Georgetown: Internationally acclaimed Indian Singer, Indira Naik is set to make her first performances in the Caribbean during the month of October. The great Sufi / classical singer together with her troupe is expected to visit Guyana during October 27—October 30, 2014 as part of the tour which takes her to Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Barbados, St. Vincent & Guyana.
Naik’s visit is being organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi, India and the Indian High Commission in Guyana (IHC) is coordinating the Guyana leg of the tour with the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA).
Two shows are slated for her visit—one in Georgetown on October 28 and another on the lawns of the famed ACIC, West Coast Demerara on October 29. His Excellency, Mr. Venkatachalam Mahalingam, High Commissioner of the Republic of India for Guyana is spearheading the organizing of the visit himself together with the Director of the Indian Cultural Center, A.K. Chaterjee. The local Muslim community is being represented by a committee led by ACIC’s President General, Hakeem Khan.
In a genre dominated by soul-stirring greats like Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, late Jagjit Singh and Pankaj Udhas, she is a true female counterpart – one whose ‘dard’ and ‘ehsaas’ are comparable to the greats. Meet Indira Naik, the singer whose voice is an instrument of beauty and power, of earthy sweetness and stark sensuality, evoking images of modern grace and old-world mysticism. Classically trained in the Patiala Gayaki, Indira’s music is a tribute to age old traditions set against the backdrop of our times.
She comes from a family of artistes with a Bharat Natyam exponent mother and a sitar-playing father. Having toured widely across the globe, Indira has built a reputation for herself, enthralling audiences with live renditions the world over including the US, the UK, Portugal and Brunei as well as across the length and breadth of India with performances at Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Chittorgarh, Rajkot, and Jodphur.
Each year, Indira tours the UK and the US extensively taking her music to foreign shores. Indira has been classically trained in the Patiala Gayaki, and her music has always been a tribute to age old traditions set against the backdrop of modern times.
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