South Asian Classical Music Society (Chicago)

09/26/2026

09/25/2026

We are thrilled that this amazing duo who recently gave a mesmerizing performance at National India Hub at a concert organized by SACMS are featured in the star studded line up at Ragamala tomorrow….

Come listen to Shehnai, a rare treat!

Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center starting at 6 pm all the way to 8 am!!

09/23/2026

Ragamala this year is extra special for us at South Asian Classical Music Society!!

Our founder and Artistic Co-Director Lyon Leifer is being honored at Ragamala by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Social Events (DCASE) for his illustrious career as a bansuri player, teacher and leader in South Asian performing arts. He is a student of the late Pt Devendra Murdeshwar and a bansuri player in the lineage of Pt Pannalal Ghosh of the Maihar gharana.

We invite you all to join us on this momentous occasion as Lyon’s celebrates his 85th birthday!!

His performance will begin at 11:15 pm at Preston Bradley Hall at the beautiful Chicago Cultural Center. He will be accompanied on tabla by Nitin Mitta.

09/22/2026

There is no other city that sponsors, organizes and conducts an all night extravaganza of classical music from South Asia and makes it free for the public….

We are so fortunate to have had a long history of partnering with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Social Events and are so grateful to the City of Chicago for making the opening night of the annual World Music Festival, a grand showcase of music traditions from South Asia.

Featuring some of our very own SACMS team this year…we hope to see you there!

Starting at 6 pm on September 25, 2026, Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center and running till 8 am!!
Brian Keigher

09/08/2026

Ragamala 2026 on the Chicago World Music Festival is coming up on the Friday the 26th into Saturday morning, with a lineup that features quite a few of our SACMS performers Saraswathi Ranganathan, Shruthi Kannan, Sonny Patel, Lucia Thomas and Shruthi Joshi, and even more of our performer friends! In the 11:15pm set, Lyon Leifer's bansuri performance takes place as the Festival honors his 80th. Hope to see you there! Here's the entire lineup for Ragamala: A Celebration of South Asian Classical Music 2026.

08/20/2026

Don’t miss this amazing event that will bring the sounds and memories of two great instrumentalists Utd Bismillah Khan and Pt V.G Jog to the Chicago area thru a never heard before shehnai-violin jugalbandi!

Aug 29th at National India Hub in Schaumburg!

🎫🎫 Tickets at link below!! 🎫🎫

https://www.viewcy.com/event/golden_sound_remember

08/19/2026

Maestros Lokesh Anand and Ratish Tagde unite to honor the spirit of Ustad Bismillah Khan. Enjoy this evening of synergy between shehnai and violin, with Hindole Majumdar's able support on the tabla.
Tickets: https://www.viewcy.com/event/golden_sound_remember