Festival  Schedule

Inauguration of the Festival

By Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC 

Followed by

Thiranottam - Mohiniattam Recital
By Methil Devika and troupe from Palakkad, Kerala

Artists: Sumasandhya, Shobha Madhu, Alex Raphael, Goutham Mahesh and Angitha Pushpajan

Closing Ceremony

Chief Guest: Dr. S. Jaishankar, Hon’ble Minister for External Affairs, Govt. of India

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Followed by

Peace Notes

Concert presented by South Asian Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Alvin Arumugam

Introduction: Amb. Nirupama Menon Rao, Founder-Trustee, South Asian Symphony Foundation

Hindustani Classical Vocal

By Pt. Ajay Chakravarty

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

Hindustani Classical Music – Sitar Recital

By Pt. Buddhaditya Mukherjee

Accompanied by S. Nandy on tabla

Carnatic Music – Mandolin and Flute Recital

By U. Rajesh (mandolin); and Dr. B. Vijaygopal (flute)

Accompanists: Natesan on mridangam; and Girdhar on ghatam

The IIC Experience: A Festival of the Arts

14 to 20 October 2022

The IIC Experience: A Festival of the Arts

Food Festival

Nitya Amore

A dance collaboration between India and Italy exploring the concept of love through music and dance from both countries
Concept and Choreography: Aranyani Bhargav, Ayana Mukherjee, Francesca Dario and Michele Oliva

Music: Dhruv Bedi, Ganesh Krishnaswamy, Giovani Sollima and Leslie Charles
Dancers: Aranyani Bhargav, Ayana Mukherjee, Francesca Dario and Nunzio Perricone 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Italy and Seher)

Three Generations on the Violin 

Hindustani violin concert presented by three generations – Dr. N. Rajam with her daughter, Dr. Sangeeta Shankar and granddaughters, Nandini Shankar and Ragini Shankar

Accompanied by Abhishek Mishra on the tabla

A special concert by four artists creating magic with the bow, displaying a unique interplay of different sounds that each creates

Mulaqaat

A Polish-Ukrainian project with the music group Babooshki and Indian

instrumentalists With Karolina Beimcik from Poland (voice, violin) and Dana Vynnytska from Ukraine (voice) and from India - Shariq Mustafa (tabla); Ejaz Hussain (sarangi); Aditya Balani (guitar); and Divij Kapoor (guitar, keyboards)

 The artists together present a blend of Polish, Ukrainian and Hindi as well as mingle individual styles of music to find a common ground in improvisation


(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi and Embassy of Ukraine)

The Old Man (60 min)

Play presented by Orchid Theatre, Assam

Director: Sahidul Haque

Recipient of the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2020 (META Awards) for Best Director, Best Actor in a Lead Role (Male); Best Light Design and for Best Choreography

With Niranjan Nath; Barnali Medhi; Himangshu Dewri; Jintu Moni Deka; and Sahidul Haque