Presented by The Cadenza Duo from Russia – Andrei and Olga Demidenko (piano and violin)

The Duo will present a concert programme of works by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Manuel de Falla, Piazolla and other composers

Followed by

A Concert of Lieder and Arias

Presented by Ankur Dang (contralto), The Rolls Royce voice; Keihan Sikri (baritone); and Nilima Buch (soprano)

An exhibition of paintings – oil on canvas

By Monami Chowdhury

Preview on Friday, 31 May 2024 at 18:00 by Padma Shri Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Ex. Principal of Govt College of Art and Craft, Kolkata and chairman of AIFACS
 

Curator: Sharon Lowen

At Annexe Lecture Room II from 10:00 to 13:00
Seminar on Parivartan-Generational Change in Dance Seminar

Presentation by Smt Kumkum Mohanty, the legendary senior most disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra who will share personal knowledge of Odissi over the past 70 years and at present

Presentation by Sunil Dubey, Director and Founding member of his brother, Gopal Dubey’s Trinetra Dance Group. Part of a family of brothers dedicated to dance, scholarship and education, Sunil Dubey offers unique insights on the development of Chhau from its days of royal patronage till today

At 18:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Odissi 

By Guru Kumkum Mohanty (Padmashri), senior disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and her disciples 

Followed by

Odissi 

By Manasa-Art Without Frontiers, disciples of Guru Sharon Lowen

Curator: Sharon Lowen

A two-day dance festival organised in collaboration with Manasa-Art Without Frontiers. The festival includes four performances and a Seminar

Seraikella Chhau
Presented by ‘Trinetra’ Chhau Dance Centre, Seraikella, founded by the late Guru Pt. Gopal Dubey (Padmashree and SNA Awardee)

Followed by
 

Odissi Recital
By Guru Ranjana Gauhar (Padmashri & SNA Awardee) and her disciples
 

Can agri start-ups trigger the transformation of Indian agriculture? Notes from the ground

Speaker: Shri Pravesh Sharma, former IAS officer turned agri entrepreneur 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI
 

My Favourite Poems 

By Mamta Kalia; Vishnu Nagar; Savita Singh; and Apoorvanand

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Celebrated theatre director, actor, and filmmaker, M.K. Raina

In conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)
 

Kazi Nazrul Islam: Selected essays
Translated by Radha Chakravarty (Penguin Modern Classics: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi; Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi; Dr. Gautam Choubey, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, writer and translator; and Prof. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, Professor of Comparative Literature & Translation, Ambedkar University and Translator of the book

Chair: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi