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SIA 2026 Season PREVIEW
Sun Mar 1, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. KATHAK ON THE SILVER SCREEN. Versatile Kathak has graced temple dances, folk festivals, courtesans mehfils, and has beautifully enriched the silver screen. In this masterpiece production, Kathak Rhythms takes you on a journey of Kathak in Bollywood.
Sat April 11, 8pm, MATCHBOX4. Grammy Winning RAKESH CHAURASIA on bamboo flute Bansuri, Amit Kavthekar on Tabla.
Fri May 8, 8pm, Wortham Center. NITIN MUKESH celebrates 100 years of Bollywood legend Mukesh. SIA brings the incredible concert to Houston on popular demand.
Sun June 14, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. NADODI (Nomad) quintet explores and celebrates the global music landscape. The group, Rohith Jayaraman, Alief Hamadan, Apporva Krishna, Giri Subramaniam, and Yogev Gaby, are seasoned performers who have collaborated with legends from Zakir Hussain to Tigran Hamasyan, to A. R. Rahman!
Sat July 18, 8pm, Stafford Center. NIWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI play. Highly decorated Hindi cinema actor and alumnus of National School of Drama, Niwazuddin realizes his first love, drama, in an outstanding play. SIA is proud to bring this play for Houstonians!
Sat Sep 26,8pm, MATCHBOX4. ‘Kahet Kabir’ by Aditya Prakash Ensemble. In a specially commissioned SIA presentation, a cross-cultural band takes you on a musical journey of spiritual writings of mystic Kabir.
Saturday October 10, 8pm, Stafford Centre. THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES- Niladri Kumar following in the footsteps of Zakir Hussain. Sitarist Niladri Kumar is a maverick musician and composer, a game changer, and a serious exponent of Indian classical music. Niladri was a frequent collaborator with the late Zakir Hussain. Based on the two maestros’ extraordinary recording of a live concert Space Between the Notes, Niladri honors his friend and mentor Zakir Hussain with music from that last recording through his own interpretations as he carries this centuries’ tradition forward on a path Hussain deeply inspired him to find.
Sun Oct 18, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. Grammy Winning violinist/composer L. SHANKAR, Grammy Winning Percussionist SELVAGANESH VINAYAKRAM, Percussionist SWAMINATHAN, Tabla virtuoso AMIT KAVTHEKAR.
November 20-22 weekend (in the works): MUSHAIRA, featuring renowned Urdu poets from India and Pakistan.
Sun Mar 1, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. KATHAK ON THE SILVER SCREEN. Versatile Kathak has graced temple dances, folk festivals, courtesans mehfils, and has beautifully enriched the silver screen. In this masterpiece production, Kathak Rhythms takes you on a journey of Kathak in Bollywood.
Sat April 11, 8pm, MATCHBOX4. Grammy Winning RAKESH CHAURASIA on bamboo flute Bansuri, Amit Kavthekar on Tabla.
Fri May 8, 8pm, Wortham Center. NITIN MUKESH celebrates 100 years of Bollywood legend Mukesh. SIA brings the incredible concert to Houston on popular demand.
Sun June 14, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. NADODI (Nomad) quintet explores and celebrates the global music landscape. The group, Rohith Jayaraman, Alief Hamadan, Apporva Krishna, Giri Subramaniam, and Yogev Gaby, are seasoned performers who have collaborated with legends from Zakir Hussain to Tigran Hamasyan, to A. R. Rahman!
Sat July 18, 8pm, Stafford Center. NIWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI play. Highly decorated Hindi cinema actor and alumnus of National School of Drama, Niwazuddin realizes his first love, drama, in an outstanding play. SIA is proud to bring this play for Houstonians!
Sat Sep 26,8pm, MATCHBOX4. ‘Kahet Kabir’ by Aditya Prakash Ensemble. In a specially commissioned SIA presentation, a cross-cultural band takes you on a musical journey of spiritual writings of mystic Kabir.
Saturday October 10, 8pm, Stafford Centre. THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES- Niladri Kumar following in the footsteps of Zakir Hussain. Sitarist Niladri Kumar is a maverick musician and composer, a game changer, and a serious exponent of Indian classical music. Niladri was a frequent collaborator with the late Zakir Hussain. Based on the two maestros’ extraordinary recording of a live concert Space Between the Notes, Niladri honors his friend and mentor Zakir Hussain with music from that last recording through his own interpretations as he carries this centuries’ tradition forward on a path Hussain deeply inspired him to find.
Sun Oct 18, 6pm, MATCHBOX4. Grammy Winning violinist/composer L. SHANKAR, Grammy Winning Percussionist SELVAGANESH VINAYAKRAM, Percussionist SWAMINATHAN, Tabla virtuoso AMIT KAVTHEKAR.
November 20-22 weekend (in the works): MUSHAIRA, featuring renowned Urdu poets from India and Pakistan.