On display
Gallery Time and Space, along with Alila Bangalore, is
exhibiting paintings and sculptures of promising artists Akhil Chandra
Das (sculptures), Girish Kulkarni, Partha Shaw, Prasanna Kumar Romicon
Revola (sculptures) from December 7 to 9. The venue is Alila Bangalore
Hotel and Residence. The opening of the exhibition will be at Tiffin Bar
on December 7, 6.30 pm. The artists will showcase their best dynamic
ethos of contemporary art which will be based on the ‘Brush and Metal’
theme to captivate all the art lovers.
‘Humour...’
‘Humour in
Art’, an exhibition, will be on from December 12 to January 5 at
Crimson, The Hatworks Boulevard, No 32, Cunningham Road. The exhibition
is open daily from 11 am to 7 pm, except Sunday and
holidays.
Photo exhibition
The
Alliance Française de Bangalore, in association with the French Embassy
in India and Gallery Sumukha, is holding the opening of ‘The World
Upside Down’ gravity defying photographs by French conceptual artist
Philippe Ramette from December 8, 7 pm to December 20 at Gallery
Sumukha, 24/10 BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden. The timing is from 10.30
am to 6 pm.
Solo style
Chaitali Chatterjee is holding a solo
art exhibition at Chitrakala Parisath, Gallery 4, till December 7, from
10.30 am to 7.30 pm.
Impressive touch
Sunshine Boulevard is
presenting paintings by Mizoram’s best known artist, Lara. Lara paints
insightful, life-like images of landscapes, rural portraits and village
scenes depicting the lives, culture and traditions of the tribes of his
region. The paintings are on display till December 31, 11 am, to 8.30
pm, at Sunshine Boulevard, 5, 8th Main Road, Koramangala.
‘Aakar’
Magnitude
Gallery, 3rd Block Jayanagar, is presenting Aakar, original paintings
in the genre of art based on architectural wonders till December 31.
Vocal delight
M
S Sheela will present a vocal concert on December 8, 5 pm at Sobha
Lakeview Clubhouse, Off Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, Bellandur. Nalina
Mohan (violin), Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (mridangam) and Sukkanya
Ramgopal (ghatam) will accompany her.
Memorial concert
Hindustani
Sangeeta Kalakara Mandali, in participation with Gokhale Institute of
Public Affairs, is organising the 39th annual music festival, ‘Sri Benne
Narayana Rao Memorial Concert’ on December 15, 5.30 pm. On the
occasion, there will be a Hindustani vocal recital by M Venkateshkumar
of Dharwad, accompanied by Vyasamurti Katti on harmonium and Vishwanath
Nakod on tabla at Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, Near BMS
Engineering College, Bull Temple Road, N R Colony.
Soulful strains
As
part of the ‘Sri M N Gopalaswamy and Sri L S Doraiswamy Memorial
Endowment Programme’, a Hindustani classical vocal recital will be
presented by Nitya Priya Srivatsava on December 7, 6 pm at the Indian
Institute of World Culture. On December 8, 6 pm, as part of the ‘M
Krishnaiah and Smt Lakshamma Endowment Programme’, Carnatic classical
vocal music will be presented by Krithika and team.
Young voices
Ananya
is presenting a three-day festival of young talents on December 7, 8,
9, from 6 pm onwards at Ananaya Sabhangana, 91/2, 4th Main, Malleswaram.
There will be vocal recitals on December 7 by Manasa Shankar, Vrinda
Acharya. On December 8, there will be vocal recitals by Surabhi Gopal,
Arundhati Krishnan, accompanied by Aditi Krishnaprakash (violin) and R
Adamya (mridangam). On December 9, there will be vocal recitals by
Meghna Madhusudan, Ashwini Satish. The programme is supported by Sangeet
Natak Akademi, New Delhi
‘Cadence’
The Harmony International Music Foundation is presenting ‘Cadence’, an evening of nostalgic Christmas music by the ‘Harmony Children’s Choir’, conducted by Sandra Oberoi, on December 9, 5 pm
at Jyoti Nivas College Auditorium, Koramangala. Donor passes are available at The Forum, Koramangala
and UB City. For details, call 9343628255.
Collaborative spirit
MoonArra,
the world fusion band comprising Madhuri Jagadeesh, Jagadeesh M R,
Prakash Sontakke, Kartik Mani and Wilson Kenneth, completes their
three-year journey with a concert-production at Jagriti Theatre,
Whitefield on December 8.
The 120-minute production will reflect
the collaborative spirit of ‘MoonArra’ beginning with a jazz poet
introducing how sound travelled from Africa to India via other
continents, showcasing some of the finest voices in Indian classical,
jazz and other genres. There will also be the story of music brought to
light by dramatic narration with creative appearances by talented
actors, musicians, presenters, writers, dance by classically trained and
contemporary dancers.
