Austria-India harmony One of the leading Japanese musicians of his generation, Joji Hattori has enjoyed a varied career as a musician; first, as a concert violinist, an activity which has developed into directing chamber orchestras, conducting symphony orchestras and, finally, operas. Since 2004, he has been the associate conductor of Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Born in Japan, he spent his childhood in Vienna, where his music career took shape from regularly attending the opera house and concert halls. Influenced by both cultures, Hattori is today one of the very few conductors of Asian heritage who is respected internationally for his interpretation of Viennese classics. As part of the celebration of 60 years of Austria-India diplomatic relations, Joji Hattori will conduct the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in a Western classical music concert. One of the leading cultural ambassadors of Austria, this 17-member orchestra has also been under the leadership of music icons, Yehudi Menuhin and Alfred Brendall. The pieces to be performed this evening include Johann Strauss’ The Bat - Overture, Joseph Haydn’s Serenade from String Quartet op. 3 no. 5, Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 D major D 200 and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra F major op. 50 and Symphonie Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 21 (1799-1800). Hosted by the Austrian Embassy, New Delhi, in collaboration with Sangit Kala Mandir, Calcutta and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Event: Western classical music concert by Vienna Chamber Orchestra When: Today at 7 pm Where: Vidya Mandir Auditorium

art

Till March 28 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesday - Saturday (11 am - 7 pm): Fractals — Works by Anital Gopal. Till March 14 at Eye on Art Gallery, 3, Pretoria Street, 2nd floor;12 noon to 8 pm: Forms & Figures — an exhibition of contemporary paintings featuring the works of Arpana Caur, Asit Poddar, Atin Basak, F.N.Souza, Ganesh Haloi, Gouranga Beshai, Jamini Roy, Kartick Ch. Pyne, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Paritosh Sen, Partha Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim Deb, Partha Shaw, Sanatana Dinda, Sekhar Kar, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Subhamita Bhattacharjee Dinda,and Tapas Sardar. Till March 15 at the Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: Solo exhibition of the recent works of Anita Gurbaxani. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till March 15 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual exhibition by the Canvas Artists’ Circle. Till March 15 at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai, presents Balaji Poona: Black Smoke. Till March 15 at Birla Acadmy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: The Green hosts a group show of 10 contemporary young artists. Participants: Abdullah Sheikh, Anup Kumar Biswas, Biplab Sarkar, Chaitali Chanda, Chinmoy Pandit, Krishna Dey, Mintu Mallick, Nageshwar Sharma, Sanjoy Singha and Umesh Chandra Bera. Till March 17 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Transcendental Bondage —an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sumana Ghosh. Till March 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings by Partha Kabiraj, Sushanta Roy, Shrea Ghosh, Srimanta Das, Subhabrata Bose and Tusar Kanti Pradhan. Till March 26 (except Sunday) 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 March 27 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Joie de Vivre — an exhibition of the works of Dhaneshwar Shah and Sunanda Khajuria. Till March 28 (except Monday) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Bronze sculptures by Tapas Sarkar.

EQUESTRIAN

Till March 13 at Pat Williamson Polo Grounds Maidan (centre of Race Course): Fort William Institute hosts the Army Equestrian Championship and 57th Calcutta Horse Show.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 13 & 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Rabindrasangeet Sammelan, hosted by Ananyo Music. Participants: Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Pramita Mallick, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Shraboni Sen, Debarati Som, Suman Panthi, Alak Roychoudhury, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay, Rano Guha Thakurta, Anushila Basu, Parimal Bhattacharya, Shreya Guha Thakurta, Debasree Biswas, Rachayita Roy, Aniruddha Singha, Abhijit Guha and others in songs; reading/narration by Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Bejoylakshmi Barman, Soumitra Mitra, Kajal Sur, Ishita Das Adhikary and others. March 13 at the lawns of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, 1 NSC Bose Road, Tollygunge; 6.30 pm: A concert to celebrate the advent of spring features vocal performances of Basant and Hori Dhamar, thumri and dadra by ITC-SRA scholars, and a performance of thumri and dadra by Prabhati Mukherjee. March 13 at Vidya Mandir auditorium; 7 pm: To celebrate 60 years of Austria-India Diplomatic Relations 2009, the Austrian Embassy (New Delhi), in collaboration with Sangit Kala Mandir (Calcutta) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations, presents Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Conductor: Joji Hattori). Programme includes pieces by Strauss, Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven. March 15 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, DD-27A/1 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Salt Lake Cultural Association presents an evening of music and dance featuring Amartyya Chatterjee (Kathak), Rupa Mukherjee (vocal) and Soumallya Chakrabarty (sitar). March 15 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 6.15 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents Layavinyas Re-visited — a musical and rhythm odyssey presented by N. Shankar and his group.

DRAMA

March 13 at Academy of Fine Arts & March 15 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush. Play: Dr Shirish Athawala. Translated into Bengali by Kamal Sanyal and Bejoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. March 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya-Ranga presents the comedy, Dadu Chaye Nati Chaye. Drama: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta. March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15 pm: Dum Dum Shabdomugdho Naatyokendra presents Sparshokatar...the Journey of Three Dolls. Direction: Rakesh Ghosh. March 14 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm; March 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: NabaMayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Bhadreswarir Galpo. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Anya Bhuvan. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. March 14 at Minerva; 6.30 pm: Jadiyo Galpo — Theatre workshop’s latest production. Drama: Sudipto Bhowmick. Dir: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. March 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage its latest production, Dournama. Direction & acting: Meghnad Bhattacharya.

PHOTOGRAPHS

March 13 - 16 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Jadavpur University Photographic Club presents Montage 2009, an international photographic contest.

EXHIBITION

Till March 21 at 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, Ballygunge Place, #2440 8926/27; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio presents a summer collection of wearable textiles and saris in pastel hues. Also, chiffon, maheswari, cotton, kota 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.

TALK

March 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.

SEMINAR

March 13 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.15 pm: A seminar to mark the centenary year of Sri Aurobindo’s public speech at Uttarpara. Participants: Manoj Das, Prof. Biswanath Roy and Kalyan Mukhopadhyay. Organised by Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Calcutta and Uttarpara Sri Aurobindo Parishad.

WOMEN’S WEEK

Till March 14 at British Council, L&T Chambers, 16 Camac Street: British Council celebrates Women’s Apprecitaion Week with an exhibition of books by emergent British women authors and award-winning women writers. British Council branded travel bags, beauty care vouchers and special offers on membership for women.

QUIZ

March 15 at Lake Friends Club, Rabindra Sarovar, near Nazrul Mancha; 3 pm onwards: The Beautiful Minds hosts an open-to-all general quiz contest. Quiz masters: Subhasis Sen Gupta (9831206666), Supratim Chakladar (9831033263) and D. Ghosh.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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