The London Daily Telegraph on Nikhil Banerjee

Nikhil Banerjee is one of India's most distinguished sitar players. Very sensibly, he devoted the whole of the time available to him to one raga - Sham Kalyan. In the opening section he created a poetic, mysterious suggestion of evening, pulling sideways on the strings with power and delicacy in order to shape the notes expressively. After the drummer -- the talented Swapan Chaudhuri -- began to accompany him, he played with more and more brilliance, and ended with a triumphant outpouring of joyful virtuosity.