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India’s Music of Today: Niladri Kumar

Darbar

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Niladri Kumar playing the sitar

Indulge in an evening of dazzling sitar playing and evocative romanticism by one of today’s most maverick performers. This is pure Indian classical music, evolved, refined and elementally powerful.

With his signature sitar sound, Kumar works regularly with the biggest names like Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, A R Rahman, Pritam, Louis Banks, Trilok Gurtu, John McLaughlin and Ustad Zakir Hussain. This concert unites Kumar with the astonishing tabla player Satyajit Talwalkar whose playing is marked by his third musical sense and masterful improvisation, based on several generations of knowledge passed to him by his legendary father Pandit Suresh Talwalkar.

Prepare for a programme of brilliant and extraordinary sitar playing as these celebrated performers show sides of evening ragas and talas that will transport you.

‘Silky smoothness that drew gasps of wonder’ Evening Standard

'When Niladri ended his second encore with amazing chords, the audience just went “wow”' Evening Standard

Tagged with: Classical music Darbar Contemporary music

This performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval

Produced by Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust, producers of the Darbar Festival.

Performers

  • Niladri Kumar   sitar
  • Satyajit Talwalkar   tabla

Hall

Location
The Barbican Hall is located within the main Barbican building. Head to Level G and follow the signs to find your seating level. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
​​​​​​​The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.