SHEPHALI FROST ENSEMBLE - UK TOUR 2023


8 pm. 22nd July 2023 
Finch Café, 12 Sidworth St, London E8 3SD

7 pm. 30th July
Gidleigh Church of the Holy Trinity, Gidleigh, Newton Abbot, TQ13 8HR, Cornwall.

5 pm. 12th August 
Bell square, Hounslow high street, London TW3 3HH

5 pm. 18th August
Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Grn, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2UE.

7.30 pm. 2nd September 
The Albany Theatre, Albany Road, Coventry CV5 6JQ 

21st September
Twenty One, Unit 21, Pier Approach, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EH

30th September  
Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9ES

https://www.chelmsfordfringefestival.com/performers-artists/shephali-frost
The Inheritance of Love - Indo-West Fusion Music by Shephali Frost.

Shephali Frost is a singer, composer and poet who sings the poetry of love and revolution from India & Pakistan. A celebrated traditional musician, she is known internationally for her unique style of performing Sufi Music, Ghazals and Nazms.

In her current repertoire, Shephali has teamed up with Western classical & jazz musicians in Britain to evolve a multi-ethnic music that combines spoken word, ancestral poetry & modern English verse with her songs.

A highly original combination of East & West, her collaborators in this journey are:

Zak Demetri on Saxophone
Samuel Hollis on Double Bass
Max Stanton on Piano & Keyboard
Junaid Ali on Indian Tabla
&
Robin Christian on Indian Flute

Shephali composes her own work as well as collaborates extensively with other composers. Iconoclastic in her love of music, she is always keen to experiment with other musicians in styles & genres.

A published poet & award-winning screenwriter, Shephali writes prose and poetry in English and Hindi. This multilingual program is laced with poetry in English, written by her.

Shephali Frost evokes the sounds of 15th century mystics from the Indian subcontinent, in the beautiful Watermans Art Centre, in Brentford, London.

Avant Garde Soundscape to celebrate 100 Years of BBC's first transmission from Writtle

Shephali Frost sings of love that celebrates earthly desire, and yet transcends to the level of heavenly devotion. Her music will explore the poetry of, the 15th century princess, Meera Bai, who constantly seeked union with an eternal Krishna – who for ever remained out of her bodily reach but was inexorably fused in her entire being.

Shephali will also sing the poetry of a modern Sufiyana poet who lived in the emotionally devastating time of the subcontinent’s partition in 1947 – the great Shiv Kumar Batalavi.

Shephali Frost’s creative projects crisscross, UK and India - the two countries she lives and works in. Trained in Hindustani classical music, she has chosen to sing across the genres of ghazals and Sufi music. Her special area of interest of course, is the Nazm, which she brings to life with her soulful voice and passion for Urdu poetry.

Shephali brings her deep interest in world history to songs of diaspora – singing the poetry of love and revolution across countries and civilisations. An extremely talented and versatile artist, her repertoire extends from the songs of the nineteenth century Sufi saint, Shah Turab Ali Qalandar of Kakori Sahrif in Lucknow, to the poetry of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Habib Jalib. The rebellious poetry of Majaz Lakhnavi is of special interest to her, as are the compositions of Mira Bai, Amrita Pritam and the iconoclastic Punjabi poet of the sixteenth century - Shah Hussain.

Accompanied by KEVAL JOSHI Tabla & ROBIN CHRISTIAN Flute

In association with SAMA Arts Network

Poetry and revolutionary legacy of rebel-romantic poet Asrar Ul Haq Majaz, composed by Jagmohan Josji, accompanied by Ustaad Kamaal Khan Sahab on sarangi, Feroze Khan Sahab on Tabla.

Organised by United Reform, in aid of Refugee Action Week at the Crowstone, Southend on Sea.

Music in aid of Refugee Action Colchester, UK
Accompanied on Oud with Qusai, a political refugee from Syria.

Cine Ink & Radio Manzil present the recording of a Live Concert by Shephali Frost, produced by Jay Visvadeva of Sama Arts Network, in association with the Nehru Centre, London, on 24 May 2018.

Broadcaster Achala Sharma introduced the concert in front of an invited audience. Keval Joshi accompanied on Tabla and Robin Christian on Flute.

Trained in Hindustani classical music, Shephali sings across the genres of ghazals and Sufi music.

Shephali brings her deep interest in world history to songs of diaspora – singing the poetry of love and revolution across countries and civilisations. An extremely talented and versatile artist, her repertoire extends from the songs of the 18th century Sufi saint, Shah Turab Ali Qalandar of Kakori Sharif in Lucknow, to the poetry of Shiv Kumar Batalvi in Punjab.

She also sang Mira Bai and the iconoclastic Saraiki/Punjabi poet of the sixteenth century – Shah Hussain.

Courtesy: Sama Arts Network & Nehru Centre