This is my attempt to highlight concerts and other activities in Victoria relating to Indian classical music, a vibrant, diverse field of music I have been enjoying immensely these last few years. I am not an expert! We are lucky in Melbourne to have a number of resident artists and people and organisations who put on concerts, including with artists from India. Please let me know of anything which should be added to this site, or of any suggestion for improvements. Please note that I do not put on concerts myself.
Robin
Whittle rw@firstpr.com.au 18 August 2007
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Sarod by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Sitar by Radhey Shyam Gupta and Tabla by Girish Makwana Date / Time: Saturday 23rd August, 2008, 7 pm Venue: BOITE, 1 Mark St, Fitzroy, Vic Cost: $20 (pay at entry) Contact: Girish Makwana 03 9482 4838 / 0411 018 209
Sharda Kala Kendra Centre for Indian Arts and Culture http://www.sharda.org puts on musical and cultural events and offers lessons for a variety of instruments, for dance and for Indian culture. Every two months they hold a free Sangeet Sandhya (musical evening) at the Waverley Meadows Primary School, Wheelers Hill. On 9 August 2003, two of the Centre's artists played at at The Boite World Music Cafe - Radhey Shyam Gupta and Hemanth Kumar on Sitar and Tabla respectively. They delighted the audience with music of great vitality and delicacy.
The Academy of Indian Music, Australia http://ravi.customer.netspace.net.au puts on a number of concerts, including the annual Tyagaraja Festival.
The Nataraj Cultural Centre http://www.nataraj.org.au has, since 1980, presented annual Spirit of India Concerts and Cultural Tours.
Mohan Ayyar's Carnatic Corner http://www.carnaticcorner.com has a vast amount of information, images, links, interviews, and archives of discussions. Please refer to this site for links to sites outside Australia.
The Melbourne Concert Calendar ? specialising in budget-priced classical concerts. http://www.alphalink.com.au/~grob/
The Boite - World Music Cafe and other events. This is a fabulous part of Melbourne, and they sometimes have Indian Classical artists: http://www.boite.asn.au .
Please refer to Mohan Ayyar's Carnatic Corner, as linked to above, for links to other sites.
Karl-Michael Schneider's has an extensive link farm on Indian classical music http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~schneide/music/indianmusic.php3 which is part of an even larger set of music links: http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~schneide/music/ .
David Courtney's article comparing the construction, sonic qualities and playing style of the two most prominent drums used in Indian classical music, the Mridangam and Tabla: http://chandrakantha.com/tablasite/articles/mridanga.htm .
Two sites regarding the Santoor. Shivkumar Sharma's: http://www.santoor.com and Sandip Chatterjee's: http://santoorplayer.tripod.com .
From the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, the history of Hindustani classical music, dating back to 2,500 BC, and a detailed listing of Ragas, their relationships and classifications by Thaat and by period of the day: http://www.itcsra.org/sra_index/sra_index.html .