With the successful conclusion of the SIFAS Festival of the Arts 2026 on 3 May, we celebrate a landmark edition that marked the beginning of a new chapter for SIFAS at Middle Road. Held for the first time at our new premises, the festival inaugurated our new home with an inspiring journey through the arts.

Inspired by the classical Indian aesthetic philosophy of rasa, the emotional essence at the heart of artistic expression, this year’s theme, Infinite Rasa, invited artists and audiences to experience a boundless spectrum of human emotion. Through performances and visual arts, creators explored joy, wonder, longing, and more, reimagining tradition while remaining rooted in its timeless spirit.

As past and present converged in a renewed space, Infinite Rasa brought fresh life to the stage and canvas, leaving audiences with memorable artistic experiences and setting the tone for an exciting future ahead.

Festival Highlights

​​25 April | Saturday | 4PM & 8PM
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio
26 April | Sunday | 7 PM
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
​2 May | Saturday | 7.30PM ,  3 May | Sunday | 5pm
Venue: Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Check out our Festival 2026 Booklet!

PRESS

CONNECTED TO INDIA
​SIFAS Festival of Arts 2026 to celebrate “Infinite Rasa” with global and local talent
​DATE : 4 APRIL 2026
PLATFORM : CITY NOMADS
​DATE : 17 APRIL 2026
CONNECTED TO INDIA
Radhe Jaggi brings ‘Anumarga’ to SIFAS Festival of Arts 2026, blends Bharatanatyam with Kalaripayattu
​DATE : 11 APRIL 2026
TAMIL MURASU
Singaporeans have a great interest in art: Radhe Jaggi
​DATE : 16  APRIL  2026
TAMIL MURASU
​SIFAS Festival of Arts 2026 to celebrate “Infinite Rasa” with global and local talent
​DATE : 4 APRIL 2026
PLATFORM : TABLA
​DATE : 17  APRIL 2026
CONNECTED TO INDIA
Carnatic and Hindustani music meet as Aruna Sairam, Kaushiki Chakraborty unite in unique ‘DWI’ concert at SIFAS Festival 2026
​DATE : 23 APRIL 2026
TAMIL MURASU
Fine arts can unite: Deputy Minister Dinesh
​DATE : 19 APRIL  2026
TIMEOUT SINGAPORE
​SIFAS Festival of Arts 2026 to celebrate “Infinite Rasa” with global and local talent
​DATE : 13 APRIL 2026
PLATFORM : MCCY
​DATE : 17 APRIL 2026
CONNECTED TO INDIA
Carnatic singer Sikkil Gurucharan to present ‘Bhumi’ at SIFAS Festival 2026 with focus on sustainability
​DATE : 11 APRIL 2026
TAMIL MURASU
SIFAS 'Infinite Rasa' Arts Festival Celebrates Unity Through Classical Dance
​DATE : 7  MAY  2026
MEDIA 

Daily Free Programs as Part of Festival of Arts 2026

  • April 16-22
  • April 23-28
  • April 29 - May 3
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All programmes will be held at 250/252 Middle Rd, 188983/188984 (except for the Esplanade shows and the masterclass on 27 April).

16 Apr 2026



  • 07:00 PM - A Melodic Confluence: Solo and Jugalbandi on Strings | Veena & Sitar | Guru Dr Manjula Surendra, Guru Susanta Chowdhury | Guru K Sivakumar (mridangam), Guru Mihir Kundu (tabla)

  • 08:10 PM - Anunayam – Krishna’s Divine Comfort | Kathakali | Bhaskar's Arts Academy

    • 17 Apr 2026



  • 06:00 PM - Mangala Isai

  • 06:45 PM - GOH Arrival & Inauguration | --

  • 07:30 PM - Nritya Tarang | Bharatanatyam & Kathak Jugalbandhi | Ananya Nallapuraju, Manasa Madusudhanan, Maanasa Sri Ganesh, Mayuri Eva Swartsenburg, Shriya Palaniappan

