Recorded at Darbar Festival 2021, on 21st October at the Barbican Centre, London.

Musicians:
- Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
- Surdarshan Singh (tabla)

The northern-most state of Jammu which is the native region of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, has one of the richest folk cultures in India. Jammu is a colourful platter of music, art, crafts and agriculture that constitute the main livelihood of its people.

Raag Pahadi is based on the folk melodies o...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 20th September at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.

Musicians:
- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)
- Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
- Takahiro Arai (tanpura)

Raags:
- Raag Puriya Kalyan; Thaat: Marwa, Samay: Late Afternoon
- Raag Puriyan Dhanas...

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 live at the Bawali Rajbari, Kolkata

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

Raag Hameer, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: early evening

Shot in an opulent heritage palace in Bawali located about 35 kilometres outside the periphery of Kolkata, this video seeks t...

Filmed and recorded live at Mulshi, Maharashtra

Musicians:
- Ramakant Gaikwad (khayal)
- Ramkrishna Karambelkar (tabla)
- Abhinay Laxmikant Ravonde (harmonium)
- Gayatri Gaikwad & Dr. Aparna Shenoy (tanpuras)

Raag Marwa, Thaat: Marwa, Samay: sunset

Recorded live against the stunning, rugg...

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt gives a soulful rendition of a this evening raag, Gawati, in this excerpt from the Darbar festival 2007. Pandit Yogesh Samsi gives a majestic accompaniment on the tabla in this recital.

Pandit Bhatt begins with an expansive alap and jod, exploring every part of the raga...

Darbari Kanada is an extremely popular raga belonging to the cluster of Kanadas. Its origin is popularly attributed to Miyan Tansen, one of the ‘nine jewels’ of Mogul Emperor Akbar’s court. Its Persian name, referring to ‘darbar’ or royal court, bears the stamp. However, it is believed to be an a...

Known as a torch-bearer of a strong lineage, Sadolikar’s Savani Nat comes as a welcome opening to the concert that is typical of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Specialising in ‘hybrid’ ragas of pentatonic structure, Savani Nat is a branch-out of the family of ‘Nats’. Basic ragas like Bhairav, Kedar,...

Musicians:
- Begum Parveen Sultana (Patiala gharana)
- Partha Sarathi Mukherjee (Tabla)
- Chiranjib Chakraborty (Harmonium)
- Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpura)
- Nina Burmi (Tanpura)
- Ranjana Ghatak (tanpura)
- Debipriya Das (support)

Raag Maru Bihag, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: Evening

Begum Parveen Sult...

Abhisek Lahiri concludes his performance at the Darbar Festival 2011 with the sweet raga, Chayanat. His exposition of the melody is serene as well as a welcome choice after a majestic Shree which precedes this piece.

Lahiri performs a gat (composition) in medium tempo in Rupak taal (7 beats) in ...

Panesar plays Raag Puriya, an evening melody belonging to the parent scale Marwa. This is a courageous choice as Puriya is wrapped up in complex layers which make the raga inaccessible even to senior and seasoned artists at times.

Puriya’s revealing phrases reside in the lower and middle octav...

Upon the request of Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, who was also part of the Darbar 2007 line-up, Begum Parveen Sultana embarks upon this beautiful tarana in Raag Hamsadhwani. After a captivating alaap establishing the raga in all four octaves, Begum Sultana begins the tarana, embellishing it with all...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2012 on 29th September at the Purcell Room at London's Southbank Centre.

Musicians:
- Shruti Sadolikar (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana)
- Vishwanath Shirodker (tabla)
- Murad Ali (sarangi)
- Tanmay Deochake (harmonium)
- Ranjana Ghatak & Shobana Patel (tanpuras)

Raa...

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

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

Raag: Marwa, Thaat: Marwa, Samay: sunset

Raag Marwa has a somber ...

He plays two beautiful compositions, the first one is a dhun in Mishra Piloo set to a serene, madhyalay 7-beat cycle in Rupak taal and the second, a famous drut gat in Raag Piloo spread over a 16-beat cycle.

Khan forays amply into the interiors of this hybrid raga with expansive vistaar and tau...

In an impromptu sitting in Italy, Debasmita Bhattacharya plays Raag Jog on her sarod accompanied by two of India's finest percussionists, Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam) and Ghatam Giridhar Udupa (ghatam).

Jog comprises one of the most enduring musical mysteries of all time in Hindustani classi...

This is the second piece from Purbayan Chatterjee’s performance at the Darbar Festival 2011. He introduces Darbari Kanada with a comprehensive alap, traversing both the lower and upper octaves. The composition is a legendary tarana in ektaal (12 beats) immortalised by the late Ustad Amir Khan of ...

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

Musicians:
- Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar)
- Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
- Debipriya Das (tanpura)

Raag Maru Bihag; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Night

Purbayan Chatterjee plays the much loved, Raag Maru Bihag as the opening melody...

Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee bends the rules of Indian classical music in his graceful way and with expertise in this performance, only to make it more delicious to an audience asking for more. In this concert from Darbar Festival 2019, Pandit Mukherjee plays Raag Nand. This is the second piece of...

Asanare sings Raisa Kanada and Daguri, two ragas from the Jaipur-Atrauli repertoire with remarkable flair and fluency. She elaborates both ragas with a steady voice exposing their exquisite nuances in detail. She raises her game with command and control delivering taans (rapid notes) in four time...

In this performance, Shruti Sadolikar takes up Raag Bihari, a typical melody from the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana with a folksy temperament. Accompanying her on the tabla is Vishwanath Shirodker. Murad Ali Khan gives a heart-wrenching performance on the sarangi and Tanmay Deochake is his best self, fi...

Filmed on location at Singur, West Bengal, Mita Nag performs Suha Kanada. Nag is the sixth generation of sitarists in her family - a lineage including Manilal Nag (her father) and Gokul Nag (her grandfather). She hails from the Bishnupur gharana, a dhrupad-influenced tradition of Bengal, and is k...

Watch this fantastic performance of Raag Shyam Kalyan from the 2014 Darbar Festival.

Musicians:
- Dr Prabha Atre (khayal vocal)
- Bharat Bhutan Goswami (sarangi)
- Ajay Joglekar (harmonium)
- Chetna Banwat (vocal support and tanpura)
- Gunwant Kaur (surmandal)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)