The Udaipur World Music Festival is a cultural event held at

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

city in the state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. In this event, artists from around the globe joins to give a variety of performances. The World Music Festival is scheduled to be an annual event, conducted every year in February. The festival features live performances by international artists. Till date, two editions has been conceptualized, the first was held on 13–14 February 2016, the second edition was held from 10–12 February 2017.

General

The first version of India's World Music Festival is conceptualized by Sanjeev Bhargava, produced by SEHER and presented by Hindustan Zinc in association with

Wonder cement Wonder Cement is an Indian cement producing company that is based out of Rajasthan. It was started in 2010 under RK Group. It manufactures Portland pozzolana and ordinary Portland cement for plaster, brickwork, and other construction applicatio ...

and Rajasthan Tourism. The cultural organisation SEHER will be responsible for conceptualising and carrying out the event.

First Edition

The first edition of India’s first World Music Festival was held on 13 February 2016. It included global artists and ensembles from more than 12 countries, including Spain, Ghana, Venezuela, Italy, France as well as India. Featured artists joining the event include French composer

Mathias Duplessy Mathias Duplessy (born October 28, 1972) is a French composer and multi-instrumentalist. Career Duplessy started playing the guitar at age 6 and began appearing on stage from the age of 18, playing as a guitarist with artists from the French and ...

, Rajasthani vocalist

Mukhtiyar Ali مختیار 5علیMukhtiyar Ali is a folk singer from Bikaner in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He belongs to semi-nomadic community of Mirasis, who are known for their oral tradition of Sufi singing. The men in Ali's family have been Sufi music ...

, Grammy-award-winning singer Dobet Gnahoré, Sonam Kalra, the Sufi Gospel Project, the

Raghu Dixit Project Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit's music is an amalgamation of Indian et ...

and many more.

Featured performers

Performers at the festival have included: * Mathias Duplessy * Mukhtiyar Ali * Dobet Gnahoré * Sonam Kalra *

Schedule

As per official information, schedule will be as follows:

13 February 2016

Venue: Fateh Sagar Paal Afternoon (2pm - 5pm) Instrumental Quint by * Aleksandar Simić, * Saskia Rao-de Haas, * Shubhendra Rao, *

Sharat Chandra Srivastava Sharat Chandra Srivastava is a North Indian classical violinist and music composer. He represents the Senia gharana. Early life and training Srivastava was born in New Delhi on 17 October 1971. He started learning violin at the age of 7 fro ...

, * FAKHRODDIN GHAFFARI Fado by * Carminho Spanish Guitar by * José María Gallardo Del Rey Evening (6pm - 10pm) Venue: Railway Training Institute Ground Flamenco Music & Dance by * JUANMA ZURANO & TAMARA. PASO A DOS African Beat Music by * Dobet Gnahoré Fusion Rock Band by * THE RAGHU DIXIT PROJECT

14 February 2016

Venue: Fateh Sagar Paal Afternoon (2pm - 5pm) Fusion of Sufi & Gospel Music by * SONAM KALRA & THE SUFI GOSPEL PROJECT Moroccan Saharian Soul by * OUM Fusion of Sufi & French Music by * MATHIAS DUPLESSY &

Evening (6pm - 10pm) Venue:Railway Training Institute Ground Jazz Fusion by * ITALY MEETS INDIA Afro Beat Venezuelan Cumbia by * FAMILY ATLANTICA Fusion Rock Band by *PAPON AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.udaipurworldmusicfestival.com World music festivals Culture of Udaipur Music festivals in India