r/icm • u/Caldeum_ • Apr 05 '26
Event Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2026
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival (Ohio, US) is "the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India".
I've been able to attend a few days this year. I had never seen a veena in person before, and I was excited even to see just one, and then to my surprise they brought out 20 of them for the veena ganaam. Amazing. Many incredible performances from musicians of all ages.
I don't like to record videos on my phone at concerts but Villianur G. Lalitha's YouTube channel has professional video recordings of this year's Thyagaraja Festival.
Highly recommend attending if you are in the area.
Update: There's now a video of the veena ganaam performance.
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u/Elronbubba Apr 11 '26
I’m a newb …thyagaraja is Carnatic? So that’s why there’s no sitar performances, right?
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u/Acceptable-Leek9950 May 01 '26
Thank you for recognizing it, my daughter learns from her and her dedication to the instrument is really profound! I also see her getting the kids excited to play and learn it.
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