Having charted at no.1 in the iTunes World Music chart with two albums, Shammi Pithia has become an in demand creative composer, producer and collaborator. Outside of the studio, Shammi has been performing his music around the world for the past 15 years with notable appearances at Glastonbury Festival, Wembley Stadium, Sadler’s Wells and sold-out solo shows at London’s Southbank Centre.

 

As a collaborator Shammi writes and performs music for dance in the kathak, ballet and contemporary fields, as well as writing for screen, large ensembles and directing music for large scale shows.

 

Some highlights of his career include creating music and performing on BBC’s Young Dancer of The Year 2015 (BBC2) which was broadcast live to over a million viewers in the UK alone, arranging music for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as they performed his music with him at Wembley Stadium to a 60,000 strong audience, musical direction for the sold-out Krishna Spectacular at the Hammersmith Apollo and a remix for Nitin Sawhney that appeared on his album The Last Days Of Meaning.

 

Other highlights include production of Surrender by Jahnavi Harrsion and Willow Smith on ROC Nation, music for the short film Circle which was selected to appear in the Berlinale Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI Film Festival and others, writing and performing music for About The Elephant which premiered in India and then toured in the UK and in which Shammi was nominated for an ACTA award and providing the score and live performance for Good Mourning Earth choreographed by Vidya Patel in collaboration with the Tate Modern to much acclaim.

 

Shammis music can also be found on TV having music synced to BBC’s Rick Stein’s India, Felicity Kendal’s Indian Shakespeare Quest, A Cook Abroad, Saturday Kitchen, Life in Immigration Town, Panorama, MTV’s Teen Cribs and Australian Films My Kitchen Rules to name a few.