Sharanjeet Singh Mand
Sitarist, Composer and Educator
The sitar has never felt separate from life.
- Next Appearance
- December 2026 India Tour
- Delhi
- Chandigarh
- additional cities to be announced
Rooted in the Vilayatkhani tradition, engaged with Indian classical music, and committed to original composition.
Sharanjeet Singh Mand is an internationally acclaimed sitar virtuoso, innovative composer, and educator. One of the leading voices of Indian classical music of his generation, his work moves between Indian classical music, Western classical thought, original composition, poetry and artistic collaboration.
His music is an inquiry into deep listening, creativity, poetry and landscape—an exploration of the human spirit.
THE WORK
Indian Classical Sitar
Gayaki ang, raag and improvisation shaped by the Vilayatkhani tradition.
Original Composition
Music bringing raag into conversation with Western classical thought, harmony, poetry and landscape.
Artistic Collaboration
Opera, orchestral work, chamber music and cross-cultural creation.
FEATURED PROJECT
Ladakh
Music shaped by stillness, landscape and interrupted movement.
MOMENTS
Trained under
Pandit Dr. Harvinder Sharma
2015
Performed for the Prime Ministers of India and Canada
2018
First Indian classical musician to perform a solo for the JUNO Awards
2022
Everest Base Camp world-record recital
CBC Music
30 Under 30 – first non-Western classical musician
GURUKUL CANADA
Riyaz. Reflection. Transmission.
Gurukul Canada carries Sharanjeet's teaching practice through attentive listening, sustained riyaz and the transmission of Indian classical music in Canada.
Music, reflection and the inner life.