By Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Accompanists: S. Varadarajan (violin); and Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)

Chief Guest: Professor M.G.K. Menon

Presented by Turán Folkloric Group - Maksat Medeubek; Yerzhigit Aliyev; Serik Nurmoldaev; Abzal Arykbaev (throat singing); and Baurzhan Bekmuhanbetov

Chief Guest: H.E. Mr. Doulat Kuanyshev & Shri L.K. Joshi

A Kuchipudi repertoire with special choreography based on great personalities in dance, music and literature

Presented by Jaikishore Mosalikanti

With Padmavani Mosalikanti; Shobha Korambil; Divyasena Haribabu; Srisandhya Raju; and Aswathy Krishna

Accompanists: S. Aadith Narayan (nattuvangam); M. Kuldeep Pai (vocal); B.P. Haribabu (mridangam); and T. Bhavani Prasad (veena)

By Ustad Iftikhar Husain Khan, son and disciple of Ustad Nissar Husain Khan of the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana

Accompanists: Akhtar Hussain Khan (tabla); Ghulam Ali (sarangi); and Vinay Misra (harmonium)

Chief Guest: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma

Concert of western classical and Korean traditional music

Presented by artists of the Union City Philharmonic Orchestra - Yedeun Park (oboe); Jahye Kim (piano); Heonyoung An (daeguem); Inseon Cho (ahjang); and Han Kyu Park (piano & composer)

With contemporary dance by Shincha Hong

Stage director: Jisun Nam, President, Ahjung Cultural Foundation

Presented by Interplay with Sonia Saigal (vocals); Harmeet Manseta (piano); Kenneth Rebello (bass guitar); and Adrian d'Souza (percussion)

Chief Guest: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee

Based on the life of the 15^th century poet and mystic

Presented by Shekhar Sen, actor, writer, singer, playwright & director, and composer

An exhibition of Gamelan orchestra musical instruments- gongs or kettle drums; metallophone; two-headed drums; gongs; and bamboo pipe rattles  

Wayang puppets and Tenun Ikat woven cloth from different regions of Indonesia

Inauguration: Mr. Edy Wardoyo 

Gamelan musicians will present a short recital at the inauguration

An exhibition of graphics and paintings by Leyla Mahat, well-known artist from Kazakhstan

Graphic works based the Turan State - period of Kazakh, the original and unique culture of nomads who created stylized works where the protagonists were both real and imaginary animals

Paintings based on the arts and crafts of ancient nomads of Kazakhstan

Inauguration : Shri Ashok Sajjanhar

Installation by Jin Hoon Lee

Using Korean paper lotuses made by visually impaired Indian students; light and sound to symbolize consolation, harmony, dignity of human beings and a question of light and shadow