Photos: Udaipur World Music Festival 2022 Brings Rock, Folk and High-Energy Music
The sixth edition of the multi-genre three-day event brought in the likes of Blessing ‘Bled’ Chimanga, Farhan Akhtar, Kamakshi Khanna and more
Farhan Live at Udaipur World Music Festival 2022. Photo: Courtesy of the festival
Indian and international folk, rock and pop artists made their way down to Udaipur for the sixth edition of the Vedanta Udaipur World Music Festival, held between December 16th to 18th at various venues across the cities.
The Udaipur World Music Festival was among the last live events to take place pre-pandemic, held previously in February 2020. Now, in their comeback edition, they enlisted familiar and shining names from across the world. That included Portuguese duo Senza, Zimbabwe’s energetic star Blessing ‘Bled’ Chimanga and his band, transnational act Electric Percussion Orchestra aka EPO, rocker Farhan Akhtar and his live ensemble, Bengaluru-based favorites Parvaaz, folk-fusion act Raghu Dixit Project, singer-songwriter Kamakshi Khanna, rapper Naveen Koomar‘s collaboration with producer Vedang, singer-composer Amrit Ramnath, fusion act Albaluna and several others.
The festival also included a comeback from artists like Dhruv Visvanath, who took to the stage for the first time in nearly three years, accompanied by violinist-producer Ajay Jayanthi and singer-composer and multi-instrumentalist Ankit Dayal. Check out all the action below.
Photos: Courtesy of Vedanta Udaipur World Music Festival
Jasleen Aulakh performing at Gandhi Ground on day one Papon strikes a pose during his headline performance on day one of the Udaipur World Music Festival Parvaaz vocalist-guitarist Khalid Ahamed in action on day one. Violinist Nadnini Shankar performs a morning set on day two at Ambrai Ghat. Mumbai-based Kamakshi Khanna and the band warm up the crowd at Fateh Sagar Paal on day two. Katia Guerreiro on day two at Fateh Sagar Paal. Zimbabwe’s Blessing Bled Chimanga & Dreams hit all the right notes at Gandhi Ground on day two’s evening performances. Bengaluru-based folk-fusion artist Raghu Dixit on day two of the festival. Habla De Mi En Presente show off some moves on day two. Portuguese duo Senza during their performance on day two. Vocalist-composer Amrit Ramnath started off the morning performances at Ambrai Ghat on day three. By the evening, Naveen Koomar was representing hip-hop with his set featuring producer Vedang at Gandhi Ground. New Delhi singer-singwriter Dhruv Visvanath returned to the stage at Udaipur World Music Festival 2022, performing on day three. Electric Percussion Orchestra take the stage on day three. Fusion group Albaluna brought thr energy on day three as the penultimate performers at the festival.
