Orchestrated symphony The most perfect expression of human behaviour is a string quartet — Tate Jeffrey. The Auer String Quartet was formed in 1990 by four students of Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Invited by the Royal Academy of Music in London, the ensemble attended the Amadeus String Quartet’s quartet courses from 1991 to 1995, as well as those directed by distinguished violinist György Pauk. The Auer String Quartet has won many prizes in numerous Hungarian and international competitions, including first prize at the 1991 Leo Weiner Chamber Music Competition at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. The quartet's most important breakthrough came in 1997 when it was awarded first prize in the 7th London International String Quartet Competition, with Lord Yehudi Menuhin as jury chairman. The quartet also won the Special Audience Award and the Sydney Griller Trophy for the best interpretation of a contemporary composition. Since then, the Auer String Quartet has established itself internationally, collaborating with many distinguished guest soloists, including Miklós Perényi, Paul Meyer, Tamás Vásáry, Zoltán Kocsis, Steven Osborne and Peter Frankl. This evening’s concert features the Auer String Quartet: Vilmos Oláh and Gábor Berán on the violin, Csaba Gálfi on the viola and Ákos Takács on the cello. Event: Hungarian Auer Quartet Concert When: Today at 7 pm Where: Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall

art

Till April 18 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Through the Eye of a Needle — recent works by Shreyasi Chatterjee. Till April 18 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Intersection — works by Anand Prakash, Satyajit Roy and Sougata Das. April 6 - 19 at Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: Adekha Dekha — an exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. April 6 - 11 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: Prativa hosts its sixth art exhibition featuring works by Debabrata Ghosh and Patitpabon Ghosh. Inauguration today at 5.30 pm. Till April 7 at Gallery Kolkata, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani; #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Gallery Kolkata presents nav-Ratna, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, etching and lithographs. Participating artists: K.G. Subramanyan, Akbar Padamsee, Jogen Chowdhury, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Dipak Banerjee, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Sunil Das and Shuvaprasanna. Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rarhbangla Art Society presents its annual exhibition featuring works by Ashoke Roy, Tapas Kr. Barua, Pradyut Kr. Pal, Sk. Nur Ali, Santosh Chattopadhyay, Khushnaz Nazam and Chaitali Chanda. Till April 10 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Plat 5A (Palm Spring); 1 pm - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring works by well-known artists. Till April 11 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Art Against Terrorism. Featuring works by Lalu Prasad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Shipra Bhattacharya, Paresh Maity, Jayashri Barman and Partha Shaw. Till April 11 (except holidays) at Gallery Eye on Art, 3 Pretoria Street, 2nd floor, #98310 62914; 12 noon - 8 pm: Diverse Dialogues — Contemporary expression on canvas by Debabrata Sarkar and Pradip Das. Till April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Gobardhan Ash (1907-96). Till April 18 (except Monday) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colours of Spring — paintings by Anirban Seth, Ashok Mondal, Asimava Dutta, B.R. Panesar, Bhaskar Lahiri, Bibhas Baidya, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Dewashish Das, Dhiren Sasmal, Dipankar Chandra, Dipti Chakrabarti, Jiban Biswas, Malay Chandan Saha, Mehtab Hussain Molla, Milanendu Mandal, Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar, Ratan Acharya, Ritu Singh, Samir Paul, Shilpi Acharya, Swapan Palley, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das, Wasim Kapoor and others. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Rhythm of Colour — works by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

Till April 12 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah Maidan; 6.30 pm: Natadha hosts Janapriyo Nataker Mela, a theatre festival in aid of the needy and ailing theatre workers. Today: Suryo Pora Chhai by Sansriti. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. April 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Enseble presents an Indian English play, Sonata. Written by Mahesh Elkunchwar, and performed and directed by Sohag Sen. April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Dournama. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. April 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by Gautam Haldar. April 9 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Renaissance will stage its latest production, Kaal Kothri (in Hindi). Direction: Aloke Chakravorty. April 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. April 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh. April 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop will stage Jalchhabi, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay. April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Bratyajon will stage its latest production, Ruddha Sangeet. Playwright & direction: Bratya Basu.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Utsaha Udbhas presents A Renewed Journey — featuring Gouri Roy Chowdhury in a solo recital of Hindustani classical vocal music. Accompanied by Roshan Ali (sarangi), Debaprasad Dey (harmonium) and Swapan Mukherjee (tabla). April 7 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: A musical soiree, Shesh Basanta, produced by Rama Chakraborty, Shantiniketan Puratani. Songs by Pramita Mallick, Basabi Dutta, Sudeshna Sanyal and Biswarup Rudra. Dance presented by Purnima Ghosh and her group. April 8 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore presents Trilogue — where Bob Dylan meets Rabindranath Tagore in poetry and music. Participants: Kamalika, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee and Pramita Mallick. April 11 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Bhavna presents a solo recital of Tagore songs by Shraboni Sen.

TALK

April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Idyananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Smritikatha. April 6 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.15 pm: Pramod Sen Endowment lecture by Dr V. Ananda Reddy of Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research, Pondicherry. Subject: The Double Evolution of Man. April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Vishnudevananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna-Punthi. April 6 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.50 pm: Discourse on Srimad Bhagavatam by Swami Satprabhananda.

AWARD CEREMONY

April 6 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Award presentation ceremony of Sayak’s full-length drama competition held last month. To be followed by the staging of the first prize winning play, Tumi Daak Diyechho Kon Sokaley (Dir: Adrija Dashgupta), produced by Uhinee

EXHIBITION

Till April 8 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #24651697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni holds an exhibition of handloom saris, printed saris, men’s kurtas and kantha items. April 6 - 11 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens, #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents Baishakhi Mela, a summer collection of designer saris, fabrics, kurtas & kurtis, readymade salwar suit, gents wear and a wide range of ethnic Lucknow chikan. Also, jewellery and gift items. Till April 11 at Kamala, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of India presents Shwet O Neel, an exhibition of saris, dupattas and home linen in white & indigo created by award winning artisans. Till April 13 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents its Bengali New Year offering, New Beginnings, featuring saris, accessories, home linens and durries along with a range of children’s summer wear. Till April 14 at Finesse, 11B New Road, Alipore; 11 am - 7 pm: Summer saris and dupattas in cotton, kota, chanderi, maheshwari, cotton silk with block prints from the weaves of India. Till April 15 at 124A Rashebhari Avenue, #2463 9081; 11 am - 7 pm: Bina Shah showcases party-wear collection of designer saris, salwar suits, kurtis, tops and more. Till April 15 (except Sunday & holidays) at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #24664315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show of Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: Silk/tussar print, chiffon/crepe print, Kota/tangail print, and south Indian cotton. Till April 30 (except Sunday) at Lepakshi Handicrafts Emporium, F-17 Dakshinapan, Dhakuria; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation presents a collection of saris like Mangalgiri, Gadwal and Chanderi, and handicrafts like Bidris, Kondapally, toys and brass statues.

FESTIVAL

Till April 13 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2463 8296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates Sri Rama Navami with discourse, kirtan, bhajan and nadaswaram. Today at 6.45 pm: Harikatha Kalakshepam / Sangeetha Upanyasam.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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