MURTYFOUNDATION TheBhavan 4aCastletownRoad WestKensington LondonW149HE 02073813086/4608 www.bhavan.net WHAT’SON Jan-Apr2023 Performances|Exhibitions|Workshops Sat25March,SanjeevAbhyankar TheBhavan Lond o n 05 Y e a rs o f CreatingCulturalLegacies
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PANELDISCUSSION MULTICULTURALISMINTHEUK:THEHINDU PERSPECTIVE
Sat21Jan|6pm|Entryfree,registration required
Speakers:DrSachinNandha&AndrewHarrop
ThedemographicdiversityoftheUnitedKingdomhas grownsignificantlyoverthelast70years,with immigrantcommunitiesfromacrosstheworld, especiallyfromtheformerCommonwealth,finding theirhomeshereandbecomingavitalpartofBritish society.
RecenteventsinLeicesterandBirminghamhave, however,revealedthatcommunitycohesionissues arestillaliveintheUKtoday.Whatdoes ‘multiculturalism’mean?Howdocommunitieswith differentvaluesandworldviewsinteracttocreatea cohesiveyetpluralBritishsociety?Inparticular,how hastheUK’sHinducommunitybuiltrelationships withtherestofBritishsociety,andhowdoourideas ofmulticulturalismstanduptodayinthelightofthe Hinduvaluesofliberty,equalityandpluralism?
Comeandjoinustodiscussthiscrucialissuein VichaarManthan’sfirstin-personpaneldiscussionof 2023.
THEBHAVAN’SFOUNDER’SDAY2023 Sat28andSun29Jan2023
3pm|£12(£10ifbookedonline.Discount codeBHAVAN50)
TheBhavanisproudtohostitsannualcelebrationof students’talentsinaweekendextravaganzaof performances.Allthedance,musicandlanguage departmentswillshowcasetheirart.Joinusinthis visualandartistictreatasweapplaud,appreciate, andencourageourstudentsandteachersfortheir dedicationtowardstheirart.
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ADOUBLEBILLOFCLASSICALDANCEAND SPECIALLECTUREOFDANCESCULPTURES ANDTEMPLESOFINDIA
Lecture6pm.Danceperformance7pm
LECTUREONINDIANTEMPLESAND DANCINGSCULPTURES.
Fri3Feb|6pm|£5forlectureonly|HathiHall
Dr.KSivakumarpresentsaspeciallectureonthe templesofIndiaknownfortheirsculpturesofdance whichincludeBrihadeeshwaraandChidambaram.The artofBharatanatyambeganinthetemplesand continuedinthekinglycourtsbeforefinallymoving tothepresent-dayauditoriumperformances.This lectureisdesignedtogiveaninsightintothedance performancefollowing.Itwillthrowlightonthe historyofthesculptures,themovement/poses depictedinthem,andthesculpturesofmusicand instruments,concludingwithabriefinsightintothe Natyashastra.
DIVYAKASTURIPRESENTS‘VARNAM’-THE MYRIADSHADES
AclassicalBharatanatyamdanceconcertwith livemusicians.
Fri3Feb|7pm|£22/£17/£12(£20/£15/£10if bookedonline.DiscountcodeBHAVAN50)
Freshfromhercriticallyacclaimedwork“ToVarnam withlove”thattourednationally,Divyabringsa classicalversiontotheBhavanaftermorethana decade.Ameanstoinvokeandcherishthe generosityofheresteemedGurus,Divyapresents thisspecialDanceOfferingasanodetoTradition, Lineage,AncestryandGuru-Parampara.Supported byateamofmusicians-SriMavin
Khoo(Nattuvangam)SriVamshikrishnaVishnudas (Vocal),SriM.Balachander(Mridangam)andSriVijay Venkat(Flute).(Ticketpriceincludeslecture.)
TRIBUTETOLATAMANGESHKARBYPOOJA ANGRAANDKARANRANA
Sat4Feb|6pm|£22/£17/£14(£20/£15/£12if bookedonline.DiscountcodeBHAVAN50).
BrotherSisterduoPoojaandKaranreturntothe BhavantopaytributetotheNightingaleofIndiaSwarKokilaLataMangeshkar.Theywillbeperforming timelessmelodiesspanningvariousgenresfromLata Mangeshkar'srepertoire. TheBhavan Lond o n 05 Y e a rs o f CreatingCulturalLegacies INDIA’SREPUBLICDAY CELEBRATIONS ChiefGuestHisExcellencySriVikram Doraiswami. Thur9Feb|6.30pmsnacks,7pm programmeofspeechesandpatriotic songsanddances.Allwelcome.
