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Darbar Music 2019 to end on high note with Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar) and Pandit Shiv Kumar and son Rahul Sharma (santoor)

October 12, 2019 //
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British singer Unnati also graces festival… EUROPE’S largest celebration of Indian classical music ends its four-day (October 10-13) extravaganza with a stellar double line-up. Sunday (October 13) will see Pandit…read more →

Adventures in Odissi and Kathak (review) Darbar Festival closing night…

November 27, 2018 //
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Two different classical forms and a gulf between them but in the hands and grace of the best, something else emerges and hints at the depths of the human psyche……read more →

Darbar – Mavin Khoo talks Indian Art, bharatanatyam and being inspired himself by other artists… (interview)

November 15, 2018 //
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Darbar – Mavin Khoo talks to acv about the Indian classical dance festival and see him working with bharatanatyam dancers with Renjith Babu and Neha Mondal Chakravarty

November 15, 2018 //
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Darbar Festival – Akram Khan on reconnecting the body, excellence and this year’s focus on duets and collaboration…

November 14, 2018 //
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Indian classical music dance festival returns to Sadler’s Wells and showcases the best from around the world… THERE is no better champion of Indian classical dance in Britain than Akram…read more →