The Asian Music Circuit (AMC) is following its now well proven formula of having a high quality exhibition with a symposium and related concerts of live music.
The exhibition “Music of the three worlds”aims to explore how people in India expressed their yearning for the divine through various styles of music, temple architecture, poetry, meditation and chanting. The exhibition will be on at Asia House in Marylebone, London, from 3rd July to 8th July 2018.
This is an expertly curated and written exhibition with contributions from Prof Richard Widdess (SOAS) Prof Katherine Schofield (Kings College), Dr. Richard Williams (SOAS) and Dr. Jasmine Hornabrook (Goldsmiths). It has many illustrations along with the texts as well short films. The exhibition explores early Hindu and Buddhist traditions, including the architecture and associated arts such as the songs of the mystics, dances of the devdasis, the instruments used as channels of communication with the divine, the development of the arts in the Mughal period, Sufi devotional genres in the shrines of their saints.
Tajjalan, premiering on 29th June 2018, is inspired by Miserere of Allegri but using beautiful melodies of Indian ragas. This is performed by RUBYTHROAT a choral ensemble of students of Trinity Laban under the artistic direction of Linda Hirst. Manorama Prasad and Sunanda Sharma will be singing at this event.
On 1st July, Pts Rajan and Sajan Misra, singers of classical music will give two concerts. They will be performing at the Cockpit Theatre in the afternoon, and the Royal Albert Hall in the evening.
On 4th July, Imran Khan will be singing ghazals with Babar Latif on the tabla at The Bhavan. Saleem Hasan Chishti and his group will perform qawali.
At Watermans Arts Centre on 5th July, there will be a double bill of Anand Gopal Das and group, and the Buddhist monks of the Tashi Monastery.
For more information visit: www.amc.org.uk
