Music/Dance
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Apr- 2020 -7 April
On Ravi Shankar’s 100th birthday anniversary: Shankar 100 celebration postponed to 2021; British music producer Jay Visvadeva remembers maestro and assesses new biography, ‘Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar’…
Looking back and forwards at the legacy of one of the great cultural figures of this century and the last……
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7 April
Ravi Shankar 100 Quiz…Test your knowledge about one of India’s great cultural figures…
Our light-hearted quiz about the man and his music…just how well do you know about him and his cultural legacy?…
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Mar- 2020 -31 March
Indigo Soul’ – Unnati Indian classical music singer heralds British Indo-jazz, Indo-pop…
Artist represents a style of music with wide influences but has strong Indian classical roots… COMING from a classical Indian…
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18 March
Mira Nair on ‘Monsoon Wedding The Musical’ 2020 – turning her global hit film into a Punjabi ‘Dilli’ song and dance wedding (video)
Don’t forget to subscribe (if you have not already) to our Youtube channel for more like this! IN THIS interview,…
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Feb- 2020 -21 February
Jibanananda Das – the forgotten and melancholic poet who ‘succeeded’ Tagore, remembered in spoken word, song and dance on birth anniversary
‘Shishirer Shobder moto sondhya name Danar Roudrer gondho muche phele chil’ ‘At day’s end, like hush of dew Comes evening.…
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Jan- 2020 -31 January
‘Sampled’ at Sadler’s Wells (tonight and tomorrow) – see Shree Savani…(p)
Hi there, What’s happening? Do check this out…. https://mailchi.mp/7d7ea6bfe6c9/new-month-soon-new-decade-new-experiences-see-you-at-sampled?e=5abd9865e3 #Sampled
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20 January
CHANGEMAKERS – Shobana Jeyasingh CBE, choreographer: “Like many Asians in the UK I am a cultural hybrid”…
Next new production is supporting ballet dancers who will learn an ancient Indian martial art… By Sailesh Ram IT PROBABLY…
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16 January
‘Sukanya’ opera – Ravi Shankar work thrills (review) Shankar 100 opener
Review from the latest production of the great mastro’s one and only opera work mixing both Indian classical music and…
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13 January
‘Sukanya’ – “I feel that I have to be part of this – Raviji meant a lot to me”. Musician Pirashanna Thevarajah on return of unique opera as Shankar 100 curtain raiser hits Southbank
Iconic figure’s only opera combining East and West comes back to London and will be an emotional occasion… AS A…
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2 January
‘Jangal’ – Musician Soumik Datta launches EP and campaign to encourage climate activism…
Bringing together a range of musicians and voices for change… MUSICIAN Soumik Datta has launched a five-track EP, ‘Jangal‘ expressing…
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