Ragamala World Music 2017 Program Book Symphony - 70th Anniversary of India’s Independence...

RAGAMALA 2017 A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC + DANCEPresented in collaboration with Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9Chicago Cultural CenterPreston Bradley Hall 3rd Floor78 E Washington Street630pm-630am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9Yoga + Gong Meditation Millennium Park Great Lawn201 E Randolph Street8am-10am

Bharat Symphony - 70th Anniversary of Indiarsquos IndependenceMillennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion201 E Randolph Street3pmWorld Premiere Work Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago 2017

WELCOMEFor the 5th year spanning 15 hours and featuring dozens of performers Ragamala offers a jaw-dropping assortment of Indian classical music from some of its greatest and emerging practitioners Ragamala functions as the perfect immersive introduction to the classical music of India Not only are both the music of the north (Hindustani) and the south (Carnatic) represented but listeners will also get the rare chance to hear ragas performed at the time of day they were originally composed formdasha facet of the tradition lost in the west

The word ldquoragardquo has a Sanskrit origin meaning coloring or dyeing The term also connotes an emotional state referring to a feeling affection desire interest joy or delight particularly related to passion love or sympathy for a subject or something In the context of ancient Indian music it is often devotional and used as a prayer The term refers to a harmonious note melody formula and building block of music available to a musician to create a heightened sensory experience for the listener

2017 is a special year for India as they celebrate 70 years since they won freedom from the British on August 15 1947 To commemorate this milestone and the rich musical tapestry of India DCASE has commissioned legendary Carnatic violinist L Subramaniam to score and perform the Bharat Symphony with some of Indiarsquos greatest artists Kavita Krishnamurti Subra-maniam Debashish Bhattacharya Tanmoy Bose and the Elmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Choir conducted by Joanne May

In addition DCASE has commissioned the Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts to premiere two dance productions to address the increasing need for non-violence and compas-sion in Chicago our nation and globally ldquoAhimsardquo and ldquoSanctuariesrdquo featuring bharatanatyam dancers Priya Venkataraman and Mythili Prakash in their respective performances dramatize these on-going global challenges and highlight Chicagorsquos commitment to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Chicago as we experience the stories the cultures that celebrate Chicagorsquos status as a sanctuary city

Ragamala and World Music Festival Chicago 2017 reaffirm the cityrsquos commitment to welcome everyone One Chicago serves as the visual depiction of Chicagorsquos value promise that everyone is welcome in this city no matter their race religion background or sexual orientation Chicago is a city of immigrants and that diversity is what makes us great And no matter the road you travel to get here Chicago will always be a welcoming city to all

We sincerely hope you enjoy the fifth edition of Ragamala and your travels to World Music Festival Chicago 2017

SCHEDULEFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

Ragamala A Celebration of Indian Classical Music + DanceChicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall

+ Millennium Park Great Lawn78 E Washington Street 3rd Floor

630pm-10amPresented in collaboration with Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017630-730pmAnjali Ray vocals with Rishi Thakkar tabla and Anis Chandnani harmonium(Sunset at 712pm)

The stories of ldquoAhimsa Non-Violencerdquo750-850pmPriya Venkataraman amp Troupe Dance Choreography amp Direction Priya VenkataramanDance Performance Priya Venkataraman amp Kalapriya Dance Academy Music Composition amp Vocals Shiv SubramaniamViolin Sruti SarathyMridangam Ravi SubramaniamNattuvangam Ahila Devi Vigneswaran

Rhythms of India910-1025pmAnindo Chatterjee tabla with Anubrata Chatterjee tabla and Rohan Misra sarangi

Sanctuaries1045-1145pmDance Choreography + Performance Mythili PrakashMusic Composition and Vocals Aditya PrakashNattuvangam Kasi AysolaMridangam and Kanjira Rajna SwaminathanViolin Shiva Ramamurthi

Jugalbandi12-130amAlam Khan sarode with Ambi Subramaniam violin with Salar Nader tabla and Mahesh Krishnamurthy mridangam

Hindustani - Santoor + Tabla from North India150-305amSatish Vyas santoor with Anindo Chatterjee tabla

Music from Abhang amp Carnatic Traditions325am-440amShiv Subramaniam vocals Sruti Sarathy violin Arjun Ramachandran mridangam

Jugalbandi 5-610amRoopa Panesar sitar with Prishanna Thevarajah mridangam and Nitin Mitta tabla

Suprabhatham Awakening the Gods615-630amChoir comprised of Conductors from Chicago Childrenrsquos ChoirConducted by Ahila Devi Vigneswaran(Sunrise at 625am)

Yoga + Gong Meditation at Millennium Park Great LawnZen Yoga Garage + GongLab8am-10am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9Bharat Symphony - 70th Anniversary of Indiarsquos IndependenceMillennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion201 E Randolph Street3pmALL AGESWorld Premiere Work Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago 2017

FEATURINGDr Lakshminarayana SubramaniamAmbi SubramaniamKavita Krishnamurti SubramaniamBindu Subramaniam Debashish BhattacharyaTanmoy BoseMahesh KrishnamurthyN Radhakrishnan

WITHElmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Choir conducted by Joanne May