Vivid sounds
Banyan Tree’s annual
sufi and mystic music festival Ruhaniyat will be held on December 15 at
Jayamahal Palace. Those will be performing include Tannouras, the
Dancing Dervishes of Egypt; ‘Polyphony’, with an inbuilt ‘Voice of
Angels’ by singers from Bulgaria, an instrumental ensemble of sufiana
maqams by musicians of Egypt and Rajasthan; ‘Whirling Dervishes’ of
Turkey, Sufi Qawwali by qawwals from Pakistan.
The Indian forms
to be featured this year are Bharud and Abhang of Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar,
Jana Bai, Bahina Bai (Maharashtra), Sukhnani Ojhapalli (Assam), Kapalik
Pandvani, dramatic narration of mystic tales from Mahabharata
(Chhattisgarh), Mystic ‘Ravanhatta Ensemble’ with songs from the Pabuji
ki Par (Rajasthan), Haunting drums - Eddakya, Thimila, Chenda, Thavil,
Mizhavu (Kerala), Sindhi Saraiki of Gujarat, Zikr-e- Rifay by Fakirs
-Andhra Pradesh, Baul songs from West Bengal etc.
‘Colours of...’
A
vocal concert, ‘Colours of Kalyan’, by Narasimha Murthy will be held at
Bangalore International Centre, Teri Complex, Teri Complex, 4th Main,
2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage, on December 7, 6.30 pm. For details, call
25359680.
Unique recital
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Infosys
Foundation is presenting Muka Veene recital by Anjanappa on December 6,
6 pm at the Indian Institute of World Culture.
Festivities galore
Hard
Rock Cafe is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the heritage
structure ‘Bible Society’, where it is housed. The festivities will be
from December 6 to 8. On December 6, there will be a special performance
by ‘One Nite Stand’ from 8 pm. On December 7, groove to the sounds of
the ‘Rock to Retro’, from 7 pm. The grand finale will be held on
December 8. The venue is Hard Rock Cafe, St Mark’s Road.
‘Horizon...’
The
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), in collaboration with
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, will be presenting Carnatic devotional bhajans
under the ‘Horizon Series’ on December 8, 6.30 pm at the Khincha
Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Race Course Road. It will feature
Chennai Shri Bhajan Ravi and troupe.
Band war
ReinventMusic
is presenting the ‘Battle of the Bands’ at UB City on December 8.
ReinventMusic is an initiative by a group of students — Rishab
Ramanathan, Dhruv Shiva Rao, Shiv Moola and Siddharth Varkey from Mallya
Aditi International School. The four are working in collaboration with
IndiaForward. ‘Battle of the Bands’ is a platform for budding young
musicians to come together and be heard. It began with a qualifier round
performance by all the bands.
Thirty schools from the City were
invited to send a maximum of two bands to participate. An eminent panel
of judges chose the six best bands.These six bands will perform at the
grand finale. All excess proceeds from the event will be invested in
improving the music infrastructure in underprivileged schools.
Informative meet
The
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is organising the third
edition of ‘Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing India
Conference’ from December 12 to 14 at Lalit Ashok.
BharatanatyamThe
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will be presenting a
bharatanatyam duet dance by Tejasshri K R and Sindhu B S , under the
‘Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme’, on December 7, 6.30 pm at
Yavanika, State Youth Centre, Nrupathunga Road.
‘Nritya Lahari’
Anusha
Shridhar will present an evening of bharatanatyam called Nritya Lahari
on December 12, 6 pm at JSS Auditorium, Shivarathreshwar Centre, JSS
Circle, 8th block, Jayanagar.
Lecture-demo
A
lecture-demonstration on ‘The Dance of Siva: The Nataraja Bronze,
Coomaraswamy’s Legacy and Archaeometallurgical and Stylistic Insights’
by Prof Sharada Srinivasan will be held at The Bangalore International
Centre, Teri Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage on December
14.
For details, call 9886599675.The event will also bring together renowned keynote speakers under one roof.
‘Gasha’
Riad
Mahmood Arts and Education Foundation is presenting Gasha by Indian
Ensemble on December 7 (7.30 pm) and December 8 (3.30 pm and 7.30 pm)
at Alliance Francaise. It is written by Irawati Karnik and conceived and
directed by Abhishek Majumdar. It is performed by Adhir Bhat and
Sandeep Shikhar. For telebookings, call 9886324733. Tickets are also
available at the venue. For online bookings, log on to
www.Indianstage.in, www.bookmyshow.com.
