Sangeet Pratibha, a festival of young musicians focusing on musical talent in northern India, was held from 28 to 31 December 2006 at the Central State Library Hall, Patiala, in collaboration with North Zone Cultural Centre. The festival performances were
presented by 24 artists, mostly from the northern States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttarakhand. Besides, artists from Patna, Delhi and Karnataka were invited. Performances included Hindustani vocal music, both
Khyal and Dhrupad, as well as Hindustani instrumental music on Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi, Dilruba, Santoor, Shehnai, Guitar, Tabla and Pakhawaj. To give the audience a wider understanding of India's classical music, two performances of Carnatic music were also included: one on Veena and the other, a percussion ensemble of southern tradition. The festival was well received
by the people of Patiala. The programme follows:

28 December

Ravi Joshi, Nanital: Vocal Music; Parminder Singh Bhamra,
Kapurthala: Pakhawaj; Gagandeep Hothi, Shimla: Sitar.

29 December

Ajay Kumar Pathak, Gurgaon: Vocal (Dhrupad); Rita Das, Patna:
Sarod; Rudraksham, Delhi: Classical Percussion Ensemble.

30 December

Vikas Babu, Delhi: Shehnai; Chinmai Sharma, Jammu: Vocal
Jai Dev, Jalandhar: Tabla; Rajkumar Bharti and Mohan Singh
Rawat, Dehradun: Violin and Guitar.

31 December (morning session)

Rajesh Kumar, Hissar: Sarangi; Alankar Singh, Patiala: Vocal;
Sanchari Bakshi, Delhi: Sitar.

31 December

Sandeep Singh, Jalandhar: Dilruba; Shanthala K S and Rekha
K U, Shimoga: Veena; Aditya Sharma, Chandigarh: Vocal; Abhay
Rustum Sopori, Delhi: Santoor.