  • 08:40 PM - Swar-Sandhya | Hindustani Vocal | Guru Subhadeep Kumar Biswas | Guru Shibani (Harmonium), Guru Mihir (Tabla)


    • 18 Apr 2026



  • 09:00 AM - Prabhati | Hindustani Vocal | Aarti Shukla & Sripriya Singanallur Venkatarama Sarma | Advaith Srinivasan (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 09:40 AM - Prakash – Afternoon Melody | Hindustani Vocal | Isha Jilka | Advaith Srinivasan (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 10:20 AM - Sangati | Carnatic Violin | Akshaya P G, Srishti Hariharan | Rangarajan Jaganathan (Mridangam)

  • 10:50 AM - Visual Arts Exhibition Walk Through

  • 11:30 AM - Prabhat | Hindustani Vocal | Karthik Ashwin Thiagarajan | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Sonali Sinha Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 12:00 PM - Sarang Suranjali | Hindustani Vocal | Dhruvi Jain | Aniruddha Srinivason (Tabla), Guru Sonali Sinha Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 05:00 PM - Saanjh | Hindustani Vocal | Nand Anand Dhamelia | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 05:40 PM - Sandhya Sangeet | Hindustani Vocal | Indrani Basu, Sanjukta Biswas | Aditeya Das (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 06:20 PM - Carnatic Vocal | Sushma Somasekharan | Guru Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Guru Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)

  • 08:00 PM - Bhakthi Rasa | Carnatic Vocal | Sreeranjani Muthusubramanian | Pavan Sugosh (Violin), Muthusubramanian (Mridangam)


    • 19 Apr 2026 (Navya Rasa)



  • 09:00 AM - Isai Kuyilgal | Carnatic Vocal | Shrujanaa VenkataKrishnan, Saalai Guna Nayanmi, Saanvi Sudeep | Srivathsav Narasa Lakshmi Narayanan (Mridangam), Guru Manjula Surendra (Veena)

  • 09:40 AM - From Raag Todi’s Depth to Ram’s Grace | Hindustani Vocal | Anusha Prasad | Aniruddha Srinivasan (Tabla), Sonali Sinha Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 10:20 AM - Isai Payanam | Carnatic Vocal | Meera Srihari, Tara Gautham, Akshara sunder, ⁠Vedika, Shamatmika Karthik, Avnish, Ashwath | Janav Jeyanth Santhosh Babu (Mridangam), Srishti Hariharan (Violin)

  • 11:00 AM - Anahad-E-Jog | Hindustani Vocal | Kashish Singhal | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 11:40 AM - Violin Performance | Carnatic Violin | Shalini Seshadri, Aiswarya Ramesh, Aravind Sivakumar, Bharath Menon

  • 01:00 PM - Sarang: Afternoon Melody | Hindustani Vocal | Ananya Tomar | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Shibani Roy (Harmonium)

  • 01:40 PM - Wind Meets Strings | Instrumental | Puneet Kishore (Flute), Janani Gandavalli (Veena), Srishti Hariharan(Violin)

  • 02:20 PM - Nat Bhairav - Vilambit and Drut | Hindustani Vocal | Nandini Mandal | Niall Kumar Eralil (Tabla), Sonali Sinha Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 03:00 PM - Nritya Margam | Bharatanatyam | Ilangovan Shanmugappriya, Thirupurani Gunasekaran, Ravikumar Jayasree Shravani, Anjali Haridas, Divya Suresh, Renu Nanda, Deepthi Aditya

  • 04:20 PM - Nritya Samarpan | Kathak | Aryaa Bajpai, Iraa Bajpai, Aarya Anand Agrawal, Eshna Gaurav, Amaira Verma, Ashni Malgikar, Kanishka Satam, Deepal Solanki, Radha Srihari, Saanvi Agarwal, Savannah Saya, Samaira, Thanvi Visakh, Aaraiya Bora, Vaidehi Rai, Aarna Kunal Jadhav, Misha Sahai, Avni Saxena, Kashvi Madan, Arika, Pihu, Nidhi, Neha, Viha Anish Dani, Vriddhi Mittal

