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MAY 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
Open to the public : Recital by Ensemble Bakhtar: Beautiful music from Afghanistan Veronica Doubleday , vocal and daireh (frame drum) John Baily , Kabuli rubab and Herati dutar (Afghan plucked lutes) Matthaios Tsahourides , Pontic lyra (bowed lute) Yusuf Mahmoud , tabla (drum pair
Thu 17 May 7pm (doors open 6.30pm)	Asian Music Centre	Asian Music Centre 020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here

Date	Location	Contact Details
THE SHEHNAI ENSEMBLE Lead by Satish Prakash
Sun 27 May 7.45pm	CHELMSFORD Civic Theatre	Box Office: 01245 606 505 www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres
Public workshop: THE SHEHNAI ENSEMBLE Lead by Satish Prakash
Thurs 31 May 6.45pm	LONDON Shehnai workshop	Asian Music Centre 020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here

Date	Location	Contact Details
JAI HIND Aruna Narayan, sarangi Hanif Khan, tabla Endymion Ensemble: Adrian Bradbury, cello Helen Tunstall, harp Stephen Gutman, piano Richard Benjafield, percussion
Tues 22 May 8pm	SOUTHAMPTON Turner Sims Concert Hall	02380 595 151 www.soton.ac.uk/~turnsims/
Fri 25 May 8pm	CARDIFF The Gate	029 2048 3344 www.thegate.org.uk
Sat 26 May 7.30pm	LONDON LSO St Luke's	020 7638 8891 www.barbican.org.uk www.lso.co.uk/lsostlukes

JUNE 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
Workshop for schools: Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Music and storytelling workshop
Tue 5 – Wed 6 June 10am-12pm or 1-3pm	Asian Music Centre	Fee: £100 per 2-hour session Asian Music Centre 020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here

Date	Location	Contact Details
THE SHEHNAI ENSEMBLE Lead by Satish Prakash
Tue 5 June 6.30pm	CORNWALL Tate St Ives	Box Office: 01736 791 114 www.tate.org.uk/stives
Wed 6 June 7.45pm	BASINGSTOKE The Anvil	Box Office: 01256 844 244 www.theanvil.org.uk
Sun 10 June 4.00pm	EDINBURGH Queens Hall	0131 668 2019 www.thequeenshall.net
Tue 12 June 7.30pm	LONDON Purcell Room	Box Office: 0871 663 2500 www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
SWARAJ joins forces with the ASIAN MUSIC CIRCUIT to celebrate a DECADE
Friday 8th June 2007 8pm - 2am. Strictly no admission after 12.30am	VENUE : Ginglik, 1 Shepherd's Bush Green London W12. Nearest tube: Shepherd's Bush (Central Line) SOUNDS : Future Asian Beats, Eastern Electro and Funky Global Breaks. PRICE : £5 / £3 concessions	MORE INFO: Ash @ Swaraj: 07951 758 094 Sheila Tequila: 07832 195 020 www.myspace.com/swarajmusic www.ginglik.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
Rajasthani Folk Musicians
Sat 2 June 8pm	BRACKNELL South Hill Park Arts Centre	Box Office: 01344 484 123 www.southhillpark.org.uk
Sun 3 June 7.30	YORK Late Music Festival	Box Office: 01904 658338 www.latemusicfestival.org.uk
Sat 9 June 4.30pm	NEWCASTLE Newcastle Green Festival, Leazes park	01914 404 124 www.gemarts.org
Sun 10 June 8pm	BRISTOL St George's Bristol	Box Office: 0845 402 4001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Workshop for schools: Rajasthani Folk Musicians
Tue 12 – Wed 13 June 10am-12pm or 1-3pm	Asian Music Centre	Fee: £100 per 2-hour session Asian Music Centre 020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here
Public workshop: Rajasthani Folk Musicians
Thurs 14 June 6.45pm	LONDON Rajasthani Folk Music and Dance Workshop at the Asian Music Centre	0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here
Mon 18 June 7.45pm	LONDON St Lukes Church, Sydney Street	Box Office: 0845 890 2435 www.chelseafestival.org

