# Darbar: Exploring the Beauty of Raga Kamas By Jayanthi Ku...

Darbar: Exploring the Beauty of Raga Kamas By Jayanthi Ku... at Frobisher Rooms, Sunday 1 November 2026, 15:30.

- Price: £55
- Venue: Frobisher Rooms, Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
- With: Jayanthi Kumaresh
- Get tickets: https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register
- Go to page: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-exploring-the-beauty-of-raga-kamas-by-jayanthi-ku

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An intimate masterclass on Raga Kamas, part of Darbar Festival 2026. It is led by Jayanthi Kumaresh, one of the foremost veena artists of her generation, playing the saraswati veena. She opens up the raga's lakshana, signature prayogas and gamakas, and shows how a structured alapana is built phrase by phrase. Students also learn Muthuswami Dikshitar's kṛiti Santana Gopalakrsnam, exploring fingering techniques, kalpanaswara, neraval and manodharma on the veena.

## Dates

- Sunday 1 November 15:30 — Frobisher Rooms

Written by a model, sources: [barbican.org.uk](https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-exploring-the-beauty-of-raga-kamas-by-jayanthi-ku)

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