Ether to Earth: Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Ode to the Five Elements
Photo: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
📅 When
Sun 22 Nov 2026, 5:00pm
📍 Where
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
💸 Price
S$40
👶 Ages
6 and above.
🧭 Getting there
- 🚇 Esplanade MRT, Exit D — about 7 min walk
Walking times are estimates from the venue’s location.
Five Carnatic compositions, five elements, one evening: live music, narration and visuals at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre.
Muthuswami Dikshitar's Pancha Bhootha Kritis is a set of five Carnatic compositions, each one corresponding to a form of Shiva as ether, air, fire, water and earth. This multidisciplinary staging brings them to the Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade on Sunday 22 Nov 2026, with performers from India, live Carnatic music, narration, visuals and ambient sound design — and it moves through the five in order, from ether to earth.
The performance runs 5pm to 7pm, a two-hour sit, at S$40 a ticket. Admission is from age 6 and up, so it works as a first proper concert for a young listener as much as a return visit for anyone who already follows Carnatic music. An evening that asks you to sit with five pieces, one element at a time.
Details compiled by Onz from public listings — always confirm with the organiser before heading down.