Prayer song by SAPNA Children Ensemble coordinated by Dr Sarada Sonty

ARTIST BIOSAditya Prakash and Mythili Prakash - ldquoSanctuariesrdquoVocalist Aditya Prakash is an American-born singer with a deep foundation in the southern Indian style called Carnatic music He grew up in Los Angeles within a family deeply committed to Indian culture his mother Viji Prakash is the founder and director of the Shakti Dance School of Bharatanatyam Prakash began his studies when he was just eight and during summer and winter breaks he would travel to Chennai India for more intensive training When he was just 16 he performed with the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar His cross-cultural background has allowed him to explore various fusions including work with Karsh Kale Anoushka Shankar and MIDIval Punditz He studied ethnomusicology at UCLA and his broad aesthetic has manifested itself in a number of multicultural projects drawing up influences like hip-hop Celtic music jazz and flamenco whether in JASS Quartet which performed at World Music Festival Chicago in 2016 or his expansive own ensemble which collides Indian classical music with jazz voicings He performs with his sister the acclaimed dancer and choreographer Mythili Prakash of whom the New York Times has written ldquoMs Prakash invokes the image of fire and its behavior how it moves what it means what it gives and takes from usrdquo The Los Angeles native who first studied under her mother Viji and now works under the mentorship of Malavika Sarukkai has performed all over the world and she appeared in Ang Leersquos award-winning film Life of Pi

Also featured is Rajna Swaminathan who performed in last yearrsquos Ragamala with her sister and violinist Anjna Swaminathan A protege of mridangam legend Umayalpuram Sivaraman she is one of only a handful of female mridangam artists in the world As a composer Rajna leads the ensemble RAJAS a project that brings together musicians from Indian classical and jazz backgrounds to collectively explore new textural and improvisational horizons She currently pursuing a PhD in Music at Harvard University

Alam Khan and Ambi Subramaniam with Salar Nader and Mahesh KrishnamurthyYoung sarod master Alam Khan is the son of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan who not only popular-ized the traditional 25-stringed fretless instrument but also belongs in the same class as Ravi Shankar for his role in introducing the glorious beauty and complexity of Indian classical music to the western world He studied under his father and as a teenager he regularly performed with him onstage across the US Europe and India He has expanded his approach beyond traditional sounds in collaborations with artists as diverse as the Tedeschi Trucks Band Bob Weir of the Grate-ful Dead and film composer Michael Andrews Ambi Subramaniam is also a scion of Indian classical music royalty his father is the brilliant violinist L Subramaniam with whom he began his studies when he was just three and he began to perform with him just a decade later But hersquos also broken out on his own playing within Carnatic tradition but also collaborating with the likes of Larry Coryell Ernie Watts and Corky Siegel Salar Nader was born in Germany to Afghan parents but when he was only five they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area giving him a pan-stylistic outlook He trained with tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain but his practice has made room for traditional Afghani music jazz fusion--hersquos worked with the likes of Charles Lloyd Bela Fleck and Herbie Hancock--and electronic music He also works regularly with Kronos Quartet and he composed the original music for the celebrated Afghani film The Kite Runner Hersquos also a member of the fascinating rap-Indian classical music group Grand Tapestry which also performs on this yearrsquos festival The ensemble is rounded out by the elder statesman on mridangam Mahesh Krishnamurthy

Anjali Ray - Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017Anjali Ray was born in Illinois and raised in New Delhi India but she moved back to the US with her family when she was 10 In the years since shersquos been a glowing example of this countryrsquos rich multi-cultural brew retaining a strong connection to her homeland through her practice in Hindustani classical singing But shersquos also been a student of western classical music on the piano and a burgeoning jazz musician Her main artistic focus these days working both in Chicago and Los Angeles embraces a polished pop sound deeply informed by these building blocks Her album Indigo Boy has achieved enthusiastic praise for its sophisticated hybrid of seductive melody influenced by the likes of Sarah MacLachlan and Tori Amos chilled grooves and soulful

singing all caressed with instrumental flourishes borrowed from India As Cory Frye of Indie Music Reviews has written ldquoThe Indian factor makes this one all it can be I can imagine a bonfire burning with Indian drummers sitting around in a circle with Anjali singing in the round Itrsquos a masterstroke simply mind blowing in every wayrdquo But therersquos more to Rayrsquos music than pop Tonight shersquoll be sharing her mastery of Indian classical music but remaining true to her own creative impulses she allows some of her more mainstream tendencies to seep into her work offering listeners an ideal and inviting pathway to experience the rigor and splendor of Hindu-stani tradition Her program will evoke the tradition by using the lens of Bollywood films recast-ing those indelible infectious melodies in a sparse setting where shersquos joined only by tabla player Rishi Thakkar and harmonium player Anis Chandnani

Anindo Chatterjee with Anubrata ChatterjeeAnindo Chatterjee a student of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh is one of Indian classical musicrsquos greatest tabla players During his career hersquos performed with many of the traditionrsquos greatest instrumentalists including Imrat Khan Ravi Shankar Shahid Parvez Manilal Nag Amjad Ali Khan Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma among others In 2009 he established the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla in Seattle Washington which has worked with more than 6000 students since it opened As with several performances that are part of this yearrsquos Ragama-la hersquos joined by one of his most devoted studentsmdashhis son Anubrata also on tabla Before his father took over his education however he was the last student under the master Deshkottam Jnan Prakash Ghosh Anubrata has accompanied many of the musicrsquos most important instru-mentalists including Parvez Sharma Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and TH Vikku Vinayakram He has also taught at the New York branch of his fatherrsquos school

