At 6:00 pm

Kathak Group Recital 

By Manjari Kiran from Jaipur, disciple of Smt Rohini Bhate, Smt Sanjeevini Kulkarni and Shri Haider Sheikh.  Manjari will be accompanied by her own disciples –  Pallavi Pareek, Aditi Sharma and  Anjana Pillai

 

At 7:00 pm

 

Kathakali Recital

Cleopatra – The Last Pharaoh of Egypt in Kathakali Stree Vesham – An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra by Prabal Gupta from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Sri Sadanam Balakrishnan

 

 

Spring Festival of Dance and Music: An evening of Music

 

At 6:00pm 

 

Sarod Recital 

By Apurba Banerjee from Kolkata, disciple of Shri Anirban Ghosh and Pt. Partho Sarathi Chowdhury

 

At 7:00 pm

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital  

By Vivek Bhola from Delhi, disciple of Pt.  Madhup Mudgal

 

India & Lithuania: A Personal Bond

Welcome address by H.E. Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, Ambassador of Lithuania

Release of the book India & Lithuania: A Personal Bond

 

Guest of Honour: Edita Mildažyt?, renowned Lithuanian journalist and social worker

 

Talks: Gandhi and Kallenbach: The Unique Relationship

Speaker: Anil Nauriya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India

 

Antanas Poška and His Incredible Indian Journey

Speaker: Diana Mickevi?ien?, Lithuanian diplomat, Professor of Indian History at Vilnius University

 

Film: Lithuanian Columbuses in India (30 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Edita Mildažyt?

 

Moderator: Dr. Vidya Shankar Aiyar, media expert and independent analyst

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Lithuania)

 

 

By Maria Nemtsova on the piano and Vitaly Vatulya on the saxophone

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

 

 

Pran Nevile pays tribute to the legendary immortal singer

 

Followed by a concert by Dr Gaurav Sood

 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

 

 

Listening to History: The Music and Culture of the Silk Road

By Hans Utter 

Encompassing thousands of miles, diverse cultures, and centuries of history, the Silk Road linked cultures from China to Egypt, transporting language, music, religion, and art along with mercantile goods. This presentation will examine an array of cultures and music along the Silk Road, exploring how specific musical instruments, performance genres, and associated cultural milieus were transplanted and transformed in diverse regions. The living traditions and re-imagination of Silk Road in contemporary arts and culture will demonstrate its current relevance and influence

Hans Utter is an ethnomusicologist, writer, producer, composer, and musician. He performs regularly in the United States, India, and Europe

 

 

 

A film by Nicolás Grandi & Lata Mani

 

Screening will be followed by a conversation between Lata Mani and Shebha Chhachhi

 

The film is an experimental visual essay; an exploration through story, performance and poetry of how fragility is intrinsic to nature and human life featuring Angela Davis, Nora Cortiñas, Cherrie Moraga and others

 

 

Illustrated lecture by Renuka Reddy, technology revivalist of hand-painted natural dyed Chintz textiles

 

Chief Guest: Jasleen Dhamija, textile revivalist and scholar 

 

Chair: Gulshan Nanda, Padmashree

 

(Collaboration: Craft Revival Trust)

 

 

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, an exhibition of photographs

By Tibet Museum, Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibet Administration, Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dharamsala

 

Inauguration by Shri Yashwant Sinha, former Minister of External Affairs on  Saturday, 1st April 2017 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Tibet Museum, Dharamsala)

 

 

Speaker: Shri Devdutt Pattanaik, author and mythologist

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Greece)