Krishna Bhatt

Krishna Mohan Bhatt (born 1949) is a sitar player, teacher and scholar from Jaipur, India.

Krishna's repertoire in performance includes a wide variety of rare and old traditional compositions from these masters of music.

Krishna Bhatt has received numerous awards and honors including the Sangeet Kalaratna (Jewel of Music) in 2009.

He was also presented the "Gunijan" award by the President of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil in 2005 and was conferred the "Kalashiroman" samman by the Maharaja of Jodhpur Shri Gajsinghji and Shri John Singhji of Jaipur Virasat Foundation in 2007 in Rajasthan, India.

In addition to performing Hindustani classical music, Bhatt has also performed and recorded with the American composer Terry Riley (working on the score for the Alain Tanner film No Man's Land), Zakir Hussain, the Kronos Quartet, Jody Stecher, jazz saxophonist George Brooks, and Rajasthani folk musicians.