Indian music and dance

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Artists/teachers/Music schools


Lelystad - Sitar
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Surajit Das
Riverenlaan 156
8226 LH Lelystad
Tel:0320 - 25 44 92
Gsm:06 - 4078 5010
E-mail:surajit@planet.nl
Web:www.surajit.net

Surajit Das born in Kolkatta in a musical family received at the age of 9 his first sitar lessons from his aunt Suruchi Das. After a few years of training he developed great interest in Indian classical music and received further training from a well-known sitarist professor Kashinath Mukherjee. Suarjit was under his guidance for more than 15 years. In 1983 he obtained his masters degree in Indian classical music from the music university Proyag Sangeet Samity in Allahbad. He gained further under the guidence of professor Chinmoy Lahare a well-known classical singer of India. In 1988- 1989 he had his first European concert tour.

Surajit lives in the Netherlands since 1990. He has given concerts in and ouside the Netherlands. His first album of 2 CD's “Chakra - Journey to Eternal Life” was released in 2000. So far he has released four CD's.