Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt at Bimhuis

Indian music on slide guitar by a disciple of Ravi Shankar. V.M. Bhatt made his breakthrough with A Meeting by the River, his Grammy-winning album with Ry Cooder.

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a disciple of Ravi Shankar, is a great innovator within North-Indian music. He developed the mohan veena, the Indian slide guitar on which he is an absolute virtuoso. In 1994 he made his international breakthrough with the Grammy-winning album A Meeting by the River, a collaboration with guitarist/producer Ry Cooder.

V.M. Bhatt was praised as ‘one of the greatest and most expressive slide players in the world’ (Acoustic Guitar Magazine) and worked together with famous Western musicians such as Taj Mahal, Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas. At the Bimhuis he will be accompanied by Nihar Mehta on tabla....

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Indian music on slide guitar by a disciple of Ravi Shankar. V.M. Bhatt made his breakthrough with A Meeting by the River, his Grammy-winning album with Ry Cooder.

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a disciple of Ravi Shankar, is a great innovator within North-Indian music. He developed the mohan veena, the Indian slide guitar on which he is an absolute virtuoso. In 1994 he made his international breakthrough with the Grammy-winning album A Meeting by the River, a collaboration with guitarist/producer Ry Cooder.

V.M. Bhatt was praised as ‘one of the greatest and most expressive slide players in the world’ (Acoustic Guitar Magazine) and worked together with famous Western musicians such as Taj Mahal, Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas. At the Bimhuis he will be accompanied by Nihar Mehta on tabla.



The Bimhuis restaurant is open prior to the concert from 6.30 till 8.30PM (reservations via 020-7882158). After the concert, the Bimhuis Café is open (free entrance).

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