Swar Utsav was started in 2000 to celebrate 25 Years of The India Today Group. It was held for the first time in Central Park, New Delhi and then at the iconic India Gate. Initially it was spread over a week and then became a 3 day festival. All the maestros of Indian Classical, Sufi, Fusion, Ghazal and various other musical genres have performed on this stage.This platform was also gifted to many new and upcoming artistes who are now big names. The festival stopped when India Gate became a security zone, but this year, it is all set for its revival at the IGNCA lawns from 14th-16th November.

The annual music festival which won thousands of hearts, the event which had maestros performing and fans including dignitarieslistening under the waxing moon, the event that had witnessed more than 25,000 people in three-days, the event where clapping and the humming and feet-tapping used to go on past midnight… is back.

Stage is set for the biggest music festival in Delhi “Swar Utsav”. It is being held in the open lawns of Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts, New Delhi for three days – 14^th, 15^th and 16^th November 2014.

The uniqueness of this festival lies in its capacity to combine high quality classical fare with camparable folk, sufi and fusion music by attracting the best names in the industry.

Swar Utsav 2014 has platter full of various genres to enthral music lovers. Performance schedule includes –

Day 1 –

Session 1 - RAGA BY MOONLIGHT -PanditAjoyChakrabarty

Session 2 – CONFLUENCE – UstaadShujaat Hussain Khan (Sitar), Pandit T. H. VikkuVinayakram (Ghatam), George Brooks (Saxophone), Ajay Prasanna (Flute)

Day 2 –

Session 1 – DIVINITY – PanditChannulal Mishra

Session 2 – JASHN-E-QAWWALI – Warsi Brothers

Session 3 – ISHQ HAQIQI (SufianaKalam) – Hans Raj Hans

DAY 3 –

Session 1 – SHABAD KIRTAN – Ashupreet Kaur

Session 2 – PYAAR KE PAL – KK in concert