Garland of Unusual Rāgas
with Gayathri Venkataraghavan
Exploring Unique Rāgas in Carnatic Music | A Baithak Series Concert
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3 Apr 2026, 6.00-8.30pm
Doors open at 5.30pm Alliance Française 6161 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3B2 Tickets: $30.00 Get 15% off your tickets if you purchase before March 25 No refreshments are available at this program. The program will end with a short open-floor Q&A. |
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Gayathri Venkataraghavan, known for her “incessantly flowing extempore”, presents unique rāgas from the Carnatic tradition, each revealing distinctive pathways of melody and emotion. Blessed with a sublime voice that fluidly traverses across octaves, Gayathri possesses an uncanny ability to deliver complex ideas and dwell in creativity with complete ease. She belongs to the lineage tradition of Vidwan Sri A. Sundharesan and Padma Bhushan awardee Sri P. S. Narayanaswamy. Gayathri’s ensemble comprises seasoned violinist Mysore Srikanth and the acclaimed N. C. Bharadwaj on mridangam, both “A”-graded artists of All India Radio and highly respected names on the Carnatic stage.
This concert is part of our Baithak Series, a thematic initiative that explores esoteric aspects of Indian classical music in an engaging and accessible way. Baithaks - traditional chamber concerts - create an intimate connection between artist and audience through smaller venues with floor and chair seating. Each Baithak Series event concludes with a brief artist Q&A, offering listeners the chance to reflect on and deepen their understanding of the evening’s theme. We carry over the same theme from our last Baithak Series recital earlier this season in an effort to explore all of what a rāga is and can be, from both Hindustani and Carnatic dimensions.
This program is co-presented by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver and Time Will Tell Arts Society, with generous funding from Vancouver Foundation's LEVEL BIPOC Grant.
This concert is part of our Baithak Series, a thematic initiative that explores esoteric aspects of Indian classical music in an engaging and accessible way. Baithaks - traditional chamber concerts - create an intimate connection between artist and audience through smaller venues with floor and chair seating. Each Baithak Series event concludes with a brief artist Q&A, offering listeners the chance to reflect on and deepen their understanding of the evening’s theme. We carry over the same theme from our last Baithak Series recital earlier this season in an effort to explore all of what a rāga is and can be, from both Hindustani and Carnatic dimensions.
This program is co-presented by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver and Time Will Tell Arts Society, with generous funding from Vancouver Foundation's LEVEL BIPOC Grant.