KalaSudha in Oslo
Oslo Mela set its MelaKlassisk concerts of Indian classical music in the Nobel Peace Center for 16 and 17 August 2025. Register for KalaSudha's Oslo plans.
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About KalaSudha in Oslo
For one weekend, Oslo Mela's MelaKlassisk concerts made the Nobel Peace Center a venue for Indian classical music in Oslo, announced for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August 2025. The programme, published that June, named sitar and violin recitals and a Carnatic veena set. Another set, Ancient Sounds of Banares, paired bansuri and tabla as a tribute to Varanasi. A duo offered improvised Hindustani ragas as a separate set.
In Oslo, KalaSudha is looking at concerts and workshops by top-class Indian classical musicians. A KalaSudha listing for Oslo will name the instruments as well as the players, so you know what you are booking. People who heard MelaKlassisk and listeners new to ragas are equally welcome. Concerts welcome all ages, so families can come together.
The KalaSudha academy teaches the veena and the bansuri online with a live teacher. Lessons are live, and courses start at Foundation level. Each course runs in levels its instructor designs, and top educationists vet it. An Oslo workshop would follow once enough people sign up and suitable arrangements are in place, and none is scheduled. Press Register for updates to hear about Oslo.
Why Oslo
What sets KalaSudha apart in Oslo
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The veena of the south
The Saraswati veena, the main veena of Carnatic music, is named for the goddess Saraswati. Its body is carved from jackwood, and its frets are fixed in place.
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A tribute to Varanasi
One MelaKlassisk set paid tribute to Varanasi, also known as Benares. The city gives its name to the Benares gharana, a school of tabla playing.
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Classical or fusion, said plainly
MelaKlassisk also included a trio that fused East Asian and Western music. KalaSudha's own Oslo programmes will say plainly when a set is classical and when it crosses into fusion.