Raag Mala Toronto has proudly been presenting the best artists of Indian Classical Music on stages in Toronto since 1981. Raag-Mala Toronto has been in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum since 2018, so all concerts (unless otherwise noted) were held at the Aga Khan Museum Auditorium. Please see a complete list of past concerts presented by Raag Mala Toronto below.
Past Concerts
2024
March 16th 2024 Hidayat Khan (sitar) Jonathan Kay (esraj) Pt. Subhen Chatterjee (tabla)
April 21st 2024 Omkar Dadarkar (vocal) Sanjay Deshpande (tabla) Siddhesh Bicholkar (harmonium) and Abhisek Lahiri (sarod) Indranil Mallick (tabla)
2023
April 28th 2023 Kaushiki Chakraborty (vocal)
May 27th 2023 Apoorva Gokhale & Pallavi Joshi (vocal)
June 24th 2023 Padma Bhushan Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar)
Nuit Blanche 2023 Divine Trio Vidushi Mita Nag (sitar), Hassan Haider Khan (shehnai) & Pt. Subhen Chatterjee (tabla)
October 1st 2023 Sitar-Flute Jugalbandi Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury (sitar) & Jay Gandhi (flute)
October 28th 2023 Mitali Bhawmik (vocal)
2022
January 29th 2022 In Partnership with Shadaj Anand Bhate (Vocal)
April 23rd 2022 Steve Oda (Sarod)
May 14th 2022 Ustad Irshad Khan (Surbahar & Sitar)
August 9th 2022 Sowing The Seeds of Raag Sangeet in Canada In Partnership with the Consulate General of India Toronto An Interactive Session with Pankaj Mishra, Geet Mishra & George Koller (Sarangi) in conversation with Manoshi Chatterjee
December 17th 2021 – August 14th 2022 Blue Planet Series by First Edition Arts
September 24th 2022 Rachna Bodas (Vocal)
Nuit Blanche 2022 Indrajit Banerjee (Sitar)
October 16th 2022 Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (Sitar)
November 2nd 2022 In Partnership with University of Toronto’s Massey College Parallel Traditions: Exploring Music from Northern India Ravi Naimpally (Tabla), Andrew Kay (Saxophone) & Sourojeet Chakraborty (Vocal) in conversation with Sam Little
2021
(2021 Season was all Virtual Concerts Due to COVID-19)
November 2020 to February 2021 Swara Samrat Festival 2020/2021 Powered by Raag-Mala Toronto
February 27th 2021 In Partnership with Shadaj Bhuvanesh Komkali (Vocal)
March 20th 2021 In Partnership with Shadaj Pt. Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)
April 24th 2021 In Partnership with Shadaj Ramakant Gaikwad (Vocal)
September 11th 2021 Sowing The Seeds of Raag Sangeet in Canada In Partnership with the Consulate General of India Toronto An Interactive Session with Narenda Datar & Samidha Joglekar (Vocal) in conversation with Manoshi Chatterjee
September 13th 2021 Small World Music Festival: 25 for 25 Pankaj Mishra (Sarangi) & Andrew Kay (Saxophone & Himalayan Singing Bowls)
September 25th/26th & October 3rd/4th 2021 Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival of MusicPresented by: Raag-Mala Toronto & Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Foundation Arnab Chakrabarty (Sarod) Pankaj Mishra (Sarangi) & Andrew Kay (Saxophone & Himalayan Singing Bowls)
November 28th 2021 In Partnership with Shadaj Apoorva Gokhale & Pallavi Joshi (Vocal)
December 17th 2021 – August 14th 2022 Blue Planet Series by First Edition Arts
2020
(2020 Season was all Virtual Concerts Due to COVID-19)
August 8th 2020 In Partnership with Shadaj Pt. Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)
August 29th 2020 In Partnership with LearnQuest Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal)
September 12th 2020 In Partnership with Shadaj Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal)
September 26th 2020 In Partnership with LearnQuest Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty (Vocal) Shri Kalyanjit Das (Sitar)
October 18th 2020 Interactive Session with Rachna Bodas (Vocal)
November 1st 2020 Ustad Shahid Parvez: Pt. Jasraj Tribute Concert (Sitar)
November 2020 to February 2021 Swara Samrat Festival 2020/2021 Powered by Raag-Mala Toronto
November 7th 2020 In Partnership with Shadaj Vidushi Kaushiki Chakrabarty (Vocal)
December 5th 2020 In Partnership with Shadaj Abhishek Borkar (Sarod)
2019
April 27th 2019 Vidushi Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Vocal)
May 25th 2019 Pt. Satish Vyas (Santoor) Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan (Vocal)
June 15th 2019 Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod)
September 7th 2019 Stree Shakti: Celebrating Women in Music Vidushi Arati Ankalikar Tikekar (Vocal) Shubhada Joshi-Athawale (Harmonium) Mukta Raste (Tabla)
July 9th 2017 Dr. Amit Arya (Vocal) Jonathan Kay (Esraj)
September 9th 2017 Sougata Roy Chowdhury (Sarod) Mitali Bhowmick (Vocal)
Nuit Blanche 2017 Ustad Irshad Khan (Sitar) Pt. Samar Saha (Tabla Solo) Pritam Bhattacharjee (Vocal)
October 28th 2017 Ustad Shahid Parvez (Sitar)
2016
April 2nd/3rd 2016 Raags of the Gharanas Saturday April 2nd Anupama Bhagwat (Sitar) Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan (Vocal) Sunday April 3rd Pt. Ramesh Misra (Sarangi) Pt. Vinayak Torvi (Vocal)
May 8th 2016 Shreyas Ambikar (Santoor) Arshad Ali Khan (Vocal)
June 5th 2016 Pravin Godkhinidi (Flute) Ratish Tagde (Violin)
July 9th 2016 Aditya Verma (Sarod) Deborshee Bhattacharjee (Vocal)
September 24th/25th 2016 Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee (Sitar) Warren Senders (Vocal Lec Dem)
2015
April 18th /19th 2015 Miyan-Ki-Daane- Raags of Tansen Saturday, April 18 Samrat Pandit (Vocal) Pt. Rupak Kulkarni (Flute) Sunday, April 19 Pt. Uday Bhawalkar (Dhrupad) Pt. Partha Bose (Sitar)
May 17th 2015 Niladri Kumar (Sitar)
May 31st 2015 Vidushi Arati Ankalikar Tikekar (Vocal)
June 13th 2015 Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod)
July 25th 2015 Harsh Narayan (Sarangi)
September 19th 2015 Monsoon in the City: Raags of the Rainy Season Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan (Vocal) Ramneek Singh (Vocal Lecture Dem)
October 3rd 2015 Bhuvanesh Komkali (Vocal)
October 17th 2015 Pt. Rajeev Taranath (Sarod) Pt. Sarathi Chatterjee (Vocal)
2014
April 12th 2014 Dr. Prabha Atre (Vocal)
May 13th 2014 Vidushi Ashwini Bhide–Deshpande (Vocal)
June 14th 2014 Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty (Vocal) & Kaushiki Chakrabarty (Vocal)
July 6th 2014 Sangeeta Shankar (Violin) Musfiq Ensemble (Vocal)
September 13th 2014 Ustad Shujaat Khan (Sitar)
September 27th 2014 Pt. Shantanu Bhattacharyya (Vocal)
October 18th 2014 Aruna Narayan (Sarangi) Pt. Partho Sarothy (Sarod)
