nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so what has covid done to your creativity? it s been interesting because, like a lot of people, we found well, i found new ways of exploring that. so, i mean, iwas working with musicians internationally still, i mean, for example, i managed to do a concert online with ashwin srinivasan who was in india we did that for the cheltenham jazz festival last year, and i d tried to collaborate with people even through zoom and different ways of doing that. so you can sync up a performance through zoom and do it live? not quite, because i ve gone into using, you know, final cut pro, which is a so i d cut things together sometimes in a way that t
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk, with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. many of us have an inclination to categorise artists. it s an easy, maybe a lazy way, of signalling where we think they fit in the creative universe. but my guest today defies labels. nitin sawhney s creative output is dizzying. he s a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so what has covid done to your creati
with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. many of us have an inclination to categorise artists. it s an easy, maybe a lazy way, of signalling where we think they fit in the creative universe. but my guest today defies labels. nitin sawhney s creative output is dizzying. he s a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so what has covid done to your creativity? it s been interesting beca
concert hall survivors of the paris islamist attacks. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. many of us have an inclination to categorise artists. it s an easy, maybe a lazy way, of signalling where we think they fit in the creative universe. but my guest today defies labels. nitin sawhney s creative output is dizzying. he s a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so wh
output is dizzying. he s a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it s great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we ve all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that s not been possible, so what has covid done to your creativity? it s been interesting because, like a lot of people, we found well, i found new ways of exploring that. so, i mean, iwas working with musicians internationally still, i mean, for example, i managed to do a concert online with ashwin srinivasan who was in india we did that for the cheltenham