Internaional Concert Series 2023-24

As part of our 2023-24 Crossing Border Series, we welcome acclaimed sitarist James Pusey to Royal Holloway for an evening of North Indian classical music with Hanif Khan on tabla.

About the performers

James Pusey is UK based sitar player of the Etawah/Vilayat Khani Gharana. After discovering the sitar in the early 90’s and a period of study under Ustad Dharambir Singh (MBE) James travelled to Mumbai, India to study with Pandit Arvind Parikh (regarded as Ustad Vilayat Khan’s senior-most disciple and a leading figure in Hindustani Music). Fast forward more than 20 years and several study trips to India later, James continues to receive talim (teaching and guidance) and remains one of only a handful of non-Indian students of Pandit Arvind Parikh. Read more. 

Tabla player Hanif Khan is an internationally acclaimed musician who has performed with Hari Prashad Chaurasia and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, amongst others.

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk