We are very happy to announce a special concert in collaboration with Kulturhuset as Hassan Haider Khan, the grandson of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan comes back to Sweden! We saw him last at SSF 2023 in an incredible concert as part of Divine Trio together with Subhen Chatterjee and Mita Nag, and now he is coming back to Stockholm again for a solo performance together with our own tabla master Suranjana Ghosh. Get your tickets now to start the summer with a rare opportunity to hear the magic of the Shehnai.
Nordic Sangeet – an initiative to promote and connect talented artists based in the Nordic countries is in full swing! The amazing trio Patrick Vedlog, Moa Danielson and Gabriel Svastha is performing in Denmark:
15/5 Koncertkirken, Copenhagen
17/5 Kalai, Aarhus
Nordic Sangeet is organized by Stockholm Sangeet with support from the Nordic Culture Fund and the Swedish Arts Council
Welcome to the fifteenth session of our gathering for enjoyment of raga music. First there will be a concert by the featured artists, and after that our intimate stage will be open for spontaneous performances where any music related to raga is welcome!
Since this session is part of Stockholm Culture Night, there will be an extended Open Stage until midnight. Bring your instrument!
Featured artists:
Palace on Wheels
Moa Danielson -Santoor
Stian Grimstad – Sitar
KG Westman – Sitar
Hugo Widén – Tabla
Free entrance!
Unfortunately the venue is not easily accessible by wheelchair
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Stockholm Culture Night, Restaurang Ellora and with support from Kulturrådet
Another session of the popular Stockholm Sangeet Sabha coming up! Bangalore Dreams is Indian contemporary music presented by Jyotsna Srikanth. The violin is in the forefront with the backing of drums/Indian ethnic percussion & keyboards/piano along with exotic improvisations of the Indian ragas in a contemporary manner. There is a balanced blend in the technical elements of Indian music layered by western harmonies.
Jyotsna Srikanth – violin
Shadrach Solomon – keyboard
Amoghavarsha – drums
As usual we will have the open stage for any raga related music after the concert of the featured artists. Bring your instrument! Free entrance!
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Restaurang Ellora and with support from Kulturrådet
From SSF2024 Main Concert 22nd of September at Musikaliska
Bharatanatyam performance by Radhini Rao
Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2024 was organized by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Musikaliska Kvarteret, Farhang Förening, Kulturföreningen Källaren, Kulturskolan Stockholm, Stallet Världens Musik, Studieförbundet Bilda, Saraswathy Kalakendra Institution of Fine Arts, SearchIndie, Sharda Music Sweden, Best Western Plus Time Hotel, Sydasien and Dhaibat with support from Swedish Arts Council, Stockholms Stad, Region Stockholm, Nordic Culture Fund and Indian Embassy
Swedish Radio in memory of Zakir Hussain
In honour of the late great tabla master and legend Zakir Hussain, Swedish Radio have broadcasted an one hour excerpt of his and Niladri Kumar´s perfomance at the Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2022 so that we all can relive that special night:
Don´t miss the next session of the popular Stockholm Sangeet Sabha. We are very happy to present a Sarod recital by Mayukh Gangopadhyay, an excellent young budding artist from Kolkata. As usual we will start with a concert of the featured artists and then after a break the stage will be open for anyone that wants to perform anything related to raga-music. Free entrance!
Thank You!
The Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2024 is over and we want to thank all artists, volunteers, partners, collaborators and audience! During the month long duration of the festival we experienced so many great performances, interactions, and moments to remember… Now the planning starts for next year´s festival, but before that we hope to see you in the upcoming Stockholm Sangeet Sabha sessions and of course in our concert and networking initiative in the Scandinavian countries – Nordic Sangeet. Please subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated!
Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2024 is organized by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Musikaliska Kvarteret, Farhang Förening, Kulturföreningen Källaren, Kulturskolan Stockholm, Stallet Världens Musik, Studieförbundet Bilda, Saraswathy Kalakendra Institution of Fine Arts, SearchIndie, Sharda Music Sweden, Best Western Plus Time Hotel, Sydasien and Dhaibat with support from Swedish Arts Council, Stockholms Stad, Region Stockholm, Nordic Culture Fund and Indian Embassy
Nordic Sangeet at SSF2024
Stockholm Sangeet is proud to present the initiative Nordic Sangeet during 2024 and 2025 which is facilitating new collaborations between musicians of South Asian classical music that has never met before, and yet are all based in the Nordic countries. The first concert of this project will be presented at the SSF2024 main stage and feature the Norwegian queen of sitar Rohini Sahajpal, and from Sweden, the maestro of the rabab Wali Heidar and tabla virtouso Suranjana Ghosh. The project will continue in 2025 with different musicians from the Nordic countries performing in Denmark, Finland and Norway. We look forward to exciting music born out of new connections and crossing borders!
Nordic Sangeet is organized by Stockholm Sangeet with support from the Nordic Culture Fund and the Swedish Arts Council
Stay tuned for SSF2024!
We will once again return to the beautiful hall of Musikaliska for the main concert that will take place on 22nd of September.
As usual the festival promises to offer you the best of south asian classical music and dance. The program is carefully curated to feature artists from near and far that all are offering something unique to our dear audience!
More info about the artists and events will be presented shortly.
Next session of the popular Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is taking place during Stockholm Culture Night. We expect a lot of people so the Open Stage will be going on until midnight!
Welcome to our our gathering for enjoyment of raga music. First there is a concert by the featured artists, and after that our intimate stage will be open for spontaneous performances where any music related to raga is welcome, bring your instrument!
Free entrance!
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Restaurang Ellora and with support from Kulturrådet. The venue is unfortunately not easily accessible by wheelchair.
Thank You!
