India International Centre

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

Old Programmes

15 June 2017, 05:30 am

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

Programme Type

Festivals

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

Mid-Summer Evenings with Hindustani Vocalists

At 18:00

Concert by Purvi Nimgaonkar from Indore, daughter and disciple of Guru Late Shri Sudhakar Dixit and Smt Rajeshwari Dixit

At 19:00

Concert by Arun Debnath from Delhi, disciple of Guru Late Atul Debnath, Late Ustad Aamir Khan and Pandit Jasraj

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: 14 and 15 June 2017

Old Programmes

14 June 2017, 05:30 am

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: 14 and 15 June 2017

Programme Type

Festivals

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: 14 and 15 June 2017

Mid-Summer Evenings with Hindustani Vocalists

At 18:00

Concert by Iman Das from Bangalore, disciple of Pt Ajoy Chakraborty and Pt Kalyan Basu

At 19:00

Concert by Sarita Pathak Yajurvedi from Delhi, disciple and daughter-in-law of Vidushi Sulochana Brahaspati and Acharya Brahaspati

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Old Programmes

13 June 2017, 05:30 am

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Programme Type

Discussions

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Conserving Architecture

EEdited by Kulbhushan Jain (Ahmedabad: Aadi Centre, 2017)

Discussants: Ms Amita Baig, Heritage Management Consultant, New Delhi; Dr. Nalini Thakur, formerly with the School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi; and Shri Divya Gupta, Principal Director, Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH, New Delhi

Chair: Shri Ashok Chatterjee, former Executive Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Old Programmes

13 June 2017, 05:30 am

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore

(143 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Chorus Master: Donald Palumbo

With Marcelo Álvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Gender and Transit

Old Programmes

13 June 2017, 05:30 am

Gender and Transit

Programme Type

Discussions

Gender and Transit

Speakers: Heather Allen, Consultant, FIA; Jagan Shah, Director, NIUA; Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Mayor, SDMC; Shreya Gadepalli, Director-South Asia, ITDP; Soumini Jain, Mayor, Kochi (T); Sunita Sanghi, Advisor, NITI Aayog (T); and Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission of Women (T)

Moderator: Kalpana Viswanath, Co-founder, Safetipin

(Collaboration: The Institute for Transport and Development Policy; Safetipin; and UN Women)

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES

Old Programmes

12 June 2017, 05:30 am

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES

Programme Type

Discussions

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES

Indoor Air and Air Purifiers – Is it for Me?

Series Moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director–Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Tushar and Dr. Prateek, Entrepreneurs, Air Purifiers

Distinguished panellists: Prof. Mukesh Khare, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IITD; Dr. Priyanka Kulshreshtha, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Resource Management, Lady Irwin College; and Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College

(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Old Programmes

09 June 2017, 05:30 am

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Le Corsaire (85 min; 1989; dvd)

Ballet in three acts presented by The Kirov Ballet

Original choreography: Marius Petipa

Kirov Theatre Orchestra conducted by Victor Fedotov

With Yevgeny Netff, Altynai Asylmuratova, Yelena Pankova, Konstantin Zaklinsky

CREEDS OF OUR TIME

Old Programmes

07 June 2017, 05:30 am

CREEDS OF OUR TIME

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

The Long Search- III

A film presented by Ronald Eyre

Islam: There is no God but God (51 min)

The film travels to Egypt to explore the Islamic experience in an oasis village near Cairo for a wedding; in the town of El Fayoum for dawn prayers; and in Cairo

Orthodox Christianity: The Romanian Solution (52 min)

The Romanian Orthodox Church is seen as an important aspect of Romania’s cultural heritage and ethnic identity. The Orthodox liturgy is one of the oldest and longest in Christendom, and the spirituality of the service s intensified by the Byzantine splendour of the setting and the beauty of inspiring choral music

(Collaboration: The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Old Programmes

06 June 2017, 05:30 am

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Programme Type

Talks

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

The Waltz as Remembrance

By Justin McCarthy

In this talk-cum-piano recital, the story of the waltz will be traced using music by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Ravel along with excerpts from literature

Justin McCarthy is both a musician and Bharatanatyam dancer. He plays the piano and harpsichord

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Old Programmes

05 June 2017, 05:30 am

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco

(142 min; 2001; dvd; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor: James Levine

Choir Master: Raymond Hughes

With Juan Pons, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina