Baajaa Gaajaa 2009

Baajaa Gaajaa is a unique three-day event dedicated to Indian music in all its diversity and richness. Scheduled to take place at Ishanya, Pune (India) from the 6th to the 8th of February, 2009, it will bring together musicians, music lovers, scholars, instrument makers, indie record labels, publishers and a host of organizations and individuals connected with music and music making in 21st century India.

For more details, please have a look at their website. http://www.baajaagaajaa.com/

Date	Time	Activity	Participants	Venue
Friday Feb 6, '09	10 am to 11 am	Inauguration	Opening remarks by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade.	Seminar Hall
	10 am to 8 pm	Exhibition and sale of CDs, DVDs, books, and merchandise pertaining to music	Producers, artistes, publishers, manufacturers, craftsmen, and others	Kunj and Aangan
	10 am to 8 pm	Archival photo exhibition		Tilting Art Gallery
	11 am to 1 pm	Towards a ‘Sound’ Future – Seminar on insurance and financial strategies for musicians, craftspeople and other agencies involved in music from India	Expert panel consisting of investment experts and representatives of insurance companies	Seminar Hall
	2 pm to 4 pm	Bishar Blues - Film Screening	Director: Amitabh Chakraborty	Seminar Hall
	4.30 pm to 6 pm	Live music and dialogue with performers	Artistes to be announced shortly	Seminar Hall
	7 pm to 9.30 pm	1871 in 2009: The Parsi Gayan Uttejak Mandali - Concert	Vocalists: Manjusha Kulkarni Patil, Anuradha Kuber, Prachi Dublay, Shaunak Abhisheki, Bireshwar Gautam, Uday Bhawalkar; Hamonium: Sudhir Nayak and Suyog Kundalkar; Tabla: Bharat Kamat and Prashant Pandav; Pakhawaj: Manik Munde	Amphitheatre
Saturday Feb 7, '09	10 am to 8 pm	Exhibition and sale of CDs, DVDs, books, and merchandise pertaining to music	Producers, artistes, publishers, manufacturers, craftsmen, and others	Kunj and Aangan
	10 am to 8 pm	Archival photo exhibition		Tilting Art Gallery
	11 am to 1 pm	Whose Music is it? – Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights	Presided over by The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.J. Vazifdar; Expert panelists: Professor T.N. Daruwala and Advocate Chander Lall	Seminar Hall
	2 pm to 4 pm	Leaving Home - Film screening	Director: Jaideep Verma; Indian Ocean band represented by Rahul Ram	Seminar Hall
	4.30 pm to 6 pm	Live music and dialogue with performers	Artistes to be announced shortly	Seminar Hall
	7 pm to 9.30 pm	Spin-n-Scratch - Concert	DJ Gaurav Issar; Other artistes to be announced shortly	Amphitheatre
Sunday Feb 8, '09	10 am to 8 pm	Exhibition and sale of CDs, DVDs, books, and merchandise pertaining to music	Producers, artistes, publishers, manufacturers, craftsmen, and others	Kunj and Aangan
	10 am to 8 pm	Archival photo exhibition		Tilting Art Gallery
	11 am to 1 pm	Let’s Talk Experimentation – Seminar on experimentation in contemporary music	Overview by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade. Panel of artistes to be announced shortly	Seminar Hall
	2 pm to 4 pm	Laya - Film screening	Producer: Sonya Mazumdar	Seminar Hall
	4 pm to 6 pm	Music Matters - Discussion on issues related to current performance and recording situation	Open House	Seminar Hall
	7 pm to 9.30 pm	Maestro’s Muse - Concert	Maestros Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) and Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna (vocal)	Amphitheatre