National Centre for the Performing Arts Presents Saz-e-Bahar – Festival of Indian Instrumental Music, 4/12-4/13

Celebrating the treasure-trove of India's rich instrumental music tradition this month, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA Mumbai), the country's premiere art and culture institution, presents its third edition of Saz-e-Bahar - Festival of Indian Instrumental Music.This year, the two-day festival features Saskia Rao de Haas on the cello, Shubhendra Rao on the sitar, celebrated instrumentalist N. Ravikiran on the chitravina and Sabir Khan on the tabla - renowned performers and instruments from different categories - string-bowed (cello), string-plucked (sitar),drums-percussion (tabla) and string-slide (chitravina), on April 12 & 13, 2013, 6:30pm at the Experimental Theatre.

Indian subcontinent abounds in a variety of musical instruments, and a considerable specialisation is displayed in instrumental usage, both in north and south Indian art music. Instruments present music solo, provide melodic or rhythmic accompaniment, or produce drones.

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