BAAJAA GAAJAA 2012 Music from 21st Century India Ishanya, Pune, India 10 - 12 Feb 2012

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Festival Directors and Curators: Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan Festival Marketing: Moes Art Festival Managed by: Livewire Events Festival Technical Team Coordination: Nandu Nimbalkar Festival Graphic Design, Production and Concept: Red Earth (www.redearthindia.com) Illustrations: Anupa Dasgupta Festival Decor: Kalpesh Kamath Master of Ceremonies: Rahul Vohra Website Development and Maintenance: Akshay Chauhan Audio Consultant: Nitin Joshi Light Consultant: Sunil Shanbag Publicity: Moes Art Printed at: New Jack Printing Press, Mumbai

Contents
Festival Info
Schedule at a Glance Venue / Entry / Contacts Note by Festival Curators Acknowledgements Friends of Baajaa Gaajaa Messages Partners 6-7 8 9 10 11 12-13 14-20

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Programme Info
Showcase Performances Open Stage 1 Schedule Open Stage 2 Schedule Music Conclave Schedule 22-25 26 27 29

Miscellaneous
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Schedule at a Glance
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Schedule at a Glance
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BAAJAA GAAJAA 2012 MUSIC FESTIVAL SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES AMPHITHEATRE

TIME
6:30 PM 7.00 pm -10 pm

OPEN STAGE 1 GAAJAA 2012 Friday BAAJAA Feb 10, 2012 MUSIC JALSAGHAR FESTIVAL
7:00 PM

DATE

TIME

ACTIVITY
Inauguration

PARTICIPANTS
Chief Guest: Javed Akhtar (Eminent poet, film personality, and Member of Parliament) Adil and Vasundhara / Pink Noise / Soulmate

VENUE
Amphitheatre Amphitheatre

TIM

FEB

7.30 pm -10 pm

Songs for Papa Rock: A tribute to Amit Saigal (concert)

11 am

DATE
Friday Feb 10, 2012

ACTIVITY
Inauguration Songs for Papa Rock: A tribute to Amit Saigal (concert)

PARTICIPANTS
Chief Guest: Javed Akhtar (Eminent poet, film personality, and Member of Parliament) Adil and Vasundhara / Pink Noise / Soulmate

VENUE TIME
Amphitheatre

DATE TIME ARTISTE

Friday Saturday
7:00 PM 11am-1 pm

ACTIVITY

11 am-11.45 am

Feb 10, FEBRUARY 11, 20122012 Feb 11, 2012

Inauguration Open Stage Jalsaghar As per Jalsaghar schedule personality, and Member of Parliament) Classical and folk performances

VOCAL PARTICIPANTS / GENRE / INSTRUMENTAL Akhtar (Eminent poet, film NOTES Chief Guest: Javed

VENUE
Amphitheatre Jalsaghar Amphitheatre Aangan Jalsaghar Aangan Jalsaghar Amphitheatre Aangan Jalsaghar Aangan Jalsaghar Amphitheatre Aangan Jalsaghar Aangan Jalsaghar Amphitheatre Aangan Jalsaghar Aangan Amphitheatre

11.4 TIM

12.1

FEB

Hindustani Classical Ramakant Gaikwad accompanied by Papa Rock: Vocal / Instrumental 7.30 pm -10 pm Songs for A tribute Adil and Vasundhara / Pink Noise / Soulmate Open Stage 11 am-1 pm Pandurang Pawar (tabla) andto Amit SaigalAangan Fusion, As per Aangan schedule Swanand (concert) pop, rock, jazz performances Kulkarni (harmonium)
3 pm-5.45 pm Pung Cholom, Dhol Sanjoy Singh, Ranbir Singh, Sunder Singh, Classical and folk performances Dholok Cholom Neelachandra Singh 3 pm-4.30 pm

11 am 3 pm

11.45 am-12.15 pm 12.15 pm-1 pm 3 pm-3.45 pm

Open Stage Jalsaghar

As per Jalsaghar schedule As per Aangan schedule

Manipuri music

11.4 3.45

11am-1 pm Open Stage Jalsaghar Ujjalendu Chakrabarti accompanied byjazz performances Surbahar As per Jalsaghar schedule Hindustani Classical Saturday pop, rock, Classical and folk performances Pratap Awad Feb 11, 2012 (pakhawaj)

Open Stage Aangan Fusion, MORE STORIES IN A SONG: A

4.30 12.1

Saturday Feb 11, 2012

7.30 pm-9.30 pm

MORE STORIES IN A SONG: A Musical collage of Theatre, Literature and History (musical theatre)

