IIC Spring Festival of Music: 15 & 16 April 2026

Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Uttara Swaminathan from Bengaluru, disciple of Vidushi Ranjani and Gayatri

At 19:00

Hindustani Classical Recital

By Chinmayee Athale Oak from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Smt. Rachna Bodas and Vidushi Shashwati Mandal

Accompanists: Ishan Sharma (Tabla) & Mausam (Harmonium)

Chaiti Gaayan: Melodies of Longing and Renewal
By Mamta Sharma from Varanasi

The performance presents Chaiti singing, a traditional folk form from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, rendered during the month of Chait to welcome the advent of spring.
Rich in emotion, these songs evoke themes of love, longing, and separation, deeply rooted in the rhythms and sensibilities of rural life.

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi
 

THURSDAY 9 & 10

FESTIVAL ¦ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00                
Carnatic Music Vocal Duet Recital
By Vidwan Malladi Sreeramprasad & Vidwan Malladi Dr.Ravi Kumar

On Friday 10 April at 18:00
Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi

   
Carnatic Music Vocal Duet Recital
By Vidwan Malladi Sreeramprasad & Vidwan Malladi Dr.Ravi Kumar

On Friday 10 April at 18:00
Veena Recital  
By Ustad Bahauddin Dagar - Rudra Veena &
Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan - Saraswati Veena

Followed by a jugalbandi
 

Nritya Nada: An Illustrative Essence in Swara and Tala
Conceptualized and directed by : Dr. Sucharita Khanna
Choreographer: Chitra C. Dasarathy
Composer: Praveen D. Rao
Melodious taranas by Dr. Veena Pani Shukla
Performers:  Dr. Sucharita Khanna; Aparnika Sahu; Tarini Chandrashekhar; Harshit Singh; Karuna Solomon; Anyesha Kheria; Vandita Bhandari; Shivanshi Agarwal.

Nritya Nada is a Bharatanatyam dance ballet based on the original ragas of the five faces of Panchamukhi Shiva and Devi Parvati. Through its artistic narrative, it beautifully conveys the timeless ethos of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, while celebrating the profound beauty and spiritual depth of Indian classical music. The production features several bandish compositions by Padma Shri Balwantrai Bhatt and Shri Shankar Shripad Bodas.

(Collaboration: Kalanidhi – Centre for Performing Arts, Kanpur)
 

Akbar Padamsee: Works and Words
(English; 50 mins)
Directed by Laurent Bregeat.

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
 

Soulful Journey - Dan Zhu World Recital Tour 2026
Dan Zhu on violin; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger on piano

Dan Zhu an internationally acclaimed violinist, he made his Carnegie Hall debut at 18. Performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Festspiele, Marlboro, Marvão, Enescu, Schleswig-Holstein, Prades-Casals, Ravinia and Spoleto. Has appeared with leading orchestras under conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, Neeme Järvi, Zubin Mehta, Jacek Kaspszyk, Alexander Rahbari, Muhai Tang, Long Yu and many more.

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger a distinguished French pianist and composer, performed with orchestras such as NHK Symphony Orchestra, the New-York Philharmonic, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic, Bamberger Symphoniker with conductors as Lorin Maazel, Paavo Järvi, Michael Tilson Thomas, David Zinman, Jonathan Nott.
 

Art Matters
Urdu Poetry with Saeed Naqvi, Senior Journalist

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
 

THE IIC DOUBLE BILL: MUSIC RECITALS

Santoor Recital
By Anoushka Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Guru Pt. Abhay Rustum Sopori
 
At 18:30
Mystic Meera- Bhajan recital

By Priya Kanungo, Disciple of Guru Pt Vidyadhar Vyas