Indian Music by Ricky Romain
Ricky Romain is a sitar player who plays Indian Classical Music and is based in the South West of England. Ricky has performed at festivals, concert halls, art centres and weddings throughout the UK and in Europe.
He has also been involved in a wide variety of collaborations and recordings with Classical Indian musicians and has worked with musicians from other musical and artistic genres including Samswara (sitar and tabla duo) Jazz, Rock, Folk, World and Western Classical Music, Dance, and Movement.
Ricky has also been involved in a number of school and community arts projects (www.rickyromain.com) using Indian Folk and Classical music as a focus for interdisciplinary study, and for 15 years was an associate lecturer in Indian classical music at the University of Plymouth. (Now retired 2022)
Latest News and Upcoming Gigs:Ashburton Arts Center
KANEKT Thursday 5th June St. Leonard’s Church Semly. SP7 9AU. Doors Open 6pm. Concert. 6-30 – 7-30. Tickets – £15 on the door, or online; trybooking.com/uk/EUND. KANEKT are John Robertson Guitar. Ricky Romain Sitar. Karen Wilmhurst Clarinet . Sudhi Salooja Violin. Ciao Mamberti Percussion
Purbeck Guitar Festival. Lady St. Mary’s Church 19th June 2025. Ricky Romain sitar. Udit Pankhania Tabla.Steve Scott Tanboura and Bass guitar in the second half.
St John Church Glastonbury 20th June 2025 High St, Glastonbury BA6 9DR An Evening of Indian Classical Music. Ricky Romain Sitar. Udit Pankhania Tabla. Tickets on the Door £12. Doors 7pm starts 7-30pm
Albert Hall London June 24th Ealing Together-Harmony in Diversity. ‘Around The World in 8 Days’. Ricky Romain Sitar . Udit Pankhania Tabla will play the Indian section. Doors 6-15. Starts 7.00pm Sold out.
KANEKT Ricky Romain Sitar. John Robertson Guitar. Karen Wilmhurst Clarinet. Sudhi Salooja Violin. Frome Festival Wednesday 9th July. ST Johns Church. Church St, Frome BA11 1PL Tickets £15/£12From. www.fromefestival.co.uk or Chesse and Grain box office 01373 455420
Axminster Church. Lunchtime concert. starts 12-30 -1pm Thursday 17th July Ricky Romain Sitar. Sudhi Salooja Violin. Steve Scott Tanboura Free admission.
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- MTM South West Asian & Ethnic Minorities Awards 2014 – Thanks to all your amazing support, we are happy to announce that we have won the best singer/solo/group award 2014! Read more on the Samswara page.
See the performance page for a full diary of upcoming gigs.