Nitin Sawhney

Friday 23th September

Nitin Sawhney CBE, is one the most distinctive and versatile musical voices around today, achieving an international reputation across every possible creative medium.

 

Sawhney has become a modern-day ‘Renaissance man’ in the worlds of music, film, videogames, dance and theatre. His endless creative curiosity makes him a formidable polymath across the whole artistic range of media associated with the music industry.

With over 20 studio albums to his name, including solo albums, film soundtracks and compilations along with over 50 film scores he has received a substantial wealth of major national and international awards for the work.

In 2017, Sawhney received the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award, and is firmly established as a world-class producer, songwriter, DJ, multi- instrumentalist, orchestral composer and cultural pioneer. He also holds 6 honorary doctorates from various UK universities and works as Ambassador/sits on the board of several high profile charities.

In 2018 Sawhney completed the entire composition of Netflix/Warner’s ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ as well as ‘Traitors’ a 6 part Channel 4 spy series.

Sawhney is currently working on a new album called ‘Immigrants’ for Sony Masterworks, amongst multifarious current projects and last year performed at the Royal Albert Hall celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of his seminal album ‘Beyond Skin’.