Timeout 06-10-2007

Melodies pure and beautiful Calcutta School of Music, in association with the Hungarian Cultural Centre, presents a recital by the Zoltan Kodaly Trio. The recital consists of soprano, flute, flota, shepherd’s pipe and piano. Marianna Sipos will perform the soprano. The soprano roles of Mozart, Bach, Handel, Bellini, Strauss and many other arias, songs and outstanding pieces of native Hungarian music can be found in her repertoire. She takes pride in having acquainted audiences worldwide with Hungarian music, and thereby popularised it. All flute organs will be performed by Mark Fulep, whose repertoire spans from early baroque to contemporary music. He plays Hungarian folk music and his instruments are Transdanubian and the Paloc flute. As a young artist, Tihamer Hlavacsek participated in a film on Zoltan Kocsis. His recordings have been aired on Hungarian radio as well as other parts of the world. His performances at the piano fetched him the Outstanding Young Artist of the Year by the jury at Gramofon in 2006. Hlavacsek is considered to be one the most promising artists of his generation in Hungary. Event: Musical recital by Zoltan Kodaly Trio of Hungary When: Tomorrow at 7 pm Where: The Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park

art

Till October 6 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Nabakishore Chanda, Ushasi Paul, Susanta Chowdhury, Subrata Saha, Subha Basu, Dipankar Ray, Kalyan Chakraborty, Swapan Denra, Arpita Pradhan and Sumana Biswas. Till October 7 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne and his students Dilip Kumar Dey, Indira Halder, Ujjal Singha, Suman Mojumdar and Radhika Agarwal. Till October 7 at Taj Bengal, By the Way; 3 pm - 6 pm: The seventh solo show of paintings by Sabyasachi Guha. Till October 7 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Touhidul Islam’s forth solo exhibition of paintings. Till October 7 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Fourth group exhibition of paintings by Dots, a group of women artists Anjana Kirtania, Moumita Goswami, Nafisa Khatun, Payal Sarkar, Shyamaly Paul and Shampa Sur. Till October 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery (A); 3 pm - 8 pm: The second solo exhibition of Pradip Maiti’s works. Till October 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery (B); 3 pm - 8 pm: Roddur presents an exhibition of paintings by Ajita Sengupta, Sankar Tarafdar and Susanta Sarkar. Till October 9 at Artspace India, 7 Deodar Street; 2 pm - 8 pm: Recent paintings by Sukanta Basu. Till October 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent sculptures by Uma Roy Chowdhury, Debajit Chakraborty, Prasun Ghosh, Rathin Dey and Soumen Das. Till October 12 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: An Artists’ Rainbow, an exhibition of art and sculpture by renowned and contemporary artists. Till October 12 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs): A solo exhibition of paintings by Kazi Nasir. Till October 12 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Group show by contemporary painters Binit Sinha, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Chanda, Kausik Raha, Ranadip Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Snehasish Maity and Subrata Das. Till October 14 (except Monday & October 10) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art and Culture presents an exhibition of paintings, Vyakta-Avyakta (West Zone Artists’ Painted Realisations). Till October 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Gen Next II, paintings and sculptures by 40 Indian contemporary artists. Till October 15 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ganges Art Gallery, Calcutta and Gallery Espace, New Delhi host Surfaces and Textures. Participating artists: Kishore Shinde, Dattaraya Apte, Mona Rai, Rooshika Patel, Manjari Chakrabarty, Mekhla Bahl, Mithu Sen, Ranjith Raman, Neha Turakia, Shobha Broota, Yashwant Deshmukh, Yogesh Rawal and Tapati Chowdhury.

drama

October 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Ibsen’s Punorujjibon. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty. October 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aayna Harin, Bohurupee’s latest production, directed by Tarapada Mukhopadhyay. October 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ensemble presents two short plays: Amake Dekhun and Jatri, directed by Kaushik Bose and Sangeeta Chakraborty, respectively. October 7 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Sangit Kala Mandir hosts the staging of Perfect Wife by Yatri (Mumbai) with Poonam Dhillon in the lead. October 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. October 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandimukh presents Parthib. Drama & direction: Ashok Chattopadhyay. October 7 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-Krishti present Krishna Gahwar. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu.

PERFOrMING ARTS

October 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.45 pm: The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture presents Banikumar’s Mahisasuramardini by members of the Vivekananda Study Circle (Junior).

talk

October 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tyagarupananda will speak on Gitar Vani. October 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.

EXHIBITION

October 6 & 7 at the first floor banquets, The Park: Millennium EMS organises a furniture exhibition featuring three leading brands from Bangladesh: Jalal, Hatil and Legacy. Inauguration today at 11 am by Manab Mukherjee, minister for micro and small-scale enterprises, textiles and tourism. October 6 at Little Italy, 6 Camac Street; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The new collection of eco-friendly clothing for a green cupboard from Brand Pitara designed by Arpita Kalra of Delhi. October 6 - 13 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of constume jewellery in new designs and innovative craftsmanship. Till October 6 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace (1st floor); 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Pooja — southern collection from Vimor, Tussar from Vidharva, Chanderi from Indore, tribal weaves from Kotpad and traditional and contemporary weaves of Bengal. Till October 9 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge; 2 pm - 8 pm: KeyaChaitali’s garment and accessories fair, showcasing t-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshi-kantha, batik, appliquéd, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton and silk sarees, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags. Till October 10 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Earthy Myth’s pre-festive exhibition of sarees, kurtas and tunics. Till October 12 at 12/2A Bakul Bagan Row, #9836146239; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Kreasions exhibits designer tant, crepe, georgette, chiffon and silk sarees, crepe batik suits, kurtis, tunics, skirts, fashion belts and batuas. Till October 13 at 114/L Selimpur Road, 1st floor, Dhakuria, #24146783; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nibedita Boutique’s exhibition of designer sarees in silk, batik, tant, crepe and kantha with matching costume jewellery. Till October 17 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life, an exhibition of fashion wear, T-shirts, decorative art, masks, exculsive textiles, stoles and scarves, tribal art, jewellery, wall hangings, books, carpets, linens, brass items, embroidered bags and dhurries. Till October 18 at Cottage Industries, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd hosts a saree and ready-to-wear exhibition. Till October 18 at P 249 Purna Das Road, #9831185193: Darbari hosts Sharadiya Shimeeta Sankhya - A Limited Edition Affair, an exhibition of saris, suits, kurtis, patialas, tunics, skirts and leather accessories.

READING

October 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya's report of Asvatthaman's defeat after he skirmishes with Bhima and Arjuna, in the 394th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.

MEMORIAL MEET

October 6 at Baptist Mission Students Hall, 1/2A Bankim Chatterjee Street, ollege Square; 4 pm: A condolence meeting on Indian dance guru Mukunda Das Bhattacharjee. October 6 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: A remembrance meeting on Prof. M.V. Nadkarni. Speakers: Angshuman Bandopadhaya, Biswanath Roy, Supriyo Bhattacharya and Jajati Bhattacharya.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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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