Dr Prabha Atre (13 September 1932 – 13 January 2024)

Dr Prabha Atre had captivated audiences with a refined style, covering ragas, khayal, tarana, thumri, ghazal, and bhajan.

Prabha Atre did not originally plan to pursue a musical career. But at the age of eight, when her mother was ill, a frie...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2021

Musicians:
- Kaushiki Chakraborty (vocal)
- Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
- Milind Kulkarni (Harmonium)
- Mithila Sarma (tanpura)

Raag Abhogi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night

Let's journey back in time to Darbar Festival 2021 when we were graced by the exceptional talen...

Let's journey back in time to Darbar Festival 2022 when Rajrupa Chowdhury mesmerized the audience with her amazing talent - here is a snippet of her interview.

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Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, on 15th October, at Milton Court Concert Hall, London.

Musicians:
- Rajrupa Chowdhury (Sarod)
- Yashvant Vaishnav (Tabla)

Let's journey back in time to Darbar Festival 2022 when we were graced by the exceptional talent of Sarod Maestro Rajrupa Chowdhury, she sa...

Recorded at St Martins In The Fields, London, on 23rd November 2023.

Musicians:
- Roopa Panesar (sitar)
- Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

An unforgettable raga night with candlelight, on the iconic sitar and tabla. Panesar is one of the world’s finest sitar maestra's. Panesar brings new energy to this s...

Recorded at St Martins In The Fields 2024

Musicians:
- Abhisek Lahiri (sarod)
- Sanju Sahai (tabla)

Raag Sahana; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Midnight

Captivating sublime music of sarod by Abhisek Lahiri and the tabla by Sanju Sahai.
An unforgettable raga night with candlelight, on the iconic sarod an...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017, on 12th November at Sadler's Wells Theatre.

Musicians:
- Pandit Kaivalya Kumar Gurav (khayal)
- Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)
- Milind Kulkarni (harmonium)
- Seetal Dhadyalla & Kirutika Nadarajah (tanpuras)

Raag Gawati, Thaat: Khamaj, Samay: Late Afternoon

Pandit Kai...

Recorded at St Martins In The Fields, London on 24th March 2024.

Musicians:
- Kala Ramnath (violin)
- Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

Raag Darbari; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Midnight

As the soft glow of candlelight illuminates the stage, enchanting melodies of the violin and tabla intertwine, weaving a t...

Recorded at St Martins In The Fields on 24th March 2024.

Musicians:
- Kala Ramnath (violin)
- Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

Raag Darbari; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Midnight

As the soft glow of candlelight illuminates the stage, enchanting melodies of the violin and tabla intertwine, weaving a tapestry ...

Recorded at St Martins In The Fields, London, on 23rd February 2024.

Musicians:
- Abhisek Lahiri (sarod)
- Sanju Sahai (tabla)

Raag Kaunsi Kanada, Thaat: Asavari, Samay: Midnight

An unforgettable raga night with candlelight, on the iconic sarod and tabla.

Abhisek Lahiri is a gharana-blendin...

Raag Kaushik Dhwani was previously known as Bhinna Shadaj. ‘Bhinna’ means differentiated and ‘Shadaj’ means the first note or Sa. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma performs a lighter piece based on this raga. He bases the main melodic lines on Kaushik Dhwani and introduces an element of surprise in almost ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, on 15th October, at the Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican.

Musicians:
- Eeshar Singh (Santoor)
- Yashwant Vaishnav (Tabla)

Raag Kaunsi Kanada, Thaat: Asavari, Samay: Midnight

Captivating sublime music of santoor by Eeshar Singh and the tabla by Yashwant Vais...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017

Musicians:
- Pandit Ram Kumar Mallick (Darbhanga dhrupad)
- Samit Mallick (Darbhanga dhrupad)
- Surdarshan Chana (Jori)
- Seetal Dhadyalla (tanpura)
- Keertan Reha (tanpura)

Raag Bhairav; Thaat: Bhairav; Samay: Morning

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Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 22nd April at King's Place, London.

Musicians:
- Sameehan Kashalkar (khayal)
- Manjeet Singh Rasiya (tabla)
- Chinmay Kolhatkar (harmonium)
- Shobhana Patel & Gunwant Kaur (tanpuras)

Raag: Basant (seasonal raga), Thaat: Poorvi, Samay: anytime duri...

Tabla Prince, Ustad Tari Khan, a trailblazing tabla player known for insightful ghazal accompaniment – that swoon worthy genre synonymous with emotional depth and lyrical beauty.

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Though he has accompanied the likes of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mehdi Hassan, the ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 13th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.

Musicians:
- Rimpa Siva (tabla, Farukhabad gharana)
- Sandeep Mishra (sarangi)

Rimpa Siva was a child prodigy, an amazing talent who defied gender roles to become a role model of the tabla at a young age. Siva...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 23rd April, at King's Place, London.

Musicians:
- Arati Ankalikar (khayal)
- Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
- Chinmay Kolhatkar (harmonium)
- Omkar Dalvi (pakhawaj)
- Priya Prakash & Shobhana Patel (tanpuras)

Arati Ankalikar is a stellar vocalist who straddles ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2008, on 6th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.

Musicians:
- Shashwati Mandal (khayal & tappa)
- Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
- Ajay Joglekar (harmonium)

Raag Yaman Kalyan; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

Shashwati Mandal upholds the finest aspects of the Gwalior gh...

Recorded for Darbar during the 2023 Festival, on 27th October, at the Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican.

Musicians:
- Debjit Patitundi (Tabla)
- Sarwar Hussain Khan (Sarangi)

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Recorded at Darbar Festival 2010, on 4th April, at King's Place, London.

Musicians:
- Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (khayal)
- Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
- Murad Ali (sarangi)
- Tofail Ahmed (harmonium)
- Roopa Panesar & Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpuras)

Raag Multani; Thaat: Todi; Samay: Afternoon

Th...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2023 at the Barbican Centre, London.

Musicians:
- Jyoti Hegde (Rudra Veena)
- Surdarshan Chana (Jori)

The primal sounds of the rudra veena comes alive in the hands of Hegde as she micro bends the raga (melody) notes.

Dhrupad is the foremost improvisational classical...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 18th September at London's Southbank Centre.

Musicians:
- Ranjani & Gayatri (vocals)
- HN Bhaskar (violin)
- Sai Giridhar (mridangam)
- Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
- Mithila Sarma & Kiruthika Nadarajah (tanpuras)

Renowned for the lyrical luminosity and purity wi...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2019, on 13th October, at the Barbican Centre, London.

Musicians:
- Pandit Budhaditya Muckerjee (sitar)
- Soumen Nandy (tabla)

Raag Darbari Kanada; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Midnight

This performance surpasses all and perches itself on the top layer of Darbar’s present...

From Darbar Festival 2023, Ranjani & Gayatri empower us with words of wisdom and their journey in Music.

About The Artists:
Ranjani and Gayatri are two sisters who sing and play Carnatic music on violin. They were born into a musical family, and their talent was recognised very early - it is sai...