Desi Chopin (28 min)

Should the great Polish piano composer Frederic Chopin’s music be played only on the piano? Why not on the tabla, sitar or veena? Desi Chopin is an interpretation of Chopin’s masterpieces by leading Indian musicians on traditional Indian musical instruments. The project was organised and arranged by the Polish Institute, New Delhi

Artists featured: Saraswati Rajagopalan (veena); Kailash Sharma (flute); Suhel Saeed Khan (sitar); Narinderpal Gill (keyboard); Manohar Balatchandirane (mridangam); Varun Rajasekharan (ghatam & kanjira); Ujith Udaya Kumar (tabla); and Tomasz Pajak (violin)

Arrangement and Supervision: Tomasz Pajak

The artists present Prelude in D Flat Major; Waltz in A Minor; Mazurka in G Minor; Etude Number 3; Waltz in E Flat Major; Mazurka in F Major; and Prelude in A Major

Video recorded at the Embassy of Poland in September 2020

(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)