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“A place where everyone expects and gets the highest quality performances of Indian classical music.” - BBC Radio 3 Darbar International South Asian Music Festival London, 3-5 April 2009 Leicester, Gateshead, Nottingham, Dewsbury, Cobham and Birmingham – March 28 to April 12 2009 Festival Programme Contents We are delighted to welcome you to the Darbar Southbank Centre, London International Festival of South Asian Music 2009 Purcell Room Sessions at London’s Southbank Centre. Friday 3rd April 4 Saturday 4th April 6 Beyond the capital, the Festival also takes Sunday 5th April 8 place in Leicester, Cobham, Dewsbury, Nottingham, Gateshead and Birmingham – in Queen Elizabeth Hall all more than 30 concerts. Sunday 5th April 14 We are proud to say that outside of India, the Yehudi Menuhin Hall, Surrey Festival – which brings together classical Tuesday 7th April 16 traditions from across the sub-continent – is the largest event of its kind and rides on the back of Across England widespread media and artistic acclaim. Darbar Festival across the country 18 Over three packed days, we invite you to explore Tickets India’s spectacular diversity of musical traditions Booking events at the Southbank Centre 22 from across the sub-continent: north Indian Booking Yehudi Menuhin Hall 16 Hindustani, south Indian carnatic, dhrupad – Booking events across the country 18 India’s oldest form of music, and exhilarating collaborations bringing together music from across genres. Photographic Exhibition 12 Darbar Book 13 This year’s Festival brings over 50 artists Partners, Sponsors and Supporters 20 presenting 20 instruments including Dhrupadi Contact Darbar 21 rabaab originating from Afghanistan, Jori percussion from Punjab and saxophone from the world of blues and jazz. To receive information about Darbar events register on www.darbar.org.uk Discover new ragas specific to particular times of the day in morning, afternoon and evening concerts. Talk to the artists in the ‘Audience with…’ sessions and mingle with them outside of the concerts. Take a glance at our exhibition of world-class photography from previous Darbar festivals and enjoy the free events on the Southbank Centre. Most of all come and experience some of the highest quality classical music heard in this country. Finally, book early to get big savings! Sandeep Singh Virdee Artistic Director Kulbir Singh Natt Director “One of the nicest things about the Darbar Festival is that every year one encounters something totally unexpected, something totally different and something brand new.” BBC Radio 3 2009 Festival Programme Friday Morning, Session 1 3rd April 2009 10.00am Purcell Room From £9 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £15 Southbank Harmeet Singh Virdee – Sitar Centre Bhupinder Singh Chaggar – Tabla Harmeet opens a three-day music fiesta with gentle morning ragas on sitar displaying serenity, vibrancy and beautifully composed improvisations. Bhupinder comes from the Benares style of playing this ever-versatile instrument. Harmeet Virdee Rahul Sharma – Santoor Subhankar Banerjee – Tabla Sit back and enjoy the sublime, meditative sounds of santoor played by the virtuoso talent of Rahul Sharma, son of the illustrious Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma. Rahul, who has Box office: performed throughout Europe and USA, southbankcentre.co.uk is accompanied by Subhankar Banerjee, /darbar one of India’s finest tabla maestros. 0871 663 2500 ‘...sounds that sing, soar and soothe to Book more, pay less: create music as vibrant as a Himalayan Series discounts of hillside and equally exotic... Rahul Sharma, up to 40% take me away.’ Pulse (USA) Book early, pay less: Festival pass only £99! Rahul Sharma 2009 Festival Programme Afternoon, Session 2 Evening, Session 3 2.30pm 6.30pm From £9 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £15 From £15 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £25 Audience with Somjit Das Gupta – Exploring Somjit Dasgupta – Rabaab the heritage of the Dhrupadi rabaab Sukhwinder Singh (Pinky) – Jori Somjit Das Gupta is not only one of the Sukhwinder Singh most gifted musicians playing the sarod and Dhrupadi rabaab, but he has also a distinguished authority on Indian instruments. Somjit, who’s personal collection dates back some 300 years, shares his passion in an illustrated musical discussion. Somjit Das Gupta Somjit Das Gupta is one of few maestros playing Indian classical music on the Dhrupadi rabaab – a forerunner to the sarod – that originated hundreds of years ago from Afghanistan. He is accompanied by Pinky on Jori from Punjab, a rarely heard percussion instrument resembling tabla. Jesse Bannister – Saxophone Aruna Sairam – Carnatic vocal Anuradha Pal – Tabla Jyotsna Shrikanth – Violin Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam Jesse Bannister effortlessly drifts between indo-jazz and ragas on saxophone. A talented musician and composer, Jessie is accompanied by world’s first female professional tabla player, Anuradha Pal, who’s been thrilling audiences since being hailed as a ‘child prodigy.’ “...a unique sound that will challenge the Aruna Sairam horizons of saxophone players for many decades.” Prepare yourself for a treat with spell binding singing from Aruna Sairam, in her first UK Jesse Bannister tour. Aruna’s concerts attract crowds that create “traffic jams around the auditorium.” Accompanying her is the prestigious talent of Patri Satish Kumar and Jyotsna Shrikanth, a musician of dynamism and finesse. “Best of all, there was the gifted South Indian singer Aruna Sairam, singing with a mesmerizing combination of sheer inventive abandon and virtuosic musical.” LA Times 2009 Festival Programme Saturday Morning, Session 4 4th April 2009 10.00am Purcell Room From £9 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £15 Southbank Sindhu & Indu Pathmabaskaran – Centre Carnatic Vocal Kiruthika Nadarajah – Violin Aravindhan Baheerathan – Flute Senthuran Premakumar – Mridangam Dharmesh Parmar – Tabla Sindhu and Indu Pathmabaskaran lead a line-up of rising carnatic stars singing beautifully crafted melodies and dynamic invloving percussion. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Hindustani Vocal Jyoti Goho – Harmonium Subhankar Bannerjee – Tabla Ashwini Bhide Deshpande is one of the finest classical divas from the north Indian classical tradition. Her performances, always of exceptionally high quality, include silver-toned renditions of khayal and poetic bhajans. Box office: southbankcentre.co.uk Ashwini Bhide /darbar 0871 663 2500 Book more, pay less: Series discounts of up to 40% Book early, pay less: Festival pass only £99! “A truly awesome singer who mesmerised the audience in an enthralling performance.” The Hindu 2009 Festival Programme Afternoon, Session 5 Evening, Session 6 2.30pm 6.30pm From £9 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £15 From £15 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £25 Audience with Shashank Subramanium – Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar – Dhrupad Vocal Exploring the heritage of carnatic flute Mohan Shyam Sharma – Pakhawaj Shashank, widely considered to be one of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar the leading Indian classical flautists, engages in a musical discussion about the one of the most celebrated musical instruments of India and a life steeped in musical accomplishments from a young age. Shashank Subramanium Transport yourself to the temples of ancient India with deeply devotional dhrupad. Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar represents the 20th generation of dhrupad singers within the Dagar family. Traditionally his family perform dhrupad as a duet, but Wasifuddin successfully presents the dynamic of a duet in a solo performance. Ganesh & Kumaresh – Carnatic Violin Duet Pandit Tejendra Majumdar – Sarod R. N. Prakash – Ghatam (clay pot) Pandit Kumar Bose – Tabla Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam Tejendra Majumdar Ganesh & Kumaresh Tejendra Majumdar makes the sarod - the most majestic sounding of Indian instruments – sparkle. He plays with delicacy and Brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh, a unique emotional maturity to create a breathtakingly musical partnership, continue the carnatic beautiful sound. He is accompanied by theme with a violin concert of power, the larger than life Pandit Kumar Bose, precision and an incredible virtuosity. the torchbearer of the Benaras gharana. “…an incredible performance of unrivalled “…unquestionably one of the great sensitivity, expression and tonal quality.” maestros of the sarod.” Times of India L.A. Times 2009 Festival Programme Sunday Morning, Session 7 5th April 2009 10.00am Purcell Room From £9 (as part of ‘Festival Pass’) up to £15 Southbank Dr Vijay Rajput – Hindustani Vocal Centre Ustad Fida Hussain – Harmonium Manjeet Rasiya – Tabla UK-based Dr Vijay Rajput, disciple of the illustrious north Indian vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is one of Britain’s most talented classical vocalists. Here he presents poetic morning ragas to ease you into Sunday. Dr Vijay Rajput Purbayan Chatterjee – Sitar Shashank Subramanium – Carntic Flute Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam Sukhwinder Singh (Pinky) – Tabla Speed, virtuosity and mercurial invention combine to create a unique sound by world- class musicians from the two ends of India. Purbayan Chatterjee plays the sitar with a maturity beyond his years. Shashank, a child-prodigy of the south Indian flute, plays Box office: the instrument with an irresistible panache. southbankcentre.co.uk /darbar Purbayan Chatterjee 0871 663 2500 Book more, pay less: Series discounts of up to 40% Book early, pay less: Festival pass only £99! “The combination of the airy and the sinuously metallic is immediately arresting, and the players’ speed, virtuosity and mercurial invention