All events are open to the public unless otherwise stated. Advanced booking is highly recommended as spaces are limited. The space is filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can either:
(photo credit to London Jin-Kung Opera)
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| 5 & 7 March 26,27 & 28 March |
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| Chinese Opera workshops for schools |
- Artists: London Jing-Kun Opera
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: Free * These free workshops are part of China In London festival and funded by Mayor of London
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| 9 April: 6 – 8pm |
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Indian Vocal Practice Session
(open to AMC summer school participants specialising in Dhrupad) |
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: Free
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| 14 – 16 April |
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| Introduction of North Indian Dance & Music Easter Course |
- Artist: Jayasree Sen Gupta
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £30 for three days
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
Would you like to learn how to sing Indian music? Are you aged between 7 and 16 years old?
This 3-day course will offer an introduction to north Indian classical vocal music, taught by renowned teacher and performer Jayasree Sen Gupta.
Jayasree specialises in the North Indian classical and semi-classical vocal genres of khyal, thumri and ghazal. She has learnt with many famous singers such as Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Ustad Ghulam Ali.
It will be a great chance to learn the basic techniques and vocal exercises as well as learn some short pieces and compositions. There will be classes on rhythm and tal and how to keep in time with the tabla whilst singing. At the end of the course students will be able to perform what they have learnt to their parents in an informal concert. This will be followed by an evening recital given by Jayasree Sengupta on 16 April from 6 – 8pm. An event not to be missed! |
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16 April 6 – 8 pm
Evening Concert Featuring Indian Vocal
- Artist: Jayasree Sengupta
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Ticket : £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| 30 April: 6-8 pm |
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| Lecture on ‘The Art of Playing Classical Afghan Rubab'. |
- Lecturer: Prof. John Baily (Goldsmiths College, London University)
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 87429911 or info@amc.org.uk
In this animation (lecture-demonstration) John Baily will discuss and demonstrate the traditional art music for the Afghan rubab , as performed by great masters such as Ustad Mohammad Omar, Ustad Ghulam Jailani and Ustad Rahim Khushnawaz in the later twentieth century. He will describe his own experiences of learning the rubab from 1973 onwards, and how he has tried to find his own style in playing the instrument. |
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| 7 May at 6-8 pm |
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Indian Vocal Practice Session
(open to AMC summer school participants specialising in Thumri) |
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: Free
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| 14 May
at 6.30 -7.30 pm |
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| Japanese & Thai Music Recital |
- Artist: Clive Bell
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
Clive will talk about the SHAKUHACHI (Japanese flute) and its place in Japanese music, as well as his experience of studying this instrument in Tokyo.
He will perform the tradition bamboo flute, associated with Zen Buddhism and meditation exercise as well as the folk Japanese tunes. Clive will also present the KHENE Thai mouth organ, the ancient ancestor of the Western accordion and harmonica. This instrument plays improvisations and accompaniment for singers in Thai folk music traditions such as Mo Lam. |
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| 21 May at 6-8 pm |
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| Seminar "A Visual Approach to Understanding Ragas - including a study of the RAGS – KEDAR ,
SHYAM KALYAN
and KAMOD " |
- Artist: Viram Jasani
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| JUNE |
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4 June at 6 – 8pm |
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Chinese Music Practice Session (Open to AMC summer school participants specialising in Guqin)
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: Free
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
This practice session aims to provide AMC summer School participants the opportunity to meet up and practice before this summer. The session will include listening to or watching recordings of Chinese classical music, discussing the music and also practicing what was learned during last year's summer school. |
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| 11 June 6-8pm |
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Chinese Music Recital
Qiu Zenghui is a highly versatile Chinese musician, with over 20 years experience playing a wide range of Chinese music including Beijing Opera, Chinese classical & folk music. She has taught at SOAS and is currently musical director of the London Jing Kun Opera Association. |
- Artist: Qiu Zeng Hui
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| 17 June 6-8pm |
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THUMRI – the beautiful romantic style of North Indian singing – an appreciation with Bireshwar Gautam - probably one of the finest exponents of “”baithak thumri” with “abhinaya”
Bireshwar Gautam and Sangeeta Datta in Conversation
The Dying Song is a brilliantly dramatised concert that explores and celebrates the dying art of BAITHAK THUMRI, the romantic style that lie between Indian classical music and folk music. |
- Artist: Bireshwar Gautam
introduced by Viram Jasani
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| 25 June 6-8pm |
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Chinese Music Seminar
Prof. Jonathan Stock teaches ethnomusicology at the University of Sheffield and specializes in Chinese and Taiwanese music. |
- Artist: Prof. Jonathan Stock – Sheffield University
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Fee: £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| JULY |
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2 July at 6 – 8 pm
Indian Vocal Practice Session
(Open to AMC summer school participants specializing in Khyal)
- Venue: Asian Music Centre
- Ticket : Free
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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Sat 5th & Sun 6 th of July 10am – 4pm (with two hours lunch break)
Two-Day Bansuri Workshop with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Fee: £65 /£60 for conc
Download flyer/booking form here. In September 2007, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia gave a magnificent performance and workshop to mark the opening of the Asian Music Centre. We are once again delighted to welcome Hari ji back to our centre to conduct a 2-day bansuri workshop on the 5 th and 6 th July 2008.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is the world renowned master of the bansuri (North Indian bamboo flute) who creates magic when he plays. This is a rare chance to have direct interection with this wonderful master musician. • This course is open to bansuri players of all abilities.
• All participants need to bring their own bansuri. If you don't have one, please get in touch with Shih-Ching (“Ginger”) at the AMC as we have a limited number of flutes to lend.
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Wed 9 July 6.30-8pm £3
LECTURE ON “SITAR” with ANINDYA BANERJEE
At the Asian Music Centre
An insight into the history and development of the most Popular melodic instrument of India made famous by great Artists such as Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan.
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24 Sep at 6.30 – 7.30pm
North Indian Santoor and Tabla Recital
The santoor is an exquisite 100 stringed instrument, which is unique to the Himalayan valley of Kashmir. It has been used as a folk instrument there for centuries, but in the past 40 years it has risen to prominence within Indian classical music, due largely to Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
- Artists:
Kiranpal Singh Deoora ( santoor )
Hanif Khan ( tabla )
- Venue: The Asian Music Centre
- Ticket : £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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22 Oct: 6.30 – 7.30pm
North Indian Vocal Concert
Vocal recital by Dr Vijay Rajput, artistic director and resident vocal teacher of Gurukul in Newcastle – upon –Tyne.
- Artists:
Dr Vijay Rajput (khyal)
Hanif Khan (tabla)
- Venue: The Asian Music Centre
- Ticket : £3
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
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| NOVEMBER |
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Weekend of 28 – 30 November
Winter Indian music school
- Artists:
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Khyal)
Purnima Choudury (Thumri)
Yogesh Samsi (tabla)
Suresh Talwalkar ( tabla)
- Venue: The Asian Music Centre
- Contact: AMC Education Team 020 8749 9584 or info@amc.org.uk
- Fee: TBC
Khayal & Thumri
Purnima ChaudhurI & Ulhas Kashalkar
Purnima Chaudhuri is a distinguished semi classical vocalist of thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti, hori, tappa and other forms of ‘light classical' music from Benaras. Purnimaji has trained under the illustrious Padmabhusan Smt. GIRJA DEVI.
Ulhas Kashalkar is one of the prime representatives of Gwalior and Jaipur Gharana. Gifted with a melodious voice, with superb flexibility, Kashalkar's music appeals to every music lover.
SPECIAL WOKSHOPS ON THE TABLA PLAYING TRADITIONS OF DELHI, FARRUKHABAD, AJRADA AND PUNJAB with Pt Suresh Talwalkar, Yogesh Samsi and Sudhir Mainkar. |