Thank you all for a great SSF2023! We want to express our heartfelt thanks to our artists, collaborators, sponsors, partners, volunteers, and our great audience!
Here are pictures of the Neel Ganga event captured by Renjith Ramachandran:
The Main Concert and Open Sangeet was covered beautifully by our friends at Sydasien.se.
Here are some more beautiful photos from the Main Concert by Peter Bothén:
Make sure not to miss our events! Sign up to the Stockholm Sangeet Newsletter here:
SSF 2023 has started!
Stockholm Sangeet Festival is Scandinavia´s most prestigious event for South Asian classical music and dance, spans over several weeks and contains everything from workshops, open stage and children´s theatre to concerts with international stars.
The main concert this year will take place at Södra Teatern´s main stage and we will get the pleasure to enjoy “Divine Trio” with mesmerizing sitar playing by Mita Nag, the legend Bismillah Khan´s grandson Hassan Haider Khan on Shahnai and the master Subhen Chatterjee on tabla.
There will also be first class carnatic music with celebrated J.A. Jayant on bansuri and K. Sai Giridhar on mridangam. The whole evening will start with beautiful Odissi dance by Anamika Saha. Don´t miss the event of the year for Indian classical music!
Complete Festival Schedule 2023:
1/10 Art Sangeet at Renqvists Verkstad
Indian Classical Music and Art Exhibition, FREE
7/10 Cabaret Dunya och Världen at Stallet
Children´s Theatre, TICKETS
7/10 Young Sangeet at Stallet
Student´s Performances, FREE
14/10 Lecture Demonstration at Smedjan
Subhen Chatterjee, Mita Nag, Hassan Haider Khan, FREE
15/10 Main Concert at Södra Teatern
J.A. Jayant, K. Sai Giridhar, Divine Trio, Anamika Saha, TICKETS
16/10 Open Sangeet at Stallet
Open Stage with Food and Drinks, FREE
25/10 THNGS UNTLD at Haninge Kulturhus
Dance performance for school classes
29/10 Neel Ganga at Smedjan
Indian Classical Music meets Egyptian Music, FREE
Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2023 is organized by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Södra Teatern, Stallet Världens Musik, Studieförbundet Bilda, Farhang Förening, Odissi Dansproduktion, Föreningen Renqvists Verkstad, Saraswathy Kalakendra Institution of Fine Arts, SearchIndie, Sydasien, Kulturskolan Stockholm and Sharda Music Sweden with support from Swedish Arts Council, Stockholms Stad, Region Stockholm, Best Western Plus Grow Hotel and Indian Embassy
Don´t miss the next session in our concert series. Free entrance and Open Stage after the concert as usual!
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha continues
The session on 22nd April is part of Stockholm Culture Night and we will have an extended Open Stage until midnight! Come as you are are, or even better, bring your instrument! Free entrance!
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Restaurang Ellora and with support from Kulturrådet
SSF Main event in Radio
Now you have the chance to relive the SSF2022 main event -Maestros Zakir Hussain and Niladri Kumar´s concert as broadcasted by Swedish Radio. Enjoy and stay tuned for our next events!
Thank you all!
We would like to thank all the artists, partners, collaborators, volunteers, and of course our lovely audience for a beautiful Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2022! The dream booking of Zakir Hussain and Niladri Kumar became a reality and we could all enjoy the mastery of the two in a packed concert hall of Musikaliska. The festival went on for about three weeks and we experienced some great workshops, art exhibition, open stage, children´s theatre, dance performances, concert by young students and much more! The Stockholm Sangeet Festival family has grown and we hope to see you all again soon!
Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2022 is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Musikaliska Kvarteret, Stallet Världens Musik, Farhang Förening, Asiatisk Dansakademi, Kulturföreningen Källaren/Skulpturskogen Ed, Saraswathy Kalakenda Institution of Fine Arts, SearchIndie and Sharda Music Sweden with support from the Swedish Arts Council, Stockholms Stad, Region Stockholm, Indian Embassy to Sweden and Latvia and Best Western Plus Time Hotel
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha
In our efforts to create a platform for raga based music in Stockholm we are now introducing a concert series in addition to the yearly festival. The idea is to have a natural gathering place where we can enjoy a concert by featured artists followed by an open stage where anyone performing something related to raga is welcome to enter the stage. These gatherings will take place at Restaurant Ellora and the entrance is free.
Stockholm Sangeet Sabha is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Restaurang Ellora and with support from Kulturrådet and Indian Embassy as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
Happy Holidays!
As a gift we will be uploading one great audio recording from our archives each day from Christmas Eve until New Year’s. During the history of the festival we have had so many great concerts by international masters, and this is a chance to relive some of the magic. The concerts will be posted to our Youtube channel 24th to 31st at 6 pm CET each day.
Thank you all for a great festival!
We would like to thank all our artists, partners, collaborators, volunteers, and most importantly, you in the audience for the amazing 15 year jubilee of Stockholm Sangeet Festival we had now in 2021! Music is returning to stage and the attendance this year was extraordinary. We had six different events spread over two weeks and we were extremely happy to see that the interest in the festival is growing.
The photos from previous years by Max Dahlstrand that were displayed in the Clara Schumann hall during the main concerts at Musikaliska can also be enjoyed online via this link.
Pictures from SSF2021 by Max Dahlstrand:
Pictures from SSF 2021 by Renjith Ramachandran:
Stockholm Sangeet Festival 2021 is arranged by Stockholm Sangeet Förening in collaboration with Farhang Förening, Musikaliska, Stallet Världens Musik, Saraswathy Kalakendra Institution of Fine Arts, Föreningen Renqvists Verkstad and Sharda Music Sweden with support from the Swedish Arts Council, Region Stockholm and the Indian Embassy to Sweden and Latvia