Jan 19 2025 to Jan 19 2025 10 a.m.

Price: Rs 1000 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

An workshop exploring songs of women mystics of South Asia. Participants will learn the songs of 3-4 poets and get an insight into the diverse expressions of bhakti by the mystics, their ways of asserting agency, and their navigation of society and self. While a lot of poetry by women has been extensively translated into English, in the oral traditions, it is the singing of this poetry that truly keeps the poetry alive, and this is what we will share and sing over the 3 hours.
Shruthi Veena Vishwanath
 
Shruthi Veena Vishwanath is a singer, song catcher, stirrer of her stories, educator and curator. Her practice celebrates mystic music traditions from South Asia and beyond. Her work strives to bring voices that aren't known, especially of women, to the fore, and she has composed and researched extensively on folk, spiritual and mystic songs of west, south-west and central India. Trained in classical music for many years, she later dived deep into the roots of mystic traditions, travelling and learning from traditional practitioners in rural areas, especially in the Malwa region, Bengal and Maharashtra. Shruthi has performed at festivals and venues across the world- including Kabir Festival Mumbai, Jaipur Literature Festivals in Jaipur and USA, Kochi Muziris Biennale, India Habitat Centre, NCPA- spoken at leading universities on music and poetry- including UC Berkeley, IITB, and received multiple grants for research and performance- including India Foundation for the Arts, Sandbox Collective, IAPAR, Art Omi. She currently leads an inclusive online community for song-learning called Music in the Machan, and curates on ground experiences connecting artists and audiences.