Music has forever been an important part of the Nepali culture. From the day a baby takes his first breath to the moment he breathes his last, music will be around him. Its presence is undeniable through the various courses in his life, in marriage and festivities, in life and in death.

KATHMANDU, April 2: Bijay Vaidya, a prominent sitar player of Nepal and former member of the renowned music band Sur Sudha, died on Sunday due to pneumonia. He was 52. Sources close to Vaidya said that the legendary sitar maestro, who had been kept in ventilator for the last 17 days, breathed his last at 11 am in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj.

KATHMANDU, March 17: “Only a life lived with dignity is worth living” believes sitar maestro, Tara Bir Singh Tuladhar. He has been considered as individual Nepalis artist reference (Essential Scores and Sound Recordings) by the American Library Association.