Japanese symphony Traditionally made of bamboo, the Shakuhachi is a Japanese end-blown flute. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism. In the English-speaking world, it became popular in 1980s pop- music for its soulful sound. Shakuhachis are usually made from the root-end of bamboo culms and are extremely versatile. Professional players can produce virtually any pitch they wish to from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with Koto, Biwa and Shamisen (all traditional Japanese instruments), folk music, jazz and other modern pieces. This evening, music lovers in the city will have the rare privilege to experience a fusion of traditional Japanese instruments played by some of the most well-known musicians of that country. Jumei Tokumaru, the shihan (master) of Shakuhachi, will present a Shakuhachi recital accompanied by Yasuko Ishii (on Koto and Sangen) and Sachi Oshikiri (Koto), along with Yuki Aoki and Katsuki Seino on Shakuhachi. Sponsored by The Japan Foundation, the recital is organised by the Indo-Japan Welfare and Cultural Association and supported by Consulate-General of Japan in Calcutta. lEvent: Traditional Japanese Shakuhachi recital by Jumei Tokumaru lWhen: Today; 6pm - 8pm lWhere: Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement)

ART

Till March 9 (except Sundays & holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Tower (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Concepts & Ideas 2011. Works by Sheba Chhachhi, Anjum Singh and Praneet Soi. February 23 - 27 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Rhythmic Emotions — an exhibition of paintings by Uma Chatterjee, Utpal Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Chatterjee and Goutam Bandyopadhyay. February 23 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 24752275, 24618812; 6 pm: Inauguration of Coming of Age, Part II — recent works by Subha Kenworthy. The exhibition continues till February 28, 3 pm to 8 pm. Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: French sculptor, designer and painter Gerald Verollet is presenting some paintings from his red and yellow series, together with some sculptures and drawings. Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Verse on Canvas, a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists. Participants: Ashok Kumar Dey, Bijon Chowdhury, Biswajit Jana, Debisri Paul, Dipnarayan Paul, Durbananda Jana, M.F. Husain, Mithun Dutta, Partha Pratim Deb, Pradip Baxi, Prakash Karmakar, Puspen Roy, Rajib Deyashi, Ramratan Das, Ranit Dutta, Rumka Jana, Samik De, Sambhu Saha, Sanat Kar, Samir Sarcar, Shakila Sheikh, Shyamal Ganguly, Suhas Roy, Sukanta Das, Susanta Chakraborty, Swati Pasari, Anil Kumar Pritswi, Chandan Roy, Koushik Paul, Subrata Paul and Subrata Biswas. Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The ninth solo exhibition of paintings by Subhendu Das. Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rough Canvas presents an exhibition of paintings by Debashis Mitra, Debabrata De, Ganesh Das, Kajal Chakraborty, Sujit Kumar Ghosh and Shyamal Sikdar. Till February 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The seventh solo exhibition of paintings by Uttam Kumar Roy. Till February 24 at Gatha, Town Hall, 4 Esplanade Row (West); 11 am - 6 pm: The faculty of visual arts of Rabindra Bharati University presents Students’ Annual Art Exhibition. Till February 26 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 22829220/21; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of the recent works of Jeram Patel. Presented by Ina Puri. Till February 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Impression — a group show of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Pradip Kar, Murari Nag, Partha Dey, Sraboni Mitra, Ananda Addhya, Partha Pratim Malick, Gour Chowdhury, Basudev Mondal, Basudev Mali, Ashim Paul, Sumit Kumar Bera and Paresh Saha. Till February 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Partha Dasgupta. Till February 28 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Gopal Ghosh. Till February 28 at Image Craft, 56/E Block-D, New Alipore; 11 am - 8 pm: An exposition of paintings and sculptures by Choturanga. Participants: Suvendu Mondal, Asish Gupta, Anjan Bhattacharya and Banani Ganguly. Till March 6 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Anil Yadav, Ashok Ganguly, Anindya Shankar Chakraborty, Ajita Sengupta, Ashis Mondal, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashimava Dutta, Arun Samaddar, Deben Laha, Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Jibon Biswas, Khokon Raut, Milanendu Mondal, Malay Chandan Saha, Nitya Kundu, Paresh Saha, Prabal Roy, Prasun Mollick, Pramathesh Chandra, Ranjan Sarkar, Ramprasad De, Ranadip Das, Samir Paul, Subrata Das, Sadhan Sengupta, Sarbani Ganguly, Suman Dey, Sukanta Das, Tanusree Ghosh, Tapash Sardar and Tanmoy Roychowdhury. Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection.

