Posters

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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. Akram Butt is a published poet, music composer and formally trained vocalist. He is a disciple of the Patiala Gharana (school) of Hindustani classical music and sings ghazal, geet and semi-classical composition. In Pakistan, he was a staff artist at Radio Pakistan and Pakistan TV. Manasi Jain is a student of the Bharatanatyam form of Indian classical dance who was born in Montreal, Quebec. She is a member of the Kabir Cultural Centre and a reputed junior artist who performs extensively in Montreal and other cities. She also has a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Deepa Mathur is a vocalist who sings geet. Hita Raghunathan is a trained singer of Hindustani music, ghazals and bhajans who lives in Montreal, Quebec, where, according to the Kabir Cultural Centre, she is "arguably the most popular South Asian singer". Catherine Potter was a Canadian bansuri player. She was born on December 25, 1957 in the city of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She studied the bansuri in India with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. She was the founder of the Duniya Project music ensemble. She died on December 3, 2010. Jagjit Singh Soni is a tabla player and instructor. He was born and raised in the city of Batala in Punjab, India and now lives in Brampton, Ontario. He began learning tabla at the age of 4. He holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Drumming Marathon, having played 110 hours of tabla for five days and four nights straight. 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 Zakir Hussain. in 1987, Aditya moved to India where he studied North Indian classical music in the tradition of the Maihar Senia Gharana (school). He has also studied under the sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and the sarod players Ustad Aashish Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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 maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Abhijit Banerjee is a tabla player from India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 4. He has accompanied top-ranking luminaries of Indian classical music and was a disciple of the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He also founded and established the Dhwani Academy of Percussion.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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 is also the founder/president of the Universal Academy for Musicians. In addition to actively performing, he also conducts workshops, lectures and master classes in various educational institutions. Subhajyoti Guha is a tabla player from Kolkata, India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 5 and is a disciple of the acclaimed tabla maestro and trainer Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. He has been performing since 1992 and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including the President's Award from All India Radio. Geeta Thakur is a tanpura player.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi of the Kirana Gharana. He is also the principal of the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Pune, India. Subir Dev is a tabla player and member of Duniya Project. He was born in Bangladesh and later moved to Montreal, Canada. He studied North Indian classical music under Dr. Narendra Verma and now provides instrumental accompaniment to many artists from India. Rajiv Ulhas Tambe is a reed organist who accompanies senior classical vocalists. He also runs a music academy in the neighbourhood of Chinchwad in Pune, India where he teaches harmonium, tabla and classical vocals.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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, 1946 in the city of New Delhi in Delhi, India. She is known for her documentaries and has been active since 1980.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

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. Safina Uberoi is an Australian-Indian filmmaker known for directing documentaries. She has been active since 2001.