Event

Deobrat Mishra in Concert

A rare opportunity in mid-coast Maine, don't miss out on this chance to see world-renowned Sitar Master Deobrat Mishra performing at our very own Rockport Opera House. Thursday, June 15th at 7pm. He will be accompanied by his nephew Prashant Mishra on tabla.

The Son of Pandit Shivnath Mishra, a legend of Sitar from Banares, India, Deobrat has an energetic and innovative playing style, with typical features like selectivity, melody and rhythmic complexity. Born in 1976, he represents the 11th generation of the Benares Gharana tradition.

As a young child he studied tabla with his mother, Mrs. Pramila Mishra, who was the granddaughter of the well-known tabla player Pandit Baiju Mishra of Benares. He studied vocal music with his father at the age of five and began his sitar lessons a year later. That same year, after only six months of studying the sitar, he gave his first public performance on stage.

Since 1994 he has been touring throughout India, Europe, and North America. In the same year, he was chosen to receive the award of Young sitar player of India by Youth Festival. In 2000 he received award of Sur Mani in Mumbai. His many projects include music workshops, solo performances for radio and television as well as world music programs with Indian and European artists. Moreover, he provides music lessons at the Academy of Indian Classical Music, the school he founded along with his father, Pandit Shivnath Mishra, in 2006.