Matagiri welcomes Vivek Sonar, an Indian flautist and composer who is a senior disciple of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, recognized as a modern master of the bansuri. Vivek learned basic vocal music from his father and later switched to the bansuri as his instrument. In 1997, he started flute lessons with Hariprasad Chaurasia. Sonar founded the first annual music festival, Bansuri Utsav. He is a Grade A artist who has received numerous awards and performed internationally.
Vivek will be accompanied by Subrata Bhattacharrya on tabla, who studied with maestro Pt. Shankar Ghosh and accompanied the top master musicians..
