James Pusey is a sitar student of Pandit Arvind Parikh (senior-most disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan) and travels to Mumbai, India whenever possible for tuition.

He has also studied sitar with Dharambir Singh and Mehboob Nadeem and attended workshops/summer schools with khyal vocalists Rajan and Sajan Mishra, sarod player Buddhadev Das Gupta, tabla player Sharda Sahai and sitarist Budhaditya Mukherjee.

Although a trained classical sitarist, James has been involved in a number of fusion projects and non-Indian studio work.

He is currently available for classical recitals, recording work and other projects. Please email or fill in the comment form on the contacts page for more info.