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<\/a><\/p>\nThursday 19 to Sunday 22 September <\/b><\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.darbar.org\/darbarfestival<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The Darbar Festival<\/b> returns to the Southbank Centre following its sell out success in 2012 for another invigorating weekend of music, talks, food, and yoga<\/b> from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September<\/b> in the Purcell Room <\/b>for a full immersion in the hypnotic flavours of India. This year the unique Festival of both Hindustani and Carnatic music<\/b> will showcase the next generation of India\u2019s most respected up and coming talent with a special focus on female performers, some of whom will be performing in London for the first time. The Festival will also celebrate the life and memory of the great Pandit Ravi Shankar<\/b> who passed away in December 2012.<\/p>\n The 2013 Festival<\/b><\/p>\n Thursday 19th <\/b><\/p>\n 6.30pm \u2013 \u2018Transposed Rhythm and the Saraswati Veena\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Bernhard Shimpelsberger<\/b> drums<\/i> Friday 20th<\/b><\/p>\n 12:45pm \u2013 \u2018Tribute to Ravi Shankar\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Oliver Caske<\/b><\/p>\n Simon Broughton<\/b><\/p>\n Find out more about the life and times of this great Indian classical music maestro. Illustrated with photographs rarely seen by the general public.<\/p>\n 2.30pm \u2013 \u2018Great Improvisational Expectations\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Debashish Bhattacharya<\/b> slide guitar<\/i><\/p>\n Yogesh Samsi<\/b> tabla<\/i><\/p>\n The trendsetter Bhattacharya presents afternoon ragas through his virtuosity. He doesn\u2019t believe in the difference between classical music from East and West, but sees it simply as universal. He is accompanied by one of India\u2019s foremost tabla maestros, Samsi, who takes the improvisational accompaniment to dazzling heights.<\/p>\n 6pm \u2013 \u2018Darbar Unplugged: Saraswati Veena\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Jayanthi Kumaresh <\/b>saraswati veena<\/i><\/p>\n Patri Satish Kumar <\/b>mridangam<\/i><\/p>\n RN prakash <\/b>ghatam<\/i><\/p>\n Jayanthi Kumaresh is the most highly prized Saraswati veena player in India \u2013 enjoy the traditional way to hear Saraswati veena.<\/p>\n 6.30pm \u2013 \u2018Colours of Dhrupad and the Majestic Sarod\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Nirmalya Dey<\/b> dhrupad vocal<\/i><\/p>\n Sukhad Munde<\/b> pakhawaj<\/i><\/p>\n Interval<\/p>\n Ustad Wajahat Khan <\/b>sarod<\/i><\/p>\n Akram Khan <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Dhrupad predates the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions of today but sadly there are merely a handful of remaining practitioners making this concert a rare treat. Khan, belonging to a 400-year musical dynasty is a celebrated composer and sarod maestro. He performs ragas in the Imdadkhani Gharana style.<\/p>\n Saturday 21st<\/b><\/p>\n 10.00am \u2013 \u2018Glorious Morning: Ragas Unwrapped\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil<\/b>khayal vocal<\/i> Akram Khan <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil is India\u2019s most sought after young virtuoso of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas. In her debut UK concert, she presents these morning ragas in her inmitable style which savours their expressive implications of the words, relishing their subtle shifts of rhythm to create a sighing quality.<\/p>\n 10:15am \u2013 \u2018Darbar Unplugged: Morning Sitar Recital\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Mehboob Nadeem <\/b>sitar<\/i><\/p>\n Harkiret Bahra <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Mehboob Nadeem performs morning raga melodies in a rare mehfil<\/i>-style concert.<\/p>\n 2.30pm \u2013 \u2018Enchanting Afternoon Ragas on 100 Strings<\/b><\/p>\n Harjinderpal Singh Matharu <\/b>santoor<\/i><\/p>\n Yogesh Samsi <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Harjinderpal Singh Matharu performs mesmerising ragas on the santoor, an ancient string instrument that produces a beautiful trance-like sound, which Sufi mystics use as an accompanying instrument in their divine music.<\/p>\n 6pm \u2013 \u2018Darbar Unplugged: Rudra Veena\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Ustad Baha\u2019uddin Dagar <\/b>rudra veena<\/i><\/p>\n Sukhad Munde <\/b>pakhawaj<\/i><\/p>\n An opportunity to hear Dagar, a 21st-generation musician and one of a handful in the world playing the rudra veena. The young maestro Munde accompanies him on the pakhawaj.