2008 Gifu Sangeet Mela Part 1

The peak event of the Indian classical music community in Japan - Gifu Sangeet Mela. 第11回・2008インド音楽と舞踊の祭典　 サンギートメーラ in Horado. Held every year around the Sep/Oct full moon, this - the 11th annual event - was held on Sep 14-15, 2008. In this video: - Manami Fujiwara (Bharat Natyam dance) - Jimi Miyashita (santoor) with U-Zhaan (tabla) - Atsuko Maeda (Kathak dance) with U-Zhaan (tabla), Taro Terahara (bansuri), Daikichi Yoshida (sitar) - Daikichi Yoshida (sitar) with Mata Prasad Mishra (tabla - Varanasi) - Shree (aka Mariko Katsura - Dhrupad vocal) with Tetsuya Kaneko (pakhawaj) - Daya Tomiko and student (Bharat Natyam) - Koki Yoshida (sitar) with Shen Flindell (tabla) For photos, report and links to artists please visit http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/2008/09/gifu-sangeet-mela-2008-best-ever.html For info on this event and future editions please visit http://sarasoju2santoor.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Also look for Gifu Sangeet Mela 2008 Part 2 here on Youtube (Please excuse the very rough editing - done with free software...)