  |
| Italian symphony |
|
In memory of Bruno Campria, consul general of Italy in Calcutta who passed away recently, Consulate General of Italy, Calcutta, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi, and Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR present a cello and piano concert by Francesca Villa (cello) and Francesco Pennarola (piano). Francesca Villa trained in violoncello at the “G.Verdi” Conservatory of Turin and has dedicated herself to Chamber music, Piano Duo and String Quartet. She has given major concerts in Italy and abroad. Recipient of several prestigious awards, she has also participated in theatrical performances besides composing music for various theatre productions. Francesco Pennarola has studied Piano at the “G.Verdi” Conservatory of Turin. Recipient of many scholarships and awards, he has given several concerts in Italy and abroad both as a soloist and in Chamber formations. In the last few years he has dedicated himself to Chamber Music, Cello Piano Duo with Francesca Villa on the cello. He has worked extensively in the field of musicology, contributing to the soundtrack for a film and participating in a host of RAI radio programmes. Their duet presentation this evening will consist of Igor Stravinsky’s Introduzione, from “Suite Italienne” (on themes of G.B. Pergolesi), Luigi Boccherini’s Sonata No. 7 in C Major, Claude Debbussy’s Sonata in D Minor, G. Cascioli’s Adagio, Giuseppe Martucci’s Romanza op. 72 no. 1, Johannes Brahm’s Three Lieder and Robert Schumann’s Three Fantasiestucke op. 73.
Event: A piano and cello concert by Francesco Pennarola and Francesca Villa When: Today at 7 pm Where: Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani
|
|
Art
Till October 23 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Sacred Images — an exhibition of paintings showcasing the works of Subrata Das, Rajib Sur Roy, Nitya Kundu, Gosto Kumar, Sarla Chandra, Harish Kumar, Asit Mondal, Jyotirmoy Ash, Arpan Bhowmick, Chinmoy Ash and Subrata Modak.
October 23 - November 6 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Vibgyor presents Affordable Art — paintings featuring the works of Aditya Basak, Ashok Mullick, Bijon Chowdhury, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dilip Choudhury, Gopi Gajwani, Jahar Dasgupta, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Manu Parekh, Manoj Dutta, Partha Bhattacharjee, Prokash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Samir Aich, Sekhar Kar, Sekhar Roy, Syam Kanu Borthakur, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sumon Roy, Swapan Polley and Tapan Mitra.
Till October 24 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of paintings by Rabin Roy.
Till October 25 at Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Convergence, an exhibition of works by Radhika Mansata.
Till October 25 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #22895438; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of the works by Arup Ratan Chowdhury, Arup Lodh, Arun Kumar Samadder, Ashoke Ganguly, Basudev Ghosh, Bipul Roy, Dipankar Ghosh, Hemant Rao, Kaushik Raha, Palash Halder, Sudipta Karmakar, Suchismita Sahoo, Jayshrie, Subuddha Ghosh and Khushnaz Najam.
Till October 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Sudatta.
Till October 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Sukti Roy, Samir Bhattacharya, Chayan Roy and Nilotpal Sinha.
Till October 31 at Ambo Art, 3 Pretoria Street, 2 nd floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Abhijit Das, Aninda Mukherjee, Apurba Majumdar, Nikhil Biswas, Rintu Roy, Samir Roy, Tanuj Sardar and Tapas Sardar.
Till October 31 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext IV — an exhibition of works by artists below 40 from different parts of the world.
Till October 31 (except Sunday) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 7.30 pm: In Memory of an Ideal — an exhibition of paintings by Ng. Bidyut Singha.
DRAMA
October 23 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC will host the presentation of Dorjiparar Morjinara — playwright Bratya Basu’s Bengali play, directed by Koushik Sen and to be presented by Swapnasandhani.
October 23 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Miunas will stage its latest production, Strike. Drama & direction: Utsab Das.
October 23 at Academy of Fine Arts & October 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage its latest production, Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
October 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Script & direction: Aloke Deb.
October 24 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage Dournama. Playwright: Indrasis Lahiri. Direction & in lead role: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
PERFORMING ARTS
October 23 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 6.30 pm: An evening of Western country and folk music by Rajiv Doss.
October 23 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 5.30 pm: Mahasimhasaney Boshi — an evening of Swami Vivekananda’s favourite Brahmasangeet and Tagore songs. Singers: Purabi Mukhopadhyay, Suchhanda Ghosh, Sanghamitra Chakraborty, Achin Mukhopadhyay and others. Chorus by the artistes of Anandagaan, Anandadhara and Sayantan. Concept: Kalyan Guha.
October 23 at Venom; 9 pm onwards: Bacardi and London’s Ministry of Sound present the future of ‘electronic’ mix with DJ Richard Murray.
October 24 at Spandan, 87 Park Street; 7 pm: Spandan and Manik Sahani Art Foundation present Kumar Mukherjee and his students in an evening of Sufi music.
BOOK exhibition
October 23 - November 23 at Worldview Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus, Subarna Jayanti Bhawan; 11 am - 7 pm: Penguin Books India, in association with Worldview Bookstore, presents Penguin Classics Library. This month-long exhibition will also include talks, discussions and readings at the venue.
BOOK RELEASE
October 23 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 6.30 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the release of What the Buddha Thought by Richard Gombrich. The author will be present at the launch of his book.
TALK
October 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Mundaka Upanishad.
October 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Kena Upanishad.
FESTIVAL
Till October 24 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3&6 Prince Anwar Shah Road, #2417 5058: Maha Skandha Shasti Dwajarohana Mahotsava. Today at 7 am: Kavadi Puja; at 7.30 pm: Yagasalai Puja, Pattu Vasthra Samarpanam; at 10.25 am: Mahapoornahuti, Deeparadhanai (Kaalam-X); at 12.05 pm: Skadashasti, Mahaabhishekam, Kalasaabhishekam, Mahadeeparadhanai; at 5.30 pm: Shatrusamhara Trishatiarchanai, Deeparadhanai; at 6.30 pm: Soora Samharam, Dwaja Avarohanam, Procession.
Till October 25 at DPS Megacity School, Kalikapur, Rajarhat; 9 am (Yagna) & 2 pm (cultural programmes): Guru Pujanotsav Samity organises Mahalaxmi Mahayagna with devotional and cultural programmes including discourses. Today: Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Charitra.
EXHIBITION
Till October 25 at Ice Skating Rink, 78 Syed Amir Ali Avenue; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Sasha, in association with Fair Trade Forum of India, hosts Fair Trade Fair. The fair showcases a variety of the finest handcrafted products and textiles. On display are a wide range of embroidered and printed textiles, appliqué, jewellery, home décor products, leather products, terracotta and Dhokra artefacts from across the country.
Till October 25 at 3/90 Chittaranjan Colony, Jadavpur; 10 am - 8 pm: The Indian Handicraft organises an exhibition on brass showpieces, silk/canvas paintings, diyas and gift items, greeting cards and luxurious wooden furniture.
Till October 26 at 7/2 Ritchie Road, ground floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Houseproud unveils its latest home decor products.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till October 30 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Skin — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs by Sanjib Sen.
QUIZ
October 25 at Zilla Parishad Hall, opp. Chinsurah court: Chinsurah Arghya will host two quizzes: Satyajit Ray Quiz (at 10 am) and Sports Quiz (at 1.30 pm) for any two-member teams. Details with Chiraranjan Bose (9903280591) or Mrinmoy Dhar (9339037357).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
|
