If one were to ask me for my fav things about Bangalore, the first in the list would undoubtedly be its vibrant arts scene. And one of the loveliest and the most large scale showcases of the same, the Bengaluru Habba, kicks off its 9th edition today. From today to the 22nd of January various venues in Bangalore shall have free-for-all events catering to almost every category of art lovers – music, theatre, films, dance.. Below is the schedule of just the musical part of the Habba. You can see the complete schedule here. So while you figure out what event to go to, I am off to watch Sanjay Divecha’s Acoustic Jazz concert at UB City.
The Jazz and Rock festival is to be held at UB City Amphitheatre, Vittal Mallya Road.
13-Jan 7:00 PM Sanjay Divecha Duet (Acoustic Jazz)
13-Jan 8:30 PM Moon Arra (Jazz)
14-Jan 7:00 PM Caesar’s Palace (Rock)
14-Jan 8:30 PM Bhoomi (Rock)
15-Jan 7:00 PM Infusion (Jazz)
15-Jan 8:30 PM Warren Mendonca & Blackstrat Blues (Jazz Blues)
16-Jan 7:00 PM Farenheit (Rock)
16-Jan 8:30 PM Live Banned (Rock)
17-Jan 7:00 PM Groove #3 (Jazz)
17-Jan 8:30 PM Chronic Blues Circus (Jazz Blues)
The classical music festival, called Sangeetha Sambramha – Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Vedike, is at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Kumarakrupa Road
13-Jan 6:30 PM Kum. Aditi Prahalad Rao (Carnatic Vocal)
13-Jan 7:30 PM Pandit Vidyabhushan (Dasavani)
14-Jan 6:30 PM Smt.Lakshmi Natraj Kum. Vidya Nagaraj, Mysore (Carnatic Vocal)
14-Jan 7:30 PM Shri Prakash Sontaki on Hawaian Electric Guitar Dr. Jyotsna, London on Violin (Jugalbandi)
15-Jan 6:30 PM Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Dharwad (Hindustani Vocal)
15-Jan 7:30 PM Ustad Umakant Gundecha & Ustad Ravikant Gundecha – Dhrupad Vocal, accomapnied by Igino Brunoli – Saxophone, Virginia Nicoli – Silver Flute & Akhilesh Gundecha – Pakhawaj
16-Jan 6:30 PM Smt. Madhavi Ganesh Prasad, Bhadravati (Carnatic Vocal)
16-Jan 7:30 PM Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Carnatic Saxophone)
17-Jan 6:30 PM Shri Sanjiv Korti, Bijapur (Sitar)
17-Jan 7:30 PM Shri Parameshwara Hegde (Hindustani Vocal)
18-Jan 6:30 PM Shri H. R. Vinay & Shri K. V. Krishna Prasad (Carnatic Vocal)
18-Jan 7:30 PM Shri Sridhar Sagar – Saxophone Shri Bharath -Flute (Jugalbandi)
19-Jan 6:30 PM Kum. Malasri Kanvi & Shri Kumar Kanvi, Gulbarga (Vachana Gayana)
19-Jan 7:30 PM Shri Chintan Vikas & Group, Mysore (Janapada)
20-Jan 6:30 PM Smt. Sridevi Kalasad, Dharward (Hindustani Vocal)
20-Jan 7:30 PM Ustad Rais Khan, Pune Ustad Hafiz Khan (Sitar)
21-Jan 6:30 PM Kum. Varija Shree & team (Fusion)
21-Jan 7:30 PM “Baa Illi Sambhavisu” Songs dedicated to Shri C. Aswath Design & Direction – Shri Sudarshan (Sugama Sangeetha)
