A social enterprise for the arts
A world of Indian classical music, dance and arts.
Learn directly from artists, experience live performances, and discover recordings and stories. Our income goes back into supporting artists, teaching and the technology that connects us.
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A Hundred Strings in Oxford: Two Strings, One Pulse
Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai, Akram Khan
November
- A Hundred Strings in Oxford: Two Strings, One Pulse Holywell Music Room, Oxford · 7:00 pm
- A Hundred Strings in Manchester: Strings of Kashmir and Delhi The Stoller Hall, Manchester · 7:00 pm
- A Hundred Strings in Bournemouth: Ragas by the Sea Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth · 6:30 pm
- A Hundred Strings in London: Plucked and Struck St Saviour's, Pimlico, London · 5:00 pm
A Hundred Strings in Oxford: Two Strings, One Pulse
Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai, Akram Khan
A Hundred Strings in Manchester: Strings of Kashmir and Delhi
Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai, Akram Khan, Shahbaz Hussain
A Hundred Strings in Bournemouth: Ragas by the Sea
Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai, Akram Khan
A Hundred Strings in London: Plucked and Struck
Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai, Akram Khan
Listen
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Kala Festival
Where the story began.
Cambridge
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Norwich
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- Editions
- 2023 · 2025 · 2026
- Artists · 15
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Akram Khan, Alokparna Guha, Debasis Chakroborty, Deepak Shah, Dr Lovely Sharma, Durjay Bhaumik, Giuliano Modarelli, Hanif Khan, Jonathan Mayer, R. N. Prakash, Raymond Yiu, Sam Evans, Satwinder Pal Singh, Shahbaz Hussain, Tommy Khosla
- Highlights
- Raga Fusion
- Touring Across UK
- Community Focused
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Booking Direct, Made Simple: KalaSudha Tickets Are Now Live
As we begin a monthly concert series, you can now book KalaSudha tickets straight from us, alongside the other platforms we sell on. Buy direct for the best price, in your own language, with student rates and coupons.
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KalaSudha Composer: The First Release Is Open for Testing
KalaSudha Composer's first release is live: a compositions library, auto-saving drafts, playback, printing, and shareable links. Open it at /compose and tell us what to fix.
Development Team4 min -
Decoding the Ragas and Rhythms of the Indian Holi Season
Explore the soul of Holi through its classical Ragas and folk rhythms. From Kafi and Dhamar to the raw energy of Jogira, this is a look at how music and tradition sync in the heart of Bihar.
Rajeev Kumar4 min -
Beyond the Video Call: KalaSudha Academy Booking System Evolves Online Indian Classical Music
Development Team14 min -
The Mastery of the Sitar and the Indian Violin
Sitar and Violin mimic the voice using Meend and Gamaka. This craft requires hard physical labor and years of practice to turn wood and wire into the soulful music of the North and South.
Rajeev Kumar9 min
Watch
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Artists
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Voices
What people said.
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Today's performance was extraordinary. Um. A little bit more than I expected it's going to be. I was expecting a regular performance, but it's turned out to be extraordinary.
Event Attendee Reading
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It was a brilliantly organised event. I really, really enjoyed all the music. You had amazing artists, and it was very unusual for Reading. So thank you for bringing this :)
Event Attendee Reading
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We've just had the most amazing recital of Indian Classical Music. We had in the first half some Western instruments, Piano, Slide Guitar and Tabla, which was extraordinary. The second half was mind-blowing. Ah. Extraordinary expertise. I can't explain, can't put it into words, but it was terrific.
Event Attendee Reading
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KalaSudha Composer
Our browser-based notation editor is open for testing. Read the introduction, try the tools and share feedback.
About KalaSudha
A social enterprise. A shared purpose.
Founded by Rajeev Kumar and Shabd Pyari in 2023, KalaSudha is a family-run social enterprise based in Newham, east London. We put our income back into supporting artists, teaching and the tools that help people discover and practise Indian classical arts.
Work with us
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Are you an artist, teacher, maker, educator or organiser? Tell us what you would like to create, teach or host.
From a first conversation to an agreed project, we start with the people, purpose and practical details. Explore opportunities for collaboration and see which areas are still developing.
Events in
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Kala Festival and our concerts have brought musicians and listeners together in these places.
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