Funding Partners

Trusts and Foundations

Trusts and Foundations are vital for our work – whether it be for funding much needed general overhead costs or for specific projects such as our music retreats, artist residency programmes or education work, all of which provide talent development pathways for musicians learning Indian classical music.  

Corporate Sponsorship   

Corporate sponsors help us to bring our performances to global audiences. With our decades long experience of running the highest quality live events, we are a trusted go-to partner for our artistic curation, technical expertise, global reach as well as just being a great team to work with!  

We’d love to hear from you if you align with our values and are seeking a partner to celebrate cultural diversity and excellence in the arts.  We offer a range of corporate sponsorship opportunities tailored to align with your interests and level of commitment.  

Partnerships/Collaborations 

Our work is made possible by strategic partnerships with several organisations who share our passion for music, excellence in the arts and the importance of cultural representation. For example: 

• We have been funded by Arts Council England since 2006 and have been a National Portfolio Organisation since 2011 

• We have been funded by Sky Arts television since 2008 to produce TV programmes from a selection of concerts from our Darbar Festivals  

• We are an official Artistic Associate at the Barbican Centre in London 

• Collaborations with Charanga as a partner on our music education work; Southbank Centre, London; Kings Place, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; St Martin in the Fields, London; Sadlers Wells, London; Akram Khan Company, London; The Bhavan, London; Nehru Centre, London; Curve Theatre, Leicester; Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester; De Montford University, Leicester; Peepul Enterprise, Leicester; Phoenix, Leicester; Sue Townsend Theatre, Leicester; New Art Exchange, Nottingham; Gem Arts, Gateshead; Asian Arts Agency, Bristol; Milap Fest, Liverpool; Sampad, Birmingham; South Asian Arts UK, Leeds; Chakardar, Hertfordshire; Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff; Nevil Holt Festival, Leicestershire; Ravenna Festival, Italy; Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia; British Broadcasting Corporation; Grange Hotels London;  Montcalm Collection;  Air India; Roti Chai, London 

Individual supporters 

We are immensely grateful for donations from the following individual supporters who have supported Darbar’s work.

Sricummar, Ravi Gupta, Dr. Sarah Thulback