Mother India Weekend

A journey through the musical heritage of Mother India in the company of a range of Indian musical masters – classical and contemporary, young and old, Asian and British-Asian.

The weekend’s musical journey starts at the pinnacle of Mother India’s classical tradition, with a rare UK recital by santoor maestro and living legend Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Then we encounter a younger generation of Indian musicians, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan. These gifted sarod players come from a distinguished classical lineage, but here they take the ancient classical tradition of Mother India on an East-West cross-cultural journey in collaboration with young British cellist Matthew Barley. Finally, we come right up-to-date in a cutting-edge event when young British-Asian artist DJ Tigerstyle explores his heritage and re-visions Mother India, a classic of Indian cinema, in contemporary idiom.

Complementing these main-hall events, a pair of freestage events present young British Asian artists playing Indo-Jazz and the launch of Mid-day Mantra, a new, free monthly Saturday lunchtime series.

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