DRAMA

February 23 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Renaissance will stage its new Hindi production, Baal Bhagwan, written by Swadesh Dipak and directed by Aloke Chakravorty. February 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. February 24 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik will stage Matlobi Paasha. Direction: Chandan Das.

pERFORMING ARTS

February 23 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Charaibeti presents Manabzamin, a dance-theatre presentation based on the life and philosophy of Lalan Fakir. Choreographed by Soma Dutta. February 23 at Sree Satyananda Devayatan, 1 Ibrahimpur Road, Jadavpur; 6.30 pm: Nrityanjali by Durga Chakraborty, and performances by Satyananda Sangeetpeeth (dir: Kumkum Das) and Mayuram Ballet Troupe (dir: Mandira Mitra). February 23 at Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement); 6 pm: Experience a fusion of traditional Japanese musical instruments: Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Sangen (three-stringed instrument) and Koto (Japanese harp). The Japan Foundation-sponsored recital is organised by Indo-Japan Welfare and Cultural Association and supported by Consulate-General of Japan in Calcutta. February 24 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur; 6 pm: Arohan presents an evening of Indian classical music featuring Partha Bose (sitar) and Sudokshina Manna Chatterjee (vocal). Accompanying artists: Sujit Saha (tabla), Subrata Manna (tabla) and Sanatan Goswami (harmonium).

TALK

February 23 at Haldiram Banquet, Ballygunge; 4 pm - 6 pm: A free interactive talk, Tap your Inner Potential - You are the Miracle, followed by guided meditation by Dr Sangbarta Chattopadhyay. February 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Paripurnananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. February 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. February 23 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Sri Ramakrishna Punthipath O Alochana. Speaker: Swami Buddhadevananda February 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.

DISCUSSION

February 23 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.30 pm: A discussion on Sardhoshatabarshikir Daaye. Speaker: Alokranjan Dasgupta. Also, screening of Shesh Raginir Been, a documentary on Tagore directed by Shankar Majumdar.

SPORT

Till March 12 at CC&FC: Give in to the cricket fever with Royal Challenge presents The Telegraph Cup Cricket 2011 for corporates. Matches start at 5.30 pm.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till February 24 at Abanindra Sabhagriha & Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: 16th Foto Unit International Salon on Digital Photography and an exhibition of photographs by members and students of Foto Unit. Till February 26 at Boi-Chitra, Coffee House building, 2nd floor, 15 Bankim Chatterjee Street; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Atanu Bose, Prithwi Kanta Roy and Siddhartha Biswas.

EXHIBITION

February 23 - 25 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of handloom suits, encompassing blockprints and traditional embroidery. Till February 26 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, 22811524: Earthy Myths annual exhibition of 2010 collections of saris and outfits. Till February 27 at Gurusaday Museum, Bratacharigram, Joka, 24676048; 11am - 4pm: On the occasion of its 48th Foundation Day, Gurusaday Museum presents an exhibition, Square Pat in Rural Bengal. Till February 24 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Art objects made of wood, brass, bronze, shola, marble, alabaster, horn and papier mache procured from master craftsmen from all over the country. Till February 25 at 85 Lansdowne, 85 B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne annual Autumn-Winter end of the season 2010-11 show of a unique face of fashion — youthful, trendy, innovative — combining style with substance. Till February 28 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36c S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: On the occasion of South African artist William Kentridge’s first visit to India, the Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents William Kentridge: An exhibition of etchings, prints, films. February 24 - 26 at Kaji, 38/A Garcha 1st Lane, 32507924; 12 noon - 8 pm: Pop Festival — a three-day festival exhibiting distinguished international and national brands in pop art.

QUIZ

March 5 at The Space Circle: Adverb presents Showbiz - the 4th edition for 3-member teams. Registrations start at 4 pm. Quiz starts at 4.30 pm. Entry fee: Rs 300 per team. Prizes for top three teams. QM: Biswabijoy Sen.

WORKSHOP

February 27, March 6, 13, 20 & 27 at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Eduzone offers SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL free diagnostic tests. Registration begins Feb. 27 for a total 16 classes certification crash courses in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Sanskrit, public speaking, personality enhancement . E-mail eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528 Details: www.eduzoneindia.com February 25 - March 4 at Objet D’Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue, 9831200077; 11 am - 5 pm: Jewellery repairing workshop. March 3 at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake, 9830227778; 11 am - 1 pm: Learn Bakedishes — spring vegetable lasagne, chilaquile pie, baked spinach and pepper ravioli, rice casserole.

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