Shadow Play
2019
INTRODUCTION
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CREDITS
Form, Metaphor, Memory
2019
INTRODUCTION
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CREDITS
Goa Familia
2019
INTRODUCTION
The Goa Familia Project is conceived as an evolving archive that explores and documents the multidimensional aspects of family histories. Directed at seeking out physical material such as photographs, postcards, ancestral heirlooms and memorabilia, as well as oral and recorded histories, the archive will become a participatory space for people to contribute personal and collective stories. These stories help us reflect on the past and present in interesting ways.
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CREDITS
Urban Reimagined 2.0 // Colonial Times
2019
INTRODUCTION
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CREDITS
Urban Reimagined 2.0 // 38 Sinkings
2019
INTRODUCTION
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CREDITS
River Raga
2019
INTRODUCTION
A sunset cruise along the river Mandovi with a series of curated classical music concerts.
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CREDITS
2016
Curated by: Shubha Mudgal, Sound Engineer: Nitin Joshi, Artists: Omkar Dadarkar (Hindustani classical Vocal), Raya Korgaonkar (Harmonium), Mayank Bedekar (Tabla)
2017
Curated by: Shubha Mudgal, Sound Engineer: Nitin Joshi, Artists: Indrani Mukherjee (Hindustani classical Vocal), Apurba Mukherjee (Tabla), Raya Korgaonkar (Harmonium), Adrian McNeil (Sarod), Apurba Mukherjee (Tabla), Ramakant Gaikwad (Hindustani classical Vocal), Pandurang Pawar (Tabla), Raya Korgaonkar (Harmonium)
2018
Curated by: Shubha Mudgal, Sound Engineer: Nitin Joshi, Artists: Ashwani Shankar (Shehnai), Sanjeev Shankar (Shehnai), Accompanist: Ojas Adhiya (Tabla), Dhanashree Pandit Rai (Vocal), Accompanists: Kalinath Mishra (Tabla), Niranjan Lele (Harmonium), Aayush Mohan (Sarod), Lakshay Mohan (Sitar), Accompanist: Mayank Bedekar (Tabla), Anuradha Kuber (Vocal), Accompanists: Mayank Bedekar (Tabla), Saumitra Kshirsagar (Harmonium), Aditya Khandwe (Vocal), Accompanists: Mayank Bedekar (Tabla), Raya Korgaokar (Harmonium)
2019
Curated by: Aneesh Pradhan, Sound Engineer: Nitin Joshi, Artists: Chintan Upadhyay (Vocal) Sukhad Munde (Pakhawaj), Ranjani Ramachandran (Vocal), Raya Korgaonkar (harmonium), Mayank Bedekar (Tabla), Vinayak Chittar (Sitar), Mayank Bedekar (Tabla), Jayteerth Mevundi (Vocal), Raya Korgaonkar (harmonium), Uday Kulkarni (Tabla), Arnab Chakrabarty (Sarod), Mayank Bedekar (Tabla)
Bandish Antaakshari
2019
INTRODUCTION
Bandish, loosely translated as composition, acts as the seed-idea for melodic and rhythmic elaboration in various genres of vocal and instrumental Hindustani music. It is one of the tangible elements that not only represents the aesthetics of different gharanas (literally household) or traditional schools of music, but in fact forms a vital part of the body of knowledge handed down through generations in an essentially oral tradition. For these reasons, a rich collection of such compositions is crucial in Hindustani music pedagogy and performance, and has always been considered an important inheritance for those seeking to pursue music as a profession.
Bandish Antaakshari, a performance-based game, portrays compositions from the Hindustani art music tradition using Antaakshari, a popular and engaging recreational pastime that has usually revolved around Indian film songs. Typically, a player in this game has to present a few lines of a song challenging the next player to sing another song with its text beginning with the final syllable of the line that was sung last. Bandish Antaakshari did not only follow this conventional format, but also highlighted Hindustani musical forms like khayal, thumri, and dadra, composed in various raags or melodic structures and set to different taals or rhythmic cycles.
