Musical Musing 3rd Edition Challenges of Returning to the New Normal As we gear up to deliver Darbar Festival 2022 (and are already deep in the planning stage for Darbar Festival 2023),...
5 Reasons to Listen to Indian Classical Music It’s no surprise that we at Darbar believe in the power of the Indian classical arts to thrill, stir and inspire a global audience....
Indian classical music and wellbeing The ripple effects and aftershocks of the pandemic continue to create havoc across the globe. Two years on from the start of the pandemic, we are all...
Kanwal Ahluwalia’s story is poignantly familiar. It was the midst of a global financial crisis and while Kanwal loved her work at an international non-profit aligned with her purpose of supporting marginalised...
Classical music can uplift your mind, body and spirit—Indians believe it constitutes the ascent to divinity itself. ||Om|| In the beginning, there was sound—scientists and sages alike would agree. This simple two-letter...
The ancient Hindu festival of Navratri celebrates the female form in all its avatars When Antara Sharma* looks back at her childhood memories of growing up in India in the 80s and...
We often wonder why our New Year’s resolutions so frequently fail. We find that the firm resolve we muster up at the start of the calendar year, accompanied by a clean slate...
Words such as ‘young’ or ‘child’ seem to stand in stark contrast with millennia-old Indian classical music derived from the ancient Vedas. Surely, such traditional ritualistic knowledge, devotional music and complexity of...
Live Indian classical music is a transcendent and transformative experience like no other. And while Darbar has made a repository of high-quality content available online—with over 400 videos uploaded on our YouTube...
Interview with our Artistic Director: What exactly is Darbar Fringe? In 2017, Darbar first expanded the ambit of its coverage in partnership with the Southbank Centre who established a new festival called...