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#darbarfestival | “In Harry Potter, there’s a wand choosing scene where the wand and its user need to have a connect. The sitar too broadly works in a similar style” (Niladri Kumar)
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Learn more about the music:

Niladri Kumar is known for his expansive modern sitar style, stretching the boundaries of classical music. Trained under his father, a disciple of Ravi Shankar, he was recognised as a prodigy. He has since developed an extraordinary technical command of his instrument, complete with dextrous double stops, whispering string bends, and rapid taans [fast improvised lines]. He makes forays into film composition and is the inventor of the ‘zitar’ - a curious hybrid of electric guitar and sitar. Today he tours extensively with Zakir Hussain’s groups as well as a solo artist. Hear more of Niladri here:
-Bhimpalasi | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyplT2u9K8
-Shree | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xy3j2EiVPw
-Explaining his unique sound | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cVvGNwxs6c

Kafi is a midnight raga, derived from North Indian folk forms. It is based on the swaras SRgmPDnS - a pattern once considered to be a ‘home scale’ reference point for Hindustani theory. Carnatic Raga Kharaharapriya and the Western Dorian mode use the same notes, which also form the basis for other popular ragas such as Bhimpalasi and Bageshri. But the modern Kafi is distinguished from these ragas by its versatility, usually taking a ‘Mishra’ [mixed] form with notes from outside the scale (in fact it is rare to hear a ‘pure’ rendition of it). Hear more of Mishra Kafi here:
-Nityanand Haldipur (bansuri) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSLaFnuzhE

Recorded by Darbar in 2014, at London’s Southbank Centre:
-Niladri Kumar (sitar)

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