Directed by Sunil Shanbag, Conceptualized by Shubha Mudgal, Research, and music composed and selected by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan

Open Stage Aangan Vocal Fusion, 11 am-1 pm Jaydeep Swadia accompanied by Prashant of Theatre, Musical collage pop, rock, and History Pimpale (dhol and octopad) and Sachinjazz performances Literature Pimpale (tabla) (musical theatre)
3 pm-5.45 pm 3 pm-4.30 pm

7.30 pm-9.30 pm

3.45 pm-4.15 pm 4.30 pm-5 pm 5 pm-5.45 pm

Dilip Das and group

Open Stage Jalsaghar Classical and folk performances

Directed by Sunil Shanbag, Conceptualized by As per Aangan schedule Music music Folk Shubha Mudgal, Research, and of Gujarat composed and selected by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan As per Jalsaghar schedule

5 3 pm

Dhak

Folk Music of Bengal

As per Aangan schedule

3.45

Sunday Feb 12 2012

7.30 pm-9.30 pm

DHAMAAL: A celebration of drumming and percussion styles (concert)

Ambience designed by Sabyasachi / Curated by Aneesh Pradhan

Hindustani Classical (harmonium) Sunday As per Jalsaghar schedule Open Stage Jalsaghar 11 am-1 pm Directed by Sunil Shanbag, Conceptualized by Feb 12, 2012 7.30 pm-9.30 pm MORE STORIES IN A SONG: A Classical and Instrumental Santosh Sant and Amit Kavthekar (tabla),folk performances Shubha Mudgal, Research, andmusic Thematic music Musical collage of Theatre, Ajay Joglekar (key-board), Atonu Gautam History composed and selected by Shubha Mudgal and Literature and As per Aangan schedule Open Stage Aangan Fusion, 11 am-1 pm (guitar) and Deepak Borkar (additional Aneesh Pradhan (musical theatre) pop, rock, jazz performances percussion) - 'Emotions'
3 pm-6.15 pm

Open Stage Aangan Fusion, Pakhawaj Hari Bagade accompanied bypop, rock, jazz performances Vinod Padge

4.30

EN

5 pm

TIM

ENTRANCE - OS 1
Sunday Feb 12, 2012

As per Jalsaghar schedule Open Stage Jalsaghar Classical and folk performances As per Aangan schedule Open Stage Aangan Fusion, As per Jalsaghar schedule Open Stage Jalsaghar pop, rock, jazz performances Classical and folk performances

Date: Feb 12, 2012

GENRE / NOTES

FEB

11 am

EN

3 pm-4.30 pm 11 am-1 pm 7.30 pm-9.30 pm

TIME

11 ARTISTE am-1 pm

Ambience designed by Sabyasachi / Curated by DHAMAAL: A celebration of As per Aangan schedule Open Stage Aangan Fusion, drumming and percussion styles Aneesh Pradhan pop, rock, jazz performances (concert) As per Jalsaghar schedule Open Stage Jalsaghar Classical and folk performances pop, rock, jazz performances DHAMAAL: A celebration of (concert)

VOCAL / INSTRUMENTAL

TIM

11.4

12.1

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

11 am-11.45 am 11.45 am -12.15 pm 12.15 pm-1 pm 3 pm-4.30 pm

3 pm-6.15 pm

FEB

Chintan Upadhyay accompanied by Pratap Vocal (dhrupad) Hindustani Classical As per Aangan schedule * 3 pm-4.30switch off mobile Aangan before entering event venues. Kindly pm Open Stage phones Fusion, Awad (pakhawaj) Prachi Dublay

3 pm 11 am

* Unauthorised photography and audio/video recording not permitted. Vocal Adivasi music of
drumming and percussion styles Aneesh * Programmes subject to change without notice. Pradhan
7.30 pm-9.30 pm

