Bijoya Sammelan
06 November 2016, 05:30 am
Bijoya Sammelan
Programme Type
Cultural
Gotipua Dances from Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Nana Shader Bangla Gaan
Shyama Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet and Other Melodies of Bengal
By Srikanta Acharya, Kolkata
Chief Guest: Shri Shekhar Sen, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi
(Collaboration: Impresario India)
Mehfil with Pandit Shrikant Waikar (Khayal)
05 November 2016, 05:30 am
Mehfil with Pandit Shrikant Waikar (Khayal)
Programme Type
Cultural
Shrikant was born into a family whose tradition is steeped in music. His father, Pandit D. K. Jangam, was a student of Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan who had, in turn, received ta'lim from Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Thus, while Shrikant's musical perspective is firmly rooted in the rich tradition of Gwalior gharana, he is also influenced by the gayaki of Ustad Amir Khan and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. For this special mehfil, Shrikant will present a selection of makhsoos ragas of the Gwalior gharana with an emphasis on an eclectic selection of bandishes featuring those of his father as well
(Collaboration: Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha: Centre for Cultural Studies and Research & NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)
Concert – Piano Recital
04 November 2016, 05:30 am
Concert – Piano Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By Helena Basilova, well-known pianist from The Netherlands
The artist will present a concert of works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin and Rachmaninov
(Collaboration: ASB for the Arts; and with the support of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines)
Inclusiveness in Canadian Education
03 November 2016, 05:30 am
Inclusiveness in Canadian Education
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Dr. Mala V. Thapar, teacher, consultant and workshop facilitator with the Toronto and Simcoe School Boards. Her work includes meeting staff and students, teaching curriculum incorporating inclusiveness and planning workshops for people with cognitive impairments and the gifted
The talk covers the urgent need to include people with different cultures, abilities and social strata in the education system aims for equitable distribution of opportunity and addresses the equity issues. It also aims at doing so in the planning, policy making, execution and assessment stages, by involving strategies that cater to individual and cultural differences
Kapila (Malayalam)
03 November 2016, 05:30 am
Kapila (Malayalam)
(62 min; 2015; HD; English subtitles)
Director: Sanju Surendran
Recipient of the National Award for Best Documentary (Arts & Culture), 62nd National Film Awards; Special Mention, Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland; John Abraham Award for Best documentary Film, SIGNS 2015
The National Award-winning documentary Kapila revives popular interest in an ancient dance form by portraying it through the eyes of one of its most talented exponents in Kerala. Kapila is an actor-performer of Kutiyattam, one of the oldest forms of theatre originating in Kerala. The acting-style is based on hand movement and facial expressions. Sanju Surendran composes a dreamlike and abstract portrait, focussing on the sensorial universe of a hyper-contemporary vestal committed to a thousand-year-old practice
India's Forgotten Heritage: Cultural intermingling and harmony in Sanskrit literature
02 November 2016, 05:30 am
India's Forgotten Heritage: Cultural intermingling and harmony in Sanskrit literature
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Shri A.N.D. Haksar, renowned scholar, author and former Ambassador of India
Chair: Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar
(Collaboration: India Harmony Foundation)
Daughters of Jorasanko
02 November 2016, 05:30 am
Daughters of Jorasanko
Programme Type
Cultural
Release of Aruna Chakravarti’s Daughters of Jorasanko
By Sharmila Tagore
Followed by:
Madhurilata
By the Storytellers
Script by Aruna Chakravarti with dramatised readings by Minoti Chatterjee and Averee Chaurey
Music: Jayati Ghosh
Visual presentation: Sharmila Bakshi
(Collaboration: HarperCollins Publishers)
Concert
02 November 2016, 05:30 am
Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
By Mixed Voices, a thirty-four member choir from Gerestried in Bavaria, South Germany
Conductor: Roland Hammerschmied
Formed in 1992, they are renowned in Germany and Italy for their repertoire of pop, gospel, spirituals and classical music
The Capital City Minstrels will join them for some items in the programme
(Collaboration: The Capital City Minstrels)