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Peter is a performer on sitar and rudra vina. He is a member of the faculty of New England Conservatory where he served as Dean (1983-1990) and Provost (1990-1996 and 2000-2004). Peter studied sitar and rudra vina in Calcutta, India (1965-1973) with Pandit Gokul Nag of the Vishnupur Gharana and obtained the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Doctor of Music (Sangitacharya), from the Prayag Sangit Samiti in Allahabad, India. Peter has performed in concert throughout North America and India and has made numerous radio and television appearances. A former president of the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology, he is widely published and has lectured about Indian music across the U.S. He was the recipient of a JDR Third Fund Fellowship for Doctoral Studies in India and has been a research associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has also served as a consultant on Asian music for the Smithsonian Institute.

Click to hear Raga Charukeshi [© Peter Row 2000] on sitar and tabla (Jerry Leake) or Raga JhinJhoti on rudra vina [© Peter Row 2005] recorded live in Brown Hall at NEC in September 2005.

Peter playing sitar. This instrument was custom-made for Peter in 1970 by the great sitar maker Hiren Roy of Calcutta. Photo: [© Carol Reck 2005]

Peter playing rudra vina. Photo: [© Carol Reck 2005]

Recent and Upcoming events:

December 6, 2005, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - lecture performance on sitar with tabla (Nitin Mitta)
December 15, 2005, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - performance on rudra vina
March 31, 2006, Buckley Auditorium at Amherst College - performance on rudra vina and sitar with tabla (Nitin Mitta)
April 24, 2006, American Center, Kolkata, India Performance on sitar with tabla (Subhashish Nandi) "He held the audience in thrall during the hour-long performance. (Hindustan Times - April 27, 2006)
June 8, 2006, GuitarFest, Boston - performance on rudra vina and sitar with tabla (Nitin Mitta)
September 5, New England Conservatory - performance on rudra vina
October 20, 2006, Boston University - performance on sitar with tabla (Nitin Mitta)
October 30, 2006, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - performance on rudra vina
April 20, 2007, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - lecture performance on sitar with tabla (Nitin Mitta)