The thirteenth Baithak on 2 December 2017 in Alt-Treptow was the first to feature Persian as well as Indian classical music, with santur player Manouchehr Fouladvand and Mahmood Ramzani on setar and tar, and Raimund Engelhardt on tabla.
The artists were introduced by Matyas Wolter, who performed an Alap of Yaman on surbahar.
The twelfth Baithak on 25 October 2017 in Alt-Treptow featured tabla player Saibal Chatterjee for a solo performance of many compositions and with insightful commentary and sitar player Sebastian Dreyer, who played Hemant with compositions in tintal and Kafi in rupak tal with support on tabla by Raimund Engelhardt.
The eleventh Baithak took place on 26 September 2017 in Alt-Treptow and featured sitar player K. G. Westman with support from tabla player Rahul Pophali, preceded by sitar player Alexander Konanchuk and Yatziv Caspi on tabla. Westman played Jog and a film tune. Konanchuk played a dadra in Bhairavi.
The tenth Baithak took place on 24 June 2017 in Alt-Treptow and had five featured musicians: singer Samarth Nagarkar, sitar player Steven Landsberg, and singer Madhumita Ray, as well as percussion accompanists Sanjib Pal and Raimund Engelhardt. Nagarkar started the evening with Tilak Kamod, followed by Yaman, with a composition by a teacher of his, and a folk song from Rajasthan. Landsberg played Bageshri and Khamaj. Ray sang Kedar, Jog, and closed the night by singing Bhairavi without accompaniment.
On June 25, Landsberg lead a workshop on the subject "Traditional compositions of Senia gharana", where he considered Jaunpuri, Bhimpalasi, and Yaman.
The ninth Baithak on 1 June 2017 in Alt-Treptow showcased the return of sarod player Apratim Majumdar and tabla player Amit Chatterjee. They dedicated their performance to the memory of Subroto Roy Chowdhury (d. 2017) and played Kaunsi Kanhra, Manj Khamaj, and Mishra Kambhoji (?) with a playful nod to the anthem of Europe.
Sitar player Subroto Roy Chowdhury died on 21 May 2017 in Gesundbrunnen. Aside from performing for BRT, he had taught and influenced many BRT associates.
For more information please see this article in The Telegraph.
The eighth Baithak on 3 May 2017 in Alt-Treptow was sheduled to feature three acts: Matyas Wolter on sitar with Sanjib Pal on tabla, Bharatanatyam dancer Sohini Roychowdhury Dasgupta, and sarod player David Trasoff with Pal on tabla. Unfortunately, Sohini had to reshedule her flight and we missed her performance. Wolter and Pal began the evening with a performance of Multani, Trasoff continued with Shyam Kalyan and finished the evening with Sindhu Bhairavi. Trasoff had previously carried out a workshop on May 2 and 3.