Date	Location	Contact Details
Workshop for schools: Japanese Taiko Drumming Energetic drumming workshops
Fri 15 June 10am-12pm or 1-3pm	Asian Music Centre	Fee: £100 per 2-hour session Asian Music Centre 020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here

Date	Location	Contact Details
QAWWALI Nizami Bros (Delhi) Taufiq Niazi + Ghulam Khusro (Karachi)
Sat 30th June	SOUTHAMPTON Mela Festival	Box Office:023 8022 6212 www.artasia.org.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
AMC Presentation
Sat 30th June	Viram Jasani introduces the Asian Music Circuit and its work to the audiences of the "Golden Valley" in Herefordshire With a short workshop with children followed by an audio-visual presentation oOn the work of the AMC concluding with a sitar recital with tabla accompaniment by Hanif Khan. All at the Church in Dorstone, Herefordshire.

JULY 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
Public workshop: QAWWALI Nizami Bros (Delhi) Taufiq Niazi + Ghulam Khusro (Karachi)
Tue 3 July 6.45– 8.45pm	LONDON Qawwali singing workshop with the Nizami In partnership with Sing London – Uniting the City in Song	0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here
QAWWALI Nizami Bros (Delhi) Taufiq Niazi + Ghulam Khusro (Karachi)
Wed 4 July 7.30pm	CRAWLEY The Hawth	Box Office: 01293 553636 www.hawth.co.uk
Thurs 5 July 7.30pm	CARDIGAN Theatr Mwldan	Box Office: 01239 621200 www.mwldan.co.uk
Fri 6 July 7.30pm	SWANSEA Taliesin Arts Centre	Box Office: 01792 602 060 www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
Sun 8 July 8pm	OXFORD Holywell Music Room	Box Office: 01865 305305 www.bigvillage.org
Fri 13 July 7.30pm	LONDON Purcell Room	Box Office: 0871 663 2500 www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Sat 14 July	SALISBURY Larmer Tree	Box Office: 0238 8071 1820 www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
PANDITS RAJAN & SAJAN MISRA WITH PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ
Sat 21 July 7.30pm (doors open 6.45pm)	Pavilion Theatre Brighton Dome	01273 709 709 www.brightondome.org
A DOUBLE BILL SPECIAL FEATURING USTAD GHULAM ALI, PANDITS RAJAN & SAJAN MISRA WITH PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ
Sun 22 July 7.15pm (doors open 6.15pm)	LONDON The Barbican	020 7638 8891 www.barbican.org.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
PANDITS RAJAN & SAJAN MISRA North Indian classical khyal - vocal Vijay Kangutkar on tabla
Wed 25 July 6.30pm till 8pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD	+44 (0)131 624 6200 http://www.nationalgalleries.org/ pginfo@nationalgalleries.org Free event - but limited spaces

Date	Location	Contact Details
*JAPANESE TAIKO* DRUMS CONCERT** HIROSHI MOTOFUJI & MEMBERS OF MUGENKYO taiko drums
Sat 28 JUL 7.30pm	DUKE'S HALL, ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC	South Bank Box Office 0871 663 2500, 9am – 8pm daily

Date	Location	Contact Details
NORTH INDIAN DHRUPAD AND THUMRI UDAY BHAWALKAR dhrupad SUNANDA SHARMA thumri
Mon 30 JUL 7.30pm	David Josefowitz Recital Hall , ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC	South Bank Box Office 0871 663 2500, 9am – 8pm daily

AUGUST 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
CHINESE GUQIN AND ERHU Prof ZENG CHENGWEI guqin HU BIN erhu
THUR 2 AUG 7.30pm	DAVID JOSEFOWITZ RECITAL HALL, ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC	South Bank Box Office 0871 663 2500, 9am – 8pm daily

Date	Location	Contact Details
NORTH INDIAN ABHINAYA in THUMRI AND SAROD INSTRUMENTAL BIRESHWAR GAUTAM ABHINAYA” - the use of mime in thumri ANINDYA BANERJEE sarod
FRI 3 AUG 7.30pm	DAVID JOSEFOWITZ RECITAL HALL, ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC	South Bank Box Office 0871 663 2500, 9am – 8pm daily

SEPTEMBER 2007

Date

Location

Contact Details

Traditional to Contemporary Indian Music - Development or Decline?

