When
11–13 December 2026
5pm onwards on 11 December, 1pm onwards on 12 and 13 December
Where
Nazrul Mancha, Southern Park Avenue, Lake, Dhakuria, Kolkata 700029
What it's all about
The 14th season of the Swara Samrat Festival returns to Kolkata with three days of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, organised by the Shreeranjani Foundation Trust. The festival pays tribute to Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and features performances by musicians and vocal artistes across the three days.
Schedule:
11 December 2026, 5pm onwards
- Carnatic Vocal Jugalbandi: Vidushi Ranjani and Vidushi Gayatri
- Rajeev Mukundan — Violin
- Sai Giridhar — Mridangam
- Sitar Recital: Ustad Shujaat Khan
- Sapan Anjaria — Tabla
- Arkodeep Das — Tabla
- Kathak Recital: Aditi Mangaldas and Team
12 December 2026, 1pm onwards
- Santoor Recital: Shantanu Gokhale
- Hindustani Vocal Recital: Arshad Ali Khan
- Aarchik Banerjee — Tabla
- Jyotirmoy Banerjee — Harmonium
- Hindustani–Carnatic Jugalbandi:
- Pt. Pravin Godkhindi — Bansuri
- Vid. Rajhesh Vaidhya — Carnatic Veena
- Pt. Bickram Ghosh — Tabla
- Vid. B.C. Manjunath — Mridangam
- Hindustani Vocal Jugalbandi:
- Siddhartha Belmannu
- Aniruddh Aithal
- Pt. Ajay Joglekar — Harmonium
- Debjit Patitundi — Tabla
- Sarod Recital: Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash
- Pt. Satyajit Talwalkar — Tabla
- Hindustani Vocal Recital: Vidushi Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
- Rupashree Bhattacharya — Harmonium
- Yati Bhagwat — Tabla
13 December 2026, 1pm onwards
- Sitar Recital: Sahana Banerjee
- Sandiip Kumar Ghosh — Tabla
- Hindustani Vocal Recital: Shatavisha Mukherjee
- Ashoke Mukherjee — Tabla
- Anirban Chakrabarty — Harmonium
- Tabla Solo: Vivek Pandya
- Pt. Ajay Joglekar — Harmonium
- Hindustani–Carnatic Jugalbandi:
- Indrayuddh Majumder — Sarod
- J.A. Jayant — Carnatic Flute
- Ishaan Ghosh — Tabla
- N.C. Bharadwaj — Mridangam
- Santoor Recital: Pt. Rahul Sharma
- Grand Finale – Hindustani Vocal Recital: Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty
- Pt. Yogesh Samsi — Tabla
- Gourab Chatterjee — Harmonium