TheBhavanannouncesthefirstedition ofaspectacularfestivalcelebrating youngtalentnurturingtheirartformsat TheBhavan.Joinustowatchthefuture torchbearersofIndianClassicalArtsin theUK. TRIVENI 3DAYSOFTRIPLEBILLS TheBhavanYouthFestivalof IndianClassicalMusicandDance Sat11Feb,Sun12FebandSun19Feb2023 4.30pm|£12(£10perdayifbookedonline.Discount codeBHAVAN50)Bookall3daysat£25 (youngperson’sdiscount£8.Allthreedaysat£20) DAY1 Sat11FebNORTHINDIANMUSIC Featuringseniordisciplesof Hindustanivocal,Sitar,andTabla HINDUSTANIVOCALChiraagAgarwal, GauravUniyal,ShayonimaGhosh,PramodiniV Nayak.TrainedbyresidentGuruSmt. ChandrimaMisra SITARSujayaMatthews,SaniChawla, NaveenKaiser,CarolineMacedoGuandalin. TrainedbyresidentGuruSriSanjayGuha TABLADhanrajPersaud,Deeptarka Mukherjee,SoumyarajDas,Madhavi Natarajan,AAmeyaNarkhede,Amey Neerukonda,ManavGadepalli,AaditJhureley, SiddhantRana,SriramGanti,Akshay Sivaloganathan,NeilPuthur.Trainedby residentGuruPt.RajkumarMisra TheBhavan Lond o n 05 Y a rs o f CreatingCulturalLegacies
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Sun19FebDANCE FeaturingseniordisciplesofOdissi, Kathak,Bharatanatyam ODISSIRichiMohanty,AshviniOjha (Keshavan),KatrinaRute.Trainedbyresident GuruKatrinaRute. KATHAKKiranKrishna,AnaghaMainkair,Amun Bhachu,AbhinavMishra.Trainedbyresident teachersAmunBhachuandAbhinavMishra. BHARATANATYAMLakshaajeniThevapalan, ThivaheneThevapalan,RoshaniKulendran. TrainedbyresidentGuruSriPrakashYadagudde
Sun12FebSOUTHINDIANMUSIC FeaturingseniordisciplesofKarnatic vocal,VeenaandKarnaticviolin KARNATICVOCALSrividhyaSrinivasan, BalahariBalatkumar,MalathiAnton,Niharika Dasaka,LakshmiNair,andSreeyaDaruri TrainedbyresidentGuruSriSampath KumaracharyDaruri AccompanistsMridangambyAniyanth Kannan VEENAShangaryRajendran,Pairaviy Rajendran,ShaarukaVasudevan,Roshani Kulendran.AccompanistsMridangamby ThayaparanThanapalan KARNATICVIOLIN-RachannaChittari,Rohit Bharadwajchivukula,SharanyaGhanti,Aditi, ShriPrabhu,RohithVikramPrabhu,Agastya Iyer.TrainedbyresidentGuruSriBalu Raguraman AccompanistsMridangambyRamanathIyer Vaidyanathan
SHIVARATRI
Sat18Feb|5.30pm|Entryfree,booking required
TheBhavanwelcomesyoutoourannualShivaratri pujacelebrations.JoinusforVedicPuja,chanting, andmusicanddanceperformancesbyTheBhavan students.Prasadwillbeservedintheformof dinner.
EventsponsoredbySmt.PratibhaSharmaand family.
SANSKRUTICENTREFORCULTURAL EXCELLENCEPRESENTS-SIVOHAM Fri,24Feb|OtherdetailsTBC
TheeventhighlightsSaptaTandava-thesevencosmic dances ofLordShivafromAnandaTandavatoSamhara Tandavainamultidisciplinaryformat.Thecontextsand thestoriesrelatedtoeachTandavawillbepresented, enrichingtheculturalexperienceoftheaudience.
