Rhitom Sarkar is an “A Grade Artist” of All India Radio and student of the renowned musician Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya. Rhitoms instrument is the Indian Slide guitar or “gandharvi” a modified archtop acoustic with sympathetic and plucked drone strings, specially designed for playing ragas—the melodic patterns and modes in traditional Indian compositions.
Rhitom Sarkar’s 2023 Australia tour is sponsored by The Melbourne Hindustani Classical Music Society
