Sajda – FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN PERFORMING ARTS

Upcoming Event Date

Wednesday, 17th Aug, 2022

Bharat Ratna: Satyajit Ray, Ustad: Vilayat Khan

Nehru Centre , 8 S Audley Street London, WIK 1HF ( Kindly arrive by 6.00 pm. )

ABOUT

SAJDA FESTIVAL SEASON 3

This festival, presented by State Bank of India, UK and with cultural partner, Nehru Centre London (cultural wing of Indian High Commission, UK) will showcase different performing arts. This festival offers its tribute to artists, musicians and music lovers.
Sajda is determined to continue bringing top notch curated content, whilst staying editorially independent, multicultural, and inclusive.

Pt Jayateerth Mevundi

Evening of classical compositions(khayal), abhangs and bhajans

Gayatri Asokan

Gayatri Asokan is a singer who has made her mark in Indian film music , Hindustani classical and ghazal genres . She started training in Carnatic music at a very young age from Sri Nedumangat Shashidharan, Sri Mangat Nateshan and Sri Vamanan Namboodori . After finishing her Masters in Literature , she started training in […]

Ananda (a.k.a. Anand Sundaram)

AnanDa hails from an illustrious musical family, starting with his forefathers, who were court musicians in King Saraboji’s durbar in Tanjore. Patnam Subramania Iyer, one of the doyens of Carnatic music is AnanDa’s great-great grandfather. His father and uncles were all Carnatic musicians. He however went the Hindustani way! He specialises in Mohan Veena, a […]

ESME WARD

Director, Manchester Museum

CRAIG PRUESS

Sitarist, Musician & Composer

PT. RONU MAJUMDAR

Indian Flute Maestro

BHAWANI SINGH SHEKHAWAT

CEO , Trustee Akshay Patra UK, Europe

NIHIRA JOSHI DESHPANDE

Singer | Composer |
Music producer

SALEEL TAMBE

Tabla Maestro |
Wildlife Photographer

GEETHA BALSARA

Cultural Impressario | Writer |
Corporate Trainer | Anchor

ANI KAPREKAR

Life & Executive Coach I
Storyteller I Actor I Host

ANANDI IYER

Music Enthusiast I
Entrepreneur I Communicator

Rahul Laud is a senior journalist and an amateur musician with a cumulative experience of over three decades working in different countries including India. He is currently the Consultant Associate Editor at Asian Lite International in UK. He is also the Curator and Researcher of the Indian Influencers List, Greater Manchester.

Rahul learnt the tabla under the guidance of late Pt Sadanand Amonkar in India. Recently he led an introduction to Tabla workshop at the Band on the Wall in Manchester for children. He is familiar with artistes and Hindustani and Bollywood music and plays different Indian rhythm instruments.

He has been actively associated with the Band on the Wall activities in engaging with the Indian diaspora and also helped organising the impact of semi classical music on popular film music for the ROOTS segment at the Blue Dot festival at Macclesfield in 2019.

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Contact Us

RAHUL LAUD

CURATOR AND PRODUCER

curator@sajdafestival.com

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