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 16 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 film, large ensembles and directing music for large scale shows.

 

Some highlights of his career include creating music for 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, a remix for Nitin Sawhney that appeared on his album The Last Days Of Meaning, writing music to be performed in the Turbine hall at the Tate Modern, writing and performing music for About The Elephant which premiered in India and then toured in the UK and for which Shammi was nominated for an ACTA award, and most recently collaborating with the Philharmonia Orchestra who performed his music for dance.

 

Shammi’s 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.