Tuesday 11 September 7.00pm

Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2

Find out about the breadth and diversity of Indian music, from the classical music tradition to the contemporary scene, in this talk by Viram Jasani. From chants, folk, devotional and classical music to Bhangra and Bollywood, this talk will look at what defines Indian music, how it has developed and evolved over time, and how these changes have impacted upon the position and quality
of Indian music today.

Speaker Viram Jasani is CEO of Asian Music Circuit (AMC).

Booking line: 020 7392 9220

Tickets: £6, concs £5; advance booking required

For further information visit
http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events

Part of India Now - A Festival of India in London

india now

Date	Location	Contact Details
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia & Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
Mon 17 Sept	The Lowry Manchester	Box Office: 0870 787 5780 www.thelowry.com
Sun 23 Sept	Newcastle Sage Gateshead	Box Office: 0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Date	Location	Contact Details
Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
Sat 15 Sept	LONDON CADOGAN HALL	Box Office : 020 7730 4500 www.cadoganhall.com/
Seminar with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Wed 19 September 7.00-8.30pm	Asian Music Centre	Free 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here

Date	Location	Contact Details
Workshop with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Tue 25 September 6.45-8.45pm	Asian Music Centre	£5 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Fri 21 Sept 6.30pm – Pre concert talk / 7.45pm Concert	CORNWALL / St Ives St Ia Church	Box Office: 01736 798577 / 01736 366077 www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
Sat 29 Sept 8pm	OXFORD University Church of St. Mary	Box Office: 01865 305305 www.bigvillage.org
Date	Location	Contact Details
Japanese taiko drum workshop for beginners
Fri 28 September 4.00-5:15pm	Asian Music Centre	Free 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here

OCTOBER 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Sat 6 Oct	SOUTHAMPTON Turner Sims Concert Hall	Box Office: (023) 8059 5151 www.turnersims.co.uk
Sun 7 Oct	WARWICK Warwick Arts Centre	Box Office: 024 7652 4524 www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
Bombay Jazz Larry Coryell • Guitar, George Brooks • Saxophone, Ronu Majumdar • Bansuri, Vijay Ghate • Tabla
Fri 12 Oct 7.30	YORK National Centre for Early Music	Box Office: 01904 658338 www.ncem.co.uk
Sun 14 Oct	Exeter Corn Exchange (St George's) Exeter	01392 665866 www.exeter.gov.uk/stgeorgeshall
Tue 16 Oct	Purcell Room Southbank Centre London	0871 663 2500 www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Thurs 18 Oct	BRISTOL St Georges Bristol	Box Office: 0845 402 4001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Fri 19 Oct 8pm	CUMBRIA AMBLESIDE Zeffirellis	Box Office: 015394 33845 www.zeffirellis.com
Sat 20 Oct	Tolbooth Stirling	01786 27 4000 http://www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth
Sun 21 Oct	Chelmsford Chelmsford Civic Theatre	Box Office: 01245 606505 www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres Please check http://www.gdspromotions.com for soundsamples and directions to the Theatre.
Mon 22 Oct 7. 30 pm	Newcastle College, the Performance Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne	0191 4404124 http://www.gemarts.org
Thurs 25 Oct	Lancaster International Concert Series, Lancaster University Great Hall, Lancaster University	Box Office: 01524 594151 www.lancasterconcerts.co.uk
26 Oct	Calstock, Cornwall Calstock Village Hall	Box Office: 01822 832414 www.crbo.co.uk
27 Oct	Constantine, Falmouth, Cornwall The Tolmen Centre	Box Office: 01326 341353 www.crbo.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
Thai music with the UK Thai Music Circle
Mon 1- Fri 5 October	Asian Music Centre	020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here
Date	Location	Contact Details
ASIMA
Thurs 18 Oct	Turner Sims Concert Hall	Box Office: (023) 8059 5151 www.turnersims.co.uk
Sat 20 Oct 7.30pm	YORK National Centre for Early Music	Box Office: 01904 658338 www.ncem.co.uk
Sun 21 Oct	Belfast Festival at Queen's	+44 (0)28 9097 1034 http://www.belfastfestival.com/
Fri 26 Oct	Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan London	020 7381 3086 020 7381 4608 http://www.bhavan.net/
Sat 27 Oct	Haverhill Arts Centre, Suffolk	01440 714140 http://www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk/
South Indian singing with ASIMA, led by Devissaro
Mon 29 October – Thu 1 November	Asian Music Centre	020 8749 9584 Booking Details available here