WORKSHOPSERIESWITHGLOBALMUSIC
WORKSHOPI:TOOLSFOREDUCATIONVoice,BodyPercussion,Saxophone,Bass, Guitar,Drums Sat,25Feb|10.30-11.30AM|£15 (Bothworkshops-£25)
ModalStringTechniqueswithMartinLillichBassand AlexeyWagner-Guitar. Image-MaxHartung
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Thisworkshopwilllookatfingertechniqueand handpositionsbasedondividingthemodesinto theirconstituenttetrachordswithexercisesto developcontrol,fluencyandflexibilitywhenplaying inaspecificmodeandinthepluckhand.Opento allstringplayers.
ApplyingModalHarmonytoCarnaticModesIn thisinteractiveworkshopmembersofthebandwill demonstratehowtheyapproachedthedifferent modesusedintheCarnaticComfortZone repertoireandwhatsolutionstheyfoundto developthecompositionsusingbothmodaland functionalharmony.Participantswillalsobeableto experimentthemselves,-Vocalistsand Instrumentalistsarewelcome.Theworkshopis suitableforallagesinterestedandcuriousabout learning.
WORKSHOPII:TOOLSFOREDUCATIONRhythmicIndependencewithProfessor DietrichWoehrlin
Sat,25Feb|12.30-1.30PM|£15(Both workshops-£25)
Rhythmcaneasilybeexperienced,internalisedand re-createdusingthebody.Bodypercussionisa practicalwaytolearnandmaintainrhythmic security.Itallowstheexplorationofdifferent rhythmswithouttheneedforinstrumentsor writtenmusic.Thebodyistheinstrument.Inbody percussionwestampwithourfeet,drumonthe body,reciterhythmic(Sol-kattu)syllables,snapour fingersandsing.BodyPercussioncanbeusedfor basicandadvancedrhythmictraining,butitalso helpsyoutoexperienceandunderstand polyrhythms.Itisfuntodoinagrouporalone.
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Sat,25Feb|6.00pm (Refreshments5pm) £22/£17/£12(£20/£15/£10ifbookedonline. DiscountcodeBHAVAN50)
Smt.PunitaGuptaandherstudentspresenta specialSitarconcertcelebrating50yearsofher careerasaSitarplayer.AseniordiscipleofBharat RatnaPanditRaviShankar,Smt.PunitaGuptaisa renownednameinthefieldofSitar.Tabla accompaniment-UditPankhaniaandHevylen Seenan,Mridangam-MBalachandar
THECARNATICCOMFORTZONE:Music Concert
Sun,26Feb|6pm|£17/£12(£15/£10if bookedonline.DiscountcodeBHAVAN50)
Artists:ManickamYogeswaran-VoiceKanchira, WilliamRamsaySaxophone,AlexayWagnerGuitar,DietrichWöhrlinDrums,MartinLillichBass,BaluRaguramanViolin,MBalachandarMridangam,LawrenceBallPiano,MichaelTuschLightdesign
TheBerlinbasedGerman-SriLankangroup,Carnatic ComfortZoneisledbythecharismaticSriLankan singerandcomposerManickamYogeswaran.
TheComfortZoneexploresSouthAsianmusic traditionsthroughYogeswaran’smusic,which combinespoetryofRabindranathTagoreand compositionsbasedontheancientThirrukural, Thiruppugalandhisowntextsusingsomeofthe moreunusualmodesoftheMelakarthaRagaswith modalharmony,improvisationandfunkybasslines.
TheCarnaticComfortZoneexploresthefaultlines betweenancientandmoderntraditionsplaying hauntingarrangementsinakaleidoscope,which reflectsthediversebackgroundsofthemusiciansin theband.
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ATHEATREINTENSIVESERIES-TheArtof Expression Sat21JanandSun22Jan|11am1pm,2 pm4pm|£15perday/£25forbothdays Jointhistwo-daytheatreintensivewhich focusesonemotingthroughthebody,face,
KARNATICVIOLINMusicAppreciation andAnIntroductiontoKarnaticViolin Mon13FebFri17Feb|5pm6pm| onlineonly£75 Thisshortcourseintroducestheartof Karnaticviolin.Studentswilllearnbasic ragas,playingtechniquesandaninsightinto musicappreciation.TaughtbyresidentGuru BaluRaguraman. TABLASHORTCOURSE Mon20FebWed1March(excludingSat andSun) 6pm-7.30pm|£100|In-person/zoom JointhisTablashortcoursetogetatasterfor ourTablaclassesandanintroductiontothe northIndianpercussioninstrument. Beginnersalsowelcome.Taughtbyresident GuruPt.RajkumarMisra.
