KalaSudha in Cambridge

KalaSudha presents live Indian classical music in Cambridge, England, and lists each concert on its Cambridge page with a link to book. To hear when the next Cambridge date is set, read how to hear about new Cambridge concerts.

KalaSudha has presented concerts at West Road Concert Hall, Lee Seng Tee Hall at Wolfson College and Cambridge Junction. For the artists, see which artists have played Cambridge.

Press Register for updates on KalaSudha's Cambridge page at kalasudha.com/place/cambridge to hear when KalaSudha sets a new Indian classical concert date in Cambridge. Each new Cambridge concert appears on that page with its booking link.

Past Cambridge concerts have brought Pandit Debasis Chakroborty on Indian slide guitar, Mehboob Nadeem on sitar, the raga pianist Deepak Shah, and Ustad Akram Khan, Dr Sam Evans and Durjay Bhaumik on tabla. See which artists have played Cambridge for the full line-ups.

KalaSudha has brought these artists to Cambridge: Pandit Debasis Chakroborty on Indian slide guitar, the raga pianist Deepak Shah, Mehboob Nadeem on sitar, and Ustad Akram Khan of the Ajrada gharana, Dr Sam Evans and Durjay Bhaumik on tabla.

At West Road Concert Hall in 2023, Pandit Debasis Chakroborty and Deepak Shah played with Durjay Bhaumik on tabla. At Lee Seng Tee Hall, Wolfson College, in 2025, Pandit Debasis Chakroborty, Deepak Shah and Ustad Akram Khan played as the Trinity Trio. At Cambridge Junction in 2026, Mehboob Nadeem opened on sitar, with Ustad Akram Khan and Dr Sam Evans on tabla.

Yes. KalaSudha's online academy offers classes in every discipline of Indian classical music, and keeps adding specialised courses and teachers. The courses are hybrid. When enough learners in Cambridge sign up, KalaSudha brings physical workshops and summer camps to Cambridge, so you can learn online and in person.

KalaSudha has already taught in the city: on Sunday 21 September 2025, the raga pianist Deepak Shah led a three-hour workshop on ragas in Cambridge, open to anyone with no prior knowledge.

For workshop levels, see what level our workshops suit, and to catch new dates, see how to hear about new KalaSudha concerts in Cambridge.

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 and KalaSudha in Cambridge.

On a KalaSudha concert day at Cambridge Junction, Indian classical music lovers in Cambridge have time to meet. They talk in the interval and after the music, and the musicians usually stay to talk with them.

One Cambridge concert day opened with a three-hour workshop on playing ragas on the piano, open to anyone with no prior knowledge. When enough learners in Cambridge sign up, KalaSudha brings physical workshops and summer camps to Cambridge. Press Register for updates on the Cambridge page to hear about new dates.