KalaSudha in Venice
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini announced a khayal concert, north Indian classical singing, for its Sala degli Arazzi on San Giorgio Maggiore on 7 July 2023. Register for KalaSudha's Venice plans.
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On the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Fondazione Giorgio Cini announced Indian classical music in Venice for Friday 7 July 2023: a khayal concert in the Sala degli Arazzi. Its Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies set the evening up as a guided listening to ragas. Khayal, the press release explained, takes its name from Persian and grows from the singer's skill in improvising melodies on a raga. The day before, a live-streamed interview with the singer on the foundation's YouTube channel prepared the audience for the concert.
Venice is on KalaSudha's map for future concerts and workshops by top-class Indian classical musicians. In our Venice listings you will see who performs and in what form, such as khayal singing or an instrumental recital.
Singers can study khayal online with a live teacher at the KalaSudha academy, and players can learn the harmonium. Their instructors build these courses with KalaSudha, and top educationists vet them. A workshop in Venice needs local interest and a suitable place before we can plan it, and none is booked. Press Register for updates for news from Venice.
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How the stage is set
In a khayal concert the solo singer sits at the centre. The Cini notes placed the tabla, a double drum, on her right and the harmonium on her left.
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The harmonium's echo
The harmonium is a reed organ fed by air. In khayal it follows the singer's melody and repeats it straight after her, as the Cini release explained.
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A lighter piece to close
The Cini concert was set to end with a short piece outside khayal, such as a thumri or a bhajan, a devotional song. That closing piece changes the mood after the main raga.