Projects
Ritika and Shinjan
Image Credit: Jayme Halbritter
As cultural carriers of Bengali folk music, Ritika and Shinjan connect global story listeners with rich traditions of oral musical storytelling in South Asia. As a duo, they are known and loved for drawing the listener into familiar, future, and faraway worlds as they connect our everyday with 200 year-old songs and poems in Bangla.
The Mushroom that Swallowed the Moon Whole (2024)
Image Design: Shinjan Sengupta
‘The Mushroom that Swallowed the Moon Whole’ is an operatic work about the epic impacts of climate colonialism. It premiered at the Luminary Arts Center, Minnesota Opera, on September 20-21, 2024.
Sound Stories: Activating Community Voices in a Collaboratory (2023-25)
Image Credit: Dan Norman
A year-long public composition experiment at the University of Minnesota to explore individual and communal resonance and resistance through sound.
Listening, deeply (Ongoing)
Image Credit: Ritika Ganguly
Listening, deeply. is a long-term project and community space involving storytellers, musicians, academics, and story-listeners across the globe. At its center are the wandering Baul poets and musicians of urban New Delhi and rural West Bengal.