NOVEMBER 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
ASIMA
Sat 3 Nov 8pm	NOTTINGHAM Lakeside Arts	Box Office: 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Date	Location	Contact Details
*“Practice in Indian music and the Sitar* ” Lecture demonstration with Viram Jasani**
Wed 14 November 6.45-8.45pm	Asian Music Centre	Free 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here
Date	Location	Contact Details
*Weekend dhrupad* workshop with Ashoka Dhar ( Dhrupad vocal) & Rishabh Dhar ( Pakhawaj drum)**
Fri 16-Sun 18 November	Asian Music Centre	£65 for 3 days (£60 concessions) 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here

DECEMBER 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
Folk music from Eastern India Jharkhand culture & Jhumer songs
Tue 4 December 2007 18:30 - 20:00	Asian Music Centre	Free 0208 749 9584 Booking Details available here

March 2007

Date	Location	Contact Details
USTAD GHULAM ALI - MASTER OF GHAZAL and PANDIT HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA - ONE OF THE WORLDS GREAT FLAUTISTS 4th MARCH 2007 AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE, LONDON
SUNDAY 4TH MARCH 2007 at 7.30pm	BARBICAN CENTRE	Box office number: 020 7638 4141 www.barbican.org.uk

March 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
From Bangla-Beat to Afro-Beat
Monday 13 March 2006 7.30-9.30pm	Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre	Tickets from £15 from Queen Elizabeth Hall box office 0870 401 8181 or http://www.rfh.org.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
Remember Shakti
TUE 28 MARCH 7.30pm	Barbican LONDON	www.barbican.org.uk (reduced booking fee online) 020 7638 8891 (9am – 8pm daily: booking fee)
WED 29 MARCH 8pm	The Sage Gateshead, Hall 1 Gateshead Presented with GemArts	www.thesagegateshead.org 0191 443 4661
THU 30 MARCH 8pm	Lighthouse POOLE	www.lighthousepoole.co.uk 08700 668 701
FRI 31 MARCH 8pm	Colston Hall BRISTOL	www.colstonhall.org 0117 922 3686

May 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
*PIU SARKHEL ( khyal* ) & PURNIMA CHOUDHURY ( thumri )**
Sat 13 MAY 7.30pm	BRISTOL St George's	0845 402 4001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Sat 20 May 10am - 4pm	LONDON Asian Music Centre Khyal & Thumri Workshops	020 8742 9911 www.amc.org.uk
Wed 24 MAY	CORNWALL Tate St Ives	01736 796226 www.tate.org.uk/stives
Sat 28 MAY 7.45pm	LONDON Purcell Room	0870 401 8181 www.rfh.org.uk
WAYANG GOLEK: INDONESIAN PUPPETRY & GAMELAN
Sat 27 May 8pm Sun 28 May 8.30pm Mon 29 May 3.30pm	BEVERLEY: Puppet Festival Toll Gavel United Church	01482 391672 / 867430 www.thebestofbeverley.co.uk

JUNE 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
USTAD NISHAT KHAN
Tue 6 JUNE, 7.30pm	LONDON Queen Elizabeth Hall	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
WAYANG GOLEK: INDONESIAN PUPPETRY & GAMELAN
Fri 2 JUNE Workshop: 1.30 - 2.30pm Concert: 8pm	LLANGOLLEN: Royal International Pavilion	01978 860 111 www.royal-pavilion.co.uk
Sat 3 JUNE Workshops: 10.30am - 12pm (puppetry and gamelan for families) 1 - 2.30pm (gamelan) Concert: 7.45pm	LONDON: Purcell Room	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
Mon 5, Tue 6, Wed 7, Thu 8, Fri 9 JUNE School workshops: Mon 5–Fri 9 June 10am–3pm Adults workshops: Tue 6 (gamelan) & Wed 7 (puppetry) 6.45–8.45pm	LONDON: Asian Music Centre	Info: 020 8742 9911
Sat 10 JUNE Concert: 8pm	OXFORD: Wesley Memorial Chapel Free demonstration in gardens of University Church, Radcliffe Sq: 4pm	01865 305 305 www.bigvillage.org
Sun 11 JUNE Concert: 6pm	CORNWALL: Event Square, National Maritime Museum, Falmouth	01326 212 300 www.falriverfestival.co.uk
Thu 15 JUNE	HULL: Creative Partnerships Workshops in schools
Fri 16 JUNE Concert: 7.30pm	YORK: National Centre for Early Music	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
Sun 18 JUNE Mela (Classical tent) Concert & workshops: Early afternoon	BRADFORD	01274 432443 (free event) www.bigsummer.info
Thu 22 June 6–8pm (family gamelan) Fri 23 June 9.30am–3pm (schools workshops) Sat 24 June 1.30pm(concert)	SOUTHPORT: Southport Arts Centre	01704 540 011 www.seftonarts.co.uk
Wed 28 JUNE Performances and workshops: 9.30am–6pm	EXETER: Westpoint Arena	01392 385 600 www.devon.gov.uk/musicservice (click ‘remix 06’)
Sat 1 JULY Workshop: 11am (free) Concert: 6pm	DEAL: St George's Church (part of Deal Festival)	01304 381 134 www.dealfestival.co.uk
OKEANOS PLUS
Wed 7 JUNE, 7.30pm	LONDON Spitalfields Festival	020 7377 1362 www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk
Thu 8 JUNE, 7.30pm	YORK York Late Music Festival At National Centre for Early Music	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
Thu 13 JUNE, 7.30pm	MANCHESTER Haden Freeman Hall, RNCM	0161 907 5555 www.rncm.ac.uk

JULY 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
WAYANG GOLEK: INDONESIAN PUPPETRY & GAMELAN
Sat 1 JULY Workshop: 11am (free) Concert: 6pm	DEAL: St George's Church (part of Deal Festival)	01304 381 134 www.dealfestival.co.uk
*“EKOTA”*
1st July 2006 7.15pm.	The Shaw Theatre,100 – 110 Euston Road , London NW1 2AJ .	Tickets are £15.00 or £12.00 Box Office: 0870 033 2600
RAJASTHANI FOLK MUSIC & DANCE
Thu 13 July 7.45pm	LONDON Purcell Room	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
Sat 15 July 10am – 3pm	Asian Music Centre, Acton, workshops	020 8742 9911 nobuko@amc.org.uk www.amc.org.uk
Sun 16 July afternoon	Larmer Tree Festival, Wiltshire, Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wilts, SP5 5PT	023 8071 1820 www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Tue 18 July 8pm	St. George's , Bristol	0845 40 24 001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Sat 22 July 3pm	CUMBRIA St Michael’s Church, Bongate, Appleby CA16 6UR,	07817 118 750 www.applebyjazz.com
Sun 23 July 6pm	Civic Theatre, Chelmsford	01245 606 505 www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres
Fri 28 July 7.30pm	SPALDING Ayscoughfee Gardens Gardens open for picnics at 6.00pm	01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
Sat 29 July 7.45pm	Queen Mary's College, Central Studio, Basingstoke	01256 417 511 / 413 929
TRILOK GURTU & THE MISRA BROTHERS
Sat 15 July 7.45pm	LONDON Queen Elizabeth Hall	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
Sun 16 July	WILTSHIRE Larmer Tree Festival Larmer Tree Gardens Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5PT	023 8071 1820 www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Fri 21 July 8pm	Cumbria Appleby Jazz festival St Michael’s Church, Bongate Appleby CA16 6UR	07817 118750 www.applebyjazz.com
23 July 6pm - 7pm	Nottingham Mela Forest recreation Ground. Off Gregory Boulevard, Forest Fields Nottingham NG7
31 July 10am	Trilok Gurtu (alone) workshop at the AMC summer school, Royal Academy of Music, 1 – 5 York Gate Marylebone Road London NW1 5HT	020 8742 9911 www.amc.org.uk