Ambience designed by Sabyasachi / Curated by

11.4

Gujarat

Ravindra Katoti

Harmonium Musical game

Hindustani Classical

4.30 12.1

Venue: Ishanya, Opp Golf Course

Bandish dangal-Aditya Khandwe, Sanjeev

Shastri Nagar, Yerawada, Pune 411006

5 pm 3 pm

Venue / Entry / Contacts

VENUE
Ishanya Opp. Golf Course, Off Airport Road Yerawada Pune 411006 India

Note from Festival Curators

Four years into curating and organizing Baajaa Gaajaa hasnt made the associated joy or anguish any the less. We still spend days and nights obsessing about the festival, making anxious calls to our marketing team waiting for good news on the sponsorships, and frantically tying loose ends only to find that some got away despite our best efforts at being watchful. Before we know it, we are hurtling past team meetings, and press conferences and phone calls and emails, and landing with a thump in the fantastic wonderland of Indian music. When the music begins, the agony is forgotten, at least temporarily, and we join music lovers at the festival in celebrating the magic and mystery that music brings to our lives. In its fourth year, the festival will have the distinction of being inaugurated by acclaimed poet Javed Akhtar, who has fearlessly championed the cause of artistes rights through a proposed amendment of the Copyright Act. This year we have also decided to give the Baajaa Gaajaa Music Festival a companion event in the form of the Baajaa Gaajaa Music Conclave. The music festival features over 40 performances presented by over 100 artistes, while the conclave creates a space for discussion and interaction with experts and leaders from various disciplines. Design and fashion icon Sabyasachi will transform the amphitheater at Ishanya for the concluding performance titled Dhamaal: A Celebration of Drumming and Percussion Styles. As in each preceding year of Baajaa Gaajaa, we feel a sense of thrill and excitement, as we send in this note for inclusion in the festival brochure. And yet, the stress and anxiety that we undergo each year in putting together Baajaa Gaajaa does not diminish in the least. As we do our best each year to curate a festival that truly showcases diversity, patronage for the arts continues to diminish dismally, pushing us closer each year to the brink of taking the heartbreaking decision of discontinuing the festival for lack of adequate funding. Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan (Festival Directors and Curators)

FOR DETAILS
www.BaajaaGaajaa.com / info@baajaagaajaa.com www.twitter.com/baajaagaajaa www.facebook.com/baajaagaajaa

CONTACT INFORMATION
Festival Directors Aneesh Pradhan / anepradh@gmail.com Shubha Mudgal / shubha.mudgal@gmail.com Underscore Records India Pvt. Ltd. Registered Office: 39-B, MIG SFS Flats, Motia Khan Paharganj, New Delhi 110055 www.underscorerecords.com / info@underscorerecords.com Phone: +91-11-23536573; Telefax: +91-11-23546802

ENTRY DETAILS
Entry to the music festival is free and open to all. Entry for showcase performances by passes. Entry to music conclave by invitation only.

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Acknowledgements
Underscore Records Pvt. Ltd. wishes to thank the following for their support to Baajaa Gaajaa 2012 Javed Akhtar Underscore Records team Parul and Sailesh Mehta Baajaa Gaajaa team Sabina Sanghvi Family and friends Ishanya team Music lovers and well-wishers Deepak Fertilizers team Performers at BG 2012 Speakers at BG Music Conclave 2012 Sabyasachi Sunil Shanbag Nitin Joshi Sponsors Partners Friends of Baajaa Gaajaa Jenny Bilfield Naresh Fernandes Modhurima Sinha Priti Patel Abhijit Tamhane Rahul Ram and Indian Ocean Tisha Srivastav Jordan Verzar Sound and Light Professionals Jyotirgamaya Lighting Technology Xylem Papercraft Comperes and presenters Exhibitors Print, electronic and online media

Friends of Baajaa Gaajaa

Aditya Mehta (Sudeep Audio) Ami and Dushyant Dave B. S. Shashidar Bharati and Sudhir Nayak Deepti Pradhan and Suresh Shenoy Harjinder Bhogal Himanshu Verma (Red Earth) Indira and Vijay Broker Jodhpur RIFF Kedar Naphade (Pt. Tulsidas Borkar School of Harmonium) Mona Irani Rahul Vohra Ramesh Ramani Shrinarayan Seksaria Sudev Sheth Sudha Menon Vandana Raghunandan Venkat Narayanan

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Jenny Bilfield
Stanford University

Messages
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Consulting Editor to Time Out If you were to flip through the dial of your FM radio in any Indian city, you could be forgiven for believing that the subcontinent had bowed the diktats of a fascist ruler and dispensed with all its diverse songs to dance to a single sound: the hegemonic tunes of Bollywood. Thankfully, real life is different, as Baajaa Gaajaa demonstrates so conclusively. With Adivasi music from Gujarat to blues from Shillong, from Manipuri music to thumri, Baajaa Gaajaa is a celebration of what it means to be Indian -- to make joyful noises in many rhythms, languages and genres. Congratulations to Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan for pulling this together so lovingly.

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Showcase Performances
VENUE: Amphitheatre ENTRY: By passes TIME: 7 PM on Feb 10, 7.30 pm on Feb 11 & 12 February 10, 2012 Songs for Papa Rock: A Tribute to Amit Saigal Known for his pioneering work in popularising Indian Rock, Amit Saigal touched the lives of several bands across India. This concert featuring three bands, each led by dynamic womens voices, is a tribute to Saigal. Adil and Vasundhara, Pink Noise, and Soulmate, will perform on this occasion.