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CREDITS
2018
Curated by Aneesh Pradhan, Vocalists: Bhavik Mankad, Rutuja Lad, Deepika Bhagwat, Saurabh Kadgaonkar, Aditya Mohan Khandwe, Rupesh Gawas, Nivedita Hattangadi and Anuradha Kuberm, Accompanists: Mayank Bedekar (Tabla) and Prasad Gawas (Harmonium), Sound Design: Nitin Joshi, Antaakshari Hosts: Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan, Time and Scorekeeper: Yashwant Kanolkar
2019
Curator and Presenter: Aneesh Pradhan, Co–presenter: Aditya Khandwe, Vocalists: Anuja Zokarkar, Dhananjay Hegde, Kedar Kelkar, Prajakta Marathe Bicholkar, Raagini Deoley, Ranjani Ramachandran, Soumya Ullal Kantak. Vishal Moghe
Scale Medium, Year of Commission 2018 & 2019
Serendipity Soundscapes Presents Dil Ki Baatein: Affairs of the Heart in Song
2019
INTRODUCTION
Serendipity Soundscapes is a unique initiative by Serendipity Arts Festival. Our music curators are invited to bring together the unique sounds of the subcontinent in an extraordinary concert. Expressions of many shades and layers of romance and love have found voice in classical Indian poetry and continue to form an integral art of folk song-texts. Thus, imagery from nature and intimate exchanges between lovers coexist with allusion to social and political situations that we find ourselves in.
The selection of Hindi poems set to tune specially for this performance hopes to bring to the listener a variety of expressions of love that have found place in poetry.
CREDITS
Curated by: Aneesh Pradhan, Vocals: Shubha Mudgal, Drums: Srijan Mahajan, Keyboards: Anil Chawla, Flute: Shashank Singhania, Percussions: Sarthak Pahwa, Guitar: Gaurav Chintamani, Bass: Harshit Misra, Sound Engineer: Nitin Joshi, Light Designer: Harshavardhan Pathak, Artiste Manager & Production: Nandu Nimbalkar, Music Arrangement: Nikhil Malik, Srijan Mahajan, Music Composition: Aneesh Pradhan, Shubha Mudgal, Shantanu Moitra, Lyrics: Amir Khusrau, Gulzar, Prasoon Joshi, Aalok Shrivastav, Shubha Mudgal, Presenter: Gopal Datt
Scale Large, Year of Commission 2019
Sadaarang
2019
INTRODUCTION
The eighteenth-century musician Niamat Khan was one of the foremost composers of khayal compositions. Writing with the pseudonym ‘Sadaarang’, Niamat Khan was employed in the royal court of Emperor Muhammad Shah ‘Rangile’. Sadaarang’s compositions continue to be sung by vocalists in the twenty-first century. This concert highlights the melodic, rhythmic and poetic variety experienced in Sadaarang’s compositions. Interpretations by vocalists Noopur Gadgil, Aditya Modak, Bhaggesh Marathe and Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli, highlight the fact that the Hindustani music tradition is not a fossilised entity, but is very much living and contemporary. They will be accompanied on tabla by Swapnil Bhise and on harmonium by Siddhesh Bicholkar and Dnyaneshwar Sonawane.
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CREDITS
Curated by: Aneesh Pradhan, Vocalists: Aditya Modak, Bhaggesh Marathe, Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli, Noopur Gadgil, Tabla: Swapnil Bhise, Harmonium: Dnyaneshwar Sonawane, Siddhesh Bicholkar, Light Design: Harshawardhan Pathak: Sound Engineer Nitin Joshi, Scale Small, Year of Commission 2019
Dhun Mela
2019
INTRODUCTION
Folk songs sung in different languages across India reflect the cultural diversity that has always existed in the country. These songs relate to various aspects of human existence, responding to the joys and challenges of everyday life. Whether songs marking the rites of passage or work-related songs, this richly layered treasure brings to us contexts and meanings from distant regions.
Dhun Mela is a folk song extravaganza bringing together groups of musicians and dancers from Goa, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bengal and Manipur. Almost seventy performers will celebrate the musical and cultural diversity of India through the wealth of folk songs that she possesses. Despite the variety of songforms and the different languages used in various regions, audiences will experience a connection that will magically resonate their own past and present reality.
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CREDITS
Curated by Aneesh Pradhan, Scale Large, Year of Commission 2019
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