Roshni Samlal + Camila Celin

Spiral Music presents acoustic music every Wednesday evening at the base of the Museum’s spiral staircase. This week Roshni Samlal and Neel Murgai are invited to forge a connection between their music and the art in the galleries.

About the Performers

Roshni Samlal is a New York”“based tabla player who hails from the West Indies, where she was initiated into the ancient tradition of Indian classical music by her vocalist father. She has continued her tutelage in the Benares style of tabla playing under Shri Tapan Modak and is currently a student of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee. While her passion is Indian classical tabla, she has played folk, jazz, and other genres. Samlal has performed at notable local venues such as Pianos, The Knitting Factory, The Bitter End, The Shrine, and Tea Lounge.

A musician her whole life, Camila Celin began playing guitar at age 9. For the last 5 years Camila Celin has been intensely studying the Indian Sarod. In Kolkata she learns from sarod player Sougata Roy Choudhury, and in New York she learns from sitar maestro Pandit Krishna Bhatt.