This performance went off with the intensity and dazzle of a rocket. In 2010, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar hadn’t received his visa till a couple of days before his performance. His flight landed half a day prior to his going on stage, bringing the nail-biting situation to rest. We were particularly ex...

A decade after selling out her concert at the festival, one of the finest sitar maestras returns. Roopa Panesar performs captivating and soul-stirring ragas from the Hindustani tradition of north India, accompanied on the tabla by Shahbaz Hussain, one of the UK’s master Indian musicians. Savour t...

SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021

This livestream event is apart of the Darbar Festival 2021, from the 16th to the 24th of October.
www.darbar.org/festival/darbarfestival2021

Innovative Carnatic vocalist, activist and author TM Krishna discusses the future of Indian classical music and his refusal to bow...

SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021

This livestream event is apart of the Darbar Festival 2021, from the 16th to the 24th of October.
www.darbar.org/festival/darbarfestival2021

A chance to go back into history and see glimpses of India’s national treasures, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan 

Our sages developed music ...