By Van Merwijk’s Music Machine from the Netherlands – Lucas van Merwijk, drummer, percussionist & band leader accompanied by Ramon Valle, Cuban master pianist;  Bert Boeren on trombone; and Samuel Albert Ruiz, bass player from Venezuela

 

75 Years of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and beyond…

(45 min; 2014; dvd; Hindi)

Directed by Ravinder Randhawa who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Established in 1939 by Pt. Vinaya Chandra Maudgalya, Gandharava Mahavidyalaya is one of the premiere institutions in the country that imparts training in Indian classical music and dance to people from all strata of society. Tarpan is a film that gives a glimpse of the ongoing journey of the Vidyalaya over the years, and more…

 

 

By Pandit Rajendra Prasanna, exponent of the flute and shehnai. Recipient of the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1995)

Accompanists: Rishab Prasanna (flute) and Shubh Maharaj (tabla)

 

53rd Spirit of India 2015: 15th Margaret Dhillon Memorial Concert organised in collaboration with the Natraj Cultural Centre, Melbourne

 

Rakshanda Jalil: Author of A Rebel and her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan (Women Unlimited; 2014); Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in Urdu(OUP: 2014); and The Death of Sheherzad by Intizar Husain; translated by Rakshanda Jalil (HarperCollins; 2014)

 

Speakers: Ms Ritu Menon, Feminist, writer and publisher; and  Prof. Pushpesh Pant, noted academician

 

Chair: Prof Salil Misra, Ambedkar University

Concert presented by Maria Nemtsova (piano); Vitaly Vatulya (saxophone); Alexander Ramm (cello) from Russia; and Artiom Shishkov (violin) from Belarus  

 

The artists will present works by Bach, Brahms, Arvo Part, Eychyenne, Shostakovich and Poulenc