SHORTCOURSES
andtextintheatre.Participantswillexplore the9universalemotions(asintheClassical Indiantext‘Natyashastra’)throughindividual andgroupexercises.Boththedayswillend withashortmonologueperformedbyall. Opentoallover18yearswithaninterestin theatre.WorkshopleadbyAnviPrabhu. Thisisthefirstinaseries.Futureintensives willdelvemoredeeplyintoaspectsoftheatre, includingIndianaestheticsandwestern methodologies.Pleasefollowourwebsitefor furtherannouncements.
SITARSHORTCOURSE Clustergroupragaandimprovisation Mon6MarchWed22March(12daysfor3 weeks;everyMon,Tue,Wed) 6.30pm-8.00pm|£100|In-person/zoom Thisspecialistworkshopexploresthecluster Ragagroupsandintroducesstudentstotheart ofimprovisation.Opentoallwithaminimum2 yearsoftraininginSitar.Taughtbyresident GuruSriSanjayGuha. NATTUVANGAM Mon6MarchMon3April|EveryMonday, 6.30pm8pm|£75|Onlineonly NattuvangamisanimportantpartofaSouth IndianClassicaldancerecital.Itisspoken rhythmandamainmusicalpunctuationand guidanceforthedancer.Thiscourseisopento dancers,singers,aswellasanyoneinterestedin learningthisdelightfulart.Learnthebasicsof talastructure,rhythmaccent,rhythmsyllables, variations,creativityincomposing,andthe aspectsofLaya.Advancedstudentscangetan insightintotheformulatocomposinginthe5 principalrhythmspatterns.Taughtbyresident GuruSriMBalachandar HINDUSTANIVOCALSHORTCOURSE PentatonicRagas Mon13MarchFri17March|6pm8 pm|£110 ResidentHindustaniVocalGuruSmt. ChandrimaMisrapresentsashortcourse focusingonpentatonicragas.Pentatonic ragasareragas(melodies)thatcontainonly 5notes.Studentswillgetadeepinsight intothestructureoftheseragas,theiruse aswellasafewpopularcompositionsin them. SPOKENHINDISHORTCOURSE 5daysaweekfor2weeksfromFeb7Feb19(Tue,Thur,Fri5pm-6pm;Satand Sun11am-12noon)£100|Onlineonly AshortcourseoneverydayspokenHindi forbeginners.Learnthebasicsofthe languageandgetastrongfoundationon conversationalHindiforeasyeverydayuse suchasnamesoffruits,vegetables,animals, birds,insects,commanusewordsinshort simplesentences,aswellasshortstories andpoems.Thecourseistaughtby Bhavan’sHinditutorSmt.InduBarot
YAKSHAGANA
Sasvatampresents‘Pravaham2023’.Renownedartistswill beperformingalongwithotherbuddingartists,dance teachersandstudents.Itisanopportunitytosharethe stagewiththerenownedartistsGuruDr.Jayanthy Yogharajah,GuruDr.SriGanesan(Malaysia).Salangai NarthanalayaAcademyoffineArtspresentingRadhe Shyamdancedrama.Registeryourinterestviaemailat sasvatam2019@gmail.comclosingdate18January2023.
SANGEET UTSAV EventSponsor KaminiandVindiBanga FamilyTrust SitarbyKushalDas TablabyPt.Rajkumar Misra Sat18March6pm|£27,£22,£17 (£25,£20,£15withOnlinecode BHAVAN50) KushalDas,aninternationallyacclaimed ‘SitarandSurbahar’player,wasbornina highlyenrichedmusicalfamilyofKolkata. HisfatherShriSailenDasisadiscipleof LatePt.LakhsmanBhattacharya.Kushal startedhistrainingundertheguidanceof hisuncleandfather.Laterhereceived rigoroustrainingunderPt.SanjoyBanerjee, LatePt.AjoySinhaRoy,vocallessonsfrom LatePt.ManasChakrabortyandLatePt. RamkrishnaBasu.
PERFORMANCEBY KEREMANESRIDHAR HEGDEANDTEAM (Sat4March,detailstbc) Yakshaganaisatraditionaldance theatreformformSouth Karnatakawhichfeatures elaboratecostumes,makeupand maskstodepictIndian mythologicalstories.Watcha stunningdisplaybyfourth generationYakshaganaartist KermaneSridharHegdeandhis team.
