Hindustani Vocal Recital
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
Voice of Angels
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
Jazz Concert
Presented by Interplay with Sonia Saigal (vocals); Harmeet Manseta (piano); Kenneth Rebello (bass guitar); and Adrian d'Souza (percussion)
Soordas (120 min)
Based on the life of the 15th century poet and mystic
Presented by Shekhar Sen, actor, writer, singer, playwright & director, and composer
The Arts of Indonesia
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
Scythian Wind
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
The Third Eye
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
Exhibition : Amma, Umma!
Synonyms meaning "˜mother' in Tamil and Korean as a metaphor for essence, basic, and beginning
Contemporary art by Korean and Indian artists around the theme of mother
Works by Byen Ung Pil, Lee Ho Shin, Oh Su Fan, Ha Tae Im, Lee Jin Joon, Hong Ji Yoon, Lee Lee Nam, Lee Kwang Ho, Shin Su Mi, Jeong Jong Mee from Korea
Amitava Das, Dileep Sharma, Farhad Hussain, Gigi Scaria, Harsha Vardhana Swaminathan, Jin Sook Shinde, Sham Pahapalkar, Tanmoy Samanta, Vanita Gupta & Zakkir Hussain from India
Curators: Insang Song (Korea) and Sanjeev Bhargava (India)
Inauguration: H.E. Mr. Joon Gyu Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea; and
Shri S.K. Tayal Â
Voices of Angels will present a short concert at the inauguration
"˜Ideas in Line': Dinkar Kowshik and Ganesh Pyne
Focus on two artists, representing two generations of artists whose work delineates the progression of the Bengal school
Dinkar Kowshik (1918-2011)- preliminary drawings and sketches leading up to a painting; random sketches which illustrate the evolution of ideas and forms; drawings and text for books, especially children's books
Ganesh Pyne (1937-2013) - preliminary jottings leading to complete compositions
On display will be original art works; notebooks; and digital prints
Curators: Dolly Narang and Vijay Kowshik
Inauguration: Shri Keshav Malik
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin
The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin
Speaker: Prof. Amit Ghosh, NASI Platinum Jubilee Senior Scientist, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Kolkata
Chair: Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director and J.C. Bose National Fellow, National Institute of Plant Genome Research