24th Biennial – europalia.india: 4 Oct 2013 – 26 Jan 2014 (Belgium)

europalia.india: 4 October 2013 till 26 January 2014

For its 24th biennial, Europalia International will bring India to the heart of Europe. During 4 months you can discover this mysterious and fascinating country, where different cultures meet, interact and bring about a unique creativity.

europalia.india will translate India’s immense cultural wealth into a multidisciplinary programme comprising exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, conferences, cinema and literature events.

Gundecha Brothers

Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, better known as the Gundecha Brothers, are among the best performers of dhrupad (traditional sung poetry of northern India). If the dhrupad is the most classical style of (…)

Living Traditions

Shujaat Khan

sitar & ensembleChild prodigy and worthy descendent of a line of seven generations of musicians, Shujaat Husain Khan began playing the sitar at the age of three and has played in public since the age of (…)

Living Traditions

Susheela Raman

The British Indian artist, Susheela Raman spent her childhood in England and then moved to Australia. Her parents are from Tamil Nadu and she grew up surrounded by Carnatic traditions and songs. Very young, (…)

Diaspora

Adivasi Sidi Dhamal Goma Party

Led by Shri Hanif BhaiDescendants of a black Sufi tribe originating from East Africa, the Sidi Goma first arrived in India in the 13th century. They were able to preserve their African dance and music (…)

Living Traditions

Dr. L. Subramaniam & Kavita Krishnamurti & ensemble

Although musician families are not rare, few are able to combine such a high level of training and different influences with such talent. Dr Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is a composer, conductor and accomplished (…)

Bollywood & Beyond

Sudha Raghunathan & ensemble

Vocal & ensembleSudha Raghunathan is a Carnatic singer, the traditional classical music of southern India. Recognised as a leader in her discipline, she is one of the most popular artists on Indian television (…)

Living Traditions

Meeta Pandit, vocal, Gyan Singh, tabla, Bharat Bhushan Goswami, sarangi

Acknowledged as the scion of the Gwalior musical gharana, Meeta Pandit has emerged as a shining star in the world of classical music. Her melodious and robust voice coupled with intricate handling of ragas (…)

Living Traditions

Abhay Sopori

Santoor & ensembleAbhay Sopori has the santour in his blood: son, grandson and disciple of two santour masters, he was brought up in an appropriate musical and spiritual environment to stimulate his art. (…)

Living Traditions

Madlib aka Beat Konducta in India

Dj- setOtis Jackson Jr. better known as Madlib, is a Los Angeles-based DJ,multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and music producer. Known under a plethora of pseudonyms, he is one of the most prolific and critically (…)

Indomania

Prasanna, guitar & MannGold de Cobre

Prasanna is the Founder and President of Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music; which is the largest college in South Asia with some of the world’s most top musicians as faculty and with students from many countries (…)

Indomania

Ashwini Bhide

Gifted with an incredible voice and trained in the classical music tradition of northern India, Ashwini Bhide is one of the subtlest Indian divas. With a voice covering three octaves, she is best known (…)

Living Traditions

Remember Shakti

Zakir Hussain, tabla, Shankar Mahadevan, vocal, U. Srinivas, manoline, V. Selvaganesh, kanjira, gahatam, mridangam vs John Mc Laughlin, guitarTo celebrate their 40 years of existence, the legendary group (…)

Indomania

Sandeep Das & Kudsi Erguner

“Taj Mahal” A Kudsi Erguner’s projectSandeep Das will also be present during two unique encounters with the great Turkish musician, Kudsi Erguner, considered to be one of the masters of Mevlevi Sufi music, (…)

Indomania

Three Generations

Violin Concert by Dr. N. Rajam, Dr. Sangeet Shankar, Ragini Shankar and Nandini ShankarThree generations in concertN. Rajam is a celebrated player of the Hindustani violin, the classical music originating (…)

Living Traditions

Amjad Ali Khan

Sarod & ensembleAmjad Ali Khan is a sarod player, a variety of lute with 25 strings, used in classical Hindustani music (north India). Like many great musicians, he was born into a family where musical (…)

Living Traditions

Charanjit Singh

Electronic musicBetween 1960 and 1980, Charanjit Singh, guitarist and synthesiser player, contributed to the soundtracks of numerous Bollywood films, notably those composed by Shankar-Jaikishan, S. D. (…)

India Tomorrow

Chassol

“Indiamore” AV-concertPianist, composer and arranger, Christophe Chassol discovered music when he was four years old. He went on to enter the Conservatoire, where he studied for sixteen years. In his youth, (…)

India Tomorrow

DJ Dom Thomas

Dom Thomas co-manages the record label Brutal Music, which focuses mainly on mixing obscure and forgotten selections of the best proto-house, strange psychedelic music and crazy funk. Founder of the Finders (…)

Diaspora

DJ Edo Bouman

Edo Bouman is one of the most important collectors of Bollywood music and director of the Bombay Connection Records label, which brought the excellent acid house album by Charanjit Singh out of the shadows (…)

Diaspora

DJ Andy Votel

A native of Manchester (UK), Andy Votel (born Andrew Shallcross) is a musician, DJ, producer and graphic designer. He is involved in several record labels, including the gold mine of music re-releases, (…)

