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 Madhyam

Chowdhury is ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: Night

This performance surpasses all and perches its...

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...

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...

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...

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: Midnight

Ustad...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.
Chaurasia is a true exponent of the therapeutic impact of t...

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...

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...

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...

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...