  • 05:00 PM - Kuchipudi Aradhana | Kuchipudi | Amyra Gupta, Gantala Sririka, Manika Rajan, ⁠Vanukuri Srihitha Reddy, Gunathmika Sri Sai Snigda Velamuri

  • 05:40 PM - Kala Sadhana | Kathak | Saanvi Saboo, Samriddhi Varshney

  • 06:20 PM - Bharatanatyam | Dance | Ananya Nair, Anusha Manickavasakam, Ananya Shivram, Neha Siju

  • 07:00 PM - Nritya Arpan | Kathak | Gayle Phua, Sabrina Kaur, Thurga Vellasamy, Vaishali Aggarwal, Aangi Shah, Rhea Anand Agrawal, Preeti Upreti, Nitika Thaker, Maruvada Sai Shreekari, Tara, Suhani, Baannee, Aanya Srivastava, Diya Jeevanth

  • 07:40 PM - Arppanam | Bharatanatyam | Rukmini GSN, Ksheeraja Kishore, Asmitha Balaji, Aambal Govind, Armitha Sridharan, Ameya Desari, Ankitha Dileep

  • 08:20 PM - Aadal | Bharatanatyam | Nanditha, Ameya, Vaishnavi, Sreevarshini, Srishti, Anshica


    • 20 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Celestial Kalyan | Hindustani Harmonium | Amey Hegde | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla)

  • 07:10 PM - Saanjh | Hindustani Vocal | Megha Sinha | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Subhadeep Kumar Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 08:20 PM - The Confluence | Bharatanatyam | K H Haritha | Guru Jyothishmathi Sheejith (Vocal), Guru Geethanadhan PK (Nattuvangam), Guru Manjula Surendra (Veena), Guru L Saravanan (Flute)


    • 21 Apr 2026



  • 06:00 PM - Samarpanam | Bharatanatyam | Aarthi Devarajan

  • 06:40 PM - Nava Nritya | Bharatanatyam | Krubaliny Sathasivam, Keerthi Muthaiya Kalyani, Taranee Sri Annadurai, Raja Suleka, Manivannan Deepika, Krishna Tirtha Manoj, Nirmala Raj

  • 07:10 PM - Prayaga | Bharatanatyam | Hari Preetha, Bhavishna Boomari, Shakthi Gnanashekar, Samala Selva Ram, Joice Lourdes, Sahaana Lakxmi, Sriya Santoshi Akella, Gopikka NL N, Vismaya Dinesh, Banupriya Ponnarasu, Ameya Desari

  • 07:10 PM - Abhyasa | Bharatanatyam | Varsha Vishwanath


    • 22 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Samanvaya | Carnatic Vocal | Dhanya Mahalakshmi Murali, Vihan Arvind | Guru Dr Manjula Surendra (Veena), Narayanan Balasubramanian (Mridangam)

  • 07:10 PM - An Evening of Song and Verse - The Lotus and The Lioness | Music & Storytelling | Aishwarya Ramakanth

  • 08:20 PM - Layamritam | Bharatanatyam | Srimitha Sridharan, Isabel Joshy, Deeksha Bhat, Devika Menon

    • Please note that the above schedule is subject to changes.

