SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (158 min; 1989; dvd; English subtitles)

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor: James Levine

With Dimitri Kavrakos, Dolora Zajick, Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo

The Edge of an Era

Launch of the non-fiction book The Edge of an Era (Juggernaut Books, 2017) by Italian journalist and novelist Carlo Pizzati, who will be in conversation with journalist and novelist Manu Joseph

Introduction: Parth Mehrotra, non-fiction editor, Juggernaut Books

The Edge of an Era is a collection of three interviews with critical theorist Homi Bhabha, philosopher John Gray and essayist Pankaj Mishra about the return of barbarism, the threat to cosmopolitan identity, the rise of nationalism, the many failures of globalization, the increasing challenges of technocracy and the crisis of neoliberal elites

(Collaboration: Juggernaut Books and Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Recent Archaeological Excavations in Arathipura: A Jain Temple in Karnataka

Speaker: Dr. Arun Raj, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Prof. R.C. Agrawal

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

La Fille mal gardée (96 min; 1981; dvd)

Federick Ashton’s ballet in three acts

The Royal Ballet Covent Gadren

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor: John Lanchbery

With Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman, Brian Shaw, Leslie Edwards

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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