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Way back in the Fifties, some intrepid music lovers got together to organise a classical music soiree in Dover Lane in south Calcutta. That was a humble beginning. Gradually it became the city’s premier annual event and is now a part of Calcutta’s rich heritage. The Dover Lane musical soirees have done the local classical music lovers proud and is the highpoint in their annual calendar of events. The spirit of the 1950s is still very much alive. Performing legends look forward to the event and music history continues to be made.The Dover Lane podium has been graced by the stalwarts of Indian classical music. This year marks the birth centenary of the great saint and social worker Swami Prajnananda and the inaugural day’s conference is dedicated to him. The four-day programme, presented by Desh, begins today at 7 pm. The evening’s soirees include a flute recital by Hariprasad Chaurasia, vocal recitals by Padma Talwalkar and Jasraj and a sarod recital by Amaan Ali Khan.
Event: The Dover Lane Music Conference When: January 22 - 25 (today at 7 pm) Where: Nazrul Mancha
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art
January 22 - 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Siddhartha Sen Gupta and Shibani Sen Gupta. Inauguration this evening at 6.
Till January 22 at Gallery Yapan Chitra, 12/1A, 3rd floor, Lift no. 2, Stephen Court, 18A park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Mind’s Eye, in association with Gallery Yapan Chitra, presents Touch of Winter-II, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists.
Till January 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Tanjore and Brindavan paintings by Paromita Sircar.
Till January 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bold Effects, an exhibition of paintings by Nina Das.
Till January 24 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor; #30523243; 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Soul Search, an exhibition of Priyanka (Gupta) Agarwal’s art works.
Till January 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art of Satyajit Ray, an exhibition of the master filmmaker’s fascinating world of art. On display are some of Ray’s numerous artistic works, preserved at Ray Society archive, like illustrations, head-pieces, posters, hoardings, book jacket designs, title credits, film schedules, set designs, costume designs, advertisement artworks and type faces.
Till January 25 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 11 am - 7 pm: Citing the City — an exhibition of recent works by Sudhir Patwardhan.
Till January 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings (Seasons IV) by Sadhana Raddi.
Till January 31 (except Monday and January 23 & 26) at Birla Academy’s galleries; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy’s 41st Annual Exhibition 2008.
Till February 9 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Journey into the world of artist Lalu Prasad Shaw — a retrospective show.
Till February 16 at CIMA Gallery (except Sundays & public holidays); Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: Sixty years after Indian Independence. An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.
DRAMA
January 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Drishyapat presents Aguner Barnamala. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya.
January 23 at Tapan Theatre; 3 pm: Tagore’s Rakta Karabi, Arghya’s latest production, directed by Manish Mitra.
January 23 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Apsara Theater-er Mamla, based on Satyajit Ray’s story. Direction & in Feluda’s role: Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
January 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Rangroop presents Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
January 24 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Jude’s ‘farcical musical’, The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Direction: Ananda Lal.
January 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-Krishti present Krishna Gahwar. Direction: Bratya Basu.
January 27 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: The Red Curtain presents The Proof, a play in English directed by Sumit Lai Roy. Being staged in aid of Operation Smile.
PERFORMING ARTS
January 22 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dakshinee’s ex-students present Gaan Karo Hey Guni, an evening of Tagore songs by Rano Guha Thakurta to mark his 60th birthday.
January 22 at Kala Mandir (B); 5.30 pm: Aabirbhav presents Mele Diye Gaaner Pakhna, an evening of Tagore songs and recitation. Participants include Tapas Nag, Sarbani Dawn, Chhaya Chatterjee and Madhumita Basu in recitation, and Debarati Som, Suman Panthi, Madhabi Dutta, Debasree Biswas, Rima Mitra, Sanghamitra Chakraborty, Chandra Mahalanabish, Nilanjana Ghosh Dastidar, Goutam Baran Adhikari, Sanghamitra Saha, Manasi Bhattacharya and Lily Islam (Bangaldesh).
January 22 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Pratibha Utsav, featuring young performing artistes who are Government of India scholarship holders: Susmita Hela (folk songs), Debamitra Sen Gupta (Odissi dance), Arpita Bhowmik (Kathak dance) and Camelia (modern dance).
January 22 (night-long, 7 pm onwards), January 23 - 25 (night-long, 8.30 pm onwards) at Nazrul Mancha: Desh presents The Dover Lane Music Conference - 56th annual conference. January 22: Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Padma Talwalkar (vocal), Amaan Ali Khan (sarod) and Jasraj (vocal). January 23: Samrat Dasgupta (vocal), Jyoti Shankar and Dev Shankar (violin duet), Veena Sahasrabuddhe (vocal), Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar) and Ulhas Kashalkar (vocal). January 24: Sandipan Samajpati (vocal), Partha Sarathy (sarod), Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad), Kushal Das (sitar) and Parveen Sultana (vocal). January 25: Kaushiki Desikan Chakraborty (vocal), Shahid Parvez (sitar), Rashid Khan (vocal) and Amjad Ali Khan (sarod).
January 23 at Rabindra Sadan; 10 am: Sangeet Prabhat, featuring Manna Dey, Irabati Bose and Mousumi Karmakar.
January 23 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Eshana and Rashmi present Anandadhara-Amritadhara, an evening of Tagore songs, based on tappa style, by Rahul Mitra. Also, screening of Shesh Je Na Pai (dir: Utsav Mukhopadhyay), a documentary on Ramkumar Chattopadhyay.
January 23 - February 1 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents its 62nd Annual Music Festival.
January 25 & 27 (5 pm - 10 pm) & January 26 (8 pm onwards night-long) at Uttarpara Jaikrishna Public Library ground: Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra presents its 52nd Annual Classical Music Conference.
January 27 at Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
January 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sura Kavya Trust celebrates the 111th birth anniversary of Dilip Kumar Roy with Dilip Kumar Roy Oration by Dr Sudhir Chakravorti; songs by Shikha Basu, Aparna Majumder, Sujata Majumder and Prabuddha Raha; and dance by Alokananda Roy and narration: Debraj Roy.
FILM SHOW
January 22 at Nandan II: Nandan presents ‘Bimal Roy: An Institution’, the screening of films directed by Bimal Roy. At 3 pm: Devdas (1935; Cinematography: Bimal Roy) and at 5.30 pm: Madhumati (1958).
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till February 3 (except Mondays) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ramkinkar in Focus - Through the Eyes of Devi Prasad, an exhibition of photographs of Ramkinkar Baij’s works taken by Devi Prasad. A few of Ramkinkar’s paintings are also on view. Curated by Dr Naman Ahuja of the School of Arts & Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi.
Till February 9 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Ladies of Calcutta— an exhibition of photographs by Dayanita Singh.
Till February 12 at Alliance Française du Bengale Gallery, 217 AJC Bose Road, #22815538; 10 am - 5.30 pm: Eurography, a photo exhibit by Rono.
TALK
January 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
January 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
EXHIBITION
Till January 24 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Affordable Art Mela featuring works by upcoming artists of Bengal.
Till February 1 (Monday to Friday) at Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan; 10 am - 6 pm: Young:Germany, an interactive exhibition on German Youth Culture.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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