    23 Apr 2026


  • 06:30 PM - Nritya Aradhana | Kathak | Manini Agarwal, Padmasree, Keerthi Muthaiya Kalyani, Somrita, Aashni Tamanna Venkateswaran, Rubinisree, Asawari, Katyayini Sharma, Naviti, Amita Puneet Sharma, Aarohi Keyur Dave, Pranjal Keyur Dave, Rita Sitaram Yadav, Nivasini Arumugam, Manisha Singh, Aarnina

  • 07:10 PM - Shakti to Shringar | Kathak | Atit Shah, Tanaya Kulkarni, Nirvi Jain

  • 07:50 PM - The Spirit of Kuchipudi | Kuchipudi | Gurram Jaishree, Priyanka Josyula, Shravya Rao Bailur, Ramalakshmi Gayathri Vinjamuri, Riya Rose

  • 08:30 PM - Nritya Anjali | Kathak | Keerthana Banukumar, Medha Menon, Aishwarya Goyal, Saanika Zanwar, Suma Bhatia


    • 24 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Trayi-Vina-Vahini | Carnatic Veena | Lakshana D/O Murali, Maruthavanan Pavithra, Keerthana Radhakrishnan

  • 07:10 PM - Anantham | Bharatanatyam | Ananya Nallapuraju, Anbu Agana N Annadurai, Varshini Hariharan, Tejaswini Jayakumar, Puvaneswari D/O Bhaskaran

  • 08:20 PM - Āvirbhava | Bharatanatyam | Guru Nishita Joshi | Guru Jyothishmati Shreejith (Vocal), Guru Geethanathan PK (Nattuvangam), Sai Akileshwar (Mridangam), Guru Ganesh Kumar (Violin)


    • 25 Apr 2026



  • 09:00 AM - Sangeetha Samarpanam | Carnatic Vocal | Avadhani Popuri Asha, Rajitha Asterbel Sarkunan, S.J. Anshica, Theresa Alphonse Kuzhimattathil, Maanya Ramesh, Priyanka, Smrithi Chandrasekar, Sreshta Saravan | Rangarajan Jaganathan (Mridangam), Arvind Sivakumar (Violin)

  • 10:20 AM - Carnatic Vocal Concert | Carnatic Vocal | Ganesh Jeyaraman | Rangarajan Jaganathan (Mridangam), Shruthi Kumar (Violin)

  • 11:30 AM - Aromatic Adi Thalam | Mridangam | Shankar Prahlad, Kaushal Tettu Komandur, Abhinav Kashyap Ramani, Kritheesh Swaminathan, Prithvi Sivakumar, Agasthya Kumar Janga, Vohith Subhas, Shaman Sean Haridev, Varathan Archshune, Prahaladh Srinivasan Srihari

  • 11:35 AM - Rhythmic Roopaka Thalam | Mridangam | Narasa Lakshminarayanan Sriivatsav, Arnav Bharathan, Sidharth Sundar, Sharvinesh Senthilkumaran Vidya, Guhan Palani

  • 11:55 AM - Layavinyasam | Mridangam | Rangarajan Jaganathan

  • 04:00 PM & 08.00PM - “Bhumi: Feel the Beat” at Esplanade Recital Studio


    • 26 Apr 2026



  • 09:00 AM - Morning Glory | Tabla | Raphael Benedict, Pranav Chalak, Koustuv Kaslikar, Yorath Ang Naidu | Guru Subhadeep Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 09:30 AM - Rhythms and Melodies | Tabla | Vibhas Rao

  • 10:00 AM - Rise and Shine | Hindustani Vocal | Nivaan Chakraborty | Abhinav Anjani Choudhary (Harmonium)

  • 10:40 AM - Taal - Chhanda | Tabla | Mihir Kundu & Students | Guru Subhadeep Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 11:35 AM - Isai Amudham | Carnatic Keyboard | Smriti Nagarajan Iyer | Thayalagunathasan Ananthasayan (Mridangam)

  • 07:00 PM - “DWI - Two Voices, One Soul” by Aruna Sairam & Kaushiki Chakraborty at Esplanade Concert Hall


    • 27 Apr 2026



  • 04:00 PM - Masterclass (Held at SIFAS Annexe) | Workshop | Neyveli Santhanagopalan

  • 06:30 PM - Ramanama Vaibhavam | Carnatic Vocal | Mumbai Shilpa | Guru Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Guru Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)

