Festival Archives

Curated By Ehsaan Noorani

A selection of the best of the music scene from across the North Eastern states with genres spanning pop, rock, folk and blues. The showcase will feature Avora Records, Trance Effect, Tetseo Sisters, Rudy Wallang & Family Band, Takar Nabam and Abdon Mech.

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Curated By Bickram Ghosh

Ricky Kej is an internationally renowned music composer, environmentalist, professor and two-time Grammy Award winner. Having dedicated his life and music towards creating environmental consciousness, Ricky Kej’s acclaimed high energy live concerts are an immersive audiovisual and thought-provoking experience that leaves audiences with a greater appreciation for our planet.

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Curated By Bickram Ghosh

Two dynamic vocalists come together for the first time. Kalpana Patowary and Parwati Kumari bring their respective genres of folk and Sufi qawwali for a memorable evening.

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Project By Serendipity Arts Festival

B-side is an initiative by Serendipity Arts centred around independent music and cultural currents stemming from contemporary music practices. The programme strives to spark conversation in music production, DJ-ing, research, performances, educational modules, music business and collaborative sonic explorations focused on emerging acts around South Asia. The programme kicked off with a workshop in DJ mixing in October in Goa. Some of the participants from the workshop will now be playing along with established DJs from the country at the Festival.

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Curated By Bickram Ghosh

A group of children led by Sanjay Mondal create music through instruments made  from  everyday objects. Their music is made out of discarded utensils, bottle caps, thermocol pads, metal pipes and other objects.

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Project 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, and we’re bringing back ‘Dil ki Baatein: Affairs of the Heart in Song’ to Serendipity Arts Festival 2022! Expressions of many shades and layers of romance and love have found voice in classical Indian poetry and continue to form an integral part 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.

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Curated By Bickram Ghosh

Ghatam Tarangini showcases the melodic potentials of the ageless clay pot percussion, the Ghatam. Every organic earthen ghatam has the inherent monotone conforming to a unique pitch. In Tarangini, ghatams of a variety of keys are grouped conforming to raga scales and, songs and creative melodies are played. At this edition of Serendipity Arts Festival, Suresh Vaidyanathan performs unique compositions in  traditional ragas like Saraswati, Sudda Saveri, Hamsa Nada and Sankarabhara, along with a few folk tunes. 

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Project By Indianuance

The syllables “Ta” and “Dhom” symbolize the idea of two worlds, two ideas, and two cultures. Classical music and hip hop are representative of this very concept, and yet there is a harmony that lies hidden in this duality. The Ta Dhom Project brings together Konnakol, a unique vocal percussion, derived from the sounds of the Mridangam, an instrument from the southern states of India, and the world of rap, creating a unique collaboration that respects each other’s cultural origins while creating an identity of its own.

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Curated By Bickram Ghosh

We are pleased to be bringing back River Raag to Serendipity Arts Festival. Conceptualized and curated by Shubha Mudgal in the early editions of the festival, this year’s unique sunset cruise continues the tradition featuring classical performances curated by Bickram Ghosh. Departing from Santa Monica Jetty, audience members will revel in the rays of the setting sun while the cool breeze blowing across Mandovi carries the notes of the artists and their jugalbandi.

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Project By Pavithra Chari

A workshop of curated activities to explore self awareness, expression and creativity.

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