India Tomorrow

Sandeep Das & Hum Ensemble

tabla & ensembleSandeep Das’ career began at the age of eight. Virtuoso player of the tabla, he was only sixteen years old when he accompanied Ravi Shankar, the first in a long line of great Indian names (…)

Living Traditions

Pandit Shubhendra Rao & Saskia Rao-De Haas

Sitar, cello & guitar, accompanbied by Biplab Bhattacharrya, tablaShubhendra Rao is a composer and solo player of the sitar. He builds dialogue between cultures and captivates audiences with concerts destined (…)

Living Traditions

Vidya Shah & ensemble

Religious musicInitially trained in carnatic music, Vidya Shah later also learned various Indian poetic singing styles, such as khayal, thumri, dadra, ghazal gayaki, sufi and bhakti. She is very popular (…)

Living Traditions

Quatuor Tana

The Tana String Quartet has, since their inception in 2004 by Antoine Maisonhaute, opted to perform contemporary repertoire. Classical repertoire also finds its place in versatile programmes amongst more (…)

Indomania

Madhup Mudgal & ensemble

Madhup Mudgal is one of the greatest Indian classical singers of his generation. He is the director of the famous Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, the oldest music  school in Delhi, founded by his father (…)

Living Traditions

Dr. Das (DJ-set)

Dr Das is a bassist, producer and DJ. He is one of the founding members and original bassist of the Asian Dub Foundation, which established his reputation as a player of deep, melodic and cyclical bass (…)

Diaspora

CHRYSALIDE

Reynald HALLOY (chant, guitare), Fabian BEGHIN (bansuri, harmonium), Nabankur BHATTACHARYA (tablas)The performance announces the meeting between French speaking and Indian classic music. A poetical universe (…)

Indomania

Prabhu Edouard, Raphaëlle Brochet & Carlo Strazzante

Tabla solo with Prabhu Edouard – Carnatic Duo with Raphaëlle Brochet (song) & Carlo Strazzante (percussions)

Manuel Hermia, François Garny, Michel Seba, Purbayan Chatterjee

bansuri, basse, percussion & drums, sitar

SITARDUST

SITARDUST is the common project of Joachim Lacrosse (sitar) and Carlo Strazzante (table and kanjira) and their guests. Their repertoire contains original compositions, traditional ones, revisited traditional (…)

Bollywood Brass Band

Bollywood & Beyond

Thérèse Malengreau, piano

The musical fascination for IndiaHaving worked extensively on the fascination for distant lands in music, Thérèse Malengreau devotes this concert to the attraction India held for a number of composers, (…)

Indomania

Brussels Philharmonic

Messiaen, Turangalîla & IndiaBrussels Philharmonic was established in 1935 under the aegis of the Belgian public broadcasting network . The orchestra has performed with leading conductors and soloists (…)

Indomania

Joanne D’mello, Pau Baiges, Carlo Strazzante

soprane, piano, tablaSWARANJALI- A tribute to Indian musicA unique homage to the treasure that is Indian music by uniting the voice with acoustic piano and tabla. Indian soprano Joanne D’Mello presents (…)

Harsh Wardhan

BansuriHarsh Wardhan is a famous bansuri – the Indian bamboo flute – player from New Delhi, where he directs his own school. He tours regularly in India and in Europe. He is the regular bansuri teacher (…)

Living Traditions

Vijay Iyer Trio

As an American pianist with Indian roots, Vijay Iyer is influenced by a broad range of artists. “Many of my rhythms and melodies are tributary to Indian music and African music.”Organisation: Handelsbeurs (…)

Diaspora

Bollywood Masala Orchestra

Bollywood Masala Orchestra invites you on a musical journey from Rajasthan to Mumbai. With 16 professional artists on stage this colourful spectacle will captivate you and sounds. Bollywood Masala Orchesra (…)

Bollywood & Beyond

Madhup Mudgal & Ragini Trio avec Lander Gyselinck, Nathan Daems, Marco Bardoscia

vocal, drums, saxophone, contrabassBelgium Meets IndiaStill within the theme of encounter, this europalia.india concert will unite a grand master of Indian vocals with three accomplished jazz musicians.Madhup (…)

Indomania

Trilok Gurtu, Tuur Florizoone, Michel Massot, Marine Horbaczewski

percussionist, accordion, tuba & trombone, celloBelgium Meets IndiaEuropalia.india is situated under the theme of encounter, and this one promises to be exceptional. On the occasion of the festival, three (…)

Diaspora

Ensemble Gilles Binchois

Between earth and heavenBelgium Meets IndiaFor the past 30 years, the Ensemble Gilles Binchois has performed a repertoire of music from the 15th and 16th centuries and devotional songs of medieval Christendom (…)

Indomania

Chitravina Ravikiran & Roland Van Campenhout

veena & guitarBelgium Meets IndiaEuropalia.india will be an occasion for encounters, but also for reunions. Amongst them, that of the Belgian blues man Roland and the chitraveena player N. Ravikiran shouldn’t (…)

Indomania

(source: 10/2013 – Europalia International| europalia.india)

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