The following is an incomplete list of Indian classical music festivals, which encapsulates

music festivals A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...

focused on

Indian classical music Indian classical music is the art music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like ''Shastriya Sangeet'' and ''Marg Sangeet''. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as ...

. The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the

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, which are the oldest

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s in the

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tradition dating back to 1500 BC. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

. There are two divisions in Indian classical music.

Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

is mainly found in

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. Carnatic music, from

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, tends to be more rhythmically intensive and structured than Hindustani music. While some festivals such as the Carnatic event

Tyagaraja Aradhana Thyagaraja Aradhana is an annual ''aradhana'' (a Sanskrit term meaning act of glorifying God or a person) of Telugu saint composer Tyagaraja. The music festival is observed in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, primarily ...

(founded in the 1840s) continue to focus on traditional Carnatic classical music, an emergent trend of the past few decades has been that of

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, where genres such as

khyal Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian language, Persian/Arabic language, Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with rom ...

and western music are intermixed to appeal to a wider audience.

Festivals

Carnatic

Hindustani

Odissi

References

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Lists of music festivals in Asia

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Festivals of Indian culture