Bharat Symphony featuring L SubramaniamWorld Music Festival Chicago celebrates the 70th anniversary of Indiarsquos independence with the world premiere of Bharat Symphony a stunning new orchestral epic composed by the brilliant Indian classical violinist L Subramaniam The project was commissioned by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and it promises not only to be a highlight of this yearrsquos festival but a classic for years to comemdashitrsquos already been programmed later in 2017 by Londonrsquos influential Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra The four-movement work was conceived to honor a relatively modern achievement but its scope is much vaster an ultra-rich history of Indian classical music The work opens with a section that incorporates chants from the sacred Sanskrit text called the Rigveda believed to date back 5000 years As the symphony unfolds the second movement examines the collision of Islamic and Mughal elements in the music with the introduction of Hindu instruments like the tabla the third movement will explore the way European influences brought orchestral instruments

such as the violin into Indian traditions finally the last movement will embrace the modern devel-opments that have arisen in the wake of independence Joining Subramaniam is an all-star cast including the acclaimed Bollywood singer Kavita Krishnamurtimdashwho is also fluent in classical traditions--master percussionists Tanmoy Bose Radhakrishnan Narayanaswamy and Mahesh Krishnamurthy slide guitar pioneer Debashish Bhattacharya and the composerrsquos own daughter Bindu an accomplished singer For the Chicago performance the elite soloists will be joined by the Elmhurst College and Community Philharmonic Orchestra

Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community SingersThe Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra held its first annual World Music Festival in 2011 at the encouragement of guest lecturer Srini Krishnan Headmaster of the School of Music in Chennai India that was founded by AR Rahman composer of Slum Dog Millionaire That festival was such a great success that it subsequently became a regular event on campus transforming into a series in 2013 with multiple events throughout the academic year Featured programs have included ldquoGlobal RhythmsndashMusic of Indiardquo ldquoOleacute The Musical Influence of Spainrdquo ldquoRUSSIArdquo ldquoThe Music of Brazil Italy amp Francerdquo and ldquoKONTRAS Music of Contrastsrdquo Guest artists have included Celtic fiddler Liz Carroll steelpan player Liam Teague Russian cellist Ian Maksin Mullane Healey Godley Irish Dancers and the Mexican band Mariachi Real de Jalisco

Important in choosing music for the Elmhurst World Music Festivals has been the requirement that the Philharmonic Orchestra be included in the performances Many world music festivals feature soloists and small ensembles but the Elmhurst festival always seeks to include a fusion of music that can be performed by a traditional symphony orchestra with music that is indigenous to the particular culture Dr L Subramaniam composer of Bharat Symphony has done just this ndash he has written a beautiful work depicting the history of India incorporating the sounds colors and textures of the traditional symphony side by side with singers and instrumentalists particular to India Tabla solo Indian voice guitar classical Indian violin and folk tunes of India are beautiful-ly intertwined into the landscape of the symphony throughout this work

Under the direction of Professor Joanne May the Elmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Singers are comprised of Elmhurst College students and faculty members as well as a number of talented community members The performers have rehearsed throughout the summer to prepare for this Chicago World Music Concert

Priya Venkatraman amp Troupe - The stories of ldquoAhimsardquo with Music by Shiv SubramaniamDancer and choreographer Priya Venkatraman is one of the premier contemporary practitioners in the ancient art of Bharatanatyam one of the most important and oldest classical dance traditions of India originating in Tamil Nadu as far back as the second century She was born and raised in India and her training began when she was seven under the tutelage of Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan She spent many of early years in the US where her learning continued even as she became a teacher herself She collaborated with modern dance figures and she choreographed a Terrance McNally play in Milwaukee Shersquos achieved international recognition and as a journalist for Spainrsquos El Pais has written ldquoHer presentation is taken from an ancient tradition from bronze statues and paintings and her style as a whole has coordinated and harmonious movements that are devilishly difficult due to the rhythms the various norms and principles of the style filled with subtleties and swift changes coordinated movements which speak of love happiness or sadness expressed everything within a strict code with mythological allusionsrdquo For this yearrsquos Ragamala she presents a work exploring themes of nonviolence in collaboration with composer and Carnatic vocalist Shiv Subramaniam and the dancers from the Kalapriya Dance Academy

Roopa Panesar sitar Prishanna Thevarajah mridangam and Nitin Mitta tablaThe British sitar player Roopa Panesar is part of a growing community of great Indian classical musicians who have grown up and developed far away from India as the countryrsquos Diaspora grows and transforms many of this yearrsquos Ragamala performers are grew up here in the US Panesar has had serious training studying from an early age with the likes of Ustad Dharambir Singh and Pandit Arvind Parikhmdashshe also taken guidance from artists visiting the UK such as Shahid Parvez and Bahauddin Dagar For much of the current decade she has traveled widely perform across Europe the US and India As with so many Indian classical musicians of her gener-ation Panesar has interests that have allowed her to work in a growing variety of contexts wheth-er than means collaborating with the influential electronic musician and producer Talvin Singh or the English light classical and pop soprano Laura Wright She also experimented with western classical tradition placing her sitar in unusual contexts such as a performance of Concerto de Aranjuez by the Spanish compose Joaquiacuten Rodrigo Panesar is also chemical engineer Still nothing is closer to heart than Indian classical music an ardor thatrsquos hard to miss on her stunning 2011 album Khoj For her Chicago performance shersquos joined by two great percussionistsmdashfellow Brit and mridangam player Prishanna Thevarajah a regular collaborator of Ravi and Anoushka Shankar mandolinist U Srinivas and Nitin Sawhney among others and tabla player Nitin Mitta whorsquos worked with classical greats like Pandit Jasraj and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt as long as serving as a member of the acclaimed trio Tirtha with MacArthur-winning pianist Vijay Iyer and the innova-tive guitarist Prasanna

