Vocal, Sarangi, Violin, Sarod, Tabla, Sitar and many more

Darbar Festival - A Tribute to Ustad Gurmit Singh Ji

Peepul Centre, Leicester - Friday 3rd to Sunday 4th March

A great line up of India's top artists, including Pt Jasraj, Pt Swapan Chaudhuri, Kala Ramnath and many more

An unprecedented opportunity to enjoy a weekend of Indian Classical music

Click here for details

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CHAKRA - Indian Classical Quartet (Sarod, Violin, Mridangam, Tabla)

Colchester Arts Centre
Church Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NF

Thursday 16th March ...... 8.00pm

Box Office - 01206 500900
£10.00 / 8.00

An exotic night of melody and rhythm
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Double Bill Tabla Solo - Sanju Sahai / Subhankar Banerjee

Saturday 25th February ...... 7.00pm - 10.30pm

Nishkam Civic Association
6 Soho Rd, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9BH

Box Office: 0121 446 4312

£8.00 / 6.00
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Double Bill Tabla Solo - Shabaz Hussain / Yogesh Samsi

Sunday 12th March ....... 5.00pm - 8.30pm

Nishkam Civik Association
6 Soho Rd, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9BH

Box Office: 0121 446 4312
£8.00 / 6.00

Bikram's Rhythmscape Tour 2005

Colchester Arts Centre ............... Wed 20th July (7.30 pm) , Church St, Box Office: 01206 500900

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London......... Thu 21st July (7.45pm) (with special guest artist Taufiq Qureshi, Ustad Zakir Hussain's younger brother)
Supporting act - Chakardar Tabla Ensemble - - Tribute to the late Ustad Gurmit Singh Virdee
Box Office: 08703 800400 Click here to book online

Bradford (Oriental Arts)..................Fri 22nd July (7.30pm).............Alhambra Dance Studio, Morley St. Box Office: 01274 432000
Gateshead (Gem Arts)......................Sat 23rd July (7.30pm) ........Caedmon Hall, Prince Consort Rd, Box Office: 0191 4404124
Nottingham Mela............................Sun 24th July (Afternoon) .......Forest Recreation Ground .......................Info: 01159 422478

Yogesh Samsi - Tabla Solo (FREE EVENT)
Bhartividya Bhavan, Kensington, London

11th June 2005 2.30pm

Chakardar is proud to support the 5th annual celebration in memory of Ustad Allarakha

Allarakha Foundation presents 'In Harmony with Tradition'

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Rahul on Santoor with Ustad Zakir Hussain and Fazal Qureshi on Tabla

Sam-Yo! performance (Chakardar Students)

29th April 2005 at 7:30pm

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

Tickets - £15 £20 £25 - box office 08703 800 400
or book online at www.rfh.org.uk

Chakardar "Full Throttle!" Performance

Tabla Ensemble

Ramgharia Community Centre
Ulverscroft Road
Leicester
Tel 0116 270 9550

Saturday 19th February 2005

5:00 - 5:30pm

The South Asian Music Summer School
(including the Chakardar Tabla Summer School)

Following on from the huge success of the 2003 Chakardar Summer School, Chakardar partners up to give you an unprecedented opportunity to stay with the greatest Tabla, Instrumental and Vocal teachers in the world,

Come - gain five complete days of intensive tuition on Tabla, vocal or almost any instrument in pleasant surroundings.

UKs leading South Asian Music Summer School

South Asian Music Summer School - Chakardar in Partnership with SAMC and SAMYO UK
Residential and non residential

Pandit Shankar Ghosh - Tabla
Bikram Ghosh - Tabla
Gurmit Singh Ji - Tabla
Harkirat Singh Ji - Tabla
Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty - Vocal
Dharambir Ji - Sitar
Mehboob Nadeem - Sitar, santoor, dilruba, sarod etc

Please note that there is no facility offered for beginners in the vocal & instrumental training.

Wed 18th Aug - Sun 22nd Aug

Hockerill Anglo European College,
Dunmow Rd
Bishop Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 5HX
(Nr Stansted)

£250.00 residential / £200.00 non-residential / £50.00 for day courses

Tabla - beginners, intermediates and advanced welcome.
Instrumental and vocal - grade 5 and above welcome.

Tabla teachers would also find this highly beneficial.

Contact for info: harkirat@chakardar.com

Information on what the school will provide - click here

For Enrolment Form - click here

For post enrolment information - click here

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Chakardar Summer School Concert

Tabla Duet - Pt Shankar Ghosh and Bikram Ghosh
Kathak Dance - Sujata Banerjee with Sanju Sahai on tabla and Chandra Chakraborty vocals
Supporting performance by the Summer School students

Sat Aug 28th ..... 4 - 6 pm
Paul Robeson Theatre, Treaty Centre, Hounslow, Middx
Box office .... 0845 4562840 / 07714 065078

Bikram's Rhythmscape Tour
Colchester Arts Centre ............... Sun 1st Aug 2004 (7.30 pm)
Gt Bardfield, near Stansted ......... Mon 2nd Aug 2004 (Doors open 6.30, concert starts 7.30)
Southend on Sea ...................... Wed 4th Aug 2004 (7.30pm)
Barcelona ............................... Sat 7th and Sun 8th Aug 2004 (4.00 pm)

