Nitin Sawhney CBE is a British composer, musician and producer. Born to Indian parents and raised in Kent, England, he studied piano, classical and flamenco guitar, tabla and sitar from an early age, developing his instinct for combining different musical traditions.

Sawhney first made his name as a musician and producer. His 13 solo albums include Beyond Skin, London Undersound, Last Days of Meaning, One Zero, and Identity. In addition, Sawhney has composed over sixty film scores, including Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Breathe, Tiger, Orangutan, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, The Namesake and Midnight’s Children. His TV credits include the MGM+ drama Vanished, the Sky Studios series Funny Woman, and the BBC series Human Planet and Wonders of the Monsoon.

As a multi-instrumentalist, he is renowned for his layered scores, which move effortlessly between classical composition, electronic soundscapes and multiple global music vocabularies, including Hindustani classical music, flamenco, jazz, hip-hop, drum and bass, rock and pop. Sawhney has also scored extensively for theatre and dance. He has collaborated with and written for P!nk, Sting, A.R. Rahman, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Sinéad O’Connor, Guy Garvey, Hak Baker, Lady Blackbird, Ellie Goulding, Anoushka Shankar, Norah Jones, Jeff Beck, Shakira, Will Young, Joss Stone, Taio Cruz, Horace Andy, Cirque du Soleil, Nelson Mandela, Ojos de Brujo, Hélène Grimaud, Natacha Atlas, Jools Holland, Jorja Smith, Gary Lineker, Lianne La Havas, Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof and Herbie Hancock.

Sawhney received many international awards and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and BAFTA.