The first Indian world music festival. Udaipur World Music Festival, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, February 13 & 14, 2016. The two-day event will take place throughout Udaipur, a monumental city in Rajasthan in western India known as the city of lakes.
Udaipur World Music Festival is a multi-venue music festival, cutting across several genres of music that will bring together more than 100 global artists and ensembles from over 12 countries, including Spain, Ghana, Venezuela, Italy, France and India among many others. The festival also marks the celebrations of 60 years of the diplomatic relations between Spain and India.
The lineup in this inaugural year includes one of the most popular fado singers from Portugal, Carminho, who will be performing for the first time in India.
French multi-instrumentalist and composer Mathias Duplessy will collaborate with exceptional Rajasthani vocalist Mukhtiyar Ali from the semi-nomadic community called Mirasi from the Thar Desert.
The thrilling passion of flamenco will be represented by one of the best Flamenco groups Tamara & Fernando (Tamara Lucio and Fernando Jiménez), presenting Paso A Dos from Spain.
Stage 2 will feature pan-African beat music vocalist, dancer and percussionist Dobet Gnahoré, a Grammy award winner from the Ivory Coast. The evening will conclude with ne of the most popular fusion rock bands of India – The Raghu Dixit Project.
Day 2 begins with a fusion of Sufi and Gospel music Sonam Kalra &The Sufi Gospel Project. Moroccan Saharan artist Oum will present a style rarely seen in India.
The evening will also feature instrumental Spanish Flamenco guitar by one of the finest guitarists in Spain, Jose Maria Gallardo Del Rey.
Family Atlantica will showcase a mix of Afrobeat, Venezuelan music and cumbia. The Festival will conclude on a high note with Indian rock fusion band: Papon and the East Indian Company.
The goal of this global music gathering is to establish an annual signature event in Rajasthan and at the same time establish Udaipur as a major destination for world music in South Asia.
Udaipur World Music Festival is presented by Hindustan Zinc in association with Wonder Cement and Rajasthan Tourism and conceptualized and produced by Seher.
Line up:
Day 1: February 143h, 2016
Stage 1: Afternoon (2pm-5pm)
Venue: Fatehsagar Paal
1. Artist: Aleksandar Simic, Saskia Rao – de Haas, Shubhendra Rao
Genre: Instrumental Trio
Country: Serbia, Netherlands, India
2. Artist: Carminho
Genre: Fado
Country: Portugal
3. Artist: Mathias Duplessy & Mukhtiyar Ali
Genre: Fusion of Sufi & French music
Country: France & India
Stage 2: Evening (6pm-10pm)
Venue: Railway Training Institute Ground
1. Artist: Tamara & Fernando. Paso A Dos.
Genre: Flamenco music and dance
Country: Spain
2. Artist: Dobet Gnahoré
Genre: Pan-African roots music
Country: Ivory Coast
3. Artist: The Raghu Dixit Project
Genre: Fusion Rock Band
Country: India
Day 2: February 14th, 2016
Stage 1: Afternoon (2pm-5pm)
Venue: Fatehsagar Paal
1. Artist: Sonam Kalra & The Sufi Gospel Project
Genre: Fusion of Sufi & Gospel music
Country: India
2. Artist: Jose Maria Gallardo Del Rey
Genre: Spanish guitar (instrumental)
Country: Spain
3. Artist: Italy Meets India
Genre: Jazz Fusion
Country: India & Italy
Stage 2: Evening (6pm-10pm)
Venue: Railway Training Institute Ground
1. Artist: Oum
Genre: Moroccan Saharan soul
Country: Morocco
2. Artist: Family Atlantica
Genre: Afro Beat, Venezuelan, Cumbia
Country: Venezuela & Ghana
3. Artist: Papon and the East India Company
Genre: Fusion Rock Band
Country: India
Where: Fatehsagar Paal & Railway Training Institute Ground – Udaipur
When: 13th & 14th February 2016 (Saturday & Sunday)
Entry – Open to Public
Timings:
Session in Afternoon: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session in Evening: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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