Joachim Lacrosse – sitar & composition
Uma Ramakrishnan – vocals
Balakumar Paramalingam – mridangam
Gerard Spencer – handpan & didgeridoo

Brussels-based sitar player Joachim Lacrosse brings together on stage,
for the very first time, his two main projects: SITARDUST, in which he
collaborates with Carnatic music virtuosos Uma Ramakrishnan and
Balakumar Paramalingam, and Around the World in 80 Sounds, a young
audience performance created as a duo with the dynamic handpan player
Gerard Spencer.
Through these projects, Joachim Lacrosse has performed in numerous
Belgian venues and festivals such as Théâtre Molière (Muziekpublique),
le 140, Botanique, Flagey, Arsonic, Ferme du Biéreau, Les Chiroux, Jazz
à Liège, Jam’in Jette, Nuit Solaire and Europalia India, as well as in
many cultural centres across the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, including
Art Base. He has also toured in Flanders, the Netherlands, France and
India.

With SITARDUST, he released two albums on the Liège-based label
Homerecords (2016 and 2023). Together with Gerard Spencer, he also
released the album Borderless Project in 2021.

Expect to be swept away, surprised and deeply moved by this
Belgian-Indian fusion, where the sitar creates “a fiercely hypnotic
bridge” (La Libre Belgique) between the raga and tala of South India and
the ethereal, enchanting textures of the handpan.

A powerful immersive experience — both meditative and electrifying — an
inner and outer journey that will leave a lasting impression.

https://youtu.be/72iW2_Pa8vY?si=VNJPDospq9wwIwgA

https://auvio.rtbf.be/media/le-monde-est-un-village-live-et-acoustiques-danza-par-sitardust-2270906

https://youtu.be/Dtl7MxeXCJw?si=gXpCrVfBzKxv8qGG

Samples and videos

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