Darbar Festival

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Purcell Room

Rahul Sharma and Harmeet S Vir

Friday 3 April 2009 Friday 3 April 2009

Harmeet Virdee gives a sitar recital, followed by a musical journey to Kashmir with the sounds of santoor played by Rahul Sharma.

Harmeet Virdee opens the Darbar Festival with a sitar...

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Harmeet Virdee gives a sitar recital, followed by a musical journey to Kashmir with the sounds of santoor played by Rahul Sharma.

Purcell Room

Somjit Das Gupta and Jesse Ban

Friday 3 April 2009 Friday 3 April 2009

An audience with Somjit Das Gupta on the heritage of the rabaab and sarod instruments with musical demonstrations, followed by a concert of soulful ragas and indo-jazz on saxophone by Jesse...

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An audience with Somjit Das Gupta on the heritage of the rabaab and sarod instruments with musical demonstrations, followed by a concert of soulful ragas and indo-jazz on saxophone by Jesse Bannister.

Purcell Room

Aruna Sairam and Somjit Das Gu

Friday 3 April 2009 Friday 3 April 2009

Somjit Das Gupta plays ragas on the rarely heard rabab, followed by a performance from Aruna Sairam, one of the most sought after singers from southern India, in her first UK performance.
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Somjit Das Gupta plays ragas on the rarely heard rabab, followed by a performance from Aruna Sairam, one of the most sought after singers from southern India, in her first UK performance.

Purcell Room

Ashwini Bhide and Carnatic Voc

Saturday 4 April 2009 Saturday 4 April 2009

A concert from rising UK stars from the world of carnatic music, followed by a performance from Ashwini Bhide, a singer who evokes the true spirit of north Indian khayal music.

Vocalists...

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A concert from rising UK stars from the world of carnatic music, followed by a performance from Ashwini Bhide, a singer who evokes the true spirit of north Indian khayal music.

Purcell Room

Shashank Subramanium, and Gane

Saturday 4 April 2009 Saturday 4 April 2009

An audience with Shashank Subramanium on the heritage of the carnatic flute with musical demonstrations, followed by a violin concert led by Ganesh and Kumeresh.

Shashank, one of the...

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An audience with Shashank Subramanium on the heritage of the carnatic flute with musical demonstrations, followed by a violin concert led by Ganesh and Kumeresh.

Purcell Room

Wasifuddin Dagar and Pandit Te

Saturday 4 April 2009 Saturday 4 April 2009

A performance from one of the foremost dhrupad singers in India, followed by a virtuoso sarod recital by Tejendra Majumdar.

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A performance from one of the foremost dhrupad singers in India, followed by a virtuoso sarod recital by Tejendra Majumdar.

Purcell Room

Purbayan Chatterjee, Shashank

Sunday 5 April 2009 Sunday 5 April 2009

Enjoy a khayal vocal performance with Dr Vijay Rajput followed by a concert with Purbayan Chatterjee on sitar and Shashank on flute.

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Enjoy a khayal vocal performance with Dr Vijay Rajput followed by a concert with Purbayan Chatterjee on sitar and Shashank on flute.

Purcell Room

Wasifuddin Dagar and Rupak Kul

Sunday 5 April 2009 Sunday 5 April 2009

An audience with Ustad F Wasifuddin Dagar on the ancient heritage of the dhrupad music and history of the Dagar family, followed by northern Indian flute with Rupak Kulkarni.

Ustad F...

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An audience with Ustad F Wasifuddin Dagar on the ancient heritage of the dhrupad music and history of the Dagar family, followed by northern Indian flute with Rupak Kulkarni.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Nina Virdee Urban Love and Tab

Sunday 5 April 2009 Sunday 5 April 2009

Nina Virdee presents new high-energy music that crosses boundaries in the mould of Nitin Sawhney and Tablature!

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Nina Virdee presents new high-energy music that crosses boundaries in the mould of Nitin Sawhney and Tablature! brings together east and west percussion.

Purcell Room

Aniruddha Bhattacharya and Pan

Sunday 5 April 2009 Sunday 5 April 2009

An evening khayal by Aniruddha Bhattacharya followed, and a tabla solo from the musical genius of Pandit Kumar Bose.

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An evening khayal by Aniruddha Bhattacharya followed, and a tabla solo from the musical genius of Pandit Kumar Bose.

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Level 3 Function Room

Indian Classical Music Course

Thursday 20 September 2012 Thursday 20 September 2012

If you've always enjoyed Indian classical music but wish you understood more about it, then this could be just the course for you.

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If you've always enjoyed Indian classical music but wish you understood more about it, then this could be just the course for you.

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Purcell Room

Pulsating Surshingar and Violin maestros

Thursday 27 September 2012 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...

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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.

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Festival Village

Roti Chai Chaat Shack & Bar

Thursday 27 September 2012 Sunday 30 September 2012

From Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th September,

EVENT TAGS:: Food | Free | India | Darbar Festival

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In association with Darbar, the UK's premier classical Indian music festival, London's Indian Street Kitchen Roti Chai is popping up in Southbank Centre's Festival Village.

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Purcell Room

Fingers that Roar: Pakhawaj Solo

Friday 28 September 2012 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.

EVENT TAGS:: India | South Asian | Music | Folk & World | Darbar Festival

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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.

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Purcell Room

Romantic Music of Varanasi

Friday 28 September 2012 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...

EVENT TAGS:: India | South Asian | Music | Folk & World | Darbar Festival

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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.

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Purcell Room

Double bill: Rare ragas and dhrupad

Friday 28 September 2012 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....

EVENT TAGS:: India | South Asian | Music | Folk & World | Darbar Festival

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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

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Purcell Room

Sublime morning ragas on the bansuri

Saturday 29 September 2012 Saturday 29 September 2012

A concert by one of India's greatest flautists, Pandit Rajendra Prasanna, with expert tabla accompaniment by Shubh Maharaj.

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A concert by one of India's greatest flautists, Pandit Rajendra Prasanna, with expert tabla accompaniment by Shubh Maharaj

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Purcell Room

Tribute to Ustad Vilayat Khan (1928-2004)

Saturday 29 September 2012 Saturday 29 September 2012

A rare insight into one of the greatest sitar players India has produced.

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A rare insight into one of the greatest sitar players India has produced.

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Purcell Room

Tabla solo: Lucknow style

Saturday 29 September 2012 Saturday 29 September 2012

Pandit Chaudhuri is a phenomenon in the world of tabla. His music is the spontaneous expression of powerful emotions and a deep knowledge of the instrument.

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Pandit Chaudhuri is a phenomenon in the world of tabla

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Purcell Room

Chitraveena to Hindustani Groove

Saturday 29 September 2012 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...

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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.