Making space for Indian classical music at Lollapalooza India 2025
The HinduThe Sunday afternoon heat was oppressive, but the many music lovers who had walked a couple of kilometres to attend the Lollapalooza India 2025 at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Race Course, wearing caps of different shapes and colours, did not seem to mind. Most of them were in their 20s or 30s, waiting to hear American rock band Green Day, Norwegian singer Aurora and Kerala rapper Hanumankind, who stormed the global charts last year with ‘Big Dawgs’. As Niladri said, “Lollapalooza is a landmark event that happens in the musical calendar of Mumbai, and it’s a place where many international acts perform. I probably would never own a Ferrari, but I thought I could colour the instrument in that — hence, red.” Niladri said he wasn’t sure whether the zitar had succeeded in attracting a new audience to classical music.
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