Ragas Live 2020 kicks off TONIGHT, and we have the schedule for the festival right here for you! Tune in!!!!!!

*NOTE: All programming has been shifted 12 minutes forward, as there was a technical issue; please adjust schedule accordingly

SATURDAY

7PM Raga Maqam: Amir ElSaffar with Brooklyn Raga Massive - Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NYC, USA

Amir ElSaffar - trumpet / santoor, Arun Ramamurthy - violin, Hamid Al-Saadi - vocal, Abhik Mukherjee - sitar, Zafer Tawil - oud / percussion, Dena ElSaffar - viola / joza, Tim Moore - percussion, Firas Zreik - kanun, George Ziadeh - oud, Jay Gandhi - bansuri, Naseem Alatrash - cello, Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam, Roopa Mahadevan - vocal, Trina Basu - violin, Mari Tanaka - tanpura / sruthi box, Directed by Adrien H. Tillman. Raga Maqam is produced by The India Center and Brooklyn Raga Massive

8PM Dhun Dhora featuring the Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan - Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Dayam Khan - harmonium, lead vocals, Sardar Khan - Sindhi Sarangi, additional vocals, Ghafoor Khan - khartal, Chanan Khan - dhol, Swaroop Khan - dhol, dholak, Sattar Khan - dhol-cheepm Pyaru Khan - dhol-cheep. Presented by Jodhpur Riff

9PM Andy Statman - B'nai Jeshurun, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Andy Statman - clarinet, mandolin, Jay Gandhi - bansuri, David Ellenbogen - guitar, Directed by Adrien Tillman. Produced with the support of B’nai Jeshurun

10PM Zakir Hussain - SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA, USA

Zakir Hussain - tabla, Rakesh Chaurasia - bansuri

11PM Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo - El Clavo, Venezuela

Betsayda Machado - lead vocals and shakers, Adrian "Ote" Gomez - vocals and culoe' puya, Oscar Ruiz - vocals and shakers, Nereida Machado - vocals, shakers and dancing, Blanca Castillo - furruco, Jose Gregorio Gomez - chorus and charrasca, Asterio Betancourt - quinto and culoe' puya, Nelson Gomez - pujao, cumaco, paila and dancing, Youse Cardozo - conga, cumaco, paila and culoe' puya

SUNDAY

12AM Alam Khan - San Rafael, CA, USA

Alam Khan - Sarod

1AM Swapan Chaudhuri & Ali Akbar College of Music Tabla Ensemble - San Rafael, CA, USA

Swapan Chaudhuri (Tabla Solo); Jim Santi Owen - Tabla, Morsing, Kanjira, Nilan Chaudhuri - Tabla, Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam, William Rossel - Tabla

2AM Krishna Mohan Bhatt - Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Krishna Mohan Bhatt - sitar, Mir Naqibul Islam - tabla, Mari Tanaka - tanpura

3AM Parvathy Baul - Kamardanga, West Bengal, India

Parvathy Baul - vocals, ekthara, duggi, nupur

4AM Charumathi Raghuram & Anantha R. Krishnan - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Charumathi Raghuram - violin, Anantha R. Krishnan -mridangam

5AM Flute Shashank - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Flute Shashank- flute, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - violin, Patri Satish Kumar - mridangam

6AM Gaurav Mazumdar - New Dehli, India

Gaurav Mazumdar - sitar

7AM Womanly Voices of Jodhpur RIFF - Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Sumitra Devi - vocals, harmonium, Ganga & Sundar - vocals, Mohini Devi - vocals, Susheela - khartal, manjira, Shyam Rao - manjira, Asin Khan - sindhi sarangi, additional vocals, Sadik Khan - dholak

8AM Roopa Mahadevan - Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Roopa Mahadevan - vocal, Arun Ramamurthy - violin, Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam

9AM Ask Hafiz - Rubin Museum of Art, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Sahar Muradi - poetry, Malini Srinivasan - dance, Haleh Liza Gafori - vocals, Trina Basu - violin, Rich Stein - percussion, Chris Hoffman - cello

10AM Abhik Mukherjee & Samarth Nagarkar Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Abhik Mukherjee - sitar, Samarth Nagarkar - vocals, Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla

11AM Mysore Nagaraj and Karthik Nagaraj - Mysore, Karnataka, India

Mysore Nagaraj - violin, Karthik Nagaraj - violin, Tumkur Ravishankar - mridangam

12PM 3G: Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh & Swaminathan - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vikku Vinayakram - ghatam, V. Selvaganesh - drum kit, Swaminathan - Kanjira, konnokol

1PM Prince Nepali - Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prince Nepali - sarangi, Vibha Saran Nepali - tabla

2PM Toko Telo - Mangily, Madagascar

Monika Njava - voice, percussion, Teta - guitar, voice, Jean Piso - accordion, voice

3PM Toumani Diabate - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire & Derek Gripper - Cape Town, South Africa

Set 1: Derek Gripper, guitar; Set 2: Dr. Toumani Diabate - kora, Ahmed Diabate - kora, Balla Diabate - kora

4PM Arun Ramamurthy & Jay Gandhi - Rubin Museum of Art, NYC, USA

Arun Ramamurthy - violin, Jay Gandhi - bansuri, Vivek Pandya - tabla, Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam

5PM Brooklyn Raga Massive: In D - DiMenna Center, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Neel Murgai (sitar, composer, conductor), David Ellenbogen (guitar, composer), Jay Gandhi (bansuri, composer), Abhik Mukherjee (sitar, composer) Aaron Shragge - trumpet, Andy Statman - clarinet & mandolin, Arun Ramamurthy - violin, Charlie Burnham - violin, Damon Banks - bass, David Ellenbogen - guitar (composer), Galen Passen - sitar, Gwen Laster - violin, Gyan Riley - guitar, Jake Charkey - cello, Joshua Geisler - bansuri, Kane Mathis - kora & oud, Lauren Crump - percussion, Mari Tanaka - tanpura, shruti box, harp, Marika Hughes - cello, Ron McBee - percussion, Roshni Samlal - tabla, Samarth Nagarkar - vocals, Sameer Gupta - tabla, Trina Basu - violin, Tripp Dudley - percussion, Vin Scialla - percussion

6PM Terry Riley - Nihon, Japan

Terry Riley, keyboards and vocals

For more on the festival, head over to the FESTIVAL HOMEPAGE