Anupama Bhagwat with Nitin Mitta

Anupama Bhagwat learned sitar under Bimalendu Mukherjee, a central teacher of the Imdadkhani lineage, and her playing keeps close to that line's singing approach: long meends that bend one note into the next, and phrases paced like a vocalist taking breath. Her recitals give the alap room to unfold slowly before the tabla enters for the gat. Nitin Mitta, a tabla player from Hyderabad now based in New York, works across Hindustani classical accompaniment and collaborations outside it. In this pairing he follows her lead through the slower passages and joins the exchanges as the tempo climbs.