Performers

The following artists, musicians, poets and writers very kindly participated in the Gurū Gaurav event to mark the 350th birth anniversary of Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh. The Bihar Government and Anad Foundation are grateful to all of them and especially the volunteers and supporters for their generous contribution. The list below is as per order of performance:

Day I
December 31, 2016 – January 1, 2017

  1. Inauguration
  2. Pandit Raghuvir Mallik Guru Gaurav Performers
    (Dhrupad)
  3. Sangeet Kumar Pathak
    (Pakhāwaj)
  4. Ashupreet Kaur & Jatha
    (Gurbani – Khayāl)
  5. Ashutosh Upadhyay
    (Pakhāwaj)
  6. Dr. Alankar Singh & Jatha
    (Gurbāni – Khayāl)
  7. Vidushi Jyoti Hegde
    (Rudra Vīna)
  8. Bhai Baldeep Singh
    (Jōri-pakhāwaj solo)
  9. Pandit Ram Kumar Mallick
    (Dhrupad)
  10. Bhai Balbir Singh Ragi
    (Gurbāni – Khayāl)
  11. Bhai Baldeep Singh
    (Poetry reading)
  12. Pandit Rajendra Gangani
    (Kathak)
  13. Pandit Yashpaul
    (Khayāl)
  14. Mohan Shyam Sharma
    (Pakhāwaj)
  15. Jagat Narayan Pathak
    (Dhrupad)
  16. Nihal Singh
    (Tablā solo)
  17. Indra Kishore Mishra
    (Dhrupad)
  18. Dr. Anil Chaudhary
    (Pakhāwaj)

Day II
January 1, 2017

  1. Introductions
  2. Pandit Ravi Shankar Upadhyay
    (Pakhāwaj solo)
  3. Dr. Ajit Pradhan
    (Rāga Katha)
  4. Dr. Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa
    (Presentation)
  5. Ustad Asheesh Khan
    (Sarōd)
  6. Dr. Kulwant Singh Grewal
    (Poetry reading)
  7. Bhai Baljit Singh Namdhari
    (Gurbāni – Khayāl)

Day III
January 2, 2017

  1. Dhaddi Desraj Lachkani
    (Dhāddi Vār Gāyan)
  2. Jaswant Singh Zafar
    (Poetry reading)
  3. Parminder Singh Bhamra (Pakhāwaj solo)
  4. Manu Seen (Sitār)
  5. Shekhar Sen
    (Theatre — Bhagat Kabīr)
  6. Pandit Prem Kumar Mallick
    (Dhrupad)

Day IV
January 3, 2017

  1. Nashir Naqvi
    (Poetry reading)
  2. Pandit Uday Kumar Mallick
    (Dhrupad)
  3. Bahauddin Dagar
    (Rudra Vīna)
  4. Vidushi Gopika Varma
    (Mohiniattam)
  5. Pandit Vinod Pathak
    (Tablā solo)
  6. Jasbir Jassi
    (Punjabi folk)

Day V
January 4, 2017

  1. Pandit Ram Prakash Misra
    (Thumri)
  2. Manganiars from Rajasthan
    (Folk)
  3. Samiran Sanyal
    (Poems of Sri R. N. Tagore)
  4. Dr. Gurinder Harnam Singh
    (Gurbāni – Khayāl)
  5. Sukhwinder Amrit
    (Poetry reading)
  6. Suvir Misra
    (Rudra Vīna)
  7. Dr. Madan Gopal Singh
    (Sufi Gāyan)

Day VI
January 5, 2017

  1. Jago Tareenjan Group
    Giddha (Transgender group)
  2. Dr. Francesca Cassio
    (Dhrupad)
  3. Ustad Daud Khan Sadozai
    (Robāb)
  4. Songs of the Khalsa
    (Members of Khalsa Council of Sikh Dharma International & Gurbani Sangeet students of Bhai Baldeep Singh)
  5. Dr. Ritwik Sanyal
    (Dhrupad)
  6. Dr. Umayalpuram Sivaraman
    (Mridangam solo)
  7. Dr. Surjit Patar
    (Poetry reading)
  8. Bhai Baldeep Singh
    (Gurbāni Sangeet)