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

Poster for Constellation Montreal at St. George's Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec. Features Aditya Verma on the sarod, Uwe Neumann on the sitar, vocals by Jonathan Voyer, [unspecified music] by Shawn Mativetsky, and Subir Dev on the tabla. Aditya Verma is a sarod, sitar and tabla player from Montreal, Quebec. He was first trained in the tabla by his father, Dr. Narendra Verma, and Ustad… more

Poster detailing the screening of Safina Uberoi's 2001 documentary My Mother India at Kabir Cultural Centre's Inaugural Film Show in Montreal, Quebec. My Mother India is a documentary film about Patricia Uberoi, an Australian woman who moved to India with her Indian husband and started a multi-cultural family before anti-Sikh tensions pushed her leave with her family to Australia.… more

Poster advertising Kiran Segal And Troupe's performance of Odissi – Classical Dance of India at D.B. Clarke Theatre in Montreal, Quebec. Kiran Segal is an Odissi dancer, choreographer, and guru. She has performed in 42 countries and was the recipient of the Padmashri & Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. more

Poster advertising the screening of Shireen Pasha's 2005 documentary, Hima Remembers at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec. Hima Remembers covers the story of Hima, a woman from Awadh, Northern India, focusing on her relationship with her father, Mohammad Ali Radulvi, and her experiences during the establishment of Pakistan. Shireen Pasha is a writer and director. She was born on February 14,… more

Poster advertising a performance of Soirée de sérénité at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Rajendra Kandalgaonkar, Subir Dev on the tabla, and Rajiv Ulhas Tambe on the harmonium. Rajendra Kandalgaonkar is an Indian classical vocalist. Beginning at the age of 7, he was trained for 18 years by Pandit Vishnu A Ghag, and later became a disciple of Bharatratna… more

Poster advertising a performance of The Magic of Twilight at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Irshad Khan on the sitar and the Surbahar, Subhajyoti Guha on the tabla and Geeta Thakur on the tanpura. 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… more

Poster advertising a performance of Inspiration at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Brij Narayan on the sarod and the Surbahar and Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla. Brij Narayan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. He was born on April 25, 1952. He has been active since 1967. He is the son of Sarangi artist Pandit Ram Narayan and disciple of the sarod… more

Poster advertising the India-Pakistan Music and Dance Show, a fundraising concert for South Asian earthquake relief held at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Features ghazals performed by Akram Butt, classical dance performed by Manasi Jain, geet performed by Deepa Mathur & Hita Raghunathan, Catherine Potter on the bansuri, Jagjit Singh Soni on the tabla and Aditya Verma on the sarod.… more

Poster advertising the screening of Sabiha Sumar's 2003 film Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec. Khamosh Pani takes place in 1979 Pakistan and follows Ayesha, a widow who lives with her adored son Saleem in the village of Charkhi. Ayesha's quiet life is thrown into turmoil when Pakistan is placed under martial law and the directionless Saleem finds himself… more

Poster advertising Duniya Project's performance at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Catherine Potter on the bansuri, Nicolas Caloia on the double bass, Subir Dev on the Tabla, Thom Gossage on drums and John Gzowski on guitar. Catherine Potter was a Canadian bansuri player. She was born on December 25, 1957 in the city of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She studied… more

Poster advertising a double feature screening at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec. The films to be screened are Benares, musique du Gange and Music of Pakistan, both directed by Yves Billon. The films feature beautiful music by Ustad Bismillah Khan, Girija Devi, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and other leading musicians of India and Pakistan. Yves Billon is a documentary filmmaker from France. He was born… more

Poster advertising Down the Memory Lane, An evening of soulful ghazals and delightful Punjabi songs at the Baha'i Centre, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Gurdial Singh Randhawa and Jagjit Singh Sohni on the tabla. Gurdial Singh Randhawa is a ghazal singer. He is originally from the city of Jalandhar in Punjab, India and currently lives in Montreal. He has collaborated with K.L. Saigal,… more

Poster advertising an evening of Serene Classical and Scintillating Folk Music at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan on the sitar and Hindol Majumdar and Mayookh Bhaumik on the tabla. Shujaat Husain Khan is a sitar player from India. He is the son of the sitar maestro Vilayat Khan and a student of the Imdad Khan gharana (school) of sitar… more

Poster advertising a performance of Banaras Bliss at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Rajan Misra and Sajan Misra, Vineet Vyas on the tabla, and Raya Bidaye on the harmonium. The brothers Rajan and Sajan Mishra were a famous duo of singers who performed in the Khyal style of Hindustani classical music. They were part of the Banaras Gharana's (school… more

Poster advertising Bhoomi's performance of Soiree de musique folke terrestre et de musique classique celeste at Centre St. Pierre, Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 1999, Bhoomi, meaning "earth", is a Bengali urban folk music group based in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. Surojit Chatterjee is a singer/songwriter and founding member of Bhoomi. He also plays the guitar and the… more

Poster advertising the screening of Girish Kasaravalli's 2004 film Hasina at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Canada. Hasina is a drama film based on the story Kari Nagaragalu by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq. Hasina, played by Kannada actress Tara, is a wife and mother of three who is expecting a fourth child. Her husband, Yakub, hopes for a son, and the couple have an ultrasound performed to… more

Poster advertising Anjani's Kathak Dance of India's performance of Kathak Dance: Rhythms and movements from North India at D.B.Clarke Theater, Montreal, Quebec. Anjani Ambegaokar is an Indian dancer, choreographer, and educator specializing in the Kathak form of North Indian dance. She studied under Pandit Sundarlaljee Gangani in India and holds an M.A. degree in Kathak dance from the M… more

Poster advertising the screening of Yousuf Saeed's 2007 documentary Khayal Darpan (Mirror of Imagination) at de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Quebec. Khayal Darpan is a documentary film which extensively covers the history of Pakistan's classical music traditions and how they relate to matters of culture, nationality and religion. Yousuf Saeed is an independent filmmaker, researcher and… more