Satish Vyas with Anindo ChatterjeeSatish Vyas is one of todayrsquos leading practitioners of the santoor a beloved trapezoidal type of hammer dulcimer thatrsquos one of the key instruments in Indian classical music The body of the instrument is made from walnut and features seventy-two strings played with a pair of light wooden mallets or hammers The earliest training for Vyas came from his father Pandit C R Vyas one of the great vocalists of the modern eramdashmost Hindustani music virtuosos begin their learning as children but Vyas didnrsquot start until the age of 23 giving his first public concert when he was 35 and once he became fluent on the instrument he graduated to studies with perhaps the greatest living santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Over the last couple of decades Vyas has toured all over the world performing at many prestigious festivals in 1997 he was the only non-Western instrumentalist invited to play at the venerable Mostra Mozart Festival in Venice Italy and he has also worked with the Indo-Jazz fusion group Silk Despite his interest in such cross-stylistic endeavors Vyas insists that he remains committed to Hindustani music In 2012 he spoke to the Times of India about his fusion work ldquoI am not here to do fusion because I was stagnating in classical music The idea is not to do an album because everyone else is doing fusion I am not at that stage in my career where I need to do that For all you know I might never do fusion again if I am not inspired enoughrdquoBefore dedicating himself full-time to playing music Syas applied his degrees in science and management studies to the music business itself organizing the Pandit CR Vyas Music Festival in Nagpur and serving as the director of the acclaimed Indian music label Navras Records He performs with one of Indiarsquos greatest contemporary tabla players Anindo Chatterjee a student of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh During his career hersquos performed with many of the traditionrsquos greatest instrumentalists including Imrat Khan Ravi Shankar Shahid Parvez Manilal Nag Amjad Ali Khan Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma among others In 2009 he established the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla in Seattle Washington which has worked with more than 6000 students since it opened

Shiv Subramaniam vocals Sruti Sarathy violin Arjun Ramachandran mridangamCarnatic vocal specialistmdashand a Fulbright scholar in Sanskrit studies--Shiv Subramaniam whorsquos studied with Vani Sateesh and his grandmother Lakshmi Balasubramaniam leads a performance rooted in Carnatic tradition This will be followed by Abhang devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthala For this performance he is working with the young violinist Sruti Sarathy a regular collaborator fellow Fulbright scholar and a student of Anuradha Sridhar The group is rounded out by the up and coming mridangam player Arjun Ramachandran who is a sophomore in high school and is currently under the tutelage of his illustrious Guru ldquoLaya Chakravarthyrdquo Sri Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan for his study of the mridangam For vocal he learns from the renowned artist Sri Madurai Sundar

PROGRAM NOTESAnjali Ray - Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017Curated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing ArtsSongs have been an integral part of Indian films since the introduction of sound in movies in 1931 Music composers have instinctively turned towards the readily available rich cache of classical Ragas to bring out these emotive feelings No matter the demand of the storyline there is always a Raga they can use which in turn has helped expose Indian classical music to a greater audience

This production has been carefully curated to showcase the versatility and adaptability of Indian classical Ragas Ragas are associated with emotions moods times of the day or seasons While you have heard various Ragas in their pristine and complex form through pure Hindustani and Carnatic renditions here we wanted to showcase the Ragasrsquo influence on contemporary music namely Indian cinema songs and through that its influence on the average listener

The following featured hand-picked classical Raga-based songs still arouse astonishment in their beauty curiosity and inform questions in listeners from different generations

TITLE RAAGA YEAR MOVIE MUSIC DIRECTOR SINGERKaatrinile Varum Geetham Sindhu Bhairavi 1945 Meera S V Venkatraman M S SubbulakshmiAayega Aayega Shudh Kalyani 1949 Mahal Khemchand Prakash Lata MangeshkarHawa Mein Udutha Jaye Pahadi 1949 Barsaat Shanker-Jaikishen Lata MangeshkarYe Zindagi Usi Ki Hai Bhimpalasi 1953 Anarkali C Ramachander Lata MangeshkarMere Dil Ye Pukare Aaja Kirwaani 1954 Nagin Hemanta Mukherjee Lata MangeshkarPanchi Bano Udthi Phiro Bhoopali 1956 Chori chori Shanker-Jaikishen Lata MangeshkarYeh Raatein Yeh Mausam Kirwai 1958 Dilli ka thug Ravi Shanker Sharma Asha Bhonsle-Kishore KumarPyar Kiya Tho Darna Kya Darbari-Durga 1960 Mughal e azam Naushad Lata MangeshkarPiya Aiso Jiya Mein Samaye Gayo Re Brindabani Sharang 1962 Sahib biwi aur ghulam Hemant Kumar Geeta DuttLakhon Hai Nigahon Me Pahadi 1963 Phir wohi dil laaya hoon O P Nayyar Mohammed RafiAaj Phir Jeene Bairavi 1965 Guide Sachin Dev Burman Lata MangeshkarDil Cheez Kya Hai Bihag 1981 Umrao Jaan Khayyam Asha BhonsleDil Hum Hum Kare Bhoopali 1993 Rudaali Bhupen Hazarika Lata MangeshkarUyi Re Hari kamboji 1995 Bombay A R Rehman Hariharan ChitraPiu Bole Piya Bole Yaman kalyani 2005 Parineeta Shantanu Moitra Shreya Ghoshal Sonu NigamMein Tenu Samjhawan Kii Darbari 2014 Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya Jawad Ahmed Sharib-Toshi Shreya Ghoshal Arijit Singh

