Gharana Festival
Place : Chennai,
Tamil Nadu
Genre : Hindustani Classical
Time : Usually March
Venue: The Museum Theatre, Pantheon Rd, Egmore
Schedule
2011
'Gharana' is an annual festival
of Hindustani classical music held in January at Chennai. The
festival organised by Prakriti Foundation began in the year 2006, with
an aim to initiate South Indian music lovers with the richly resonant art of Hindustani
music, especially the Dhrupad style, the oldest form of Hindustani classical
music. The past festivals had enchanting performances from the doyens
of gharana traditions. Eminent artists who have performed in the Gharana
Festival include Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar, Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar of the well
known Dagar family which boasts of
generations of dhrupad singers, Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha,
Pt. Dhruba Ghosh , Ustad Asad Ali Khan etc
The festival is usually conducted at the fabulous Museum
Theatre in Egmore, Chennai annually. For the three days this event is
held, Chennai enjoys the presence of a number of eminent Hindustani
music maestros.
Contact Address :
Gharana
C/o Prakriti Foundation
C Block, 9th floor,
Gemini Parsn Complex,
599 Anna Salai
Cathedral Garden Road
Chennai 600 006
Phone: 044 - 66848506, (0) 9840098495
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