Thursday 27 September 2012
An evening of rarely heard instruments and music as part of the Darbar Festival 2012 featuring Joydeep Ghosh on the surshingar and India’s greatest violin duo, the Mysore Brothers, performing in the UK for the first time.
Friday 28 September 2012
A rare chance to listen to the only female pakwaj (double sided drum) player, Chitrangana Agle-Reshwal, who performs a solo followed by a talk with the audience.
Friday 28 September 2012
Experience the shennai flute in the hands of India’s great master, Pandit Prasanna, a fifthgeneration musician described as ‘the only one who excels in playing the flute and shehnai’ by Ravi Shankar.
Friday 28 September 2012
Double bill featuring singing from one of India’s greatest next generation maestros, Asnare-Kelkar, and the first UK concert of Pushpraj Koshti playing the rare surbahar, a kind of bass sitar.
Saturday 29 September 2012
A concert by one of India’s greatest flautists, Pandit Rajendra Prasanna, with expert tabla accompaniment by Shubh Maharaj
Saturday 29 September 2012
A rare insight into one of the greatest sitar players India has produced.
Saturday 29 September 2012
Pandit Chaudhuri is a phenomenon in the world of tabla
Saturday 29 September 2012
A double bill featuring world-class artists, including one of India’s greatest Carnatic maestros, Chitraveena Ravikiran, and Shruti Sadolikar, one of India’s finest living vocalists in the Hindustani tradition.
Saturday 29 September 2012
The concept of the raga is at the heart of Indian classical music.
Sunday 30 September 2012
Khan, a seventh generation musician, gives his debut morning ragas UK concert.
Sunday 30 September 2012
Banerjee is a unique musician who has been successfully multi-tasking as performer, music arranger, composer, researcher and instrument designer.
Sunday 30 September 2012
The Darbar festival closes with a double bill featuring mridangam expert Thevarajah Pirashanna, followed by Pandit Ram Deshpande, regarded as one of the most talented up-and-coming maestros of Indian vocal technique.
Sunday 30 September 2012
A fascinating session offering an insight into the rhythmic foundations of Indian classical music presented by two young percussion maestros on drums and tabla.
