Our second performance features Vancouver Kathak artist Palak Dhiman in a kathak recital performed with live Hindustani music.

The evening presents the exploration of a single raga through three compositions representing the Dhrupad and Khayal traditions of Hindustani vocal music. The raga’s journey is shaped through melodic development and rhythmic interplay, with tabla and Kathak compositions woven throughout the presentation. Together, dance, melody, and rhythm converge in continuous artistic experience.

Palak is joined by Sunny Matharu (Tabla), Akhil Jobanputra (Vocals), and Pavittar Singh Namdhari (Esraj).

This program is presented by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver, and is funded in part by the BC Live Performance Network’s Community Presenters Assistance Grant & Vancouver Foundation’s LEVEL BIPOC Grant.