{"title": "Ustad Kamal Sabri & Ustad Tari Khan: Peace through Music Concert", "start": "2026-11-07T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "£28.38", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://worldheartbeat.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173691866/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/indian/indian-classical"], "description": "A Peace Through Music concert uniting the soulful sarangi and tabla traditions of South Asian classical music. Sarangi maestro Ustad Kamal Sabri and Ustad Tari Khan perform together, presented by World Heart Beat as part of the Silk Road Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ustad-kamal-sabri-ustad-tari-khan-peace-through-music-concer-61537/", "official_url": "https://worldheartbeat.org/whats-on/event/ustad-kamal-sabri-ustad-tari-khan-peace-through-music-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ddef1eabd8b86fbe78f03a4b3e58893df1bb455a6703d3bbc3ab1463badb8585-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Silk Road Festival", "start": "2026-10-03T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://worldheartbeat.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173690581/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk"], "description": "The Silk Road Festival is a series of music concerts at the World Heart Beat venue in London. 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Hussain began learning tabla at five from his father, the vocalist Ustad Mumtaz Hussain, and was later taught by Ustad Faiyaz Khan of the Delhi gharana, Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan of the Punjab gharana and Ustad Allah Rakha. He speaks about what a gharana is, how rhythm operates in Hindustani music, and why different schools produce different sounds, drawing on three decades of performance and teaching. 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Beyond the stage, it explores music and wellbeing through raga meditation, breathwork and Hatha yoga with live esraj, alongside talks and an Indian bazaar of crafts, clothing and jewellery. 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Teacher Kanwal Ahluwalia leads slow flows, deep stretches and strong holds with an emphasis on breath awareness, while Kirpal Panesar plays the raga live on the esraj. The live music gives breathing a natural rhythm and responds to the room as the class unfolds. 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She shares her technique, from bow control as an extension of breath to ornaments like meend and gamak built into full alaap, taans and bandish elaboration. The class, part of Darbar Festival 2026, is open to all instrumentalists and vocalists, with notations shared ahead of the session.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/darbar-the-singing-violin-60609/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-the-singing-violin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/436cb7b4475eaf22b3b88a665fa45009e51e70ee639a0fffcc2a3f51886872fc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Paytap Presents Rubayyat Jahan - live in concert", "start": "2026-11-12T19:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Genesis Cinema", "address": "Mile End Road 93-95, E1 4UJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world"], "description": "A live concert bringing sounds and spirit of the Subcontinent to Genesis Cinema. Paytap presents Rubayyat Jahan, who performs with different countries, stories and musical traditions joining on one stage. At its heart is Bangla, in a celebration of heritage, identity and music's power to bring people together.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/paytap-presents-rubayyat-jahan-live-in-concert-36223/", "official_url": "https://genesiscinema.co.uk/event/115429", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92a988290ba883aae6042050a8731a0a7de6423db1ee7053be4352a2a439a2ab-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Darbar: Raga Meditation with Jason Kalidas & Eartha Love", "start": "2026-10-31T16:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T16:30:00Z", "place": "Frobisher Rooms", "address": "Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS", "price": "£29 (£25 + £4 transaction fee)", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "29.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-raga-meditation-with-jason-kalidas-eartha-love", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "A raga meditation session in which live bansuri and tanpura music guides participants from alert thinking into deep stillness over 90 minutes. Bansuri player Jason Kalidas, classically trained for 26 years and originally a tabla player, creates the melodic landscape, while Eartha Love leads the meditation anchored by the tanpura's continuous drone. Live Hindustani music uses sustained exposure to certain musical frequencies to slow brainwaves from busy beta waves toward calmer alpha and theta waves. The session is part of the Darbar Festival 2026, a festival of Indian classical music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/darbar-raga-meditation-with-jason-kalidas-eartha-love-60608/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-raga-meditation-with-jason-kalidas-eartha-love", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab684ea8ccad10bb0950ce532208750cf468ffb65be36fa68fc08b07d957364c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Balladeste", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Stone Nest", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 136, London", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.stonenest.org/checkout/view-event/id/9032728/chk/a81b48a8a705cddd7b317df10a1f6141/?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical"], "description": "Balladeste is a live concert in which the duo launch their new album Imprints with an immersive in-the-round performance. Balladeste is a long-term collaboration between Preetha Narayanan (violin) and Tara Franks (cello), whose richly textured instrumental music is shaped by contemporary classical, Indian classical, baroque and folk. For this performance they are joined by guest artists Fred Thomas, Tullis Rennie, Debasmita Bhattacharya and Lucine Musaelian, and the night opens with a set from composer, producer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev, founder of Nonclassical.