Question : Welfare Schemes for Musicians

(a) the schemes and welfare provisions by which the Ministry has supported the musical talent of musicians in the Carnatic, Hindustani and Western traditions in India during the past seven years;

(b) whether musicians in the Western tradition from Andhra Pradesh and the North Eastern States have represented India abroad in international cultural events and competitions;

(c) if so, the details of these musical performances including the date and location of the parent events; and

(d) the State-wise and genre-wise number of musicians who performed abroad representing India during each of the last seven years?

MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)


(a) to (d) Ministry of Culture administers various schemes under the umbrella schemes of (i) Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture (ii) and Scheme of Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art and Culture etc. under which financial support in the form of grant such as Repertory Grant, Cultural Function & Production Grant, Grant to Organisations with National Presence and Scholarship / Fellowship is being provided to support all categories of artists including musicians in different cultural fields as well as categories of music including Carnatic, Hindustani etc. during the past seven years and beyond.

Further, the Ministry has supported the musical talent of musicians under the Scheme ‘Festival of India Abroad’. Festival of India is organized in other countries and the musicians are supported for their participation by way of providing for travel/stay/transportation etc. & also performance fee in accordance with the Guidelines of the scheme.

The details of the participation of musicians for last Seven years from various categories, region, name of the Country and date of last performance by the artist is given at Annexure.

Annexure
S.No. Name/Group of Music Category State Country Name Date of Last performance
1. Dr. Kumud Diwan Hindustani Vocal Delhi Afghanistan 6 Sep - 10 Sep 2017
2. Sumitra Guha Hindustani Vocal Delhi France 23 Jan - 29 Jan 2018
3. Malvika Nirajan Hindustani Vocal Karnataka New Zealand 18 Aug - 20 Aug 2017
4. Dhananjay Kaul Hindustani Vocal Delhi Senegal 15 Feb – 19 Feb 2017
5. Dr. Soma Ghosh Hindustani Vocal Maharashtra Oman 24 Jan – 29 Jan 2017
6. Malini Awasthi Hindustani Vocal Uttar Pradesh Trinidad and Tobago 10 Nov -13 Nov. 2017
7. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar Hindustani Vocal Delhi Switzerland & Liechtenstein Nov 7-11, 2018
8. Shreyas & Abhas Hindustani Vocal Maharashtra South Africa 22-26 Sept 2019
9. Ms. Sunanda Sharma Hindustani Vocal Uttar Pradesh South Africa 23-27 Sept 2019
10. Smita Nagdev Hindustani Instrumental Madhya Pradesh Kazakhstan 6 Oct - 11 Oct. 2016
11. Dr. Bipul Kumar Ray Hindustani Instrumental Delhi Russia 4 Sep - 9 Sep. 2016
21 Mar - 28 Mar 2019
12. Subash Ghosh Hindustani Instrumental Chandigarh (U.T) Netherlands 3 Mar – 10 Mar. 2017
13. R Sridhar Hindustani Instrumental Delhi Iran 14 Aug - 16 Aug.2017
14. Pt. Keshab Kanti Chowdhury Hindustani Instrumental Delhi Ukraine 19 Oct - 23 Oct, 2017
15. Pandit Vikash Maharaj (Sarod Player) Hindustani Instrumental Uttar Pradesh Brunei Darussalam 13 Aug - 17 Aug. 2017
16. Maestro. Anupriya Deotale Hindustani Instrumental Delhi Croatia 7 Nov - 10 Nov. 2017
17. Dr. Varsha Agrawal, Vibration Group Hindustani Instrumental Madhya Pradesh Mexico 30 Nov 2019 to 06 Dec 2019
18. Pandit Prateek Chaudhuri Hindustani Instrumental Delhi Norway 14 Aug - 16 Aug 2017
19. Pandit Prof. Dr. Yella Venkateshwara Rao Hindustani Instrumental Hyderabad Nepal 21-23 February, 2019
20. Anuradha Pal Hindustani Instrumental Maharashtra Qatar 27 Feb to 3 March, 2019
21. Dr. M. Narmadha Hindustani Instrumental Tamil Nadu Russia 13 Dec -19 Dec 2018
22. Nizami Brothers Thumari/Dadra/Kajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc. Delhi Mauritius Oct 2015 to Dec, 2016
23. Dr Mamta Rani Alias Dr Mamta Joshi/ Mohan Joshi Thumari/Dadra/Kajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc. Punjab Ghana 9 Feb – 13 Feb 2017
24. MELODY MAGIC Deepak Mehtaa Thumari/Dadra/Kajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc.
Delhi Senegal 5 Feb – 9 Feb 2017
25. Bharati Bandhu Thumari/Dadra/Kajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc. Chhattisgarh Russia 04 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
26. Haji Mohammad Idris (Qutbi Brothers Qawwal) Thumari/Dadra/Kajri, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Sufi etc. Delhi Kenya 22 Nov - 26 Nov 2016
27. Greeshma Prasad Fusion/Jugalbandi/Talvadhya Kerala Russia 8 Nov - 16 Nov 2018
28. Peravali Jaya Bhaskar Fusion/Jugalbandi/Talvadhya Hyderabad Croatia 24– 28 Feb, 2019
29. Sanatomba Rajkumar Folk Music Manipur Laos 19 Aug - 21 Aug 2017
30. Anuj Sharma Folk Music Chhattisgarh Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, Nauru, Tuvalu and Cook Island 16 Mar - 18 Mar. 2018
31. Abiogenesis Folk Music Nagaland Tunisia 3 Aug. – 8Aug. 2018
32. Melita Pinto e Gomes Folk Music Goa Tunisia 6 Sept. – 11 Sept. 2018



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