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Allarakha Foundation event - Tabla Talks
Ustad Zakir Hussain
A unique opportunity for students and lovers of percussion to come face to face with the master of tabla,
in a unique question and answer session. Followed by a live tabla solo performance.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London SE1.
18th July - 6.00pm
Tickets - £15.00, £20.00 (consessions for students and senior citizens)
Box Office - 08703 800400.........Book online www.rfh.org.uk
This event is part of Rhythmsticks Festival

Chakardar Tabla Solo and Workshops: Yogesh Samsi (one of Ustad Allahrakha's top disciples)

Tabla Solo ..... Sat 19th June ....7.00 - 10.00pm ......Ramgarhia Hall, 159 The Broadway, Southall
Tickets: £12.00 / £10.00 (Tickets are available by phone, from Bina, Jas Musicals Southall and Ramgarhia Sabha, Southall)

Lecture Demo ........ Hitchin .................. Fri 11th June ....... Contact Ranjeet on 01462 851480
Tabla Workshop .....Stoke on Trent .....Sat 12th June .......Contact Amrik on 01782 657771
Tabla Workshop .....Milton Keynes ......Sun 13th June ......Contact Jagdeep on 01604 767900

For tickets and details, please contact Harkirat on 07714 065078 or e mail harkirat@chakardar.com

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Anindo Chatterjee - Tabla Solo(a Chakardar event)
Sat 13th July 2002, 7 pm - 10 pm
Paul Robeson Theatre, Treaty Centre, Hounslow

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Bikram Ghosh (a Chakardar event)
Tabla Solo
Sat 6th July, 7pm
Newhampton Arts Theatre, Wolverhampton

Chakardar Tabla Workshops

Pt. Anindo Chatterjee & Bikram Ghosh(a Chakardar event)
SOUTHALL: Sun 14th July, 2 pm
Guru Nanak Sikh Primary School
Springfield Road
Hayes (off Uxbridge Road)

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Bikram Ghosh(a Chakardar event)
LEICESTER: Sat 20th July, 11 am,
Sanatan Community Centre,
Rushey Pavilion, Harrison Road,Rusheymead
Leicester

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Bikram Ghosh(a Chakardar event)
ESSEX: Sun 21st July, 11am
James Hornby School, Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon

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Nina Burmi
Hindustani Vocal - - Sat 15th June
Stoke Place, Stoke Poges
Bookings: 07740 075365 / 07850 852896 / 07798 811312

SMT. LAKSHMI SHANKAR
In Celebration of her 75th Birthday and 50 years of performing
Tabla: Partha Sarathi Mukherjee
Sarangi: Ramesh Mishra
Saturday 13th October 2001 6.30pm
The Bhavan, 4A Castletown Road, London W14
Booking: 020 7381 3086 / 020 7731 4153

Chakardar ensemble performance with Surinder Sandhu (sarangi)
at NEC Birmingham 26th & 27th August 4.30-5.30pm

By popular demand NINA BURMI (A Chakardar event)
Protege of Ustad Dilshad Khan
Acccompanied by Bikram Ghosh
Fri 29th June 2001
Cramphorn Theatre Chelmsford
Supported by the Chelmsford Arts Council

BIKRAM GHOSH - TABLA SOLO (A Chakardar event)
Sat 16th June, 2001
Paul Robeson Theatre, Treaty Centre Hounslow
Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 BOX OFFICE - 020 8583 2345
or buy from Chakardar - 01376 348852
Supported by the Asian Music Circuit

BIKRAM GHOSH TABLA WORKSHOPS (A Chakardar event)
Following on from the highly successful workshops in 2000, the 2001 workshops gave a chance for tabla
students to gain taleem from a great maestro. Bikram's charismatic and easy going personality, made these workshops very productive.
Supported by the Asian Music Circuit, Southend Sikh Society and Guru Nanak Sikh School

ESSEX: - Sun 17th June 2001 - 10am
James Hornby School
Leinster Road
Laindon, Basildon

LEICESTER- Sun 24th June 2001 - 11am
Sanatan Community Centre
Rushey Pavilion
Harrison Road
Rusheymead. Leicester

SOUTHALL - Sat 30th June 2001 - 2 pm
Guru Nanak Sikh Primary School
Springfield Road
Hayes (off Uxbridge Road)

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR - Sitar
(Daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar)
Sunday 10th June - 7.30pm
Civic Theatre - Chelmsford
Supported by the Asian Music Circuit

"Classical Vocal" by Nina Burmi including other artists from India on Tabla and Sitar Saturday 7th April, Rotunda Community Centre, Southall
Supported by the Chelmsford Arts Council

"TABLA SOLO" - 17th Feb 2001 Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (A Chandam/Chakardar event)

"INDIA MEETS PERSIA" Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank - 15th Feb 2001 Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri -
Tabla, Ken Zuckerman - Sarod Hussein Alizadeh - Tar, Madjid Khaladj - Tombak
Regents Park, London - July 2000 Beck
Theatre, Hayes - Saturday 3 June 2000
Supported by the Asian Music Circuit

Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - Saturday 13 May 2000. Check out the review! (A Chakardar event)
Supported by the Chelmsford Arts Council