The respected Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri will be performing a lecture-demonstration consisting of a 30 minute interview, performance, and interactive Q&A session.

He has accompanied several legendary musicians of Indian classical music, including, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Swapan Chaudhuri ji is the honorable recipient of the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honor from the Indian government. He has also received the American Academy of Artists Award and the Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India