Showcase Performances
February 11, 2012 More Stories in a Song: A Musical Collage of Theatre, Literature and History English-Hindi - 120 mins After running to packed houses across the country, Stories in a Song that premiered in Baajaa Gaajaa last year returns in a new avatar. Well-known theatre director Sunil Shanbag in collaboration with Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan, weaves a web of theatre, music and literature through episodes that capture the social milieu of professional musicians. Accounts of music making in India, and stories of the struggles and hardships faced by musicians both real and imaginary, lay the foundation for a collage of dramatized episodes that blend theatre, music and literature. Several forms of theatre in India make abundant use of music, but Stories in a Song takes the help of theatre to tell stories of musical forms such as kajri, thumri-dadra, khayal, remixes and more. More Stories in a Song is a joint production by Underscore Records Pvt Ltd and Arpana Productions. Performers: Shubrajyoti Barat, Gopal Tiwari, Ketki Thatte, Namit Das, Santosh Tiwari, Mansi Multani, Nishi Doshi, Trupti Khamkar, Makarand Deshpande, Shailesh Hejmadi, Gagan Riar, Saurabh Nayyar, Avantika Ganguly, Jim Sarbh, Trisha Kale, Ajitesh Gupta Credits : Writers: Aslam Pervez, Ashok Mishra, Vikram Phukan, Anil Deshmukh, Purva Naresh Translations: Anil Deshmukh Choreography: Purva Naresh Musicians: Amod Bhatt (harmonium), Sada Mulik (dholak, pakhawaj), Jayesh Dhargalkar (tabla) Vocal Support: Trisha Kale, Ajitesh Gupta Set Design: Vivek Jadhav Costume Design: Kalyani Kulkarni Lights design: Sunil Shanbag, Hidayat Sami Production support: Shailesh Hejmadi

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Biodatas of artists available on www.baajaagaajaa.com

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Showcase Performances
February 12, 2012 Dhamaal: A Celebration of Drumming and Percussion Styles Dhamaal is a celebration of drumming traditions from India and other musical cultures. Folk drummers from various parts of the country collaborate with other percussionists, vocalists, guitarists, and more, to weave a tapestry of rhythm. Each group of drummers brings to the collaboration the special language and technique that is associated with their instruments. Dhamaal features Dilip Das and group (Kolkata), Sanjoy Singh, Ranbir Singh, Sunder Singh, Neelachandra Singh (Manipuri drummers from Anjika Foundation), Taal Vadya Pathak (Pune), Dhangar dhol and halgi players from Shahir Azad Naikawadi kala pathak (Kolhapur), Haridas Shinde and Rajesh Baghe and group (Alandi), Ben Walsh and Bobby Singh (Australia), Pratap Rath (Mumbai), Rameshwar Dholi and group (Rajasthan - Courtesy Jodhpur-RIFF) with guitarist Max Clouth and bassist Marc-Inti Mannel Saavedera (Germany), Sudhir Nayak (harmonium), and vocalists Avadhoot Gandhi (Alandi), Sriparna Nandi and Vidhya Gopal and experimental visual creation by Geneva based company Sigmasix (courtesy Prohelvetia: Swiss Arts Council). The concert is curated by tabla player Aneesh Pradhan and the ambience has been designed by the fashion icon Sabyasachi.

Biodatas of artists available on www.baajaagaajaa.com

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OPEN STAGE 1 Jalsaghar JALSAGHAR

TIME ARTISTE

Open Stage 1

OPEN STAGE 2 Aangan AANGAN

VOCAL / INSTRUMENTAL
Vocal / Instrumental

Open Stage 2

poet, film nt)

GENRE / NOTES
Hindustani Classical

TIME

ARTISTE

VOCAL / INSTRUMENTAL
Drums (Wheel of Life) Instrumental Vocal Vocal

GENRE / NOTES
Experimental Jazz Acoustic Folk Pop-rock

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

11 am-11.45 am Ramakant Gaikwad accompanied by Pandurang Pawar (tabla) and Swanand Kulkarni (harmonium) Sanjoy Singh, Ranbir Singh, Sunder Singh, Neelachandra Singh Ujjalendu Chakrabarti accompanied by Pratap Awad (pakhawaj) Jaydeep Swadia accompanied by Prashant Pimpale (dhol and octopad) and Sachin Pimpale (tabla) Dilip Das and group Hari Bagade accompanied by Vinod Padge (harmonium) Santosh Sant and Amit Kavthekar (tabla), Ajay Joglekar (key-board), Atonu Gautam (guitar) and Deepak Borkar (additional percussion) - 'Emotions'

