In this brilliant solo performance from Darbar Festival 2017, tabla exponent Supreet Deshpande provides glimpses of a motley styles of tabla playing through age-old compositions and his own brainstorming and ‘taleem’ (learning) in a rhythmic cycle of 16 beats or Teental. He is accompanied by Mili...

Ojas Aditya, a prodigious tabla virtuoso, captivated audiences at the Darbar Festival 2023 with his masterful performance, leaving an indelible mark on the world of Indian classical music. Born into a family deeply entrenched in musical tradition, Ojas began his training at a young age under the ...

Let's journey back in time to Darbar Festival 2023 when we were graced by the exceptional talent of Sarwar Hussain Khan.

Khan was born into an illustrious sarangi family. The son of Ustad Anwar Hussain and grandson of stalwart, Ustad Abdul Latif Khan Sahab, Khan has developed a style which gives...

Aruna Sairam returns after her extraordinary sell out concert in 2009 and chance to hear once again her captivating timbre, her flexible yet powerful voice, her strong stage presence alongside her first duet with Jayanthi Kumaresh, India’s finest saraswati veena maestro. Both Kumar and Karthick ...

Aruna Sairam returns after her extraordinary sell out concert in 2009 and chance to hear once again her captivating timbre, her flexible yet powerful voice, her strong stage presence alongside her first duet with Jayanthi Kumaresh, India’s finest saraswati veena maestro. Both Kumar and Karthick ...

Aruna Sairam returns after her extraordinary sell out concert in 2009 and chance to hear once again her captivating timbre, her flexible yet powerful voice, her strong stage presence alongside her first duet with Jayanthi Kumaresh, India’s finest saraswati veena maestro. Both Kumar and Karthick ...

Aruna Sairam returns after her extraordinary sell out concert in 2009 and chance to hear once again her captivating timbre, her flexible yet powerful voice, her strong stage presence alongside her first duet with Jayanthi Kumaresh, India’s finest saraswati veena maestro. Both Kumar and Karthick ...

Pandit Goswami is one of the foremost sarangi players of our country. He brings a refreshing perspective with his rare command over the subtleties of his instrument – a currency that has proven itself an instant draw for his listeners time and again. His grandfather, Anmol Chand Goswami, was a no...

Pandit Goswami is one of the foremost sarangi players of our country. He brings a refreshing perspective with his rare command over the subtleties of his instrument – a currency that has proven itself an instant draw for his listeners time and again. His grandfather, Anmol Chand Goswami, was a no...

Pravin Godkhindi is an eclectic classical flautist, performing Hindustani music on the bansuri. He studied under his father Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi, an exponent of the Kirana gharana, as well as Carnatic mridangist Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma. He incorporates Carnatic rhythm into his playing,...

Ustad Nishat Khan presents two ragas – Darbari Kanada and Bhairavi in this concert. He 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.

Ustad Khan...

Darbari Kanada is regarded as the king of all ragas. It exudes solemnity and its execution is critical because of the way certain notes are pronounced in its ascent and descent. The suffix of the name, ‘Darbar’ suggests a royal court and is said to be suggestive of the raga’s popularity with king...

Arshad Khan is an accomplished musician known for his mastery of the esraj, a traditional Indian string instrument. The esraj is a bowed instrument with sympathetic strings, creating a unique and melodious sound. Arshad Khan comes from a musical lineage, as he is the son of Ustad Allauddin Khan, ...

Arshad Khan is an accomplished musician known for his mastery of the esraj, a traditional Indian string instrument. The esraj is a bowed instrument with sympathetic strings, creating a unique and melodious sound. Arshad Khan comes from a musical lineage, as he is the son of Ustad Allauddin Khan, ...

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 special concert with her masterful interpretation of Indian ragas. Panesar takes you on a true and epic journey of Indian music of m...

The supremely accomplished Kaushiki Chakraborty, from the Patiala gharana (school of music) provides a mesmerising finale to the Darbar Festival at the Barbican Centre with her opulent, inventive style. She is joined on stage by Shahbaz Hussain and Milind Kulkarni as she performs rarely sung midn...

The supremely accomplished Kaushiki Chakraborty, from the Patiala gharana (school of music) provides a mesmerising finale to the Darbar Festival at the Barbican Centre with her opulent, inventive style. She is joined on stage by Shahbaz Hussain and Milind Kulkarni as she performs rarely sung midn...

The supremely accomplished Kaushiki Chakraborty, from the Patiala gharana (school of music) provides a mesmerising finale to the Darbar Festival at the Barbican Centre with her opulent, inventive style. She is joined on stage by Shahbaz Hussain and Milind Kulkarni as she performs rarely sung midn...

Renowned for the lyrical luminosity and purity with which they continue to present Carnatic music to audiences around the world, Ranjani and Gayatri’s performance from this Darbar festival 2015 video is a firecracker that will be remembered for years. As siblings who embarked on their musical jou...

Renowned for the lyrical luminosity and purity with which they continue to present Carnatic music to audiences around the world, Ranjani and Gayatri’s performance from this Darbar festival 2015 video is a firecracker that will be remembered for years. As siblings who embarked on their musical jou...

Dhrupad is the foremost improvisational classical system from India, rooted in its micro tonal slow to fast development. The primal sounds of the rudra veena comes alive in the hands of Hegde as she micro bends the raga (melody) notes. One of the slowest forms of Indian classical music styles, al...

Considered the greatest master of tabla accompaniment for the ghazal genre, Khan uniquely invented a new tabla soundscape or trademark style for the 6 and 8 beat rhythmic cycles and in doing so he became a global sensation and trendsetter. Khan’s ability to maximise tension and release during his...

Chowdhury is one of India’s finest and mature sarod maestro making her UK debut. Indulge in the deep lilting and sound that pull on your heart strings. Chowdhury explores the depth of ragas as trained and gifted by her teachers Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury, Pandit Ajay Sinha Roy and Prof. Sanjoy Ban...

An instrument brought into the Indian classical form by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma half a century ago, his student Harjinder Matharu has produced one of the finest young Bradford born emerging young talents, Eeshar Singh. Darbar is proud to present his first major London concert. Singh’s musical mat...