DESH
DESH derives from a Bengali word with a few translation possibilities and semantic associations. For their 2011 dance project musician-composer Jocelyn Pook and Akram Khan settled on homeland as their preferred translation.
14 March 2013
Review – Music Performance
Double Bill: Pulsating Sursingar and Violin maestros Joydeep Ghosh and the Mysore Brothers
Darbar’s reputation as the most diverse, high-quality Indian music festival outside of India was upheld by its cracking first night. After a late start, Joydeep Ghosh took to the stage.
18 December 2012
Chitravina Ravikiran
South Indian music has long-standing naming conventions not encountered in its Hindustani cousin in the north of the subcontinent.
18 December 2012
Prattyush Banerjee
Darbar founder Sandeep Virdee has been outspoken in his desire to present lesser-known talents each year. ‘Unveiling Afternoon Ragas’ was hardly the most exciting title of this final day afternoon session, but what ensued definitely was.
18 December 2012
Shujaat Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri
The previous afternoon Swapan Chaudhuri, the tabla-player of choice for the sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009) in his last… Read More
18 December 2012
The Great British Gharana
The Great British Gharana was a showcase of budding and established performers of Indian classical music living in the UK.
18 December 2012
Jyotsna Srikanth Project
East London’s London International Arts Festival, under Jyotsna Srikanth’s curatorship and organised by Dhruv Arts, took place between 10 and 12 August.
13 September 2012
Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Never to see Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna perform live must be one of the cruellest injustices life can mete out.
13 September 2012
The Raghu Dixit Project
Raghu Dixit, a rising star in contemporary Indian folk music, performed as part of the final part of the Milton Keynes’ International Festival
13 September 2012
Open Souls
Open Souls, an innovative experimental group that mixes beat-boxing, ambient sounds and rhyming, had their own reason to celebrate: merging Indian classical and contemporary vibes.
13 September 2012