Darbar Festival presents the very best of classical music to our audiences, in this amazing performance of indian instrumental music, you will hear Jayanthi Kumaresh playing the saraswati veena accompanied by Patri Satish Kumar on the mridangam and with RN Prakash playing the ghatam, Mithila Sarma plays the tanpura. In this fantastic concert Jayanthi performs Raga Shanmukhapriya during the Darbar Festival 2013 at the Southbank Centre, London. Jayanthi Kumaresh is indisputably one of the best Saraswati veena players in India and one of the most popular Carnatic musicians of today. She began playing this traditional lute at the age of four and is the great-niece of legendary violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman with whom she played on many occasions. Jayanthi Kumaresh performs Raga Shanmukhapriya through her graceful, emotive and expressive form. A seventh generation musician and multi award winner brings to the Festival one of India's oldest instruments, the Saraswati (Goddess of the Arts) veena. The veena is one of the three celestial musical instruments, now in danger of extinction, which makes this concert very rare. Darbar Festival was established in 2006 and takes place annually in London. It gives audiences the opportunity to explore some of the best improvised classical music in the world. At Darbar, we make it easy for you to enjoy the various traditions as we are the only festival that puts on Hindustani (North Indian), Carnatic (South Indian) and Dhrupad (India’s oldest yet timeless tradition) all on one stage, together right here in London. We present amazing musicians and the best Indian instrumental music and vocalists from all over the world. You will hear tabla, sitar, veena, flute alongwith other instruments presenting Carnatic music and the Hindustani traditions. Subscribe to our Youtube channel so that you can see our latest releases. Follow us on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/darbarfestival Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darbarfestival Twitter: https://twitter.com/darbarfestival Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darbarfestival Web: www.darbar.org All Rights Reserved ©2013 Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust