Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/12/2014
12:00 am
Location
Koothambalam, Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan
Categories
‘Trivandrum Ektara Festival’: a baul performance and a Sufi concert on 14 December, 6.30pm at Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan.
The evening will start off with Shahajia Geethi (Song from the heart), a Baul performance by six singers from Bengal.
Followed by Sufi Kalam of Sindh: a Sufi concert by Madan Gopal Singh
Madan Gopal Singh is a singer of Sufi texts and has sung for films like Kumar Shahani’s “Kasba” and “Khayalgatha” and Mani Kaul’s “Idiot.” As a singer, he travelled with the legendary Kurdo- Persian singer Shahram Nazeri to ancient Sufi towns such as Isfahan, Hamadan & Kermenshah. He also performed at the 2nd Sufi Soul World Music Festival held in Lahore, Pakistan in 2001.Singh was invited to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2002 in Washington as a presenter- performer. In all, he gave/made/conducted 28 concerts, presentations and workshops. He also composed music for the documentary film on Kashmir, “Paradise on a River of Hell” directed by Meenu Gaur and Abir Bazaz.
Madan Gopal Singh will be accompanied by guitarist and banjo player Deepak Castelino; sarod player Pritam Ghosal and multiple percussionist Gurmeet Singh, all four of whom form the group Chaar yaar.