AUGUST 2006

Summer School Concert Dates
Tue 1 Aug 7.30pm	Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music Chinese and Japanese Plucked Instruments Gong Yi guqin, Cheng Yu pipa, Etsuko Takezawa koto
Wed 2 Aug 7.30pm	Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music Chinese and Japanese Concert Wang Ciheng dizi, Hu Bin erhu, Hiroshi Motofuji taiko
Fri 4 Aug 7.30pm	Mountbatten Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan North Indian khyal and dhrupad vocal Rajan and Sajan Misra khyal, Sanju Sahai tabla Uday Bhawalkar dhrupad, Manik Munde pakhawaj
Sat 5 Aug 7.30pm	Mountbatten Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan North Indian sitar and thumri vocal Purbayan Chatterjee sitar Sunanda Sharma thumri vocal Accompanied on tabla, sarangi, tanpura and harmonium

Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Please note: Summer school participants are entitled to attend 2 concerts as part of the summer school fee. Bhavan Centre Box Office: 020 7381 3086 www.bhavan.net Please phone the South Bank Box Office for the Duke's Hall concerts: 08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk

SEPTEMBER 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
PANDIT ULHAS KASHALKAR NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL
21 Sept 6.30pm Lecture demo 7.45pm Concert	St. Ia Church, St. Ives Cornwall	Box office: 01736 798577 www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
23 Sept	Laindon, Essex	James Hornsby School, Laindon 01702 719048 / 01277 658914 / 01268 414414 wwwchhandamuk.com
Wed 27 September, 6-9pm FREE	Workshop: Asian Music Centre 1-2 Bradford Road Acton London W3 7SD	020 8742 9911 or e-mail: nobuko@amc.org.uk
29 Sept	The Bhavan, London	020 7381 3086 www.bhavan.net
30 Sept 6pm Pre-concert talk 7.30pm Concert	Sterts Theatre, Near Liskeard, Cornwall	01579 362382 www.sterts.co.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
TIBETAN MONKS FROM THE TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY
Tues 12 September, 6:30-9pm £5 (£3 concessions)	Workshop: Asian Music Centre 1-2 Bradford Road Acton London W3 7SD	020 8742 9911 or e-mail: nobuko@amc.org.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
PANDIT SURESH TALWALKAR
Tues 26 September, 6-9pm £8 (£5 concessions)	Workshop: Asian Music Centre 1-2 Bradford Road Acton London W3 7SD	020 8742 9911 or e-mail: nobuko@amc.org.uk

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
PANDIT ULHAS KASHALKAR NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL
1 Oct 7pm	Devoran Village Hall, near Truro, Cornwall Promoted by Making Hay Ltd in aid of The James Parkinson Centre, Cornwall	07973 528568 Tickets available from Devoran post office
4th October 8pm	Bristol St Georges Double bill with Aruna Narayan - India's only female sarangi player	0845 402 4001 www.stgeorgesbristol.com

Date	Location	Contact Details
Juliet Roberts (UK), Babani Kone (Mali) and Swati Natekar (India) in “LES DANGEREUSES”
22 October	Taliesin Arts Centre Swansea University Swansea	01792 602060 www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
24 October	Queen Elizabeth Hall South Bank Centre London	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
25 October	Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall	0141 353 8000 www.grch.com
27 October	National Centre for Early Music York	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
1 November	Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham	0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Date	Location	Contact Details
MUSIC FROM IRAN WITH THE PAYVAR ENSEMBLE IRANIAN CLASSICAL
Sat 21 Oct	Cadogan Hall , London	Sat 21st Oct 7:30pm Cadogan Hall, London 0207 730 4500 www.cadoganhall.com
Sun 22 Oct 7.30pm	National Centre for Early Music, York	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
Thur 26th Oct 8pm	Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow	0141 353 8000 www.grch.com
Fri 27 Oct	Tropical Theater, Amsterdam
Sat 28 Oct	Zuiderperhuis, Antwerp
Sun 29 Oct	RASA, Utrecht

Date	Location	Contact Details
Dhrupad Pakhawaj Workshop Weekend
Friday 17th November 06, Sat 18th & Sun 19th November 06	Workshop: Asian Music Centre 1-2 Bradford Road Acton London W3 7SD	020 8742 9911 or e-mail: nobuko@amc.org.uk BOOKING FORM/Flyer

