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Curated By Coke Studio

The popular series comes back to Serendipity Arts Festival with its signature mix of fusion music. The Clinton Cerejo band features Clinton Cerejo, along with accomplished vocalists Bianca Gomes and Sudeep Jaipurwale. Together with some of the country’s finest live musicians, this power packed trio create magic on stage with a high energy set comprising the best of Coke Studio.

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Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

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 evening.Maverick Playlist celebrates unfettered musical exchange. Drawing on diverse musical ideas, techniques, styles and songwriting both from India and from other parts of the world, this specially curated and composed compilation of songs is unorthodox and hybrid in its approach.

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The Insurrections ensemble is in the process of creating a musical-poetic performance around the idea of the lament, as shaped by voices and instruments in different times and places. The lament will be the musical form that will trace centuries-old connections between different segments of Afro-Asia. The three kinds of laments that will be worked with are that of the lover, the slave and the exile. We find that these are useful ways of organizing the rich historical and creative material that is available that reveal connections from the 6th century onwards. We will focus on musical performance that brings into focus Kerala, Gujarat, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Southern Africa, Al-andalus, Persia and Arabia.

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Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

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

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Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

Indian rhythm and percussive instruments have attracted musicians and music-lovers across cultures and continents. Indian drums are heard and seen in virtually every situation—in traditional music, cross-cultural music projects, or even on Hollywood soundtracks. Some are seen and heard in more than one context, depending upon the skill of the drummers and the ability of the drums to lend themselves to different situations.  Many drums are employed in folk and religious music genres, while others are used in art music and even extend themselves to other musical forms.  In the present world of digital technology, drums are used in musical experiments that are far removed from tradition, and are often played by self-trained drummers.

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Curated by Sneha Khanwalkar

Classic musicals remixed like you’ve never heard them before! 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 evening.

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Curated by Sneha Khanwalkar

Raja Kumari is an LA based singer and Grammy nominated songwriter who has collaborated with Gwen Stefani, Iggy Azalea and Fifth Dimension. Her music is a mix of R&B, hip-hop and Asian samples.

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Curated by Sneha Khanwalker

An exciting and energetic group of drummers who play traditional rhythms from West Africa, Boombay Djember Folas are the pioneers of this form of music in Mumbai.

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Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

Through centuries, seasonal and nocturnal-diurnal cycles and individual elements from nature have inspired repertoire in diverse musical traditions in India. Song-texts celebrating seasons like Vasant or spring and Varsha or monsoon, or those that describe flora and fauna, address nature in all its splendour.

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Curated By Sneha Khanwalkar

The Bartender is the brain child of Mikey McCleary – award winning songwriter, composer and producer whose eclectic mix of music sensibilities gives his music a unique edge. The band performs vintage music in a sensual, jazzy manner reminiscent of a bygone burlesque or Gatsby-esque era.

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Curated by Shubha Mudgal

A sunset cruise along the river Mandovi with a series of curated classical music concerts.

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Concerts in the park by a variety of musicians and bands. Genres range from jazz to fusion, pop to retro, and blues to funk.

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Curated by Sneha Khanwalkar

Sounds in My Head is at its core, a space for sound which invades your entire being, leaving visitors with a unique aural and physical experience. It is, in essence, a museum of sounds, with sonic experiments by people who ‘think’ about music and have a relationship with it. Aimed at triggering the senses and altering the way we listen, the museum will be fragmented into various sound spaces that are immersive and surreal.

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Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

Until the mid-nineteenth century royal courts in India were the main source of patronage to Hindustani music, but after 1858, the establishment of the British Crown as the paramount power in India crippled Indian princely power. Gradually, hereditary musicians and courtesans from Northern and Central India migrated to Bombay (now officially called Mumbai), one of the most important colonial cities in India. Musicians migrating to Bombay included women of the devadasi community from Goa and neighbouring areas, who were engaged in service to temples.

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