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/balladeste-65385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d169a8e5e725ec388ce5286b5dc6e1b72c939cfcfbda27ddcaa3ba22dddd1e9c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Eventora presents A Musical Evening of Love & Nostalgia by Vineet TRG & Friends", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bhavan", "address": "4A Castletown Road, London, W14 9HE, United Kingdom", "price": "£30/£35", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "music/world"], "description": "An evening of poetry, conversations, original compositions, Ghazals, timeless Hindi classics and Bollywood and English covers in an intimate setting. Vineet TRG & Friends present a tapestry woven with poetry recitations, soul-stirring songs and Hindi film melodies, with Vineet sharing personal anecdotes and reflections tied to his poetry and songs. He is joined by guitarist Atonu Goutam, percussionist Anuj Tawar, singers Sia Sharma and Ankush Jain, and the band Terra Rosa Gypsies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/eventora-presents-a-musical-evening-of-love-nostalgia-by-vin-80501/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09d0047c979cf5eaba1450de442484eb15648e0c0ca53503f84f6d797cec9d9e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hear it Live!", "start": "2026-11-12T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "Free, drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.horniman.ac.uk/21974/22473", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world"], "description": "Hear it Live! is a free, drop-in series of performances and talks at the Horniman Museum, drawing on its musical instrument collection and often featuring its historical keyboard instruments. On 12 November it features Saied Silbak, a London-based Palestinian composer and oud player born in the lower Galilee, performing at Gallery Square. Trained in both classical piano and the oud, he blends Arabic, Turkish, Indian, jazz, and Western classical influences, and has contributed to projects including Ken Loach's film The Old Oak. The series is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which helped restore instruments including a 1668 Neapolitan virginals, an 1777 square piano, and an 1772 Kirckman harpsichord.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hear-it-live-78806/", "official_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/hear-it-live/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5657e667c7a15323ec6cc843eab15a2a63605425f0ca42a4ee5f54b8967946b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Darbar: Exploring the Beauty of Raga Kamas By Jayanthi Ku...", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Frobisher Rooms", "address": "Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS", "price": "£59 (£55 + £4 transaction fee)", "price_from": "55.00", "price_to": "55.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "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.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/darbar-exploring-the-beauty-of-raga-kamas-by-jayanthi-ku-60612/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-exploring-the-beauty-of-raga-kamas-by-jayanthi-ku", "image": "https://noky.io/images/90f77b975ac1702760530b5c0641ae11ed85935286146744ca98ed2a626057ab-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hania Rani 2026", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Festival Hall", "address": "SE1 8XX London", "price": "from £38.06", "price_from": "38.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.enjoy.ly/uk/activity/94331479/hania-rani-southbank-centre-london", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A solo piano concert at the Southbank Centre in London. Composer, pianist and vocalist Hania Rani, whose genre-blending work interweaves classical, jazz and electronic influences, performs an exclusive solo show for Pitchfork Festival, with special guest Brìghde Chaimbeul.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hania-rani-2026-61585/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Darbar: The Benaras Gharana by Sunanda Sharma", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Frobisher Auditorium 1", "address": "Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS", "price": "£24 (£20 + £4 transaction fee)", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/world/indian/indian-classical"], "description": "An intimate masterclass in the Banaras gharana, a tradition of khayal singing where classical technique and emotional truth are inseparable. It is led by Sunanda Sharma, a senior disciple of the legendary Girija Devi and one of the foremost practitioners of the Banaras gharana style. Part demonstration and part conversation, she sings to show how the gharana's approach to raga differs from other schools and how specific melodic phrases and rhythmic choices carry meaning that theory alone cannot convey. The hour-long talk is followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer session with the audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/darbar-the-benaras-gharana-by-sunanda-sharma-60611/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/darbar-the-benaras-gharana-by-sunanda-sharma", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1ad8be705fbd784414a7277ea076a5baba8f9319df0cc81caa8ec97b995296a7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Celebrating Diwali", "start": "2026-11-01T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Albert Hall", "address": "Kensington Gore 4, SW7 2AP London", "price": "Tickets from £40.50 (including fees)", "price_from": "40.50", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memberships/event/2026/celebrating-diwali", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/indian", "occasion/diwali"], "description": "An evening of devotional splendour: a charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall marking Diwali. Celebrating Diwali is presented by Sanatan Events Ltd and unites Kavita Krishnamurti, one of India's most beloved vocalists, with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and acclaimed musicians from India. Rahul Ranade, a film music composer and event designer, has composed arrangements exclusively for this occasion. All proceeds go towards the celebration and preservation of India's sacred cultural heritage for future generations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/celebrating-diwali-65017/", "official_url": "https://www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memberships/event/2026/celebrating-diwali", "image": "https://noky.io/images/102b949739335ac5b80252c9b833f12bb6b8e5d535ba9d576ac8146064b0189c-2000.webp"}]}