Yamini (music festival)

Yamini
Logo of the festival
Genre	Indian classical music festival
Dates	25-26 January (annual)
Location(s)	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Organized by	yamini-iimb.in

Koodiyattam performance by Margi Madhu

Yamini is an annual Indian classical music festival in Bangalore, organized by SPIC MACAY and hosted at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 Indian classical musicians and performers. Some of them are—

Year	Performers	Field	References
2012	Ashwini Bhide Deshpande	Hindustani vocal	[2]
	Kala Ramnath	Hindustani violin
	Alarmel Valli	Bharatnatyam
	Shashank Subramanyam	Carnatic flute
	Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan	Carnatic vocal
2013	Malavika Sarukkai	Bharatnatyam	[6] [7]
	Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Mohan Veena
	Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi	Carnatic violin
	Wasifuddin Dagar	Hindustani vocal
	Bombay Jayashri	Carnatic vocal
2014	L. Subramaniam	Violin	[4] [8]
	Hyderabad brothers	Carnatic vocal
	Kaushiki Chakraborty	Hindustani vocal
	Tarun Bhattacharya	Santoor
	Konark Natya Mandap	Gotipua dance
2015	Dhananjayans	Bharatnatyam	[9]
	Parveen Sultana	Hindustani vocal
	Nityanand Haldipur	Hindustani flute
	Ganesh and Kumaresh	Violin
	Nithyasree Mahadevan	Carnatic vocal
2016	Hariprasad Chaurasia	Hindustani flute	[10]
	Jayanthi Kumaresh	Carnatic Veena
	Margi Madhu	Koodiyattam
	Saketharaman	Carnatic vocal
	Gundecha Brothers	Dhrupad

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. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
6. "Music concert at IIMB". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
7. "Yamini 2013". Margazhi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
8. "A fest from dawn to dusk". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
9. "Yamini 2015" . Retrieved 7 February 2016.^{[ dead link ]}
10. "Yamini: All-night classical music festival at IIM-B". Citizen Matters. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

External links

• Official website