Meet the Maker #4 – Sitar Makers Series – Alan Arthur Suits
Meet the Maker: Alan Arthur Suits, Sitar maker from Santa Fe If you want to explore the full conversation with Alan Arthur Suits, this interview offers a detailed look into his path as an instrument maker working across different musical traditions. He reflects on his early encounters with both…
Meet the Maker #3 – Sitar Makers Series – Kees Verbeek
Meet the Maker: Kees Verbeek, Sitar maker from Eindhoven In our latest blog feature, we take a closer look at the work of Kees Verbeek, a Netherlands-based maker focusing on surbahar and rudra veena — two instruments that sit at the deeper, more introspective end of North Indian classical…
Meet the Maker #2 – Sitar Makers Series – David Keustermans
Meet the Maker: David Keustermans, Sitar maker from Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors A new interview is live in the Meet the Maker series. In this conversation, I spoke with David Keustermans, whose work moves between European lute building and Indian classical instruments. What interested me from the start was not only what…
Meet the Maker #1 – Sitar Makers Series – Ivan Rügen
Meet the Maker: Ivan Rügen, Sitar maker from Saint Petersburg In a studio in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Ivan Rügen works on instruments and art objects that blur the boundaries between craft, music and visual art. His work stems from a deep fascination with sound, form and material. Combining traditional…