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PARIS, FRANCE, March 17, 2003: In Paris more than three months of festivities dedicated to Hindustani classical music from the 14th to the 20th centuries opens this week. It will include concerts, films, talks and a show of rare instruments from north India. Held at the Cite de la Musique from March 19 to June 29, the mainstay of the fete will be an exhibition of instruments, including sarangis and sitars, and including manuscripts, drawings and paintings from private and public collections. High points will be a forum on raga music and Kathak dance on March 22, including a full night of music put on by nine musicians from India. The Susheela Raman Quintet and the Trilok Gurtu Group with singer Shankar Mahadevan will offer the new sounds created by the mix of traditional Hindustani music, Western, blues and reggae.

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