Freedom Festival
3 day classical and folk music festival to commemorate 75 years of independence
To commemorate India’s glorious 75 years of Independence, the Indian Music Experience Museum presents Freedom Festival – a weekend festival featuring stalwart musicians of India, from the Karnatic, Hindustani and folk genres from 26th – 28th August 2022. The festival will see thirteen concerts in total. Highlights include performances by Padma Vibhushan Umalayapuram Sivaraman, Padma Bhushan Sudha Ragunathan, Langa musicians from Rajasthan etc.
Date and Venue:
26th August, MLR Convention Centre
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27th August MLR Convention Centre
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28th August IME Museum
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| Day 1 - 26th August | Venue: MLR Convention Centre |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Karnataka Folk | Dollu Kunitha |
| 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM | Inaugural Carnatic Concert | RK Padmanabha (vocal) - C N Chandrashekar (violin) - C Cheluvaraju (mridangam) | ASN Swamy (khanjira) |
| 7:15 PM - 8:30 PM | Karnatic Concert | Sandeep Narayan (vocal) - Vittal Rangan (violin) - Padmavibhushan Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (mridangam) - Giridhar Udupa (ghatam) |
| Day 2 - 27th August | Venue: MLR Convention Centre |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon | Bengali Folk | Bhawaiya Music Group Led by Himadri Devi |
| 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Karnatic Veena Concert | Dr. Sahana SV (veena) - KU Jayachandra Rao (mridangam) |
| 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Karnatic Concert | Spoorthi Rao (vocal) - Janardhan Srinath (violin) - Vinod Shyam (mridangam) - Sunaad Anoor (kanjira) |
| 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM | Karnatic Concert | Padmabhushan Vid. Sudha Ragunathan (vocal) - Embar Kannan (violin) - Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (mridangam) - R. Raman (morsing) |
| 7:15 PM - 9:00 PM | Rajasthani Folk | Desert Music of Western Rajasthan led by Kasam Khan Langa |
| Day 3 - 28th August | Venue: Indian Music Experience Museum |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30PM | Dhrupad Workshop |
| 11.00 AM - 12.00 Noon | Bengali Folk | Baul Gaan by Girish Khyapa |
| 12.15 PM - 1.30 PM | Hindustani Concert | S Akash (flute) - Keshav Joshi (tabla) |
| 3.30 PM - 4.45 PM | Jugalbandi | Krithika Sreenivasan (Karnatic vocal) - Aditi Krishnaprakash (violin) Deepikaa Sreenivasan (mridangam) - Vibhavari Hegde (Hindustani vocal) - Satish Bhat (harmonium) - Yogeesh Bhat (tabla) |
| 5.15 PM - 7.00 PM | Karnatic Concert | Dr. S. Sowmya (vocal) - Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) - HS Sudhindra (mridangam) |
| 7.15 PM - 9.00 PM | Hindustani Dhrupad |