Ahimsa The End of ViolenceA Dance Drama in Three ActsCurated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

How does one tell the story of violence How far back in the chain of events should we go to catch it at its source And how does it end In the following three acts we find out why some great men and women have succumbed to violence why others renounced it and howmdashif at allmdashthis thorny tale ends

Despite the prevalence of violence in the world history tells us that we have had relative periods of peace It informs us that violence is not restricted to one region of the world or one kind of people but that all living beings have faced emotions that can overwhelm and cause us to become violent

This evening we will present three such stories from ancient Greece to the 19th century America depicted in the classic novel Moby Dick to ancient India

Act IThe House of Atreus suffered generations of violence and betrayal before Goddess Athena intervened Using her wisdom and patience Athena created a system of justice that absorbed the cityrsquos fury and hunger for vengeance In acquitting young Orestes who had killed his own mother she advocated ldquo[Only peacemdashblessings rising up from the earth and the heaving seardquo[1][1] From Robert Faglesrsquo translation of The Eumenides a play by Aeschylus

Act IIBut sometimes the heaving sea throws up more than just blessings When Captain Ahab convinced his crew aboard the Pequod to relentlessly chase after a white whale named Moby Dick he craved pure fatal revenge In losing his leg to Moby Dick the captain had lost his balance too But how does a man measure up to something three times his size and who has no leg to lose Is there a role for justice in the middle of the ocean

Act IIIFrom legs and oceans to fingers and forests In north-east India a once studious young man had become a murderer He even wore his victimsrsquo fingers around his neck a rattling rotting garland that gave him the name Angulimala What evil drove him to this And could the old monk passing him bymdashan easy target for another fingermdashcould that old man curb his vengeful appetite

May there be peace in the worldMay strength of spirit rise up everywhere

Such was the way of Mahatma GandhiSpreading the flaming light of compassion and onenessMay there be peace in the world

Changing the hearts of those who do hateful deedsWe will fill them with virtueWe will cut away ignorance and fearWe will foster the pure and good ways of humankind

Our father the mystic of ahimsa gave us strength So that he may rest in peace we will not forget our duty We will exhaust his debtsWithout any fear we will foster the goodLet there be peace in the world

SanctuariesDance Choreography and Performance Mythili PrakashMusic Composition and Vocals Aditya PrakashCurated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

The following story draws inspiration from Le Chambon-sur-Lignon a town in France that provided sanctuary to Jews trying to escape the Nazis during the holocaust From December 1940 to September 1944 the inhabitants of the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (population 5000) and the villages on the surrounding plateau (population 24000) provided refuge for an estimated 5000 people This number included an estimated 3000ndash3500 Jews who were fleeing from the Vichy authorities and the Nazis

We use the following animal allegory to highlight the importance of Chicago being a sanctuary city

Plot summaryA pregnant mouse and her husband are captured by scientists and brought to the lab as lab mice They see the horrors and the torture endured by the other lab mice and are worried for the safety of themselves and their children

As the mother mouse gives birth to her litter news arrives of a wild elephant stampede through the town While the scientists are preparing to detain themselves to keep safe from the wild elephants the father mouse escapes and begs the elephant chief to take his wife and newborn children to safety into the Jungle

The elephant chief wants nothing to do with these pests a threat to the resources of the herd and shoos the mouse away

One of the elder elephants ndash slower wiser and compassionate - hangs back and agrees to rescue the mouse family The scientists are distracted by the elephant commotion preoccu-pied with their own safety - a perfect opportunity for mice to escape carried into the jungle by the old compassionate elephant

After some time in the jungle the chief notices that resources are running lower than usual When the herd is questioned the old compassionate elephant takes the blame and is imprisoned

One day the daughter of the elephant Chief is caught by hunters The Chief is devastated The other members of the herd beg him not to try to rescue her as he will be killed as well and the herd will be without a Chief In utter desperation and not willing to heed the warnings of the herd the Chief sets out in the middle of the night to rescue his child As he arrives at her trap he sees the mice gnawing at the net setting his daughter free Overjoyed and relieved he brings her back home along with the mouse family

They tell him of the kindness of the old compassionate elephant and immediately the Chief realizes his folly both in punishing the old compassionate elephant and in not coming to the aid of the desperate mice

Realizing that all the animals are one family working together to survive against the dangers and cruelty of man the Chief is moved and humbled From then on he leads the herd with compassion as his means of power rather than arrogance and physical strength

GRANT SUPPORT PROVIDED BYbull Chicago Park District

bull Irish American Heritage Centerbull Queacutebec Government Office in Chicago

bull Southern Exposure Performing Arts of Latin America a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts

Special thanks to our programming partners and the local and international non-profit and government agencies providing in-kind support to the artists performing at the

World Music Festival this year

bull Consulate General of India Chicagobull Consulate General of the Peoplersquos Republic of China in Chicago

bull Chinese Ministry of Culturebull Choose Chicago

bull DePaul Universitybull Hyde Park Jazz Festival

bull Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Artsbull Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism Republics of Korea (MCST) KAMS and CSK

bull Navy Pierbull Peoplersquos Music School

bull Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Centerbull Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

bull The Trust For Public Landbull United Nations Association USA - Greater Chicago Chapter

bull Uptown Chamber of Commerce

Ragamala 2017 A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC + DANCE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 - 630PM-10AM

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS CITY OF CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL















































































R A G AMAL A 2 0 1 7 A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC + DANCE Presented in collaboration with Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall 3rd Floor 78 E Washington Street 630pm-630am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Yoga + Gong Meditation Millennium Park Great Lawn 201 E Randolph Street 8am-10am

Bharat Symphony - 70th Anniversary of Indiarsquos Independence Millennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E Randolph Street 3pm World Premiere Work Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago 2017

festival

Sept 8ndash24 2017

free admission













































































WELCOME For the 5th year spanning 15 hours and featuring dozens of performers Ragamala offers a jaw-dropping assortment of Indian classical music from some of its greatest and emerging practitioners Ragamala functions as the perfect immersive introduction to the classical music of India Not only are both the music of the north (Hindustani) and the south (Carnatic) represented but listeners will also get the rare chance to hear ragas performed at the time of day they were originally composed formdasha facet of the tradition lost in the west


2017 is a special year for India as they celebrate 70 years since they won freedom from the British on August 15 1947 To commemorate this milestone and the rich musical tapestry of India DCASE has commissioned legendary Carnatic violinist L Subramaniam to score and perform the Bharat Symphony with some of Indiarsquos greatest artists Kavita Krishnamurti Subrashymaniam Debashish Bhattacharya Tanmoy Bose and the Elmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Choir conducted by Joanne May

In addition DCASE has commissioned the Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts to premiere two dance productions to address the increasing need for non-violence and compasshysion in Chicago our nation and globally ldquoAhimsardquo and ldquoSanctuariesrdquo featuring bharatanatyam dancers Priya Venkataraman and Mythili Prakash in their respective performances dramatize these on-going global challenges and highlight Chicagorsquos commitment to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Chicago as we experience the stories the cultures that celebrate Chicagorsquos status as a sanctuary city









































































SCHEDULE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

Ragamala A Celebration of Indian Classical Music + Dance Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall

+ Millennium Park Great Lawn 78 E Washington Street 3rd Floor

630pm-10am Presented in collaboration with Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017 630-730pm Anjali Ray vocals with Rishi Thakkar tabla and Anis Chandnani harmonium (Sunset at 712pm)

The stories of ldquoAhimsa Non-Violencerdquo 750-850pm Priya Venkataraman amp Troupe Dance Choreography amp Direction Priya Venkataraman Dance Performance Priya Venkataraman amp Kalapriya Dance Academy Music Composition amp Vocals Shiv Subramaniam Violin Sruti Sarathy Mridangam Ravi Subramaniam Nattuvangam Ahila Devi Vigneswaran

Rhythms of India 910-1025pm Anindo Chatterjee tabla with Anubrata Chatterjee tabla and Rohan Misra sarangi

Sanctuaries 1045-1145pm Dance Choreography + Performance Mythili Prakash Music Composition and Vocals Aditya Prakash Nattuvangam Kasi Aysola Mridangam and Kanjira Rajna Swaminathan Violin Shiva Ramamurthi

Jugalbandi 12-130am Alam Khan sarode with Ambi Subramaniam violin with Salar Nader tabla and Mahesh Krishnamurthy mridangam

Hindustani - Santoor + Tabla from North India 150-305am Satish Vyas santoor with Anindo Chatterjee tabla

Music from Abhang amp Carnatic Traditions 325am-440am Shiv Subramaniam vocals Sruti Sarathy violin Arjun Ramachandran mridangam

Jugalbandi 5-610am Roopa Panesar sitar with Prishanna Thevarajah mridangam and Nitin Mitta tabla












































































Suprabhatham Awakening the Gods 615-630am Choir comprised of Conductors from Chicago Childrenrsquos Choir Conducted by Ahila Devi Vigneswaran (Sunrise at 625am)

Yoga + Gong Meditation at Millennium Park Great Lawn Zen Yoga Garage + GongLab 8am-10am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Bharat Symphony - 70th Anniversary of Indiarsquos Independence Millennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E Randolph Street 3pm ALL AGES World Premiere Work Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago 2017

FEATURING Dr Lakshminarayana Subramaniam Ambi Subramaniam Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam Bindu Subramaniam Debashish Bhattacharya Tanmoy Bose Mahesh Krishnamurthy N Radhakrishnan

WITH Elmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Choir conducted by Joanne May


ARTIST BIOS Aditya Prakash and Mythili Prakash - ldquoSanctuariesrdquo Vocalist Aditya Prakash is an American-born singer with a deep foundation in the southern Indian style called Carnatic music He grew up in Los Angeles within a family deeply committed to Indian culture his mother Viji Prakash is the founder and director of the Shakti Dance School of Bharatanatyam Prakash began his studies when he was just eight and during summer and winter breaks he would travel to Chennai India for more intensive training When he was just 16 he performed with the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar His cross-cultural background has allowed him to explore various fusions including work with Karsh Kale Anoushka Shankar and MIDIval Punditz He studied ethnomusicology at UCLA and his broad aesthetic has manifested itself in a number of multicultural projects drawing up influences like hip-hop Celtic music jazz and flamenco whether in JASS Quartet which performed at World Music Festival Chicago in 2016 or his expansive own ensemble which collides Indian classical music with jazz voicings He performs with his sister the acclaimed dancer and choreographer Mythili Prakash of whom the New York Times has written ldquoMs Prakash invokes the image of fire and its behavior how it moves what it means what it gives and takes from usrdquo The Los Angeles native who first studied under her mother Viji and now works under the mentorship of Malavika Sarukkai has performed all over the world and she appeared in Ang Leersquos award-winning film Life of Pi

















































































