Indian classical music Festivals 2005??

barend

Hi,

I am in India until the end of april,
And I am a big fan and studying Indian classical music.
Does anyone know if there are some big Indian classical music festivals happening from januari 2005 till april?
If someone can give me some websites with the performers schedule that would be great!

Thanks,

landoormama

hi , there are some major indian classical concerts happening in mumbai this time of the year ,( from december to march is the time for indian classical festivals around mumbai )..if you are around mumbai check out JAN FEST organised by st xaivers colllege , which happens usually during the last week of JAN .

barend

When is this janfest?, I am in Pune so it is much closer for me than the dover lane festival in Calcutta, and who is performing??? I want to know the names,

Anyone?

citybell

Hi Barend,

In Chennai, musical festival is on since December 2nd and will last till around Jan 13.There are nearly a dozen cultural associations(we call then as sabhas) that are presently conducting classical musical festivals everyday from around 8am till 8pm everyday.Many noted and budding artists take part in this music festivals.Enrty is by tickets and already on full swing.Get a newspaper " THE Hindu" and you can find detailed programmes of every sabha.
For your information, in Chennai month of Dec-Jan is called the month of music festival.This festival has been there for so many years.

Bengal Tiger

HI Barend,
in the link that i had given in the other thread, you can see the whole list of classical music concerts taking place in 2005. i suggest you mail sangeet natak academy for info on not just the dover lane conference but also some of the next few ones (i am guessing, they cant tell you who will be performing in the concerts in may-june..aug...dec 2005, 'costhe "menu" not confirmed, so far beforehand )
all the best again.

landoormama

hello the indian music group(i.m.g) of the st xaivers college organises the ''janfest'' sometime in the second fortnight of january ..the venue and the dates @ the moment are not yet decided but they usually have it @ the college (last year they had it elsewhere ).. . i would not know who wld be playing this year ..but they usually have a good line up .I have heard ,bhimsen joshi , shobha gurtu ,zakir hussain , rashid khan.... ( to name a few) perfom @ the i.m.g during earlier times ..
there are many festivals and concerts happening this time of the year ..one has to follow the local newspaper .
here are a few concerts going to happen soon
all the three below are happening at the NEHRU CENTRE IN WORLI-MUMBAI from 6.30 p/m onwards -- called- SWARANJALI
1)6th jan-- shubha mudgal and prabharkar karekar- vocal
2) 7th jan- hariprasad chaurasia and girija devi
3) 8th jan ulhas kashalkar and begum parveen sultana.passes for all the three days cost Rs 600, 400, 300, 200, 100

then again @ the nehru centre on 10thjan--pandit jasraj from 6.30p/m onwards
2)11th jan---shripad paradkar and pt shivkumar sharma ..tickets cost RS100,AND 50

There is one @ the M.M.R.D.A Grounds-- BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX -BANDRA-(EAST) from 5.30p/m to 10 p.m on the following dates
1)14th jan---pandit jasraj and hariprasad chaurasia
2)15th janpt shivkumar sharma and begum parveen sultana /dilshad khan
3)16th jan -- jagjit singh
donor passes are available at Rhythm house- kalaghoda

hope this helps-- happy listening -have fun--

ElZorro

Lot's of great information for the concerts. Is there a newspaper, or some type of publication (such as Time Out in NY, for example) that lists all the cultural events like music concerts, theater plays or movies for Mumbai and Delhi? I mean, of course the local newspapers are always the first bet for those, but I'm wondering a separate type of publication, which normally would carry more details, etc. tks./

Bengal Tiger

go here and write to the indian news papers from delhi calcutta and bombay, and ask them to please send you some details. explain you are from brazil and thus find it difficult to get such info. they should be able to offer some info. let tehm know when you intend to come to india. calcutta will be having the dover lane festival in late january. http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=428

by the way, where ever you are, germany, usa, brazil or uk or holland, there's almost always some kind of indian music concert, though not a full festival (except maybe rarely), going on in the top cities round the year. (specially in the summer tme in india. the artista stay in india in winter and tour the world in our summer time). i know it for a fact that most of them are sold out in no time. last year ravi shankar sold out in mexico even !!!

brightspark

Most newspapers list the calendar of events, which includes plays, concerts, lectures, exhibitions etc.. once a week.

Delhi has city magazines such Delhi diary and First City. Most hotels, both in Delhi and Mumbai would give a complementary copy of a city magazine.

India Today and some other magazines, also cover events.. however these are national magazines, tracking events in several cities, so their listings are not very comprehensive.

ElZorro

thank you all for the help. I will surely enjoy watching the concerts. ciao, e.

landoormama

HI , just in case if you are around the ghats in VARANASI .. there is some nice music happening there in some local houses or a '' sangeet vidyalaya'' ( music school)..and these artistes who are not xposed to the media ..the unsung heroes of sort , play some really great music ..I had been to one of these sometime back and i thoroughly enjoyed it...

snain

Check out this link. It lists down major Indian classical music Festivals

http://www.webindia123.com/music/fest.htm