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HCL BAITHAKS After live performances by sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee, tabla player Anubrata Chatterjee, vocalist Swarndeep Chatterjee and Ut Shujaat Khan, tune in to these virtualbaithaks with vocalist Ronkini Gupta (April 27), and sitar player Ramprapanna Bhattacharya (April 29). A Kuchipudi dance recital by Yamini Reddy (pictured)will be presented on April 24. Watch them live on HCLConcerts on Facebook. CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONS
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REKHTA The Delhi-based organisation, Rekhta, that put Urdu on the cultural map presents their much- RECITALS & loved Jashn-e-Rekhta festival this week. In the RAMBLINGS coming days, listen to Priyanka Barve, who plays Anarkali in Feroze Abbas Khan’s Mughal-e-Azam, sing ghazals (April 24), while playback singer Javed Ali takes you on a Sufi journey (April 25). Poet Shakeel Jamali talks about shayariand talaffuz(April 23), and there will be a session by actor Shabana Azmi and poet Javed Akhtar (pictured)on April 26. Tune in at 6 pm for each of the programmes to Rekhta’s YouTube, Facebook or Twitter page. CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONS
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Among the virtual concerts, the Udupa Music UDUPA Festival seems to be one of the most organised MUSIC platforms. Created by ghatam player Giridhar Udupa, the festival features artistes such as FESTIVAL santoor maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma (pictured), flute legend Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Visit shaale.comfor registration singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan, guitar legend John Mclaughlin, flautist Pt Ronu Majumdar, percussionists Pt Yogesh Shamsi, Pt Vijay Ghate, Ojas Adhiya and Pt Shubhankar Banerjee, and vocalist Abhishek Raghuram. What’s also interesting is that these concerts are monetised. Priced at Rs 1,200, the proceeds from the tickets will support musicians facing financial crisis at this point. CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONS
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Don’t blink else you must miss the MUSICIAN’S announcement for watching some of these DIGISTAGE musicians perform line on Musician’s Digitage. Recently, sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee Visit the YouTube channel, (pictured) brought together 11 artistes including Musician’s Digistage violinist Nandini Shankar, percussionist Shikhar Naad and Ojas Adhiya, vocalists Gayatri Asokan for a version of poet and filmmaker Gulzar’s Humko mann ki shakti denafrom Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Guddi.It had over 50,000 views. Watch these live concerts on their YouTube channels, Twitter and Facebook pages. The announcement for the concert is made a day in advance. CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONS
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AROUND THE WORLD Geography does not matter in times of a pandemic. Lady Gaga showed us that with the recent ‘The One World: Together at Home’ broadcast. Coming up is Paul McCartney’s live concert on April 26 and Coldplay’s performance on April 30. Producer Diplo, Dillon Francis and DoorDash have also come together for Coronight Fever, back-to-back livestream DJ set, on Twitch and YouTube, to donate meals to those in need through the Feeding America initiative.
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FROM THE Mumbai-based National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) has opened its archives ARCHIVES and what’s come out are some gems of concerts. Watch their YouTube channel for a dance performance by Bharatanatyam exponent Malavika Sarrukai (pictured). Then there are performances by Buddhist nun Ani Choying, flautist Ashwin Srinivasan and Purbayan Chatterjee on April 24. A concert by Symphony Orchestra of India showcasing German Romantic composer Bruch’s Violin Concerto 1will be streamed on April 25. All the performances are at 6pm. CONCERTS& CONVERSATIONS BANK OF www.indianexpress.com MELODIES Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, also has an expansive digital initiative and has opened its archives and made conversations available. Other concert halls across the globe such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the New York Metropolitan Opera, The Royal Opera House and London Symphony Orchestra are also sharing their content online.