  • 08:15 PM - Nritya Mala | Bharatanatyam | Yashaswini Manimozhi Vijay, Tejashree Parthasarathy, Dhiptha Desigan, Deshna Jayakumar


    • 28 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Nupura Udayam | Bharatanatyam | Ameya Haridasan, Nandini Madhu Nair, Ashmika Milton, Aditi Prabhu, Mini Malavika, Satwika Narajala, Deeksha Manikandan

  • 07:10 PM - Bharatanatyam Performance | Bharatanatyam | Haripriya, Sirisha, Bhuva, Yogeshwary, Shobana

  • 08:20 PM - Samarasya | Odissi | Soumee De

    • 29 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Hindustani Vocal Concert | Hindustani Vocal | Rosy Dutta | Guru Mihir Kundu (Tabla), Guru Subhadeep Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 08:15 PM - Kathak Performance | Kathak | Guru Jyotika Joshi, Guru Aastha Chattaraj, Guru Minhaz Khan | Guru Subhadeep Kumar Biswas (Vocal), Guru Susanta Chowdhury (Sitar), Guru Minhaz Khan (Pakhawaj), Guru Aastha & Guru Jyotika & Guru Minhaz (Padhant)


    • 30 Apr 2026



  • 06:30 PM - Gems of Swathithirunal | Carnatic Vocal | T. P. Nishant | Guru Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Guru Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)

  • 08:15 PM - Cosmic Pulse | Bharatanatyam | Anjali Easwaran, Poorva Pandya, Shrutheeka, Aarthi, Manasa Sriganesh, Lavanya Rengarajan, Anuja Varaprasad


    • 1 May 2026 (Public Holiday)



  • 09:00 AM - Prarambh | Hindustani Harmonium | Abhinav Anjani Choudhary | Advaith Srinivasan (Tabla)

  • 10:50 AM - Late Morning Raga | Sitar | Soumyadip Ghosh | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla)

  • 12:00 PM - Multi-cultural ensemble | Ensemble | Samuel Ng, Charis Ng, Benjamin Ng, Siddharth Rao, Ruhani Surana, Lam Guan Yu, Hugo Leonardo Moura Alexio De Barros, Huihui Lan

  • 05:00 PM - Aarambh | Hindustani Vocal | Ranjani Panda & Rohini Panda | Guru Supriyo Banerjee (Tabla), Guru Subhadeep Kumar Biswas (Harmonium)

  • 06:10 PM - Naada Lahari | Carnatic Vocal | Nishanth Thyagarajan | Pavan Sugosh (Violin), Bombay Subramanian (Mridangam)

  • 07:50 PM - Saṃvādaḥ | Jugalbandhi | Sandhya Nair, Lavanya Balachandran, Sai Vigneshwar, Suhas Narendra


    • 2 May 2026



  • 09:00 AM - Veena Recital | Carnatic Veena | Kirtana Kalaimahan | Guru Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)

  • 09:45 AM - Veena Recital | Carnatic Veena | Kavya Sivakumar | Guru Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)

  • 10:40 AM - Resonant Ragas | Sitar | Deeksha Muralidharan | Vaishnav Muralidharan (Tabla)

  • 11:50 AM - Pancha Veena Vahini | Carnatic Veena | Sneha Babu, Radhika Varma, Kirtanaa Kalaimahan, Gayathri Udayakumar, Kirttikaa Sivakumaran | Narayanan Balasubramanian (Mridangam)

  • 07:00 PM - anumārga – Seeking a Path | Dance Production | Project Samskriti & SIFAS Productions at Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade


    • 3 May 2026



  • 09:00 AM - Mummoorthigal Vizha | Carnatic Music

  • 07:00 PM - anumārga – Seeking a Path | Dance Production | Project Samskriti & SIFAS Productions at Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade

    • Check out our Festival of Arts 2026 Kalavaibhavam (Daily Free Shows) Schedule!