Journey into trance music A remarkable singer, composer and songwriter of great originality, Régis Gizavo’s lyrical, flamboyant style makes him one of the foremost accordionists of today. Associated with Gizavo for over a decade, David Mirandon’s meeting with the former has been a key, determinant factor in the style and approach of the latter as a percussionist. Featuring Régis Gizavo (accordion-vocals; picture far right) and David Mirandon (drums-percussion; picture right) this evening’s summit meeting between these two exceptional musicians, promises to take the audience on a melodious, emotional journey into trance. Primitive and erudite, rugged and sophisticated and tinted with jazz, blues and soul, their music draws upon musical sources of southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region. Solemn or joyful, the melancholy songs are sung in Shona, Zulu and Malagasy. Hosted by The French Association, French Embassy in India, in collaboration with Seagram’s, Princeton Club and Open Doors. Event: Music concert featuring Régis Gizavo and David Mirandon When: Today at 7.30 pm Where: Princeton Club

art

April 30 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Inner Space presents an exhibition of recent paintings by Rupa Mitra and Kumar Singha. Till April 30 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Inspiration, paintings by a group of 11 aspiring artists. Participants: Subroto Das, Sukanto Das, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Chanda, Biswajit Saha, Pradip Das, Amit Majumdar, Bineet Kr Sinha, Debobroto Sarkar, Bappa Haldar and Somnath Adhikary. Till May 1 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ajoy Bandopadhyay, Dipak Mukherjee, Dilip Banerjee, Kamalaksha Ganguly, Kiran Kumar Sen, Pramathes Chandra, Ratan Acharya, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Somnath Roy, Swati Roy, Siddhartha Sengupta and Shibani Sengupta. Till May 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Eighth solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee. Till May 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Hue presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Paresh Saha, Aloke Roy, Tandra Bera and Sekhar Biswas. Till May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rabi Art - Gallery presents Collections, an exhibition of the works of K.G. Subramaniyan, Paritosh Sen, Ganesh Haloi, Prokash Karmakar, Bijan Chowdhury, Rabin Mondal, Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Shuvaprasanna, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Samir Aich, Shipra Bhattacharya, Aditya Basak, Chandra Bhattacharya, Salil Sahani, Biplab Dutta, Prasanta Sahu, Subrata Saha, Eleena Banik, Santanu Maity, Sudeshna Halder, Tanup Nath, Arpan Bhowmik, Subrata Modok and Himadri Ramani. Till May 5 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: Life and Arts — sculpture, graphics, drawings and paintings by Somnath Hore. Till May 5 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of transparent watercolours by Shyamal Sen. Till May 11 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, paintings by Sanatan Dinda, Jogen Chowdhury. Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Partho Bhattacharjee, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Debabrata Chakravorty, Ajoy Bandyopadhyay, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. Till May 12 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Mahalaya Apts, 3 Woodburn Park; 11 am - 7 pm: Masters Collection presents Summer Colours, an exhibition of recent works by Anil Gaikwad, Anirban Seth, Anup Giri, Avijit Mitra, B.R. Panesar, Barun Roy, Gautam Khamaru, Keshav Roy, Manik Kandar, Pushpen Roy, Sachin Jaitarey, Sachindranath Jha, Samir Deasi, Samir Sarkar, Sibsadey Chowdhary, Subhamita Dinda, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das and Swapan Palley.

drama

Till May 1 at Academy of Fine Arts: Bohurupee’s drama festival features Fullaketur Pala (April 30; 6.30 pm), Mister Kakatua (May 1; 3 pm) and Deepadanda (May 1; 6.30 pm). April 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Institute of Factual Theatre Arts (IFTA) presents Sacrifice. Play: Rabindranath Tagore. Dir: Debasish Dutta. May 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly. May 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Dir: Anish Ghosh. May 6 at Rabindra Sadan: To mark the 95th birth anniversary of Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto, Rangakarmee presents the Manto trilogy, Badnam Manto (at 4 pm), Sarhad Paar Manto (at 5.45 pm) and Manto Aur Manto (at 7.15 pm).

PERFORMING ARTS

April 30 at EZCC, IA 290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts an evening of Bengali patriotic songs to be presented by Nupurchhanda Ghosh and Maitreyee Mazumdar. April 30 at the Sandré Hall of Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: The Calcutta School of Music, in collaboration with ICCR, presents a sarod recital by Ranajit Sengupta, accompanied by Subhajyoti Guha (tabla) and Ananda Barua (tanpura). May 1 at Mahajati Sadan; 9.30 am: Mrittika presents a solo recital by Manna Dey. May 4 at Dakshin Kolikata Samsad, Poolside Banquet; 7.30 pm: Tagoreana, a programme of songs and readings that pay homage to women characters immortalized by Tagore. Concept and direction: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. May 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Karuna, Karunamoy — an evening of Tagore songs and reading and recitation from his writings. Participants: Soumitra Chattopadhyay in reading/recitation from Tagore’s prose and verse, and Rahul Mitra in a solo recital of Tagore songs. May 5 at Kala Kunj; 7 pm: Sur Murchhana presents Gaaner Jharnatalaye, a solo recital of Tagore songs by Manideepa Sen.

talk

April 30 at Humayun Kabir Hall of the Asiatic Society; 4 pm: Prof. Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak on Swami Vivekananda’s Concept of Man. April 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. April 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwasarananda will speak on Acharya Shankar. April 30 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna O Surendra Nath Mitra.

FILM SHOW

Till April 30 at Nandan II; 4 pm & 6 pm: The Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta, in collaboration with Federation of Film Societies in India, presents a package of Italian films (with English subtitles). Today: Perfect Man (L’uomo perfetto) by Luca Lucini.

photographs

Till April 30 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs of Xinjiang, China by Mala Mukerjee.

WORLD ASTHMA DAY

May 1 at Asthma & Respiratory Care Clinic, Surya Kiran Apartments, Baguihati; 4 pm - 8 pm: World Asthma Day will be celebrated with (1) an audio-visual programme on asthma education; (2) demonstration of proper technique of using inhalers; (3) a quiz on asthma; (4) question-answer session; and (5) distribution of asthma education materials. Details at #25765453 (5 pm - 8 pm) and #9831013612.

EXHIBITION

Till April 30 at Aastha, 19A Lake Road, Lake Market: A collection of Lakhnawi chikan (hand embroidered) ready suits, sarees, dress materials, tops, kurtis in cotton, voil, kota, georgette, etc. Till April 30 at Poompuhar, Dakshinapan; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Handicrafts, Tanjore art plates, Tanjore paintings, stone sculptures and leather products from Tamil Nadu.

ART CONTEST

May 1, 6 & 13 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 9 am - 3.30 pm: The 34th Sit & Draw Art Contest for school children of Calcutta and various districts of West Bengal. Organised by Nehru Children’s Museum.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