This year’s ASEAN India Music Festival (AIMF) will return with substantial music events taking place at some of India’s top institutions. The three concerts will be a part of the celebrations for the ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations’ 30th anniversary.
Three concerts in Shillong, at Ashoka University, Government schools in collaboration with Global Music Institute, and North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), will feature multi-genre contemporary acts from numerous ASEAN nations and India. Similar to AIMF, which will be held from November 18–20 in Purana Qila in New Delhi, the concerts and workshops are free.
Serving as a prelude to the main festival event, the Ashoka University concert will take place on November 17, 2022, 7:00 PM onwards and will showcase music from Tri Minh’s Quartet (Vietnam), Instamuzika (Malaysia), RizerXSuffer (Cambodia), and Empty Wallet (Brunei Darussalam).
ASEAN India Music Festival’s closing ceremony will be hosted on November 20, with Minister of External Affairs Hon’ble Dr S. Jaishankar as chief guest.
On November 21, a lecture demonstration and workshop will be given at aGovernment school in association with the Global Music Institute in Delhi. Guests will also be treated to demonstrative performances from Lao Traditional Music Troupe (Lao-PDR), Makaohang (Thailand), and Bayang Barrios at Ang Nilayagan (Philippines).
The Shillong leg of the ASEAN-India Music Festival will conclude this year’s series of musical events on November 22 at North-Eastern Hill University in Meghalaya. This event aims to raise students’ and youths’ awareness of and appreciation for music from the ASEAN region, which will in turn promote tourism and interaction between India and ASEAN.
Shillong’s own Colours, the MRTV Modern Music Band from Myanmar, Riau Rhythm from Indonesia, and Linying Band will all perform during the show (Singapore). 5:30 PM is the commencement of the concert.
“It is very rare that there is such a vast representation of music from Asean region where India has a lot of commonality in our shared cultural histories and traditions. Therefore it is only natural that the youth and the young generation of India should get to hear and have direct interaction with these musicians rarely seen and heard in India,” Sanjeev Bhargava, Director of ASEAN-India Music Festival 2022, shares. “These workshops and interactive sessions will go a long way in spreading awareness of common musical traditions between ASEAN and India.”
The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in partnership with SEHER—the primary organizers of the second ASEAN-India Music Festival 2022—organizes the university performances and lecture-workshop program.
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