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# What will I hear at an Indian classical concert in Cambridge if I'm new to it?

 Updated 19 October 2026

 

A raga performance opens with the **alap**, a slow section with no pulse. In instrumental music the **jor** then brings in a steady pulse, and when the tabla enters with the composition, the rhythm takes hold. KalaSudha concerts run in two halves with a short interval, about 2 to 2½ hours. At Cambridge Junction, KalaSudha presented the sitar player Mehboob Nadeem with the tabla players Ustad Akram Khan and Dr Sam Evans. See the [first-time listener guide](/en-fr/faq/at-the-concert/i-have-never-been-to-an-indian-classical-concert-will-i-follow-it) and [KalaSudha in Cambridge](/en-fr/place/cambridge).



 

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