Tag: Indian Music
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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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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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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…