SigaramTV-IndianLink Festival of Indian Music in Australia,2006

(FIMA 2006)

Presenting the exotic and mystical musical forms of India

August 2006

Tickets on sale date: Friday 19 May 2006

CHARINDAA, the organisation that presented the Indian music “event of the year” for 2005, “The Qantas-SigaramTV A. R. Rahman Tour of Australia, 2005”, has put together an exciting Festival of Indian music for 2006.  CHARINDAA brings an outstanding array of famous artistes together for a unique celebration of Indian music; a confluence of different styles of Indian music; an enchanting weekend of music.

India is home to many genres of music and in 2006, CHARINDAA offers you a taste of some of these through CHARINDAA’s SigaramTV-IndianLink Festival of Indian Music in Australia, 2006 (FIMA 2006). FIMA 2006 promises to have something in it for all music lovers.

CHARINDAA (Charities through Indian Arts in Australia) is a no-frills Australian not-for-profit organization that mobilises funds for various charities through the vehicle of promoting Indian Arts events in Australia.  CHARINDAA’s aim is to raise a total of $1 million over 10 years (commencing January 2005) for assisting and supporting a variety of Australian and international charities.

CHARINDAA’s FIMA 2006 will raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation and The East West Overseas Aid Foundation. In keeping with CHARINDAA's focus of presenting talent with a pan-Indian appeal, FIMA 2006 is going to be a unique celebration of several genres of Indian music – classical, popular, semi-classical, meditative and feet-tapping. Over two weekends in August, audiences in Sydney and Melbourne are going to get a chance to experience over 25 famous artistes from India present a variety of Indian music styles.

Classical Indian music has been regarded as the most theoretical of all the art forms because of its stimulating and enlivening blend of art as well as science. While Indian classical music stresses conformity, discipline and acoustic accuracy, its beauty lies in the immense freedom that it allows performers to improvise. Indian classical music is melodious and is filled with rhythm and delicate nuances. Classical music in India is categorized under two genres: Hindustani, developed in North India and Carnatic Music which is indigenous to the South of India. Much of Indian music derives from classical traditions.

FIMA 2006 promises to engage music enthusiasts all over Australia.

• The headline event of FIMA 2006 is a Fusion or Crossover Music concert by the Colonial Cousins who play an exquisite brand of catchy music that draws from Western rock and jazz traditions while being firmly anchored in Indian classical and folk idioms. The music is going to be a mix between the meditative, engaging and toe-tapping jazz styles.
• FIMA 2006 presents classical Carnatic vocal music in the form of the ebullient Sanjay Subrahmanyan. Compositions in Carnatic music are structured in different raga-s with a strong accent on rhythm and lively melodic patterns. The music is gripping, lively, contemplative and dazzling.
• On the Friday evening of FIMA 2006, we can also enjoy an “Artistic Conversation” between two of the most famous instrumentalists of our time. We call this a Jugalbandhi concert featuring Dr Ramani (playing the South Indian flute) and Dr Rajam (playing the North Indian violin). This promises to be an engaging and exciting artistic/musical dialogue between two towering artistes communicating musical thoughts across different artistic idioms.
• FIMA 2006 concludes with a stirring North Indian semi-classical Ghazal concert by Hariharan, one of the most versatile singers in India today. Ghazalis an Arabic word, which literally means “talking to women”. The Ghazal tradition is currently practiced in Persia, Pakistan and India. Although the ghazal deals with the whole spectrum of human experience, its central concern is love. The music is meditative and serene, the language is undeniably poetic.

 

FIMA 2006 promises to be an enthralling journey through the land of music and its transformation from its classical and more specialised forms to the more modern and casual beats of Indian-pop-Jazz. It is bound to be a weekend offering special treats to music lovers and a wonderful initiation into Indian music for the whole family!

More information:  www.charindaa.org

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