Author: europe
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Sunday Sambhashana – A New Beginning
2023 also saw the introduction of Sunday Sambhashana, a completely open discussion on Indian Classical art forms. This gave a feel of peer to peer interaction for the audience and this series is led by Varsha Umashankar. In its first outing, the Sunday Sambhashana contemplated on both the negatives and positives of “Performance should be…
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A Series of Baithaks
A classic Indian way of imparting art and culture to budding individuals is through discourses where an expert discusses intricate facets of the art with their students or peers. This facilitates rich and healthy conversations on various art forms. SPIC MACAY emulates this through its baithak series that runs throughout the year. Focusing on SPIC…
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Baithak : “Decoding Classical Music – Is an Introduction Necessary?”
An online baithak was organised by SPICMACAY Europe on June 9th 2024 on the topic of “Decoding Classical Music: Is an Introduction Necessary?” Over fifteen participants joined the intriguing discussion along with a couple of guests from Germany. The discussion started with a German guest highlighting the prevalent use of pauses while introducing Indian classical…
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An evening of Bharatanatyam
On April 28 2024, Dr. Vasundhara Doreswamy, a renowned Bharatanatyam artist performed Bharatanatyam at X TU Delft. The performance was extremely well curated and presented to the audience. Although the audience comprised of various age groups and backgrounds, everyone appreciated the fine representation of “Vasundhara Bani”, a style in Bharatanatyam that’s naturally evolved over 50…
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Arabic maqam meets Indian raga music : A baithak
INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC MAQAM An online Baithak was organised by SPICMACAY Europe on 24 March 2024 on the topic “Arabic Maqam meets Indian Raga music”. The event was attended by several volunteers and members of the SPICMACAY Europe community. The guest was Rimonda Naanaa, a Qanoon/Kanun musician from Germany. Kanun is an Arabic stringed musical…
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Presenting Indian Classical Arts to International Audiences : A Sambhashna
On 4th February 2024, an online Sambhashna was organised by SPICMACAY-Europe and was attended by participants from across Europe. The topic of the discussion was “How to present Indian classical arts to the international audience“. The discussion started with setting the context for the relation between international audiences and Indian classical arts and its relation…
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Sustainability and Inclusion
Sustainability – When it comes to sustainability, the first thing we aim to do is to contemplate and be conscious of the usage of resources in the concert. As an art based organisation, creative solutions to reuse, reduce, recycle and upcycle resources are attempted for different concerts across Germany. Sustainable travel options for the artists…
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The Rudra Veena Comes to Delft
The evening of 14th May 2023 saw a Rudra Veena concert followed by a lecture-demonstration at the theatre hall at X, TU Delft. The program began with SPICMACAY volunteers Sandhya and Aparna introducing the artist – Ustad Bahauddin Dagar. The Ustad then briefly spoke about what he would be playing and launched into an alap…
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Melodies from the Bamboo Flute
On 12th November 2023, for the second time in just six months, the theatre hall at X TU Delft saw a concert of Indian music organised by SPICMACAY Netherlands. This time, it was a Karnatik music concert, with J. A. Jayant playing the flute and K. Sai Giridhar playing the mridangam. The first composition was…