Friday, September 29 - Saturday, September 30, 2023

Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music

Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall,

78 E. Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602  

6pm-8am

All Free, All Ages

The 11th annual, all-night concert featuring 8 performing ensembles and featured artists starting at 6PM until 8AM under the world’s largest Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall. Presented by Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events as part of the city’s annual World Music Festival. Presented in collaboration with South Asia Institute, People of Rhythm Productions and South Asian Classical Music Society.

Schedule of Events:

6:00pm - 7:15pm: (Carnatic)
Unfretted featuring Sruti Sarathy, violin; Vishaal Sapuram, chitravina; Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, mridangam

7:45pm - 9:00pm: (Hindustani) 
Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar; Amit Kavthekar, tabla 

9:30pm - 10:45pm: (Carnatic)
Ramakrishnan Murthy, vocal; Charu Mathi Raghuraman, violin; NC Bhadradwaj, mridangam

11:15pm - 12:30am: (Hindustani)
Max ZT & Kunal Gunjal, santoor duet; Amit Kavthekar, tabla 

1:00am - 2:15am: (Carnatic)
Akkarai Sisters: Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi, violin; Akkarai S. Sornalatha, violin; Sankaranarayanan, mridangam; Vijay Ganesh, mridangam

2:45am - 4:00am: (Hindustani)
Jai Sovani, vocal; Giri Aigalikar, tabla; Praneet Marathe, harmonium

4:30am - 6:00am: (Carnatic)
Saraswathi Ranganathan, veena; Raghavan Sai, mridangam

6:30am - 8:00am: (Hindustani) 
Lyon Leifer, bansuri; Hindole Majumdar, tabla