Presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with South Asia Institute, South Asia Classical Music Society and People of Rhythm Productions.

Ragamala: The 10th Annual Indian Classical Music Festival

8 ensembles of 18 musicians, 14 hours straight! An all-night celebration of Indian Classical Music

Fri, Sept 30 6pm - Sat, Oct 1 8am, 2022

Now entering its tenth year, the highly celebrated all night, annual Indian classical music showcase is taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of World Music Festival: Chicago. Located in Preston Bradley Hall, under the largest Tiffany Dome in the world, the Ragamala Indian classical music showcase has grown into a festival of its own in many ways.

Attracting hundreds of music lovers and curious musical explorers who get to experience Indian classical music in a unique, all-night setting like they do in India, where artists are able to showcase rarely performed music and Ragas, which normally do not get featured at a typical Indian classical concert. Like all previous Ragamala events, both Hindustani classical music, which is from the northern region of India and Pakistan and Carnatic classical music, which is from the southern region of India are featured throughout the all night musical affair. Both systems have their own styles of playing and instrumentation.

Ragamala consistently features and highlights the work and artistry of well known established Indian classical artists, alongside younger, exceptionally gifted musicians who are carrying on the long historied musical tradition. Over 100 Indian classical musicians and dancers have performed for Ragamala since its inclusion and in many cases artists are making their Chicago and Midwest debut performances or creating special jugalbandi (duets) projects to premiere at Ragamala each year.

The 2022 Artist Line Up

Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar)

Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri)

Ojas Adhiya (tabla)

Roopa Mahadevan (vocal)

Sruti Sarathy (violin)

Rohan Krishnamurthy (mridangam)

Anupama Bhagwat (sitar)

Amit Kavthekar (tabla)

Indrajit Banerjee (sitar)

Rupak Kulkarni (bansuri)

Hindole Majumdar (tabla)

Mysore Manjunath (violin)

Patri Satishkumar (mridangam)

Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)

Suhail Yusuf Khan (sarangi)

V.K. "Flute" Raman (flute)

Manik Khan (sarod)