Indian Music Experience Museum

Indian Music Experience Museum Indian Music Experience Museum, India's first interactive music museum is a vibrant music hub.
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IME, India’s first experiential music museum is dedicated to exploring India’s cultural nuances, through its music. This unique museum intends to encourage a rediscovery of various genres of Indian music, from the traditional to the contemporary, to ultimately create an emotional connection with music. Through interactive multimedia galleries, performance venues and learning spaces, IME is envisag

ed as a space to engage young people, tourists, and families alike in an entertaining yet enriching experience.

Spring, in motion 🌸🌼🌺This community takeover brought the spirit of Fagun into the museum through dance, music and collec...
20/04/2026

Spring, in motion 🌸🌼🌺

This community takeover brought the spirit of Fagun into the museum through dance, music and collective celebration. Led by women from the Kanakpura Road Bengali Association, the session reflected seasonal traditions that continue to live through community and practice.



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Ten months of listening, questioning, creating and growing together.The 5th cohort of our Youth Advisory Board signs off...
16/04/2026

Ten months of listening, questioning, creating and growing together.

The 5th cohort of our Youth Advisory Board signs off, not as participants, but as voices that have shaped the museum in ways that will stay with us. From ideas to action, from curiosity to confidence—this journey has been theirs.

Here’s to the reflections, the friendships, the bold questions and the quiet moments in between. And to everything that begins from here.

We’re so proud of you. ✨



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15/04/2026

Women carrying tradition forward, together

This community takeover brought Maharashtrian performances into the museum through movement, rhythm and participation. Across forms, the session reflected how women continue to sustain and share these traditions across generations.



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Asha Bhosle, Legendary Playback Singer (1933–2026)It is with deep sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Asha Bhosle,...
14/04/2026

Asha Bhosle, Legendary Playback Singer (1933–2026)

It is with deep sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Asha Bhosle, one of India’s most illustrious and versatile voices.

Asha ji represents a rare artistic instinct, the ability to never be confined to a single signature style. She moved effortlessly across genres, adapting her voice to the needs of each composition while bringing remarkable nuance to it. Whether it was the playful energy of “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” or the quiet devotion of “Allah Tero Naam,” her singing carried layers of mischief, seduction, and bhakti, reflecting an extraordinary emotional range.

With a keen sense of rhythm and phrasing, she collaborated with artists and composers across the world, engaging with global musical influences such as jazz, rock, and beyond. Her constant reinvention expanded the possibilities of playback singing, shaping how we understand versatility in Indian music today.

Her unparalleled body of work, over 12,000 songs in 20+ languages, recognised by the Guinness World Records, stands as a testament to her enduring impact.

Asha Bhosle’s passing leaves an immeasurable void, but her voice continues to inspire how we listen to, interpret, and experience music.

12/04/2026

Weekend 2 of WHAM 2026 at IME.

From a feminist pop up library and live mural art to community takeovers, performances and a lecture performance revisiting Carnatic histories, the second weekend expanded how the museum holds and shares knowledge.

Across formats, the programme brought together practice, memory and research, centring voices and traditions that continue to shape music in different ways.



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📣 Deadline Extended to 15th April 📣Research shapes what is remembered, and what is forgotten.On International Women’s Da...
09/04/2026

📣 Deadline Extended to 15th April 📣

Research shapes what is remembered, and what is forgotten.

On International Women’s Day, the Indian Music Experience Museum announces its inaugural IME Research Grant, an intersectional scholarship in Indian music.

As part of Women’s History, Art & Music, this grant invites proposals that examine which stories have been amplified, whose have been erased, and how musical histories might be retold more equitably.

We are seeking research across three areas:
🎶 Women and gender marginalised people in folk and tribal traditions
🎼 The layered histories of hereditary professional musicians
🎤 The evolution of female artists across classical and contemporary forms

Three grants will be awarded
📅 One year duration beginning June 2026
📝 Open to independent scholars, researchers, curators, artists, writers and community knowledge holders

Projects that can inform exhibitions, programming and curatorial storytelling are encouraged

We especially encourage women and gender minorities to apply.

Full details and application process are available on the IME website.

FeministScholarship

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The IME Open Mic brought together voices carrying songs shaped by memory, family and lived experience.Participants share...
08/04/2026

The IME Open Mic brought together voices carrying songs shaped by memory, family and lived experience.

Participants shared lullabies, fragments, folk songs and personal interpretations, creating a space where music moved across generations and languages. What emerged was not just performance, but a collective archive built in the moment.

As part of WHAM 2026, the open mic foregrounded how everyday acts of remembering and sharing can reshape what we recognise as musical history.



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03/04/2026

Week 1 of WHAM 2026 at IME!

From guided walks and open mics to a museum wide treasure hunt and drag led
walkthroughs, the first weekend brought multiple ways of engaging with music, history and
the museum space.



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02/04/2026

A sound that has shaped how a generation listens, gathers and moves.

Ma Faiza returns with a curated listening session tracing her journey through India’s electronic music landscape, from early sets to a practice that continues to influence the scene.

Join us at IME for Queen Size Party, part of WHAM 2026.
📅 Sunday, 5 April 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Indian Music Experience Museum Rooftop



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Her Voice. Her Story arrives at Chowdiah.Presented by the Indian Music Experience Museum, this exhibition extends WHAM 2...
30/03/2026

Her Voice. Her Story arrives at Chowdiah.

Presented by the Indian Music Experience Museum, this exhibition extends WHAM 2026 into one of Bengaluru’s most iconic cultural spaces. It brings together narratives that foreground the voices, histories and creative practices of women in Indian music, including the often overlooked role of women who pioneered recording technology in India.

Through this exhibition, IME continues its work of re-examining how musical histories are told, and who is centred within them.

📅 On view until 25 April 2026
📍Chowdiah Memorial Hall



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In this curated listening session, Ma Faiza traces her journey through sound, from early days on the beaches of Goa to b...
29/03/2026

In this curated listening session, Ma Faiza traces her journey through sound, from early days on the beaches of Goa to becoming one of the defining voices in India’s electronic music landscape.

Through music and conversation, the evening reflects on how one artist reshaped the way India parties, building a space and a sound that continues to influence the scene.

📅 Sunday, 5 April 2026
⏰ 7 PM
🗣️ English
📍 Indian Music Experience Museum – Rooftop

🔗Register with the link in bio



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