UK Carnatic Ensemble at Darbar Festival 2009

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UK Carnatic Ensemble

Sindu and Indu (vocals) with Aravindan (flute), Senthuran (mridangam) and Dharmesh (tabla)

A line of rising UK musicians from the south Indian carnatic traditions singing beautifully crafted vocal melodies, backed by violin, flute, and dynamic percussion from the north and south of the sub-continent.

Darbar Festival 2009

Described by one artist as the G20 summit of Indian music and by World Music magazine Songlines as surely Britains best festival of south Asian music, the Darbar Festival is says arts journalist, Jameela Siddiqui a place where everyone expects and gets the highest quality performances of Indian classical music.

Indian classical music is arguably one of the most complex and complete systems of music ever developed. What began as Vedic chants several thousand years ago developed into a sophisticated musical system by the 3rd century.

The music is based on a single melody line, which is played over a fixed drone and the performance is based melodically on particular ragas and rhythmically on talas. The music has been passed down orally. Improvisation predominates and written notation, when used, is skeletal.

This series from the Darbar Festival, presented by Lopa Kothari, features ten outstanding performances from artists from the two main strands of Indian classical music, the North Indian Hindustani and South Indian Carnatic traditions.

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[CarnaticConnection]

Man, everybody in that ensemble is very good looking! Hahaha they are all fantastic artists as well. I love the singers especially. Can anybody tell me the name of this charukesi gat?? I love it so much!

[tinkumanimator]

Oh My Goodness.!!!!! Wat a variation in the end....!!!! aaahhhwweesomee..!!!! ...is ther anybody who can post more links to these vocalists performances pleasee..!!!!

I wonder when they will come to hyderabad..!!

[shastravid]

Your Performing Very well.

Nice Co-Operation

Don't get fear

sung Confidently

[pricofilipinaamerica]

VERY GOOD!!!

[Harmiito]

@CarnaticConnection

Sindu and Indu (vocals) with Aravindan (flute), Senthuran (mridangam) and Dharmesh (tabla)

[casamukher]

@Lipka001 and coooolll too :p



[neethiniyayam]

Need to work on the raag. Charukesi is not an easy raag. Must show confidence.

Please take as advice. Overall good.

[misscandlelight444]

they all look angry lol but it sounds beautiful



[gupy001]

does anybody know where these performers are based? Where else do they perform etc?

[Lipka001]

the tabla player looks so angry!

[coswominn]

who is the mridangist? and who is his teacher?

very well done to all of you

[mcarl40]

As someone not steeped in the tradition of Indian music, this work is particularly accessible to me. I am not sure if they are altering the musical forms to appeal to a western audience, or if I have just stumbled on to something I can really appreciate.