Director

Sagar Nagaraj

Hi there! Thanks for visiting our page and I hope you find the live music addition you’re looking for!

I’m a professional violinist with over a decade performing at weddings where two worlds meet - and making both feel at home.

Growing up in Sydney, Australia, my childhood routine involved violin lessons at school and then coming home to watch Shah Rukh Khan movies.

Inevitably, these worlds collided and I began to perform these beloved movie songs on the violin.

One day, while in a rehearsal at a friend’s place on Rosemont Avenue, I tested some Indian music for the first time with my string quartet. I was so nervous.

They loved it.

I couldn’t believe it. Something so deeply rooted in my Indian culture was a hit with my Aussie musicians!

We wanted to make it official, and while looking for a name to call ourselves, we saw the street sign outside, and the rest is history.

As a professional violinist trained in western classical tradition and raised watching Bollywood, I understand why Tum Hi Ho matters as much as Canon in D, and you can be sure our musicians perform both with equal feeling.

I’ve had the great fortune to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, and the Australian World Orchestra.

With my brother (also an incredible violinist and conductor), we founded the Australian Indian Orchestra - an 80-piece Symphony Orchestra dedicated to performing Indian Film Music on the grand stage.

It’s an honour for me to be able to give that boy learning violin and watching Bollywood films his chance to see it played live. That the music of our culture deserves to be heard at the highest level.

When we play at your wedding, we don’t just read from a setlist.

We honour the day you have spent months or even years building. Every family expectation, every cultural detail, every moment you want your guests to feel.

Rosemont Strings exists because no couple should have to choose between the music they love and the wedding they dreamed of.

- Sagar