Ranajit Sengupta - sarod, Mainak Banerjee - tabla, Eva Hlinková - tanpura, Divadlo Kampa, Praha, 2019

Upcoming events

Date	Artist	Event type	Venue
23.11.2021	Carsten Wicke / Balázs Virágh	Koncert rudra vina / pakhawaj	Divadlo Kampa, Praha
26.11.2021 - 28.11.2021	Carsten Wicke	dhrupad workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť

Past events

Date	Artist	Event type	Venue
10.9.2021	Arjun Verma / Florian Schiertz / Eva Hlinková	concert sitar / tabla	Divadlo Kampa, Praha
9.9.2021 - 12.9.2021	Arjun Verma / Florian Schiertz	sitar / tabla workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
3.12.2020 19:30	Sebastian Dreyer	concert sitár	online z Divadla Kampa
1.10. 2020	Carsten Wicke / Balázs Virágh	concert rudra veena / pakhawaj	A Studio Rubín, Praha 1
2.10.2020 - 4.10.2020	Carsten Wicke	dhrupad workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
12.11.2019	Sumeet Anand Pandey / Balázs Virágh	concert vocal / pakhawaj	Himalayan Centre Potala, Prague
7.11. 2019	Ranajit Sengupta / Mainak Banerjee	concert sarod / tabla	Divadlo Kampa, Praha
11.10.2019 - 13.10. 2019	Florian Schiertz	tabla workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
19.4.2019 - 21.4.2019	Arjun Verma	sitar workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
19.4.2019 - 20.4.2019	Florian Schiertz	tabla workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
18.4.2019	Arjun Verma / Florian Schiertz / Eva Hlinková	concert sitar / tabla	Divadlo Kampa, Praha
20.10.2018 - 21.10.2018	Florian Schiertz	tabla workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
14.4.2018 - 17.4.2018	Arjun Verma	sitar workshop	Škola jógy, Bašť
13.4.2018	Arjun Verma / Florian Schiertz / Eva Hlinková	concert sitar / tabla / tanpura	Kostel Husova sboru, Praha

What is Indian classical music?

Indian classical music belongs to the oldest continuously developing artistic forms of mankind. In its traditional, authentic style it is deeply related to the teachings of nāda yoga, in which the whole universe is understood as a field of sound vibrations. By means of ancient teachings the Indian classical music applies knowledge of impact of various sound frequencies on our body and mind in order to achieve their harmonization, integration of inner micro-cosmos with outer macro-cosmos.

A key concept in the Indian classical music is rāga, musical form or pattern which resists a simple definition, in which strict rules of its interpretation are magically combined with high degree of performer’s improvisation. Given rāga should evoke specific feelings in the listener, it should tune him/her emotionally – to this end each rāga uses its own tonal set, depending on the time of day and year. Most rāgas are thus associated with specific daytime in which they are supposed to be experienced in order to maximize their effect on the listener’s body and mind.

Concept of rāgas, rhythmic complexity, high number of musical modes (which probably inspired creation of modal jazz), connection between rāga and the daytime, various exotic musical instruments, absence of harmony as we understand it, just intonation, or common use of microtones – these characteristics constitute Indian classical music an interesting counterpart to the western tradition.

About Us

Sargam – Indian classical music society originated at the beginning of 2018 as a non-governmental non-profit organization initiated by the former students of world-known sitarist and nāda yogi Roop Verma, who influenced his students by wonderful ability to combine musical education with spiritual teachings of the East, thereby outlining a possibility of path towards Truth through the music to many Czech people. Basic mission of our organization is to share this joy with as many people in the Czech lands as possible.

So far, our activities have been financially supported by the Czech Ministry of Culture and by the Municipalities of Prague 6 district and Prague 1 district. Events that we organize are also publicly promoted by the Embassy of India in the Czech Republic.

Statutes of the association (Czech language only in pdf)

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