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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Soumik Datta''' (born c. 1983) is a Bengali-born British Indian musician and composer, who specialises in the [[sarod]].<ref name="Parmar2019">{{cite book|author=Maya Parmar|title=Reading Cultural Representations of the Double Diaspora: Britain, East Africa, Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEuoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|year=2019|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-030-18083-6|pages=170}}</ref> He was born in [[Mumbai]] and brought up in London.<ref name=Independent>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/soumik-datta-where-east-meets-west-in-music-9399194.html|title=Soumik Datta: Where east meets west in music|date=20 May 2014|website=The Independent|author=Victoria-Anne Bull|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> His brother is the photographer and filmmaker [[Souvid Datta]].<br />
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Sons of banker father Soumilya and writer/art-house film director mother Sangeeta Datta,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-20|title=Soumik Datta: Where east meets west in music|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/soumik-datta-where-east-meets-west-in-music-9399194.html|access-date=2020-07-31|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sangeeta Datta in conversation on Rituparno Ghosh|url=https://www.bl.uk/events/sangeeta-datta-in-conversation-on-rituparno-ghosh|access-date=2020-07-31|website=The British Library}}</ref><ref>Why India Votes?, Mukulika Banerjee, Routledge, 2017</ref> Soumik and Souvid Datta both attended [[Harrow School]] and Soumik was trained in the sarod by Pandit [[Buddhadev Das Gupta]], whom he called "grandfather".<ref name=Independent/> He went on to [[University College London]], then studied at [[Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance]], graduating in 2009 with an MMus in Composition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-profiles/soumik-datta|title=Soumik Datta|website=Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> In 2006 he was invited by [[Jay-Z]] to play at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and he subsequently performed on stage with [[Beyoncé]], but declined an offer to join her on tour.<ref name=Independent/> <br />
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Soumik Datta contributed to the musical scores of the films ''[[Brick Lane (2007 film)|Brick Lane]]'' (2007), ''[[Life Goes On (2009 film)|Life Goes On]]'' (2009), and ''[[Gangs of Tooting Broadway]]'' (2013).<br />
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In 2017 he curated a festival of music and dance at the [[Horniman Museum]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/news/festival-of-music-stories-dance-curated-by-soumik-datta-at-the-horniman|title=Festival of Music, Stories & Dance curated by Soumik Datta at the Horniman|website=Horniman Museum|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> In the same year, he presented ''Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India'', a documentary directed by his brother Souvid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonybbcearth.com/show-detail/tuning-u-lost-musicians-of-india/53|title=Sony BBC Earth - SHOWS|author=|date=|website=www.sonybbcearth.com}}</ref><br />
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In June 2019, Datta performed at the [[Glastonbury Festival]]. Later in the year he was signed by [[Bucks Music Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/bucks-signs-soumik-datta/|title=Bucks Signs Soumik Datta|date=14 November 2019|website=M Magazine|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Albums==<br />
*''Fretless'' (2009)<br />
*''Circle of Sound'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumikdatta.com/music/circle-of-sound|title=Circle of Sound|website=Soumik Datta|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> (with [[Bernhard Schimpelsberger]])<br />
*''Anti-Hero'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumikdatta.com/music/anti-hero|title=Anti-hero|website=Soumik Datta|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><br />
*''King of Ghosts'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumikdatta.com/music/king-of-ghosts|title=King of Ghosts|website=Soumik Datta|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><br />
*''Jangal'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumikdatta.com/music/jangal|title=Jangal|website=Soumik Datta|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><br />
*''Silent Spaces' (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumikdatta.com/projects/silent-spaces|title=Silent Spaces|website=Soumik Datta|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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