Yamini (music festival)

Yamini is an annual Indian classical music festival in Bangalore, organized by Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY) and hosted at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).[1][2][3]

Yamini
Logo of the festival
GenreIndian classical music festival
Dates25-26 January
(annual)
Location(s)Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Organized byyamini-iimb.in
Koodiyattam performance by Margi Madhu

Structure

The annual music event is being held for more than 7 years. The event is generally held in open air inside IIMB campus at the night before India's republic day and runs from dusk to dawn (6pm to 6 am).[4][2] According to SPICMACAY, the primary organizers, the goal of the festival is to introduce and promote Indian classical music and arts amongst the young generation.[5]

Performers

In the last few years the organizers invited many Indian classical musicians and performers. Some of them are—

YearPerformersFieldReferences
2012Ashwini Bhide DeshpandeHindustani vocal[2]
Kala RamnathHindustani violin
Alarmel ValliBharatnatyam
Shashank SubramanyamCarnatic flute
Madurai T.N. SeshagopalanCarnatic vocal
2013Malavika SarukkaiBharatnatyam[6][7]
Vishwa Mohan BhattMohan Veena
Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi VijayalakshmiCarnatic violin
Wasifuddin DagarHindustani vocal
Bombay JayashriCarnatic vocal
2014L. SubramaniamViolin[4][8]
Hyderabad brothersCarnatic vocal
Kaushiki ChakrabortyHindustani vocal
Tarun BhattacharyaSantoor
Konark Natya MandapGotipua dance
2015DhananjayansBharatnatyam[9]
Parveen SultanaHindustani vocal
Nityanand HaldipurHindustani flute
Ganesh and KumareshViolin
Nithyasree MahadevanCarnatic vocal
2016Hariprasad ChaurasiaHindustani flute[10]
Jayanthi KumareshCarnatic Veena
Margi MadhuKoodiyattam
SaketharamanCarnatic vocal
Gundecha BrothersDhrupad

References
  1. "IIM-B to host music festival". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. "Sunset to sunrise". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. "Music and dance extravaganza at IIM-B". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. "Musical Night". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. "Yamini 2015 @ IIMB". SPICMACAY. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. "Music concert at IIMB". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. "Yamini 2013". Margazhi. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. "A fest from dawn to dusk". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  9. "Yamini 2015". Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. "Yamini: All-night classical music festival at IIM-B". Citizen Matters. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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