ADITYA PRAKASH MYTHILI PRAKASH RAJNA SWAMINATHAN

Alam Khan and Ambi Subramaniam with Salar Nader and Mahesh Krishnamurthy Young sarod master Alam Khan is the son of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan who not only popularshyized the traditional 25-stringed fretless instrument but also belongs in the same class as Ravi Shankar for his role in introducing the glorious beauty and complexity of Indian classical music to the western world He studied under his father and as a teenager he regularly performed with him onstage across the US Europe and India He has expanded his approach beyond traditional sounds in collaborations with artists as diverse as the Tedeschi Trucks Band Bob Weir of the Grateshyful Dead and film composer Michael Andrews Ambi Subramaniam is also a scion of Indian classical music royalty his father is the brilliant violinist L Subramaniam with whom he began his studies when he was just three and he began to perform with him just a decade later But hersquos also broken out on his own playing within Carnatic tradition but also collaborating with the likes of Larry Coryell Ernie Watts and Corky Siegel Salar Nader was born in Germany to Afghan parents but when he was only five they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area giving him a pan-stylistic outlook He trained with tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain but his practice has made room for traditional Afghani music jazz fusion--hersquos worked with the likes of Charles Lloyd Bela Fleck and Herbie Hancock--and electronic music He also works regularly with Kronos Quartet and he composed the original music for the celebrated Afghani film The Kite Runner Hersquos also a member of the fascinating rap-Indian classical music group Grand Tapestry which also performs on this yearrsquos festival The ensemble is rounded out by the elder statesman on mridangam Mahesh Krishnamurthy

ALAM KHAN AMBI SUBRAMANIAM SALAR NADER MAHESH KRISHNAMURTHY

Anjali Ray - Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017 Anjali Ray was born in Illinois and raised in New Delhi India but she moved back to the US with her family when she was 10 In the years since shersquos been a glowing example of this countryrsquos rich multi-cultural brew retaining a strong connection to her homeland through her practice in Hindustani classical singing But shersquos also been a student of western classical music on the piano and a burgeoning jazz musician Her main artistic focus these days working both in Chicago and Los Angeles embraces a polished pop sound deeply informed by these building blocks Her album Indigo Boy has achieved enthusiastic praise for its sophisticated hybrid of seductive melody influenced by the likes of Sarah MacLachlan and Tori Amos chilled grooves and soulful
















































































singing all caressed with instrumental flourishes borrowed from India As Cory Frye of Indie Music Reviews has written ldquoThe Indian factor makes this one all it can be I can imagine a bonfire burning with Indian drummers sitting around in a circle with Anjali singing in the round Itrsquos a masterstroke simply mind blowing in every wayrdquo But therersquos more to Rayrsquos music than pop Tonight shersquoll be sharing her mastery of Indian classical music but remaining true to her own creative impulses she allows some of her more mainstream tendencies to seep into her work offering listeners an ideal and inviting pathway to experience the rigor and splendor of Hindushystani tradition Her program will evoke the tradition by using the lens of Bollywood films recastshying those indelible infectious melodies in a sparse setting where shersquos joined only by tabla player Rishi Thakkar and harmonium player Anis Chandnani

ANJALI RAY RISHI THAKKAR ANIS CHANDNANI

Anindo Chatterjee with Anubrata Chatterjee Anindo Chatterjee a student of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh is one of Indian classical musicrsquos greatest tabla players During his career hersquos performed with many of the traditionrsquos greatest instrumentalists including Imrat Khan Ravi Shankar Shahid Parvez Manilal Nag Amjad Ali Khan Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma among others In 2009 he established the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla in Seattle Washington which has worked with more than 6000 students since it opened As with several performances that are part of this yearrsquos Ragamashyla hersquos joined by one of his most devoted studentsmdashhis son Anubrata also on tabla Before his father took over his education however he was the last student under the master Deshkottam Jnan Prakash Ghosh Anubrata has accompanied many of the musicrsquos most important instrushymentalists including Parvez Sharma Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and TH Vikku Vinayakram He has also taught at the New York branch of his fatherrsquos school

ANUBRATA CHATTERJEE amp ANINDO CHATTERJEE

Bharat Symphony featuring L Subramaniam World Music Festival Chicago celebrates the 70th anniversary of Indiarsquos independence with the world premiere of Bharat Symphony a stunning new orchestral epic composed by the brilliant Indian classical violinist L Subramaniam The project was commissioned by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and it promises not only to be a highlight of this yearrsquos festival but a classic for years to comemdashitrsquos already been programmed later in 2017 by Londonrsquos influential Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra The four-movement work was conceived to honor a relatively modern achievement but its scope is much vaster an ultra-rich history of Indian classical music The work opens with a section that incorporates chants from the sacred Sanskrit text called the Rigveda believed to date back 5000 years As the symphony unfolds the second movement examines the collision of Islamic and Mughal elements in the music with the introduction of Hindu instruments like the tabla the third movement will explore the way European influences brought orchestral instruments















































































such as the violin into Indian traditions finally the last movement will embrace the modern develshyopments that have arisen in the wake of independence Joining Subramaniam is an all-star cast including the acclaimed Bollywood singer Kavita Krishnamurtimdashwho is also fluent in classical traditions--master percussionists Tanmoy Bose Radhakrishnan Narayanaswamy and Mahesh Krishnamurthy slide guitar pioneer Debashish Bhattacharya and the composerrsquos own daughter Bindu an accomplished singer For the Chicago performance the elite soloists will be joined by the Elmhurst College and Community Philharmonic Orchestra

