[Reader-list] Fwd: A journey through biraha in the folk repertoire of Bengal by Moushumi Bhowmik and Sukanta Majumdar
Iram Ghufran
iram at sarai.net
Thu Mar 26 13:37:02 IST 2009
Subject: A journey through biraha in the folk repertoire of Bengal by
Moushumi Bhowmik and Sukanta Majumdar
From: "India Foundation for the Arts" <contactus at indiaifa.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:34:49 +0530 (IST)
To: reader-list at sarai.net
India Foundation for the Arts
in collaboration with
The India International Centre
cordially invites you to a presentation and performance of,
Music as Absence, Memory and Desire: A journey through biraha in the
folk repertoire of Bengal
by singer-songwriter-researcher Moushumi Bhowmik and sound recordist
Sukanta Majumdar
{This performance is the result of grants made to Moushumi by India
Foundation for the Arts under its Arts Research and Documentation
Programme. The grant made in 2003-2004 was to research into and document
the repertoire of biraha (songs of separation) in the folk music of
Bengal, towards a musical travelogue in Bengali and English. The grant
made in 2006-2007 was for innovative dissemination of the archive of
biraha songs through musical camps in the field and
presentations/performances in cities.}
In this presentation-performance, Moushumi will talk and sing about the
many landscapes and histories of Bengal through which they have
travelled and the many expressions of absence and longing that they have
heard along the way. The presentation will bring together ther arts of
narration, singing, sound recording and design, using also visual
illustration from various sources.
Ms Moushumi Bhowmik and Mr Sukanta Majundar will take questions from the
audience at the end of the presentation
Venue: The India International Centre, Delhi
Date: April 2, 2009
Time: 6.30 pm
(Entry is free)
RSVP: Vindya - vindya at indiaifa.org
Tele / Fax: 91 80 23414681 / 82
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an independent, nationwide
philanthropy, professionally managed, and dedicated to strengthening the
arts in India. IFA has funded over 239 projects over the 13 years
across 20 states. We support research and practice leading to films,
books, artworks, archives, exhibitions and performances. We help to
bring the arts into the classroom. We fund the preservation and
transmission of valuable cultural knowledge. We offer advice,
information and expertise related to the Indian arts.
Bengali singer-composer-researcher Moushumi Bhowmik, a two-time Grantee
of the IFA, has been journeying with sound recordist Sukanta Majumdar
through a world of folk music of Bengal, recording voices and songs from
an old, but living tradition, for over five years.
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