. He gives us space to think and imagine, and reminds us all of the changes we’re experiencing in these strange times, as we engage with 5 wonderful musicians and their ‘Sounds of Silence’ all over the country.” - Alan Davey, Controller, BBC Radio 3
Soumik has performed at premier venues internationally including London’s South Bank, Shakespeare’s Globe, Barbican Centre; Konzerthaus, Berlin, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide; New Vision Art Festival, Hong Kong; Singapore Arts Festival; Diverse City, Kuala Lumpur; Fes Sacred Music Festival, Morocco and the Songlines Encounters Festival. In 2019, Soumik has been invited to play at Glastonbury Festival, WOMAD and BBC Proms. He continues to champion Indian arts in the mainstream and bring his ancient sarod into the modern, global arena.
Soumik is an outspoken advocate for the preservation of Indian arts. As a television presenter he has fronted two film series on the music of India. Soumik travelled across six states of India, filming and performing with over 100 traditional musicians, many being the last in their musical lineage. Supported by the Bagri Foundation, this collaboration resulted in 'Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India' - a six-part, TV documentary series about musicians in rural India, which aired on Channel 4, 4OD. More recently Soumik presented a prime-time three part series for BBC4. 'Rhythms of India’, which received great critical acclaim, follows Soumik as he meets and performs with classical, folk and pop musicians exploring how music helps us understand India’s past and its rapidly changing present.
Trained by the sarod legend, Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta while completing his Masters in Composition at Trinity College of Music, Soumik’s performances bridge the world of Indian classical and contemporary music. His music and innovative projects connect ancient Indian influences with progressive sounds ‘building bridges between the traditional and contemporary’ (GQ). He has collaborated with Beyonce, Jay-Z, Bill Bailey, Nitin Sawhney, Anoushka Shankar, Talvin Singh, Joss Stone, Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Javed Akhtar, London Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Sinfonia.
From broadcast TV series, to live performances, touring collaborative acts and innovative new shows in development - click through for further concept details, trailers, press information, tour dates and details on booking.
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