James Pomerantz

US sitar player (died October 2013). He had studied Sitar for 35-40 years under the instruction of Ali Akbar Khan at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA. Pomerantz also had the benefit of studying sitar under the late maestro Nikhil Banerjee and carried on the Maihar tradition. He has accompanied his guru on sitar throughout USA, Europe and India. He resided in Fairfax, CA, where he teached and performed.