The 22nd Baithak will feature sitar player Deepsankar Bhattacharjee from Kolkata. His is one of the lesser heard styles of sitar music known as Jafferkhani baj that follows the style developed by Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan. Deepsankar will be accompanied by tabla virtuoso Abhirup Roy who represents the Benaras Gharana. The evening will be opened by a tabla solo performance by Austrian Sebastian Haidutschek who has learned under Gobinda Bose and Shyamal Chatterjee.