Antardhwani is a South Asian Classical Contemporary Choir conducted by the genius composer Karnataka Kalashree Praveen D Rao, where eclectic, mind blowing music is presented by this rare South Indian choir. The eleventh edition of the London International Arts Festival (LIAF) is a celebration of the capital’s most exciting music and culture presented in a hybrid manner with seven concerts and two workshops in 3 venues of London & four concerts being streamed online from India. The festival will feature an eclectic line-up of performing artists and industry professionals in a series of live & virtual events. Curated by the South Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, LIAF 2022 (www.liaf.co.uk) celebrates the many colourful cultures of the global music scene. 2022 handpicked line-up spotlights the best up-and-coming world music bands alongside masters of the South Indian classical world. LIAF is hosted by Dhruv Arts, a UK-based not-for-profit organization that provides music education and workshops for all ages along with performances of South Asian, Carnatic and world art forms. (www.dhruvarts.org) The first LIAF took place in 2012 and has since featured artists from across the globe; India, Mexico, Serbia, Turkey and North America to name a few. Alongside world-class concerts, LIAF offers hands-on masterclasses providing a crucial platform for cross-cultural and multi-generational artistic interaction. Festival founder, curator and violin virtuoso Jyotsna Srikanth explains; ‘What started as a desire to showcase the best of South Indian Carnatic music has expanded into a far richer tapestry of music and arts originating from different continents’ LIAF 2022 is supported by Arts Council, England.

Carnatic vocal recital by Chandana Bala Kalyan presenting 'Pentatonic Ragas' accompanied by Dr Jyotsna Srikanth - Violin Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma - Mridangam ASN Swamy - Khanjira The eleventh edition of the London International Arts Festival (LIAF) is a celebration of the capital’s most exciting music and culture presented in a hybrid manner with seven concerts and two workshops in 3 venues of London & four concerts being streamed online from India. The festival will feature an eclectic line-up of performing artists and industry professionals in a series of live & virtual events. Curated by the South Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, LIAF 2022 (www.liaf.co.uk) celebrates the many colourful cultures of the global music scene. 2022 handpicked line-up spotlights the best up-and-coming world music bands alongside masters of the South Indian classical world. LIAF is hosted by Dhruv Arts, a UK-based not-for-profit organization that provides music education and workshops for all ages along with performances of South Asian, Carnatic and world art forms. (www.dhruvarts.org) The first LIAF took place in 2012 and has since featured artists from across the globe; India, Mexico, Serbia, Turkey and North America to name a few. Alongside world-class concerts, LIAF offers hands-on masterclasses providing a crucial platform for cross-cultural and multi-generational artistic interaction. Festival founder, curator and violin virtuoso Jyotsna Srikanth explains; ‘What started as a desire to showcase the best of South Indian Carnatic music has expanded into a far richer tapestry of music and arts originating from different continents’ LIAF 2022 is supported by Arts Council, England.

Carnatic vocal recital by Bangalore Brothers Hariharan and Ashok presenting songs on 'The son of wind' accompanied by Mathoor Srinidhi - violin HS Sudhindra - mridangam Srishyla - ghatam The eleventh edition of the London International Arts Festival (LIAF) is a celebration of the capital’s most exciting music and culture presented in a hybrid manner with seven concerts and two workshops in 3 venues of London & four concerts being streamed online from India. The festival will feature an eclectic line-up of performing artists and industry professionals in a series of live & virtual events. Curated by the South Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, LIAF 2022 (www.liaf.co.uk) celebrates the many colourful cultures of the global music scene. 2022 handpicked line-up spotlights the best up-and-coming world music bands alongside masters of the South Indian classical world. LIAF is hosted by Dhruv Arts, a UK-based not-for-profit organization that provides music education and workshops for all ages along with performances of South Asian, Carnatic and world art forms. (www.dhruvarts.org) The first LIAF took place in 2012 and has since featured artists from across the globe; India, Mexico, Serbia, Turkey and North America to name a few. Alongside world-class concerts, LIAF offers hands-on masterclasses providing a crucial platform for cross-cultural and multi-generational artistic interaction. Festival founder, curator and violin virtuoso Jyotsna Srikanth explains; ‘What started as a desire to showcase the best of South Indian Carnatic music has expanded into a far richer tapestry of music and arts originating from different continents’ LIAF 2022 is supported by Arts Council, England.

Workshops at the London International Arts Festival 2014 conducted at the Rich Mix, London 1. Indian roots within World music by Praveen D Rao, India  2. Live loops, Matthias Jakisic, Austria  3. Afrobeat by Poción de Fe, Scotland

London International Arts Festival(LIAF) hosted by Dhruv Arts, UK is a Diversity Arts Festival with focus on south Indian classical Carnatic music. Curated by violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, the festival features both established and up-and-coming bands for performance slots during the event, offering live music and workshops to diverse audience from the world. The festival celebrates diversity in music and features local, regional, national and international performers in genres including World, Jazz, Classical, Folk and Contemporary The festival gives a special focus on South Indian Carnatic classical music. This promo features clippings from the 2014 festival. 2015 festival dates are from Nov 4th to 8th at the London Jazz Cafe, Rich Mix, Oslo, St Ethelburga's and Redbridge Town Hall. www.liaf.co.uk www.facebook.com/DhruvaLIAF www.twitter.com/DhruvLiaf

Watch Jyotsna Srikanth and Sunday Driver perform and the festival directors Srikanth Sharma/ Jyotsna Srikanth & Susheela Raman speak to Ashanti Omkar at the press conference of London International Arts Festival at the Jazz Cafe, London on October 2014.

Lead by trumpeter Shanti Jayasinha, three well know musicians who between them have played and recorded with an amazing array of stars. For LIAF Shanti has written material exploring the links between South Indian, Cuban, African music and jazz.

Indian Ocean are an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are considered to be the pioneers of the fusion rock genre in India. The musical style of the band can be at best classified as fusion music. Some music critics describe the band's music as "Indo-rock fusion with jazz-spiced rhythms that integrates shlokas, sufism, environmentalism, mythology and revolution."

Mosaic is a band who fuse early, traditional Polish music with the Orient and World Music. The ensemble plays the historical and traditional instruments from different countries where the listener will encounter Slavic wildness and melancholy, oriental mystery, sounds of nature, urban chaos as well as sounds of ancient world order and contemporary eclecticism. Award Winners of Festivals such as the New Tradition Polish Radio Festival of Folk Music and Folk St. Nicholas' Day Festival, Mosaic has performed at prestigious festivals of ethno music, namely at Cross Culture Festival and Ethnoport Music Festival. The band released two records to critical acclaim with their debut album, Ludovava. Mosaic's collaboration with Polish Radio resulted in their second release ...'a my do Betlejem' (...And We Go to Bethlehem) and a recording of their concert, which took place in W. Lutosławski Polish Radio Studio in Warsaw. Line up: Jolanta Kossakowska -- medieval fiddles, gęśle, vocal, recorders, percussion instruments, vocal Wojciech Lubertowicz -- percussion instruments Mateusz Szemraj -- al oud, tar, saz, Polish dulcimer Sebastian Wielądek -- hurdy gurdy, ney, duduk, bagpipe