Sama Arts Network is one of the UK’s oldest and most influential arts organisations in the genre of traditional and contemporary South Asian arts. It also presents Orchestral, Jazz and World Music.
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What’s On
| 20 Sep / 6:30pm | Concert | Shika Ganguli — Hanif Khan - Tabla / Nafiz Irfan - Harmonium |
Nehru Centre |
| 26 Sep / 6:30pm | Concert | Rahul Mishra — Dheeraj Mishra - Tabla / Nafiz Irfan - Harmonium |
Nehru Centre |
| 25 Nov / 3pm | Concert | Shafqat Ali Khan — Shahbaz Hussain - Tabla / Gurbaksh Singh - Dilruba |
Royal Asiatic Society |
| 26 Nov / 6:30pm | Concert | Chandrima Mishra — Shahbaz Hussain - Tabla / Prabhat Rao - Harmonium |
Nehru Centre |
| 27 Nov / 6:30pm | Concert | Kaviraj Singh — Amritpal Singh - Tabla / Gurbaksh Singh - Dilruba |
Nehru Centre |
| 4 Dec Inauguration / 6pm 5-13 Dec / 10am-6pm / Mon to Fri only |
Exhibition | Khyal: Music and Imagination - Multimedia Exhibition — Led by Martin Clayton and Laura Leante at Durham University, in collaboration with GemArts, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. |
Nehru Centre |
| 4 Dec / 6:30pm | Concert | Khyal: Music & Imagination Exhibition Inauguration Vijay Rajput — Sanju Sahai - Tabla / Kirpal Singh Panesar - Dilruba |
Nehru Centre |
| 5 Dec / 4pm | Workshop | Vijay Rajput — Khyal Workshop |
Nehru Centre |
| 6 Dec / 6:30pm | Concert | Ustad Fida Husain – Felicitation Event Deepa Karnad — Budhaditya Bhattacharya — Gurdain Rayatt - Tabla / Gurbaksh Singh Matharu - Dilruba |
Nehru Centre |
| 8 Dec / 6pm | Concert | Sanjukta Mitra — Udit Pankhania - Tabla Prabhat Rao — Amritpal Singh - Tabla / Rishikesh Kardile - Harmonium |
Bhavan Centre |
| 9 Dec / 1pm | Concert | Roshan Abbas — Guest musicians |
Dominion Centre |
| 10 Dec / 4pm | Workshop | Sarojini Pati — Khyal Workshop |
Nehru Centre |
| 11 Dec / 6:30pm | Concert | Kaleem Sheikh — A talk on Khyal / Music — CANCELLED Tarsem Singh - Tabla / Surjeet Singh - Sarangi |
Nehru Centre |
| 12 Dec / 4pm | Film Screening | Screening 1 — Kishori Amonikar - Live in Concert |
Nehru Centre |
| 13 Dec / 4pm | Film Screening | Screening 2 — Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - Live in Concert |
Nehru Centre |
| 14 Dec / 7:30pm | Concert | Rahul Mishra — Dheeraj Mishra - Tabla |
Tara Arts |
| 16 Dec / 2pm | Seminar | Khyal Seminar — Comprehensive discussion on Khyal and gharanas (schools) |
Rich Mix |
| 16 Dec / 6:30pm | Concert | Chiranjeeb Chakraborty — Amruta Bawane Garud — Manjeet Singh Rasiya - Tabla / guest musicians |
Rich Mix |
| 24 May / 6:30pm / £ Free | Concert | Shephali Frost — Sufi Songs from 16 - 21st Century / Prelude event - Women in the Arts Festival |
Nehru Centre |
| 12 June / 6:30pm / £ Free | Concert | Chinmayi Tripathi: Poetry Project — Songs of Hindi Poets (Neo Romanticist Poetry) |
Nehru Centre |
| 12—17 June / 11am-7pm / £ Free | Exhibition | Madhubani Painting Exhibtion — Seema Singh |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 16—17 June / 10am / £27.54 | Workshop | Madhubani Painting Workshop Seema Singh |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| Saturday 16 June / 8pm / £12-15 | Concert | Mystic Songs & Sufi Qawwali — Abi Sampa with support from Chinmayi Tripathi |
Rich Mix |
| 18 June—11 July / 11am to 7pm / £ Free | Exhibition | Women in Khyal Music - Music and Imagination — A multimedia exhibition |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 19 June / 6:30pm / £ Free | Talk/Concert | A Talk by Dr Laura Leante - Khyal Exhibition — Khyal Music — Dr Milind Malshe |
Nehru Centre |
| 20 June / 6:30pm / £ Free | Talk/Book Launch | A Talk by Dr Laura Leante — Khyal Music & Visual Art Book Launch — Dr Bhaskar Dasgupta launched a fictitious musical story on Khyal between a 15th Century blind poet saint and Mughal Emperor Akbar. |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 19—23 June/ 10am to 6pm / £ Free | Exhibition | Songs of Spring — Sara Riaz Khan•Vinita Khanna•Sudipta Modi |
