Charity concert with
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji
Stadtcasino Basel, 29 August 2026, 7 pm
Enjoy the unique blend of traditional Indian music and rich, varied synthesiser sounds.
Get your ticket for this extraordinary musical experience! Come to the Stadtcasino and experience the refreshing, soothing and relaxing effect of Sri Swamiji’s music live.
Sri Swamiji and his musicians have been captivating audiences for over 35 years in world-renowned concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House and the Tonhalle Zurich.
Through their virtuoso ensemble playing, they create soundscapes that deeply move the audience. Body and mind can find calm and harmony.
The experiences gained during this musical journey can form the basis for inner growth, peace and balance.
The proceeds from this concert will go towards Sri Swamiji’s various humanitarian and social projects.
The title of the concert is "Datta Venu Raga Sagara". "Venu" means flute, and "Raga Sagara" means ocean of sound. Other instruments featured include the violin and the Indian double-headed drum, the mṛdaṅgam. Who wouldn’t draw a connection with the piccolo and the drum, which play such an important role in the city of Basel during the three most beautiful days and beyond?
Come and experience the wonderful world of sound when Sri Swamiji and his musicians visit the Stadtcasino in Basel!
Examples of concerts
Royal Albert
London
Carnegie Hall
New York
Opera House
Sydney
Music is my language
“Music is my language, music is my expression, music is my religion,” says Sri Swamiji. He has chosen music as a means of reaching people regardless of their background, culture or mindset.
Over the past 40 years, Sri Swamiji has given over 360 concerts. One of these concerts took place on 6 April 2015 at the Sydney Opera House and, with over 1,800 active participants, was recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest music therapy session to date.
Sri Swamiji’s concerts have a meditative quality and are designed to promote relaxation and relieve stress and tension. The so-called ragas play an important role in this. These are sequences of notes which, according to Indian tradition, have a balancing effect on different parts of the body. The idea behind this is that every sound has a frequency and that these vibrations can influence both the human body and nature.
Sri Swamiji creates sounds on the synthesiser that we find in nature, in living beings, in the elements and in the stars. The result is an ocean of sound: raga sagara. Sagara means ocean in Sanskrit.
The music in Sri Swamiji’s concerts feels both traditional and experimental: his solo playing on the synthesiser is varied and accompanied by his musicians with classical Indian rhythms and melodies. Composition and improvisation thus merge to form a unique musical work of art.
Sri Swamiji regards music as a form of Nada Yoga, that is, as spiritual work with sound: “Music is the fireworks of the soul. Music is the most beautiful of all creations. Music enables the restless mind to encounter the soul.”
Sri Swamiji's musicians
The Celestial Music Troupe
The lineup may vary from concert to concert and can include anywhere from three to eight performers.
Sri. Shankar Ramesh
Mṛdaṅgam
Sri. Narasimham Mani
Keyboard
Sri. Jaitra Varanasi
Violin