Kabir Cultural Centre collection

Poster advertising a performance of Illuminations at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, Canada. Features Kartik Seshadri on the sitar and Arup Chattopahdyay on the tabla. Kartik Seshadri is sitar player, composer and teacher of Indian classical music. He was born in 1957 in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. He is a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar and the director of the Indian Classical Music… more

Poster advertising a performance of Flights of Melody at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Ulhas Kashalkar, Suresh Talwaklar on the tabla, and Sudhir Nayak on the harmonium. Ulhas Kashaklar is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was born on January 14 1955 in the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra, India. He is a gold medalist from Nagpur University and has… more

Poster advertising Geeta Chandran's recital of Satyam Shivam Sundaram – In search of Eternity! at the D.B.Clarke Theatre, Montreal, Quebec. Geeta Chandran is a Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist from India. She is a student of Swarna Saraswathy among others. She is the founder and president of Natya-Vriksha, an organization devoted to promoting Bharatanatyam dance. more

Poster advertising an instrumental performance at the D.B.Clarke Theatre, Montreal, Quebec. Features Shahid Parvez on the sitar and Vineet Vyas on the tabla. Shahid Parvez Khan is a sitar player. He was born on October 14, 1954 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He is a student of the Etawah Gharana (school) and is the great grandson of Imdad Khan, one of the school's founders.… more

Poster advertising a performance of North Meets South at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, Canada. Features Hindustani vocals by Dr. Vinay Bhide, carnatic vocals by Dr. K.S. Narasiah, Vineet Vyas on the tabla, Dr. Satish Salgar on the harmonium, Anjana Srinivasan on the violin, and Saravanan Sundararajan on the mridangam. Dr. Vinay Bhide is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was a student of Ustad… more

Poster advertising a performance of Sufi Eternal at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Canada. Features Farid Ayaz and Abu Mohammed leading a Qawwal ensemble. Farid Ayaz was born on November 13, 1952 in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, India. He is a Pakistani Sufi devotional singer. Abu Mohammad, also a Sufi devotional singer, is Farid's younger brother. Together they lead a Qawwal… more

Poster advertising the screening of P. Seshradi's 2004 film Beru at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec. The 2004 Indian drama film Beru (Root) is primarily intended as a cautionary tale. Following an ensemble cast of characters facing various moral conflicts, the film examines the potential dangers of an inefficient administration and observes the ways which societal stagnation and public… more

Poster advertising a performance of Music for Mind & Soul at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, Canada. Features vocals by Shirin Sengupta, Ranajit Sengupta on the Sarod, and Sbuhajyoti Guha on the tabla. Shirin Sengupta is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist from Kolkata, India. She has been a student of Sri Subhrojyoti Chakraborty, Pandit A.T. Kanan, Pandit Arun Bhaduri, and Pandit Ulhash Kashalkar… more

Poster advertising the screening of two films at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec in celebration of International Non-Violence Day. The films screened are James Cameron's 1978[?] documentary Gandhi and Orlando Bagwell and Noland Walker's 2004 documentary Citizen King. Gandhi originally aired on June 6 1963[?] as the third episode of the of documentary series Men of Our Time. Directed… more

Brochure advertising Abhinava Dance Company's performance of Ojhas at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Quebec. Features choreography by Nirupama and Rajendra, associate choreography by Guru Kumudini Lakhia, and music by Praveen Rao and Pravin Ghodkindi. Features dances in both Kathak and Bharatanatyam styles. Abhinava Dance Company is a dance troupe from Bangalore, South India that was… more

Poster advertising a 3-day series of events on the historical poet Kabir held at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. The first is a screening of Shabnam Virmani's 2008 documentary Had Anhad: Journeys with Ram and Kabir followed by a panel with Indian filmmaker Shabnam Virmani held at the Birks Heritage Chapel. The second is a panel discussion on Kabir: Word, Sound, and Image held in the… more

Poster for a performance of Gandharva at St. George's Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Sumitra Guha, Nikhil Tikekar on the tabla, and Asaf Mirza on the harmonium. A Gandharva is one of an order of divine beings in Dharmic Religion. The men of this order play music while the women are dancers. In Hinduism, they are musicians in service to the Devas. Sumitra Guha is an… more

Brochure advertising a performance of classical music at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Quebec. Features Irshad Khan on the sitar and surbarhar and Hindol Majumdar on the tabla. Irshad Khan is a sitar and surbahar player and vocalist based in Mississauga, Ontario. Considered a child prodigy, Khan has been performing publicly since the age of 7. He is also the founder/president of the… more

Poster advertising Musique Multi-Montreal's world music show at Outremont Theatre, Montreal, Quebec. On April 16, acts include Small World Project, Montreal Guitar Trio, and Solorazaf. On April 17, acts include Anuradha Pal and her band, Stree Shakti. Small World Project is a pop band from Montreal. Montreal Guitar Trio, or MG3, is a classical guitar ensemble from Montreal. Solo… more

Poster advertising the performance of Dhrupad signing at the Town Hall at Bonsecours Market, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha and Akhilesh Gundecha on the Pakhavaj. The Gundecha brothers were Indian classical singers of the dhrupad genre. They were from the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ramakant Gundecha died in 2019 of a heart attack. After his… more