Asia House |
| 24 June—13 July / 11am to 7pm / £ Free | Exhibition | Songs of Spring — Sara Riaz Khan • Vinita Khanna • Sudipta Modi Transferred from Asia House |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 26 June / 7pm / £7.50 | Talk | Talk on Music of the Agra Gharana — Priya Purshothaman |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 29 June / 7pm / £15 | Concert | Priya Purshothaman — Khyal Vocal With Amritpal Singh—Tabla |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 6 July / 7.30pm / £ Free | Concert | Deepa Hattangady Karnad — Khyal Music |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 8 July / 6:30pm / £10 | Dance Recital | Indrani Datta — Kathak Katrina Rute — Bharatanatym Pallavi Anand — Odissi |
Bhavan Centre |
| 10 July—13 July / 11am to 7pm / £ Free | Exhibition | Exhibition of the Baul Tradition — Papia Das Baul |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 12 July / 6:30pm/ £ Free | Concert | Sanjukta Mitra — Khyal Vocal |
Nehru Centre |
| 13 July / 6:30pm/ £ Free | Concert | Yan White — Flute recital - Khyal Exhibition |
M.P. Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre |
| 19 July / 6:30pm / £ Free | Concert | Sunita Avani Amin — Dhrupad Vocals |
Nehru Centre |
| 21 July / 7:30pm / £15 | Concert | Amrit Kaur Lohia — Sarangi/Voice KauRAS/ Deepa Nair Rasiya — Songs of Sufi / Sikh Tradition |
Watermans Art Centre |
| 22 July / 3pm / £15 | Concert | Sangeeta Datta — Tagore & Baul Papia Das Baul — Baul Songs |
Watermans Art Centre |
| 22 July / 7pm / £15 | Concert | Shepali Frost – Sufi Mystics / Contemporary Poets Vandana Somai – Bhakti Poet |
Watermans Art Centre |
| 28 July / 7:30pm / £13 | Comedy | Sindhu Vee: Sandhog — A night of comedy with Sindhu Vee |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 3 August / 6:30pm / £ Free | Concert | Urmi Chakraborty — Semi Classical /Hindustani Vocals |
Nehru Centre |
| 13 August / 2:30pm / £10 | Conference | Women in the Arts Conference — Keynote Speech / Panel discussions / Business of Music Music Publishing / Talent Development & Artist Management Finance & Fundraising |
Wilton's Music Hall |
| 13 August / 7:45pm / £17.50 | Concert | Nicki Wells —Turya | Wilton's Music Hall |
| 14 August / 7:45pm / £17.50 | Concert | Zoe Rahman —Jazz / Contemporary | Wilton's Music Hall |
| 15 August / 7:45pm / £17.50 | Concert | Patricia Rozario —Soprano/ Western Classical ::Naresh Sohal / John Taverner / Vijay Anand | Wilton's Music Hall |
| 16 August / 7:45pm / £17.50 | Concert | Calcutta —English Baroque meets Indian Music | Wilton's Music Hall |
Present by Tara Arts with Sama Arts
| 6 April / 7:30pm | Concert | In Praise of Khusrau: Sitar & Mystic Sufi Songs Roopa Panesar and Abi Sampa |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 7 April / 2pm | Concert | Agra Ragas Deepa Hattangady Karnad |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 7 April / 4pm | Concert |
Konnakol (Indian scat) & Carnatic Vocal / Songs of the Tanjore Quartet Konnakol and Vamshikrishna Vishnudas |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 7 April / 7:30pm | Concert | Songs of Love and SeparationAmrit Kaur Lohia and Mehtab Malhotra |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 8 April / 2pm | Concert | Rhythms in the LandscapeTaal Vadya Kacheri and Kirpal Panesar |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 8 April / 4pm | Concert | Voice of the Kirana SchoolVijay Rajput |
Tara Arts Theatre |
| 8 April / 7:30pm | Concert | Ancestral VoicesArnab Chakrabarty, Yogesh Samsi & Gundecha Brothers |
Tara Arts Theatre |
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