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One of the finest sitar players to emerge from the UK onto the Indian Classical Music scene is returning to her home city for a concert at Leicester Cathedral.

Roopa Panesar was raised in Leicester and began to learn sitar from an early age, embracing Indian classical music as well as jazz and western classical genres

On Saturday Roopa presents a very special show at Leicester Cathedral at the start of the Diwali celebrations.

Roopa told 麻豆社 Leicester's Ben Jackson why she's looking forward to this home-coming concert.