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Arjun Verma

Arjun Verma is a sitarist trained by Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. As a child, Arjun learned from his father, sitarist Roop Verma, himself a disciple of Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar. As a teenager, Arjun was very fortunate to study with Ali Akbar Khan for eight years, and since the Maestro’s passing in 2009, with his son Alam Khan. The combination of these influences results in a style encompassing the profound as well as exhilarating aspects of North Indian classical music. Arjun has performed around the world, including noteworthy performances with St. Louis Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and at Prague Castle, Pattee Arena, the Fillmore, the United Nations in Geneva, and on NBC TV. In addition to playing Indian Classical Music, Arjun has experimented with using the sitar in other musical genres, such as western classical, celtic, opera and jazz, including recordings with St. Louis Symphony and Grammy-winning jazz artist John Beasley. Arjun’s music has received critical acclaim from leading publications, including the New York Times, Sruti Magazine, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Hindustan Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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