Book Indian classical musicians for your festival or venue

A festival can book Indian classical musicians from India by sending an enquiry to KalaSudha, which replies with a proposal and a quote. KalaSudha works with presenters anywhere in the world, in the way that suits each one: we can curate the programme only, or provide a full stage package. For visiting performers, we handle the invitation paperwork and prepare their documents for the visa application.

KalaSudha curates Indian classical music programmes for venues and festivals anywhere in the world, with the artists it promotes. Curation covers the theme and the artistic concept, then the line-up and the running order. We can also manage the artists, including their contracts and travel, or run the stage with your technical team. In your enquiry, tell us the theme or audience you have in mind.

A co-promoted concert with KalaSudha is a shared date: KalaSudha brings the artists, and the partner brings the room and its audience. The date sits in a KalaSudha routing plan, the run of tour dates we schedule for our artists. We agree with the partner who pays what for each date. The usual format is a duo recital, one melody musician with a tabla player, and it can include an artist talk or a demonstration.

KalaSudha can run a whole Indian classical music stage at your festival through its full stage package. The package brings the artists with the equipment and crew to present them, and KalaSudha handles the technical design and safety. A festival with its own technical team can choose a managed stage instead. With a managed stage, we set the production schedule and run the rehearsals, then provide the compere and stage management.

KalaSudha prepares the visa paperwork for the visiting Indian musicians it invites, starting with the invitation and their documents. For the UK, KalaSudha applies for visiting paid performers through the Standard Visitor route for a Permitted Paid Engagement, using its UK invitation. In any other country, we work with the presenter on the visa application there.

A community or faith group can commission a full Indian classical music programme from KalaSudha: a temple, a gurdwara or a community association, as festival organisers and government bodies do. KalaSudha curates the programme from the artists it promotes, manages the artists and prepares the visa paperwork for visiting performers, and runs the stage with your team or as a full stage package. An artist talk or a demonstration can sit alongside the concert. Tell us the occasion, the venue and the audience in your enquiry.

The cost of booking Indian classical musicians through KalaSudha, or of a full concert programme, depends on the artists, the format, the date and travel. What your organisation provides, such as the room, the stage or a technical team, changes the quote too. A full stage package, with the equipment and crew, is quoted as one whole. Send an enquiry and we reply with a proposal and a quote. Part of every fee goes to the KalaSudha artists development fund, which pays for concerts, releases and the promotion of the art forms.

KalaSudha arranges collaborations between the Indian classical musicians it promotes and jazz, folk or other musicians for festivals. We pair the artists and shape the programme with you. Tell us in your enquiry which musicians or styles you have in mind.

A venue with funding commissions a season of Indian classical music from KalaSudha as one programme: a run of concerts under a theme you choose together, drawn from the artists KalaSudha promotes. KalaSudha manages the artists, prepares the visa paperwork for visiting performers and, if you wish, runs the stage. Tell KalaSudha your budget, the period and the audience you want to reach, and it replies with a proposal and a quote for the whole season, concert by concert.

A council, an arts body or a cultural trust commissions an Indian classical music programme from KalaSudha the way a festival does. KalaSudha designs the programme around your community and your aims, with concerts, artist talks, demonstrations and workshops in the venues you name, and with projects in local schools where you want them. It curates the artists, manages them, prepares the visa paperwork and can run the stage. Send an enquiry with the brief, and KalaSudha replies with a proposal and a quote.