Shubha Mudgal explores verse to give voice to women’s desire
What does sexuality sound like in Indian music? The question lay at the heart of Women, Sexuality and Song, presented by Royal Opera House, Mumbai, in collaboration with AVID Learning. During a conversation after the concert, she said the challenge lay in balancing the historical context of these poems with a contemporary woman’s perspective.“As an artiste, whatever I perform is inevitably shaped by my own thoughts, experiences and perspective as a woman.
- ▪What does sexuality sound like in Indian music?
- ▪The question lay at the heart of Women, Sexuality and Song, presented by Royal Opera House, Mumbai, in collaboration with AVID Learning.
- ▪During a conversation after the concert, she said the challenge lay in balancing the historical context of these poems with a contemporary woman’s perspective.“As an artiste, whatever I perform is inevitably shaped by my own thoughts, exper
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What does sexuality sound like in Indian music? The question lay at the heart of Women, Sexuality and Song, presented by Royal Opera House, Mumbai, in collaboration with AVID Learning. More than a conventional concert, Shubha Mudgal, joined by Aneesh Pradhan, Sudhir Nayak and Pratibha Singh Baghel, wove together music, poetry and storytelling, tracing how beauty, longing, desire, motherhood, shame and resilience have echoed through centuries of India’s literary and musical traditions.Few musicians are as well-equipped to undertake such an exploration as Shubha.
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