Soumik Datta - Melodies in Slow Motion

Soumik Datta brings Melodies in Slow Motion to Gloucester Guildhall on Tuesday 17 November, as part of his UK and European tour. He's an award-winning Indian sarod player and composer, winner of the Aga Khan Music Award, and Vogue has called him 'one of the biggest music talents in Britain'. He studied under Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta and has worked with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Nitin Sawhney, Akram Khan, Anoushka Shankar and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and is an Earth Day Network Ambassador.

Melodies in Slow Motion started as a British Council climate commission in Mumbai. While working, an orange butterfly landed on him amid the city's noise and traffic, which prompted him to weave field recordings of the natural world into compositions for his 19-string sarod. The show translates microscopic biological movements — from the choir of cicadas to underground mycelial networks — into a cinematic, slow-motion journey that explores memory, migration and the climate crisis. It's produced in partnership with Asian Arts Agency and co-produced by Soumik Datta Arts and G5A Warehouse Mumbai.

On the night, Datta is joined by Sayee Rakshith on violin, Debjit Patitundi on tabla and Sumesh Narayanan on mridangam and percussion. The performance runs for about 80 minutes without an interval. Doors open at 19:00, with the music starting at 19:30. Tickets are £15 standard and £12 for concessions.