Darbar TV Season 10

Darbar TV Season 10

6 Episodes

Featuring Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Pandit Pravin Godkhindi (bansuri), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam trio), Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod), Dheerendra Tiwari (kathak dance) and Mythili Prakash (Bharatanatyam dance)

Darbar TV Season 10
  • S10 EP1 Pravin Godkhindi

    Episode 1

    Lose yourself in this immersive experience with master flautist Pandit Godkhindi. He explores the late evening raga, Jog. He plays a serene alaap brimming with the mystique spirit of the raga and as he moves on to the jod and jhalla, he unfurls the silhouettes of the ‘bluesy’ melody with command ...

  • S10 EP2 Debasmita Bhattacharya

    Episode 2

    Bhattacharya is one of the emerging, promising talents in Indian classical music. In this concert, she gives a deft recital of Raag Jhinjhoti. Her detailed exploration of this instrumental raga is commendable and her bright tonal quality brings the delectable shades of this raga to life in the lo...

  • S10 EP3 Mythili Prakash

    Episode 3

    It was the first time in 2017 Darbar incorporated dance in its curation. Along with Darbar’s artistic Director Sandeep Virdee, this was curated by artistic director, choreographer and dancer, Akram Khan MBE. In an exclusive interview, Khan highlights the Darbar experience as special because artis...

  • S10 EP4 Patri Satish Kumar

    Episode 4

    In this highly-charged percussion presentation, Kumar demonstrates different kinds of ‘Korvai’ (flourish) through a shloka which was composed by the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar. This shloka is a beautiful tribute to the gods of the Hindu pantheon.

    Korvai is the highly evolved Carnatic versio...

  • S10 EP5 Dheerendra Tiwari

    Episode 5

    Akram Khan describes Dheerendra Tiwari as a “firecracker, confident, strong and knowledgeable artist”. Tiwari is one of the foremost disciples of Kathak maestro Rajendra Gangani of the Jaipur gharana. In this performance, Tiwari stands true to the accolades Khan had given him. His fluid movements...

  • S10 EP6 Ustad Nishat Khan

    Episode 6

    Ustad Khan represents an unbroken lineage of 7 generations of sitar and surbahar players. His father is the legendary Ustad Imrat Khan, a surbahar maestro and his uncle is none other than Ustad Vilayat Khan. He performs a raga that is regarded as the king of all melodies in Indian classical music...