Jonathan Mayer sitarist

Jonathan Mayer
Sitarist
Composer • Educator
“Virtuoso sitar player”
MOJO
“…pushes at the limits of what
we expectfrom the sitar”
Songlines
“…exhilarating solos from
Jonathan on Sitar…”
The Times UK
“… astonishingly virtuosic…”
Classic CD UK
For more information on Jonathan Mayer
or to book him for concerts etc please contact:
promotions@firsthandrecords.com or call +44 (0)7989 557 296
FHR Promotions is part of the First Hand Records Ltd. company
Jonathan Mayer
Sitarist • Composer • Educator
Jonathan is one of the most versatile and sort-after sitarists in the world.
Continually gaining critical acclaim, he has performed and recorded in
most musical genres and styles including Bulgarian folk, classical baroque,
Hindustani classical, funk and pop. Such diversity is also reflected in the vast
array of artists Jonathan has worked with, including Paul Weller, Kathryn
Tickell, BBC Concert Orchestra, Docklands Sinfonia, London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Plzen Philharmonia, Kavita Krishnamutri, Kuljit Bhamra, Erich
Gruenburg, Rohan de Saram, Kenny Wheeler, The Orlando Consort, John
Dub Orchestra, Future Sounds of London, Sarah Brightman, Noel Gallagher,
and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Jonathan also displays a high artistic
talent shown in his diverse and fascinating works, which, along with his
virtuosic sitar playing, are frequently heard on the concert platform. He has
also made numerous TV appearances promoting the sitar.
Son of the late Indian composer and Indo-Jazz Fusions founder John Mayer,
Jonathan studied sitar from Clem Alford, Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury,
both of Senia Gharana, and Ustad Wajahat Khan of Imdadkhani Gharana. He
studied composition from his father and later with Andrew Downes at the
Birmingham Conservatoire where he gained a BMus (Hons) degree. Having
studied both Indian and western classical music, Jonathan has developed
and moulded the two traditions, producing a unique creativity whether as
a sitarist or a composer. Indeed, part of Jonathan’s ethos is to develop the
sitar as a multifaceted instrument, pushing and developing the instrument
outside the sitar’s usual assumed genre. His other attributes are seen in is
his use of the electric sitar, as well as being the world’s first exponent of the
newly developed ‘Pygmy Sitar’.
For more information on Jonathan Mayer or to book him for concerts etc please contact:
promotions@firsthandrecords.com or call +44 (0)7989 557 296. FHR Promotions is part of the First Hand Records Ltd. company
Jonathan
Mayer
Jonathan
Mayer
Sitarist
• Composer
• Educator
Sitarist
• Composer
• Educator
Jonathan has performed all over the world including India, Sri Lanka, UK,
Abu Dhabi, Monte Carlo, France, Germany, America, Russia, Australia &
Bangladesh. And in venues/festivals such as Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell
Room, Glastonbury Festival, The Big Chill, Kazan Peace Festival, Lamar Tree
Festival, Berlin Konzerthaus, Spitalfields Festival, The Royal Festival Hall, City
of London Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival and even a private performance at 10
Downing Street!
Click the links to view YouTube clips of Jonathan:
Indian classical - sitar & tabla: http://youtu.be/A8-rLaQTj3M
Mantra Project - interview: http://youtu.be/TA9R49eMvVk
The Teak Project - sitar, guitar & tabla: http://youtu.be/AWvzCcqqCrQ
JS Bach: Adagio from Sonata No. 1 - sitar: http://youtu.be/4rI7KihrKd0
Indian classical - sitar & tabla: http://youtu.be/kZX8ZFN1izk
London Philharmonic Orchestra - sitar, tabla & orchestra: http://youtu.be/
kOaY7ELZ1rg?t=1m3s
Amorphous Androgynous: http://youtu.be/JE6UP1wRF8k?t=27m3s
For more information on Jonathan Mayer or to book him for concerts etc please contact:
For more information on Jonathan
Mayer or to book him for concerts
etc (0)7989
please contact:
promotions@firsthandrecords.com
or call +44
557 296
promotions@firsthandrecords.com or call +44 (0)7989 557 296. FHR
Promotions
is
part
of
the
First
Hand
Records
FHR Promotions is part of the First Hand Records Ltd.
Ltd. company
company
Jonathan Mayer
Sitarist • Composer • Educator
Jonathan Mayer
Sitarist • Composer • Educator
For more information on Jonathan Mayer or to book him for concerts etc please contact:
For more information on Jonathan
Mayer or to book him for concerts
etc (0)7989
please contact:
promotions@firsthandrecords.com
or call +44
557 296
promotions@firsthandrecords.com or call +44 (0)7989 557 296. FHR
Promotions
is
part
of
the
First
Hand
Records
FHR Promotions is part of the First Hand RecordsLtd.
Ltd.company
company
Jonathan
Mayer
Jonathan
Mayer
Sitarist
• Composer
• Educator
Sitarist
• Composer
• Educator
For more information on Jonathan Mayer or to book him for concerts etc please contact:
For more information on Jonathan
Mayer or to book him for concerts
etc (0)7989
please contact:
promotions@firsthandrecords.com
or call +44
557 296
promotions@firsthandrecords.com or call +44 (0)7989 557 296. FHR
Promotions
is
part
of
the
First
Hand
Records
FHR Promotions is part of the First Hand RecordsLtd.
Ltd.company
company