February 2006

Date	Location	Contact Details
Second Annual Concert of Indian Classical Dance and Music (pdf link)
18 February 6.30pm	Bhavan Centre 4a Castle Town Road LONDON W14 9HE	http://www.bhavan.net/ BOX OFFICE: 0207 3813086

December 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
Royal Albert Hall to host Pakistan Earthquake Appeal concert
Tuesday 13 December 2005, 7.15pm	Royal Albert Hall	Box office 020 7589 8212, www.royalalberthall.com Tickets £10 - £35

November 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
BREATHTAKING MELODIES OF THE MOHAN VEENA : VISHWA MOHAN BHATT with tabla player ANURADHA PAL
THU 3 NOV 8pm	SOUTHAMPTON Turner Sims	023 8059 5151 www.turnersims.co.uk
FRI 4 NOV 7.45pm	BASINGSTOKE The Anvil	01256 844 244 www.theanvil.org.uk
SUN 6 NOV 3pm	CHICHESTER Minerva Theatre	01243 781312 www.rootsaroundtheworld.info

October 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
NORTH INDIAN KHYAL VOCAL: MANJRI ASNARE KELKAR
FRI 7 OCT 7.30pm	LONDON LSO St Luke's	020 7638 8891 lso.co.uk/lsostlukes
SAT 8 OCT 8pm	HOVE The Old Market	01273 709 709 www.bremf.org.uk
BREATHTAKING MELODIES OF THE MOHAN VEENA : VISHWA MOHAN BHATT with tabla player ANURADHA PAL
FRI 21 OCT 7.45pm	LONDON Purcell Room	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
SAT 22 OCT 8pm	BELFAST Harty Room, School of Music QUB	028 9097 2626 www.belfastfestival.com
THU 27 OCT 9pm	BRISTOL St George's	0845 40 24 001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
FRI 28 OCT 7.30pm	YORK National Centre for Early Music	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
SAT 29 OCT 11am-12.30pm	YORK National Centre for Early Music Tabla Workshop	01904 658 338 www.ncem.co.uk
SUN 30 OCT 3.30pm	MANCHESTER Radcliffe Civic Suite	0161 253 7812

September 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
NORTH INDIAN KHYAL VOCAL: MANJRI ASNARE KELKAR
Friday 30 September 7.30pm	CAMBRIDGESHIRE The Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral	01353 616991 www.adec.org.uk

July 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
CIREBONESE MASK DANCE AND GAMELAN
THU 7 JULY 8pm	BRISTOL St George's	0117 923 0359 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
SAT 9 JULY 8pm	DEVON Great Torrington	The Plough Arts Centre 01805 624 624 www.plough-arts.org
FRI 15 and SAT 16 JULY	LONDON Workshops LSO St Luke's	020 8742 9911 www.amc.org.uk
SAT 16 JULY 7.30pm	LONDON LSO St Luke's	020 7638 8891 www.lso.co.uk/lsostlukes
SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERTS : SOULFUL MUSIC FROM CHINA & NORTH INDIA
SAT 23 July 7.30pm	Cheng Yu pipa Wang Ciheng dizi UK Chinese Ensemble Uday Bhawalkar dhrupad Manik Munde pakhawaj Jerwood Hall LSO St Luke's 161 Old Street EC1	Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 (9am – 8pm daily, booking fee) or www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing (reduced booking fee)
SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERTS : ETHEREAL CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL & LYRICAL THUMRI VOCAL
SUN 24 July 7.30pm	Zeng Chengwei guqin Hu Bin erhu UK Chinese Ensemble Sunanda Sharma thumri Accompanied on tabla, sarangi, harmonium and tanpura Jerwood Hall LSO St Luke's 161 Old Street EC1	Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 (9am – 8pm daily, booking fee) or www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing (reduced booking fee)
SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERTS : ELECTRIFYING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FROM JAPAN & NORTH INDIA
MON 25 July 7.30pm	Sayuri Ono shinobue Etusko Takezawa koto Purbayan Chatterjee sitar Accompanied on tabla and tanpura Jerwood Hall LSO St Luke's 161 Old Street EC1	Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 (9am – 8pm daily, booking fee) or www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing (reduced booking fee)
SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERTS : EXQUISITE VOCAL MUSIC FROM NORTH INDIA
SAT 30 July 7.30pm	Rajan and Sajan Misra khyal Accompanied on tabla, sarangi, harmonium and tanpura Jerwood Hall LSO St Luke's 161 Old Street EC1	Tickets £12 (£10 concession) Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 (9am – 8pm daily, booking fee) or www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing (reduced booking fee)

