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Rajrupa Chowdhury | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, on 15th October at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musicians:
- Rajrupa Chowdhury (Sarod)
- Yashwant Vaishnav (Tabla)Chowdhury performs three raags during this concert:
- Raag Dipawati
- Raag Sahana; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Midnight
- Raag Anil MadhyamChowdhury is ...
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Ramana Balachandran | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, on 13th October, at Milton Court, Barbican, London.
Musicians:
- Ramana Balachandran (Veena)
- Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)Fast gaining worldwide critical acclaim, the talented musician is known for his ability to deliver with phrasal clarity while delving d...
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Waseem Ahmed Khan | Raag Poorvi
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2021, on 23rd October, at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musicians:
- Waseem Ahmed Khan (khayal vocal)
- Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)
- Milind Kulkarni (harmonium)
- Harmeet Virdee (Tanpura)
- Mithila Sarma (Tanpura)Raag Poorvi; Thaat: Poorvi; Samay: Late Afternoon
Enter t...
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Ustad Tari Khan | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2023, on 26th October, at Milton Court, Barbican, London.
Musicians:
- Ustad Tari Khan (Tabla)
- Prakash Pal (Harmonium)Considered the greatest master of tabla accompaniment for the ghazal genre, Khan uniquely invented a new tabla soundscape or trademark style for t...
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Where Are The Women? | Sudha Ragunathan | In Conversation
In 2013, Sudha Ragunathan not only treated her audience to a memorable performance but also shared her deep insights into her music and life in an exclusive interview. In this session, she opened up about her inspirations, her rigorous training under the legendary Dr. M. L. Vasanthakumari, and th...
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Sarwar Hussain | Shree
Raag Shree, Thaat,Poorvi Samay, Late Afternoon
Musicians:
- Sarwar Hussain Khan (sarangi)
- Debjit Patitundi (tabla)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 so...
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Debasmita Bhattacharya | Bhimpalasi
Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon
Musicians:
- Debasmita Bhattacharya (Sarod)
- Gurdain Rayatt (Tabla)Debasmita Bhattacharya on sarod, Debasmita performs Raag Bhimpalasi from the Kafi thaat. This is a very unique and special performance.
After a scintillating performance at th...
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Ram Kumar and Samit Mallick | Bhoop Kalyan
Filmed and recorded live at Bawali Rajbari, Kolkata, in 2017.
Musicians
- Ram Kumar Mallick (vocal)
- Samit Mallick (vocal)Raag Bhoop Kalyan, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: Evening
Raag Bhoop Kalyan is also known as Shuddh Kalyan. Its ascending notes have the same notes as Raag Bhopali and its descen...
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Rimpa Siva | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 13th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Rimpa Siva (Tabla, Farukhabad gharana)
- Sandeep Mishra (sarangi)Music Pieces:
Tabla Solo in Teentaal (16 beats)Rimpa Siva was a child prodigy, an amazing talent who defied gender roles to becom...
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Arati Ankalikar Tikekar | Director's Cut
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 23rd April, at King's Place, London.
Musicians:
- Arati Ankalikar (khayal vocal)
- Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
- Chinmay Kolhatkar (harmonium)
- Omkar Dalvi (pakhawaj)
- Priya Prakash (tanpura)
- Shobhana Patel (tanpura)Ragas: Ahir Bhairav, Jaunpuri, Mi...
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Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee | Director's Cut
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2019, on 13th October, at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musicians:
- Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar)
- Soumen Nandy (tabla)Raag Darbari Kanada; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Midnight
Raag Nand; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: NightThis performance surpasses all and perches its...
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Omkar Dadarkar | Raag Jogkauns
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2018, on 27th October, at Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, London.
Musicians:
- Omkar Dadarkar (khayal)
- Tanmay Deochake (harmonium)
- Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
- Gunwant Dhadyalla & Priya Parkash (tanpuras)Raag Jogkauns; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Midnig...
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Pravin Godkhindi | Raag Jog | Bansuri
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017, on 9th November, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
Musicians:
- Pravin Godkhindi (bamboo flute)
- Pandit Supreet Deshpande (tabla)Raag Jog; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night
Raag Jog is dominant with gliding notes and its application of the pure and flat thirds (shu...
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Ust. Amjad Ali Khan, Pt. Kumar Bose & Pt. Anindo Chatterjee | Raag Shree
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2016, on 18th September, at the Royal Festival Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod)
- Kumar Bose (Tabla)
- Anindo Chatterjee (Harmonium)Raag Shree; Thaat: Poorvi; Samay: Late Afternoon
Watch this unique performance by 3 of India's...
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Nishat Khan | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017, on 12th November, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
Musicians:
- Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar)
- Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
- Emmanuel Masongsong (tanpura)Raag Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning
Raag Darbari Kanada; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: MidnightUstad...
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Surdarshan Chana | Jori Solo | Musical Wonders of India
Recorded at the Musical Wonders of India Symposium at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, on 16th September 2015.
Musicians:
- Surdarshan Singh Chana (Jori)
- Milind Kulkarni (Harmonium)Surdarshan 'Sunny' Singh Chana is an exponent of tabla and jori. He studied under Bhai Gurmeet Singh V...
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Eeshar Singh | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, on 15th October, at Milton Court, Barbican, London.
Musicians:
- Eeshar Singh (Santoor)
- Yashwant Vaishnav (Tabla)Raag Kaunsi Kanada, Thaat: Asavari, Samay: Midnight
An instrument brought into the Indian classical form by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma half a centu...
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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan | Interview
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2016
India's foremost sarod maestro candidly talks about his passion and the unique lineage he was born into. Khan explains that there is no book about presentation of Indian classical music and how a 3 minute Raga was about quality and duration of music.
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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (1938-2022)
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2020, at King's Place, London.
- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor player and composer)
- Dharambir Dhadyalla MBE (host)We pay our respect to Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Ji's who graced the Darbar Festival stage with his music three times. Pandit Ji's first appearance at...
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Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Ahir-Bhairav
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musician:
- Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri)Raag Ahir Bhairav, Thaat: Bhairav, Samay: Early Morning
Special performance filmed in an empty auditorium during Darbar Festival.
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Arshad Khan | Raag Bhairavi | Esraj
Recorded by Darbar on location in Mulshi, India.
Musicians:
- Arshad Khan (esraj)Raag Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning
Arshad Khan is a rare modern exponent of the esraj, a bowed instrument from Bengal which can mimic the cry of the human voice with startling accuracy.
Arshad Khan i...
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Ranjani & Gayatri | Interview
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... -
Jyoti Hegde | Raag Basant
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2023, on 27th October, at Milton Court, Barbican, London.
Musicians:
- Jyoti Hegde (Rudra Veena)
- Surdarshan Chana (Jori)Raag Basant; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Midnight
Dhrupad is the foremost improvisational classical system from India, rooted in its micro tonal sl...
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Irshad Khan | Darbari Kanada
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2008, on 4th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Ustad Irshad Khan (Surbahar)
- Sukhwinder Singh (Jori)
- Debipriya Das (Tanpura)Raag Darbari Kanada; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Midnight
The surbahar’s deep-toned strings are set on a broad neck, a...