Prakriti Foundation
presents
GHARANA
INDIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
January: 22-24, 2010
At Chandra Mandala, Spaces
No 1, Elliots Beach Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600 090
SPONSORED BY DEUTSCHE BANK
January 22nd, Friday, 6:30pm
· Introducing the Gharana festival: Ranvir Shah, Managing Trustee, Prakriti Foundation
· Pre-concert lecture: Sumitra Ranganathan, University of California, Berkeley
“The Bettiah Gharana: Dhrupad tradition as interpretive practice”
· Concert: Dhrupad by Pt. Indra Kishore Mishra
Vocal accompaniment: Jaymala Mishra
Pakhawaj: Shri Apurvalal Manna
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January 23rd, Saturday, 7:30pm*
· Pre-concert lecture: Mihir Kumar Singh IAS, Secretary Finance, Govt. of Bihar
“ Bettiah, Bihar: socio-economic and political conditions in the 18th – 20th centuries”
· Concert: Dhrupad by Pt. Falguni Mitra
Harmonium: Mrs. Pratima Mitra
Pakhawaj: Shri Apurvalal Manna
*Please note different time
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January 24th, Sunday, 6:30pm
· Pre-concert lecture: Padmashri Gajendra Narayan Singh
“The musical culture of the Bettiah court”
· Concert: Dhrupad by Pt. Arun Kumar Mishra
Violin: Dr. M. Narmadha
Pakhawaj: Shri Apurvalal Manna
· Concert: Bettiah Gharana Khyal and Tappa by Ruchi Kumari Mishra
Tabla: Aditya Srinivasan
Curated by Sumitra Ranganathan, PhD student, Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley
Contact: Donor Passes available for Rs.500 (Season) and Rs.200 (daily) , students concession pass for Rs.50. For details contact: Prakriti Foundation +91 44 6684 8517, 66848506