Theatre at Kamani Auditorium
presented by National School of Drama and Sanskar Rang Toli
Premchandki Kahaniyan: two day theatre festival of Premchand’s best
directed by Devendra Raj Ankur
2nd April, 2007
Music at India Habitat Centre
presented by The Delhi Music Society, Artsahimsa and the India International Centre
Laura Goldberg (Violin), Amy Lieberman (Soprano) and Steven Masi (Piano)
Bach, Beethoven and Debussy
followed by songs from The Great American Songbook (1935-1945)
Various vocal musics at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Française
presented by Alliance Française de Delhi and others
Delhi Chamber Choir and Delhi Opera Ensemble, conducted by Gabriella Boda-Rechner and Situ Singh Buehler
Debut concert of the Delhi Chamber Choir
Madrigals, motets, folk adaptations by Morley, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Durufle; also operatic pieces by Delhi Opera Ensemble.
presented by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth
Ziskakan, band from French Reunion Island comprising band members Gernard Clara, Mishko M'Ba, Pascal Manglou, Jean Rassiga, Rouben Savariaye
Band singing in native (French) Creole, to bass, guitar, tabla, drum, dholak, keyboards, conga, sitar and a special sea-sound instrument called creon.
Classical string quartet at Shri Ram Centre for the Arts
presented by Max Mueller Bhawan, Goethe-Institut, Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth
Music, Dance and demi-theatre at Max Mueller Bhawan
presented by The Neemrana Music Foundation and India International Centre
The Delhi Opera Ensemble led by Situ Singh Buehler, conducted by Gabriella Boda Rechner; also the Sadhya Ballet Troupe
Autumn Festival: two days of Classical music,
Second Day: Offenbach, Donizetti, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi
followed by songs from musical theatre, including J. Kander's (Life is a) Cabaret, J. Bock's If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof and Andrew Lloyd Webber's All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera.
Music at Central Park, Connaught Place
presented by Seher, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs
SAARC Bands Festival
featuring Strings, Advaita, Soulmate and many more
Theatre orchestral music at Purana Qila
presented by Fondazione Cariparma, Commune di Parma, Fondazione Monte di Parma, Ministero degli Affari Easteri, Embassy of Italy Italian Cultural Institute, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi Tourism and others
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma //(sorry if this link doesn’t work, it’s a Google-generated translation from the Italian) conducted by Donato Renzetti featuring Silvia Dalla Benetta (Soprano), Leonardo Lopez Linares (Baritone)
Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini
c. 20th January, 2008
Film at India Habitat Centre
presented by Breakthrough, Federation of Film Societies of India, UHURU, India Habitat Centre, Alliance Française and others
Tri Continental Film Festival 08: Asia, Africa, America
India premiere of A Jihad for Love (2007), Arabic/ French/ Farsi/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Turkish film by Parvez Sharma, about sexuality in Islam.
c. 25th January, 2008
Theatre at Kamani Auditorium
presented by Dash Arts, The British Council, Indian Council for Cultural Relations and others
Tim Supple (Director)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, a multilingual English/ Tamil/ Malayalam/ Hindi/ Sinhalese/ Bengali/ Marathi/ Sanskrit acrobatic adaptation.
Music at India Habitat Centre
presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations and others
Release of new album Public Issue by Sushmit Bose; Dylan-esque walkin'-talkin' ballads from the album; also two impromptu Baul songs
featuring vocals and rhythm guitar by Sushmit Bose, Deepak Castelino on banjo and classical guitar, backup vocals by Rukmini Sekhar
7th, 15th March, 2008
Music and Film at Alliance Française
presented by Organisation Internationale de la francophonie, Semaines de la Francophone India, Embassade de France en Inde, Alliance Française and others
Francophonie Weeks
7th March: Film Festival; Festival Vivre ensemble at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium
Zim and Co (2005) directed by Pierre Jolivet, about an ingenious young man dogged by trouble.
15th March: Alliance Française de Delhi Golden Jubilee Choir
17th, 19th March, 2008
Music at Max Mueller Bhawan and India Habitat Centre
presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Goethe-Institut, Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, Auswärtiges Amt, German Federal Foreign Office
Capital City Minstrels and the Remscheider Vokalensemble //(sorry if this link doesn’t work, it’s a Google-generated translation from the German)
conducted by Gabriella Boda-Rechner and Werner Rizzi
Viva la Musica - Songs Beyond Borders
Orlando di Lasso, Claudio Monteverdi, Thomas Morley, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Brahms, Max Reger, Gerhard Schwarz //(not found online!) , Johann K. Bachofen //(no info found online!), Fritz Werner and others, including Rizzi's own Wundernacht
also songs from India, Morocco, Venezuela, Hungary and Israel.
Eröd Iván's Viva la Musica as encore.
17th April, 2008
Dance at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
presented by Embassy of Israel
You: a choreography by Israeli dancer-choreographer Ido Tadmor
Featuring singer/dancer Michal Amdurski and pop musician Ohad Hitman
presented by Embajada de España en Delhi, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
La Compañía María Pagés
1 comment:
That's an amazing experience you have had. Made me feel jealous - look at how much of good music you have heard!
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