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

11 am-11.30 am 12.15 pm-1 pm 3 pm-3.45 pm 3.45 pm4.30pm Ben Walsh (Demonstration and in conversation with tabla player Bobby Singh) Max Clouth, Marc Intl Mannel Saavedra, Benoni Soans Pia Sukanya and Anurag Prateek Kuhad and Vir Singh Brar

oulmate

11.45 am-12.15 pm 12.15 pm-1 pm 3 pm-3.45 pm

Pung Cholom, Dhol Dholok Cholom Surbahar Vocal

Manipuri music Hindustani Classical Folk Music of Gujarat

alized by composed Aneesh

3.45 pm-4.15 pm

Dhak Pakhawaj Instrumental

Folk Music of Bengal Hindustani Classical Thematic music

4.30 pm-5 pm 5 pm-5.45 pm

TIME

ARTISTE

VOCAL / INSTRUMENTAL
Instrumental Vocal & instrumental Vocal Vocal Vocal & instrumental

GENRE / NOTES
Marches, fado and mando (from Goa) Fusion-rock

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

11 am-11.30 am Joe Vesavkar and band Avyakta Arjun Verman and Brian Citro Dhruv Visvanath Highway 61

Curated by

ENTRANCE - OS 1
TIME ARTISTE

Date: Feb 12, 2012

VOCAL / INSTRUMENTAL
Vocal (dhrupad) Vocal Harmonium Musical game

11.30 am-12.15 pm 12.15 pm- 1 pm

GENRE / NOTES
Hindustani Classical Adivasi music of Gujarat Hindustani Classical

3 pm-3.45 pm 3.45 pm-4.30 pm

Alternative Rock

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

11 am-11.45 am 11.45 am -12.15 pm 12.15 pm-1 pm 3 pm-4.30 pm Chintan Upadhyay accompanied by Pratap Awad (pakhawaj) Prachi Dublay Ravindra Katoti Bandish dangal-Aditya Khandwe, Sanjeev Chimmalgi, Hrishikesh Badwe, Aparna Kelkar, Hema Upasani, Archana Kanhere, Uttara Chousalkar Bhimanna Jadhav Siddhesh Bicholkar accompanied by Swapnil Bhise (tabla) Shubha Joshi

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4.30 pm-5 pm 5 pm-5.30 pm 5.30 pm-6.15 pm

Sundri Jaltarang Vocal (Thumri and Ghazal)

Hindustani Classical Hindustani Classical Hindustani Classical

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Biodatas of artists available on www.baajaagaajaa.com

* Kindly switch off mobile phones before entering event venues. * Unauthorised photography and audio/video recording not permitted. * Programmes subject to change without notice.

BG MUSIC CONCLAVE Music Conclave SCHEDULE

DATE
Saturday, Feb 11, 2012

TIME 11 am-1 pm 3 pm-5 pm

ACTIVITY
Music in Film Narrative: The case of Indian Cinema Music in Fact and Fiction

PARTICIPANTS
Panelists: Amol Palekar, Imtiaz Ali Moderator: Shubhra Gupta Panelists: Kiran Nagarkar, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Yatindra Mishra Moderators: Jerry Pinto Panelists: Debojyoti Mishra, Shantanu Moitra, Tushar Bhatia Moderator: Sudha Menon Panelists: Ganesh Natarajan, N. Sashikiran, Nandu Kulkarni, Aditya Mehta

Sunday Feb 12, 2012

11 am-1 pm 3 pm-5 pm

Film Music: The Composer's Perspective Indian Music in a digital world

Vivanta Blue Diamond Pune by Taj

Entry by invitation

Biodatas of speakers available on www.baajaagaajaa.com

* Kindly switch off mobile phones before entering event venues. * Unauthorised photography and audio/video recording not permitted. * Programmes subject to change without notice.

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BAAJAA GAAJAA 2012 JOURNAL
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www.sangeetkosh.net An Underscore Records initiative Sangeet Kosh is a unique project that aims at compiling a wikipedia for Indian music.
The first phase of the Sangeet Kosh project focuses on the creation and compilation of an online directory for Indian music. The directory will provide basic contact information for musicians across different genres of Indian music, organizations, event managers, instrument makers, instrument dealers, publishers, record labels and other individuals and organizations connected with Indian music. Free access to the directory is provided for all who wish to use this resource.