Darbar Archives - Asian Culture Vulture

Bird Bites E-feed: Moongate salon discuss Lunar New Year, home; remembering Bengali poet Jibanananda Das; Bridge India Darbar podcast; ‘Diary of Reflections’ launch…

February 3, 2022 //
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By Mamie Colfox Misunderstood ‘Chinese New Year’ (?) and the concept of home… MOONGATE MIX salon-style sessions will resume on Monday (February 7) at the Omnibus Theatre, after its successful…read more →

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 →