Berklee College of Music Archives

Sumeet Sarkar: From ragas to Emmy nominations, a composer blending cultures and sounds

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Oct 15, 2025

(October 15, 2025) Sumeet Sarkar, a South African-born Indian composer and multi-instrumentalist, has built a career that bridges cultures and soundscapes. He has scored for short films such as Baraka and Sebari Milach, both of which premiered at the Micheaux Film...

Pandit Shubhendra Rao: The world on a string

by Darshana Ramdev | Oct 2, 2022

(October 2, 2022) Pandit Shubhendra Rao’s earliest memory is from when he was around three years old, of Pandit Ravishankar visiting his house in Bengaluru along with Alla Rakha and his own son, Shubhendra (Pandit Rao’s namesake) and showing him how to...