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sheema left -rrb- in concert , 2008 mukherjee -lrb- right -rrb- and natacha atlas -lrb- transglobal underground , the imagined village , shri 1998 -- present non_vocal_instrumentalist sitar natachaatlasperforminglive.jpg sheema mukherjee
 sheema mukherjee
sheema mukherjee

sheema mukherjee is a british composer and sitar player .
she is best known for her work with musical collective transglobal underground and the imagined village .
she is the niece of sitarist nikhil banerjee .
in 2005 , `` billboard '' referred to her as a `` sitar prodigy '' .
mukherjee studied hindustani classical music under her uncle nikhil banerjee , ali akbar khan and later aashish khan .
in 1998 she joined transglobal underground .
in 2005 , she composed the music for the west yorkshire playhouse productions `` gluey and the lion '' and `` non-contact time '' .
she also composed the score for the tamasha theatre company 's 2009 musical `` wuthering heights '' .
her composition `` bending in the dark '' was featured during the 2012 summer olympics .
her first solo debut album , `` sheema '' was released on 28th august 2014 by the independent vinyl label ecc100 records and was received warmly .
