2014 year (ear) for music!!!

2014 year (ear) for music!!!

Year 2014 was a good year for music lovers in UAE. There were a number of concerts.

The ones that I attended are:

1. Nirvana 2014- Zhakir Hussein, Taufiq Qureshi, Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan & Niladri Kumar.
2. Jyoti Hegde (Rudraveena+Sitar) and Mrinalini Kotur (Sitar).
3. Upendra Bhat (Vocal).
4. Rajprasad Dharmadhikari (Tabla).
5. Betal zalet sur (Vidamban geete).
6. Shujat Khan (Sitar) & R. Prasanna (Guitar).
7. Amman Ali Khan (Sarod) and Ayyan Ali Khan (Sarod).
8. Dr. Kavita Gadgil (Vocal).
9. Kum B. Lakshmi Surya Teja (Vocal).
10. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri).
11. Padmini Rao (Vocal).
12. Ajay-Atul (Vocal).
13. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) & Rahul Sharma (Santoor).
14. Padmaja Phenany-Joglekar (Vocal).
15. Shubha Mudgal (Vocal).
16. Gulzar: Baat pashmine ki (Vocal).
17. Satish Vyas (Santoor).

And then there were some that I could not attend viz:

1. Kabir by Padmashree Pralhad Tipanya (Vocal)
2. L. Subramanian & Ambhi Ductac (Violin)
3. Sitar fusion by Chirag Katti (Sitar)
4. Rashdi Khan (Vocal) and Shahid Parvez (Sitar)
5. Laya raga sangamam by Sthree Thaal Tharang at Sudanese club (Instrumental)
6. Upendra Bhat (Vocal)
7. Srivalasan G. Menon (Vocal) Carnatic
8. Kathakali (Dance)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU.