The 14th Annual All-Night Concert!
Friday, September 25 - Saturday, September 26
Ragamala: A Celebration of South Asian Classical Music
Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
6 p.m. - 8 a.m.
ALL FREE
Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with People of Rhythm Productions, South Asian Classical Music Society (Chicago), South Asia Institute, and Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, North America
2026 Schedule....
6:00-7:00 p.m.: (Carnatic / Hindustani)
University of Chicago’s South Asian Music Ensemble
Friday, September 25 at 6 PM
Starting things off for the night and making their Ragamala debut are also the largest ensemble to date on our stage. University of Chicago’s own South Asian Music Ensemble, under the longtime direction of vocalist Minu Pasupathi (a Ragamala Alumni performer herself) and gifted sarod player Pramantha Tagore. The ensemble will start at 6pm for a performance featuring a wonderful selections of Hindustani and Carnatic ragas. Featured members include 3 vocalists, 5 instrumentalists and 2 percussionists. Some of Chicago’s absolute finest musicians represented and we are all in for a musical treat.
Vocals:
Minu Pasupathi
Shruti Kannan
Tomal Hossain
Instrumentalists:
Sonny Patel, bansuri
Pramantha Tagore, sarod
James Sudd, bass guitar
Ronnie Malley, oud
Lucia Thomas, violin
Percussion:
Harsha Bharati, Mridangam
Midhhun Ajikumar, Mridangam
7:30-9:00 pm: (Hindustani)
Dr. Ratish Tagde, violin; Lokesh Anand, shehnai; Hindole Majumdar, tabla
9:30-10:45 p.m.: (Carnatic)
Maalavika Sundar, vocal; Vijay Muralidharan, violin; Sai Ragavan; mirdangam; Payannur Govinda Prasad, morsing.
11:15 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.: (Hindustani)
Lyon Leifer, bansuri flute; Nitin Mitta, tabla. (Honoring Lyon’s 80th Birthday)
1:00-2:30 a.m.: (Carnatic)
L. Shankar, double violin & vocals; Selvaganesh Vinayakram, kanjira, mridangam; Amit Kavthekar, tabla, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, kanjira, ghatam.
3:00-3:45 a.m.: (Hindustani)
Radhika Samson, surbahar; Tejas Tope, pakhawaj.
3:45-4:30 a.m.: (Hindustani)
Ramanan Venkatraman, hansaveena; Tejas Tope, tabla.
5:00-6:15 a.m.: (Carnatic)
Saraswathi Ranganathan, veena; Swaminathan Selvaganesh, kanjira; Sai Ragavan, mridangam; Payannur Govinda Prasad, morsing.
6:45-8:00 a.m.: (Hindustani)
Samarth Nagarkar, vocal; Praneet Marathe, harmonium; Tejas Tope, tabla.
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