June 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
Ghulam Ali (Pakistan)
TUE 31 MAY 7.45pm	LONDON Queen Elizabeth Hall	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
WED 1 JUNE 7.30pm	BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall	0121 780 3333 www.symphonyhall.co.uk/boxoffice Part of the Master Musicians of India and Pakistan series
THU 2 JUNE 7.45pm	BASINGSTOKE The Anvil	01256 844 244 www.theanvil.org.uk
SAT 4 JUNE 7.30pm	MIDDLESBOROUGH Town Hall	01642 729 729 07764 576 665
MON 6 JUNE 7.30pm	NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall	0115 989 5555 www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk Part of South Asian Arts Festival
THE HUA FAMILY SHAWM BAND
FRI 10 JUNE 8pm	DORSET Portesham Village Hall nr Weymouth	01305 871 780 www.artsreach.co.uk
SAT 11 JUNE 7.30pm	LONDON LSO St Luke's	020 7638 8891 www.lso.co.uk/lsostlukes
SUN 12 JUNE from 3pm	OXFORD Cowley Road Carnival	01865 488 369 Presented by Oxford Contemporary Music
	Workshops THU 2 JUNE 6pm LONDON SOAS Introductory demonstrations with the Hua Family Shawm Band WED 8 JUNE 6pm LONDON SOAS Lecture and workshop on Chinese Shawm Bands THU 16 JUNE 11am-5pm LONDON SOAS Public workshop with members of the Hua Family All events will be led by Dr Stephen Jones. During the tour period, an additional series of performance workshops will be held at SOAS to learn pieces from the shawm repertory. If you would like to take part, please contact Dr Jones at zhongsidi@hotmail.com, or telephone the AHRB Research Centre for Music and Dance Performance, on 020 7898 4515.
“THE SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP” qawwali
SAT 4 JUNE 8pm	DEVON Great Torrington	The Plough Arts Centre 01805 624 624 www.plough-arts.org
SUN 5 JUNE 3pm	MANCHESTER Platt Fields Park Wilmslow Road, Rusholme	www.streetsahead.org.uk Part of The Garden of Delights
THU 9 JUNE 8pm	BRISTOL St George's	0117 923 0359 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
SAT 11 JUNE 7.30pm	CRAWLEY The Hawth	01293 553 636 www.hawth.co.uk
SUN 12 JUNE 7.30pm	LONDON Purcell Room	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
FRI 17 JUNE 7.30pm	NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall	0115 989 5555 www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk Part of South Asian Arts Festival
SAT 18 JUNE 8pm	BASINGSTOKE Carnival Hall	01256 413 929
SUN 19 JUNE 7.30pm	EXETER Northcott Theatre	01392 213 161 www.exeter.gov.uk/festival

May 2005

Date	Location	Contact Details
TSUNAMI CONCERT RHAPSODY and RAAG AMJAD ALI KHAN VIKTORIA MULLOVA MATTHEW BARLEY
Sunday 15th May 7.00pm	THE GROSVENOR CHAPEL, 24 SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, MAYFAIR, LONDON W1	020 7499 1287 Tickets £30 ASIA HOUSE BOX OFFICE
“ RHYTHMS OF SHAKTI ” (India)
FRI 20 MAY 7.30pm	LONDON Purcell Room	08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk
SUN 22 MAY 12.30pm	BATH Guildhall	01225 463 362 www.bathmusicfest.org.uk Part of Bath International Music Festival
SUN 22 MAY 10.30am and 2.30pm	BATH Guildhall Workshops	01225 463 362 www.bathmusicfest.org.uk Part of Bath International Music Festival
SAT 28 MAY from 4pm	NOTTINGHAM Market Square	0115 915 8606 Part of South Asian Arts Festival
HINDUSTANI VOCAL: PIU SARKHEL & AMIT MUKERJEE (double bill)
SUN 15 MAY 5pm