<\/p>\n 6.30pm \u2013 \u2018Iconic Sitar to Mesmerising Carnatic Ragas\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Anupama Bhagwat<\/b>sitar<\/i> Interval<\/p>\n Sudha Ragunathan <\/b>carnatic vocal<\/i><\/p>\n Jyotsna Shrikanth <\/b>violin<\/i><\/p>\n Patri Satish Kumar <\/b>mridangam<\/i><\/p>\n RN Prakash <\/b>ghatam<\/i><\/p>\n In her UK debut performance, Bhagwat plays the sitar with vigour that is the hallmark of her Imdadkhan Gharana. She is accompanied by Rayatt, the UK\u2019s rising star of tabla.<\/p>\n Ragunathan, known for her enchanting voice, is the most eminent singer in the South Indian devotional Carnatic tradition. A trio of Carnatic heavy weights will accompany her.<\/p>\n Sunday 22nd<\/b><\/p>\n 10.00am \u2013 \u2018Morning Ragas: Sitar on Fire\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee<\/b>sitar<\/i> The sitar phenomenon Mukherjee returns to the London stage after an absence of six years. With his bullet speed virtuosic ability, he has been described by the great veena maestro, S. Balachander, as the sitar artist of the century. Nandi makes his debut UK appearance accompanying Mukherjee.<\/p>\n 10:15am \u2013 \u2018Darbar Unplugged: Kirana Gharana Khayal\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Dr Vijay Rajput <\/b>khayal vocal<\/i><\/p>\n Tanmay Deochake <\/b>harmonium<\/i><\/p>\n Shahbaz Hussain <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Dr Rajput, a disciple of the illustrious North-Indian vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is one of Britain\u2019s most talented classical Indian vocalists. He returns to the Darbar Festival to perform poetic morning ragas.<\/p>\n 12:45pm \u2013 \u2018Where Are the Women?\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Sudha Ragunathan<\/b><\/p>\n Dharambir Singh MBE<\/b><\/p>\n One of India\u2019s most experienced Carnatic vocalists Sudha Ragunathan talks vividly about her life as a female musician and explores the role of women in Indian classical music.<\/p>\n 2.30pm \u2013 \u2018Limitless Tabla, Punjab Style\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Yogesh Samsi <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n Tanmay Deochake <\/b>harmonium nagma<\/i><\/p>\n This long awaited tabla solo shows of the amazing versatility of this instrument through the hands of India\u2019s great intellectual table maestros. Samsi\u2019s sublime dexterity in manipulating time and tone through rhythmic patterns is exhilarating to witness. Deochake accompanies him on nagma.<\/p>\n 6:00pm \u2013 \u2018Rudra Veena to Magnificent Khayal\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Ustad Baha\u2019uddin Dagar <\/b>sitar<\/i><\/p>\n Sukhad Munde <\/b>pakhawaj<\/i><\/p>\n Interval<\/p>\n Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar<\/b> khayal vocal<\/i><\/p>\n Tanmay Deochake <\/b>harmonium<\/i><\/p>\n The Dagar family dynasty is synonymous with Dhrupad. Dagar is noted for his control of the raga. The terrific young Munde accompanies on the pakhawaj. Panshikar presents evening ragas from the Jaipur Atruli Gharana, known for its beautiful and unusual ragas, and is accompanied by an array of stalwart musicians.<\/p>\n 6pm \u2013 \u2018Darbar Unplugged: Sitar & Tabla\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Aunpama Bhagwat <\/b>sitar<\/i><\/p>\n Gurdain Rayatt <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n One of India\u2019s freshest female sitar maestros, Bhagwat, makes her debut visit to the UK. She is accompanied by leading UK tabla player Gurdain Rayatt.<\/p>\n www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/darbarfestival<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Southbank Centre Ticket Office: 0844 875 0073<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September http:\/\/www.darbar.org\/darbarfestival The Darbar Festival returns to the Southbank Centre following its sell out success in 2012 for another invigorating weekend of music, talks, food, and yoga from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September … Continue reading
\nSukhad Munde <\/b>pakhawaj<\/i>
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\nJayanthi Kumaresh<\/b> saraswati veena<\/i>
\nPatri Satish Kumar<\/b> mridangam<\/i>
\nRN Prakash<\/b> ghatam<\/i>
\nThe Festival opens with a double bill concert of drums performed by Shimpelsberger to Indian rhythms together with Munde on the pakhawaj.<\/p>\n
\nTanmay Deochake <\/b>harmonium<\/i><\/p>\n
\nGurdain Rayatt <\/b>table<\/i><\/p>\n
\nSoumen Nandi <\/b>tabla<\/i><\/p>\n