SASVATAMPRESENTSPRAVAHAM2023 Sat11March|4pm|£15/£10
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THEBHAVAN'SINDIANCLASSICALMUSICFESTIVAL Sat18&Sun19March,Sat25&Sun26March Featuringvocalistsandinstrumentalistsof SouthIndianClassicalandNorthIndianClassical traditionsovertwoweekends.
SANGEET UTSAV
ViolinduetbyThe MysoreBrothers Accompaniedby doubleMridangamSriMBalachandar &BangalorePrakash Sun19March|6pm £27,£22,£17 (£25,£20,£15withOnline discountcodeBHAVAN50)
AmazinglygiftedViolinMaestros Dr.MysoreManjunath&Mysore Nagaraj,thesonsanddisciplesof renownedviolinistProf. Mahadevappa,werechild prodigieswhomaturedquickly toemergeasoneoftheTop RankingViolinistsinIndiatoday. Theydesignedauniquestyleof violinplayingwhichisaperfect blendofemotiveappeal, technicalmasteryand intellectualsophisticationwitha strictadherencetoclassicism.
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PanditSanjeevAbhyankar,the MaestrofromtheMewatiGharana, isanartistofInternationalacclaim inthefieldofHindustaniClassical andDevotionalMusic.Heisan Iconicsingerofhisgeneration,he hasbeenaninspirationforthelast fewgenerations.versesforan audiobookprojectbytheGovtof Maharashtra. Eventsponsor Dr.RadhaBhatandFamily
HindustaniVocalby SanjeevAbhyankar
Sat25March|6pm £27,£22,£17 (£25,£20,£15Online discountcodeBHAVAN50)
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TablabyPt.Rajkumar Misra,Harmoniumby AbhishekGShinkar
AvesatilegeniusUnnikrishnanhas beenperforminginvariedrealmsof musicrangingfromCarnaticMusic, FilmPlayback,FusiontoLightMusic. AnaccomplishedCarnaticMusician activeforthepast30years,hehas performedover2000concerts globally.Hehasperformedavarietyof thematicandfusionconcertswith seniorandcontemporarymusicians liketheEliYaminJazzQuartet, MandolinUSrinivas,Pandit VishwamohanBhat,ChitraveenaRavi Kiran.
SANGEET UTSAV
MridangambySriM Balachandarand GhatambyRRPrathap Sun26March|6pm £27,£22,£17 (£25,£20,£15Online discountcodeBHAVAN50)
KarnaticVocalby PUnnikrishnan ViolinbySriBalu Raguraman
Sat15 April|6pm|£10including refreshments
TheBengaliNewyearcelebrationsarebeingheldat TheBhavanwithmusicanddanceperformancesby renownedartistsfromLondonandIndia.More detailstobeannouncedonwebsiteinduecourse.
SADHAARTSPRESENTSACLASSICAL EVENINGEXTRAVAGANZASARODAND KATHAK- accompaniedbyTablaand Harmonium Sun23April,6pm|£22(£20ifbooked online.DiscountcodeBHAVAN50)
SaDhaArtspresentsaclassicalevening extravaganza.FeaturingaSarodrecitalbyAbhishek Borkar,accompaniedontheTablabyPt.Rajkumar Misra.Themusicalpartoftheeveningwillbe followedbyaKathakrecitalbySaberiMisra.Shewill beaccompaniedbyPt.RajkumarMisraonTablaand SiddhiieKapshikarronHarmonium.
DVITVAM-Anartisticpresentation inBharatanatyambySeason UnnikrishnanandRituRaj Sun30April|5.30pm|£20/£15/£10
Dvitvamisavisualexplorationofspaceand timeindanceexpressingperspectivesor interpretationsoftwodancers.Beyondthe physicalityofmovement,itreinforcesthe deepphilosophyofdualitymergingto createaspaceofoneness:thedancer mergingwiththedance,humanwiththe divine,PrakritiwithPurush,ultimately arrivingatapointwhereinremainsno distinctionbetweenthetwo.
Dancers-ShriSeasonUnnikrishnanand KumariRituRaj,Nattuvangam-GuruSmt. MeenaRajagopalan.Vocal-Shri VamshikrishnaVishnudas,Mridangam-Shri PrathapRamachandra, Violin-ShriBaluRaguraman, Flute-ShriPitchaiappahGnanavarathan
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