1983: Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allarakha - at the prestigious Opera Comique, Paris, France
1985: Ustad Bismillah Khan - at the Autumn Festival, Madrid, Spain
1985: Pandit Ravi Shankar & Ustad
Ali Akbar Khan in a jugulbandhi, Smt. Lakshmi
Shankar, L.
Subramaniam - in an all-night concert in Montpellier, France
1985: Ustad Bismillah Khan, Pandit
Shivkumar Sharma, Ravikiran - European
tours in collaboration
with the Festival of India in France and the Autumn Festival of Paris
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“Words are inadequate to express your wonderful efforts... for
making (the show) professionally successful and personally satisfying”
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1987 - Ustad Bismillah Khan - at the Festival Estival de Paris (Paris Summer Festival)
1987: Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pandit
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ravikiran:
in the second all-night
concert in Montpellier, France
1988: Pandit Ravi Shankar - a major
concert to commemorate the 40th anniversary of India’s
independence in Paris, France
1988: Pandit Shivkumar Sharma - to
felicitate Henri Cartier-Bresson, the noted photographer in an
event under the patronage of M. Francois Mitterand, President of France in Paris,
France
1988: Smt. Joya Biswas - in a live
TV performance to celebrate Fete de la Musique (International
Music Day) under the patronage of M. Jack Lang, French Minister of Culture,
in Paris, France
1988: Rohinton Cama - major performance
in the prestigious Musee Guimet (Museum of Oriental
Arts) in Paris, France
1992: Pandit Ravi Shankar & 1993:
Ustad Bismillah Khan - 2 prestige concerts to commemorate
Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary at the Nehru Centre of the
Indian High Commission,
London, UK
1993: Ustad Bismillah Khan: at the
British Museum (Gallery of Oriental Antiquities) & the South
Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK
1994: Shri Gokulotsavji Maharaj -
at the Autumn Festival of Lille, France and the Festival of Sacred
Music, Germany
1997: Smt. Sulochana Brahaspati &
Maharajapuram Ramachandran - in a series of
lec-dems for Spic
Macay (UK)
1997 & 1998: Smt. Lakshmi Shankar
& 1999: Swapnasundari - For Multiculti’s
series ‘Women in
Tradition’, South Bank Centre, London, UK
1998: Begum Parveen Sultana - to commemorate
the year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary
of India’s independence, High Commission of India, London, UK
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“It is always ... memorable to work with you... your complete involvment
is incomparable”
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1997 & 1999: Malavika Sarukkai - at the South Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK
2000 - Ustad Zakir Hussain and the
Masters of Percussion, South Bank Centre, (Royal Festival
Hall), London, UK
2001: Begum Parveen Sultana - South
Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK
Smt
Lakshmi Shankar - Bhavan in London. Organised in celebration of her
75th birthday and 50 years of performing.
Malavika Sarukkai (Bharata Natyam) – Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
2004: Smt. Lakshi Shankar – Two performances at the Auditorium du Musee Guimet, Paris, France
2005: Gauri Sharma Tripathi (Kathak) & musicians – Two performances at the Auditorium du Musee Guimet, Paris, France
2006: Smt. Lakshmi Shankar – South Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK. Organised by Navras Records in celebration of her 80th birthday and 25 years of collaboration with Sargam
2007, 2009, 2011: All India concert tours by Patricia Rozario (soprano), Charles Owen (piano), Mark Troop (piano), Dhilan Gnanadurai (baritone), Alistair Digges (tenor), Joanne D'Mello (soprano) & Susanna Hurrell (soprano)
2009: Setting up of ‘Giving Voice to India’, an ongoing vocal training course in India by Patricia Rozario (soprano) and Mark Troop (piano)
2010: Malavika Sarukkai (Bharata Natyam) – South Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK as part of ‘Alchemy’, a south-Asian festival organised by SBC
2011: Begum Parveen Sultana (Hindustani Vocal) – South Bank Centre (QEH), London, UK as part of ‘Alchemy’.
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“Thank you so much for taking such wonderful care of me ... for
all the opportunities you have given me to broaden my dancing experiences”
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ALSO: The best of vocal music: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit C.R. Vyas, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Ustad Dilshad Khan, Geetha Raja Sargam’s committment to dance: Smt. Darshana Jhaveri/Latasana Devi, Parvati Nair, Viji Prakash, Geeta Radhakrishna, Gauri Sharma Tripathi Encouragement of younger talent: Aswathi Tirunal Rama Varma, Nina Burmi, Mythili Prakash, Seetha Nandakumara, Bimbavati Devi The finest of the sarod: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan,
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Rajeev Taranath, Parthosarathy |
“I think sometimes, I think as to why we don't have a word which
goes beyond the golden word 'thank you' ”
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