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The Clore Ballroom
Sunday 12 February 2012
Explore traditional Indian mythology with your voice, feet and imagination.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sunday 12 February 2012
Often referred to as 'the Hendrix of the Sahara', Vieux Farka Toure is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Toure.
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The Front Room at QEH
Friday 24 February 2012
London-based Swiss guitarist Nicolas Meier is one of the rising stars of a vibrant British jazz scene, his trademark sound, as heard on his Naim albums, a mixture of Methenyesque jazz and spicy Turkish and world music rhythms.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 17 March 2012
The Future of Indian music and dance is here!<br/><br/>Aagaami, meaning 'future', features Britain's young maestros in the making.
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Spirit Level
Wednesday 11 April 2012 - Sunday 22 April 2012
Curated by Reedah El-Saie, Director of Mica Gallery, The Brit Pak presents work by a number of emerging British Pakistani artists.
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Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 12 April 2012
Asian Dub Foundation have always been at the forefront of musical resistance and politicisation and this unique event packs a potent agit-prop punch.
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Southbank Centre
Thursday 12 April 2012 - Saturday 21 April 2012
Join us for a refreshing, easy yoga session and enrich your physical, emotional and spiritual well being.
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Spirit Level
Thursday 12 April 2012 - Sunday 22 April 2012
Looking for Kool is a journey of one woman's life and the heavy price of war through the secret labyrinth of one of Southbank Centre's underground spaces.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamoorthy & Ambi Subramaniam
Thursday 12 April 2012
This is a rare opportunity to see a family of acclaimed Indian musicians, including an award-winning singer and a renowned composer, perform together.
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Blue Room, Spirit Level
Hetain Patel & Shane Solenki: Work in Progress
Thursday 12 April 2012
An artist and a poet with Gujarati heritage use speech, film, music, physical theatre and comedy to explore communication and language.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
From Here, Where? A future for cultural industries?
Friday 13 April 2012
An international provocation, this debate will set the tone for Southbank Centre's Alchemy festival, bringing together three outstanding figures from the worlds of economics, philosophy, design and entrepreneurialism
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Purcell Room
Saturday 14 April 2012
Humble The Poet is a Toronto-bred MC and spoken word artist whose work embodies the changing nature and resilience of one of the world's most diverse cities.
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The Front Room at QEH
DJ Nihal Presents The Burban Mela
Saturday 14 April 2012
A mixed-bill show curated by BBC Radio 1's Nihal, featuring the best of the emerging Burban scene in the UK - black music with a distinctly Asian vibe.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Confluence with SAMYO, the National South Asian Youth Orchestra
Saturday 14 April 2012
Confluence brings together some of the country's most inspirational young musicians for a showcase of incredible talent across a range of musical genres.
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Purcell Room
Sunday 15 April 2012
A film screening of a freewheeling adaptation of the King Lear fable, a gripping emotional drama of generational conflict set in contemporary London.
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Purcell Room
Sunday 15 April 2012
Following a sold-out tour in India, sarod player Soumik Datta, 'one of the biggest new music talents in Britain' (Vogue), returns with prolific tabla maestro Arif Khan (grandson of the doyen Ustad Karamatullah Khan) to premiere this audio-visual concert.
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Blue Room, Spirit Level
Lui Zhenyun and Neel Mukherjee
Sunday 15 April 2012
Liu Zhenyun and Neel Mukherjee discuss the role of the writer in China and India respectively, as the two countries emerge as the new global superpowers for the 21st century.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Pete Lockett Rajasthan Collaboration
Sunday 15 April 2012
Alchemy presents a boundary breaking collaboration between internationally acclaimed percussionist Pete Lockett and 16 traditional musicians from the Shekawati and Marwar regions of Rajasthan.
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Level 5 Function Room
Nikesh Shukla - The Ethnic Writer - How to Avoid Labels
Monday 16 April 2012
Nikesh Shukla, whom the media call an ethnic writer, presents a motivational speech on how to be a writer and not an ethnic writer, unless there's a lucrative reason to be.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Susheela Raman and Pakistan Quawaalis
Monday 16 April 2012
Susheela Raman, one of the highlights of last year's Alchemy festival, is joined by Pakistani Quawaali singers for a one-off concert.
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