Morning events, Music, World

The UK-based musician from Ghana performs a mix of world, jazz and funk.

UK-based Dr Rajput, a disciple of the illustrious North-Indian vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is one of Britain's most talented classical vocalists. Rajput returns to the Darbar Festival after his sublime concert in 2009. Here he presents poetic morning ragas to ease you into the day. Two brilliant musicians…

Mehboob Nadeem performs morning raga melodies in a rare mehfil-style concert. A third-generation musician Nadeem is considered to be one UK's finest sitarists with his pure rendering of the raga. Bahra provides both sensitive and exhilarating accompaniment on the tabla. Performers *Mehboob Nadeem*** sitar…

This weekend workshop explores the ancient methods that Sufis have used to experience music as a spiritual practice and prayer.

Kulkarni-Patil is India's most sought after, young virtuoso of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas, the distinguishing feature of which is simplicity. The Agra and Gwalior Gharanas gained popularity during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542 - 1605). In this, Kulkarni-Patil's debut UK concert, she presents these…

Composers as varied as Debussy, Messiaen, Reich and Bjork have taken inspiration from gamelan music, and now you can learn to play this beautiful Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra at Southbank Centre. Regarded as one instrument played by lots of people, the gamelan generates rich, sonorous and mesmerising sounds.

A two-day festival inspired by Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, including music from Soumik Datta, Flux and Glorious Chorus, a talk by Nitin Sawhney on Ravi Shankar and dance performances from Aakash Odedra and his company.