Reviews
An Indian Swan in Amsterdam
 
Image Credit: Djaiënti Sewdihal
Satish Dance Company
Muiderpoort Theatre, Amsterdam 
 
On the day of the preview for An Indian Swan in Amsterdam it is freezing cold. We wonder if the promising full house will actually be realized. We even wonder if all the dancers will be on time at the venue, but everything seems to go ahead as planned. The group, cons...Read More
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Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra

 

Image Credit: Sreenivasan Ramakrishnan 
Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan, West Kensington, London 

 

 

 

 
“Music is our sādhanā and we would like you to join us in this pujā.” As the drones of the harmonium and taanpuras filled the air, the audience in the Bhavan Centre's sold-out auditorium eagerly awaited the performance of two of the finest exponents of khayaal voca...Read More
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Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi

 Kali Theatre and Pursued By A Bear Productions
Mercury Theatre, Colchester  
Image Credit: Jerome Hunt 

Games, politics and personal and national identity are inseparably intertwined in Satinder Chohan’s new play Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi. The play, co-produced by Kali Theatre and Pursued By A Bear Productions, examines two time periods, two countries and six character...Read More
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Unveiling Afternoon Ragas: Prattyush Banerjee

Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
As part of Darbar Festival 2012
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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. Hailing from Kolkata, sarod maestro Prattyush...Read More

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Shujaat Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri

 As part of Darbar Festival 2012
Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Image Credit: Daniel M Neuman

The previous afternoon Swapan Chaudhuri, the tabla player of choice for the sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009) in his last years, delivered an exquisite solo tabla concert – with harmonium providing melodic support to rhythm instrument in the accompaniment reversal known as lehara...Read More

Image Credit: Daniel M Neuman