Concert by Madan Gopal Singh based on the poems of renowned Hindi and Maithili poet Nagarjun.
Dr.Madan Gopal Singh is a singer of Sufi texts and has sung for films like Kumar Shahani’s Kasba and Khayalgatha and Mani Kaul’s Idiot. As a singer, he travelled with the legendary Kurdo-Persian singer Shahram Nazeri to ancient Sufi towns such as Isfahan, Hamadan & Kermenshah. He also performed at the 2nd Sufi Soul World Music Festival held in Lahore, Pakistan in 2001.
Singh was invited to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2002, Washington as a presenter-performer. In all, he gave/made/conducted 28 concerts, presentations and workshops.
He also composed music for the documentary film on Kashmir- Paradise on a River of Hell directed by Meenu Gaur and Abir Bazaz.
He also composed music for Sabiha Sumar’s celebrated Khamosh Pani – a French-German-Pakistan coproduction. The film has been widely acclaimed and shown the world over. It won the Best Film award at the Locarno Film Festival, 2003