L SUBRAMANIAM KAVITA SUBRAMANIAM AMBI SUBRAMANIAM BINDU SUBRAMANIAM

Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Singers The Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra held its first annual World Music Festival in 2011 at the encouragement of guest lecturer Srini Krishnan Headmaster of the School of Music in Chennai India that was founded by AR Rahman composer of Slum Dog Millionaire That festival was such a great success that it subsequently became a regular event on campus transforming into a series in 2013 with multiple events throughout the academic year Featured programs have included ldquoGlobal RhythmsndashMusic of Indiardquo ldquoOleacute The Musical Influence of Spainrdquo ldquoRUSSIArdquo ldquoThe Music of Brazil Italy amp Francerdquo and ldquoKONTRAS Music of Contrastsrdquo Guest artists have included Celtic fiddler Liz Carroll steelpan player Liam Teague Russian cellist Ian Maksin Mullane Healey Godley Irish Dancers and the Mexican band Mariachi Real de Jalisco

Important in choosing music for the Elmhurst World Music Festivals has been the requirement that the Philharmonic Orchestra be included in the performances Many world music festivals feature soloists and small ensembles but the Elmhurst festival always seeks to include a fusion of music that can be performed by a traditional symphony orchestra with music that is indigenous to the particular culture Dr L Subramaniam composer of Bharat Symphony has done just this ndash he has written a beautiful work depicting the history of India incorporating the sounds colors and textures of the traditional symphony side by side with singers and instrumentalists particular to India Tabla solo Indian voice guitar classical Indian violin and folk tunes of India are beautifulshyly intertwined into the landscape of the symphony throughout this work


JOANNE MAY ELMHURST SYMPHONY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA

NITIN MITTA

















































































Priya Venkatraman amp Troupe - The stories of ldquoAhimsardquo with Music by Shiv Subramaniam Dancer and choreographer Priya Venkatraman is one of the premier contemporary practitioners in the ancient art of Bharatanatyam one of the most important and oldest classical dance traditions of India originating in Tamil Nadu as far back as the second century She was born and raised in India and her training began when she was seven under the tutelage of Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan She spent many of early years in the US where her learning continued even as she became a teacher herself She collaborated with modern dance figures and she choreographed a Terrance McNally play in Milwaukee Shersquos achieved international recognition and as a journalist for Spainrsquos El Pais has written ldquoHer presentation is taken from an ancient tradition from bronze statues and paintings and her style as a whole has coordinated and harmonious movements that are devilishly difficult due to the rhythms the various norms and principles of the style filled with subtleties and swift changes coordinated movements which speak of love happiness or sadness expressed everything within a strict code with mythological allusionsrdquo For this yearrsquos Ragamala she presents a work exploring themes of nonviolence in collaboration with composer and Carnatic vocalist Shiv Subramaniam and the dancers from the Kalapriya Dance Academy

PRIYA VENKATARAMAN SHIV SUBRAMANIAM

Roopa Panesar sitar Prishanna Thevarajah mridangam and Nitin Mitta tabla The British sitar player Roopa Panesar is part of a growing community of great Indian classical musicians who have grown up and developed far away from India as the countryrsquos Diaspora grows and transforms many of this yearrsquos Ragamala performers are grew up here in the US Panesar has had serious training studying from an early age with the likes of Ustad Dharambir Singh and Pandit Arvind Parikhmdashshe also taken guidance from artists visiting the UK such as Shahid Parvez and Bahauddin Dagar For much of the current decade she has traveled widely perform across Europe the US and India As with so many Indian classical musicians of her genershyation Panesar has interests that have allowed her to work in a growing variety of contexts whethshyer than means collaborating with the influential electronic musician and producer Talvin Singh or the English light classical and pop soprano Laura Wright She also experimented with western classical tradition placing her sitar in unusual contexts such as a performance of Concerto de Aranjuez by the Spanish compose Joaquiacuten Rodrigo Panesar is also chemical engineer Still nothing is closer to heart than Indian classical music an ardor thatrsquos hard to miss on her stunning 2011 album Khoj For her Chicago performance shersquos joined by two great percussionistsmdashfellow Brit and mridangam player Prishanna Thevarajah a regular collaborator of Ravi and Anoushka Shankar mandolinist U Srinivas and Nitin Sawhney among others and tabla player Nitin Mitta whorsquos worked with classical greats like Pandit Jasraj and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt as long as serving as a member of the acclaimed trio Tirtha with MacArthur-winning pianist Vijay Iyer and the innovashytive guitarist Prasanna

ROOPA PANESAR PRISHANNA THEVARAJAH NITIN MITTA

















































































Satish Vyas with Anindo Chatterjee Satish Vyas is one of todayrsquos leading practitioners of the santoor a beloved trapezoidal type of hammer dulcimer thatrsquos one of the key instruments in Indian classical music The body of the instrument is made from walnut and features seventy-two strings played with a pair of light wooden mallets or hammers The earliest training for Vyas came from his father Pandit C R Vyas one of the great vocalists of the modern eramdashmost Hindustani music virtuosos begin their learning as children but Vyas didnrsquot start until the age of 23 giving his first public concert when he was 35 and once he became fluent on the instrument he graduated to studies with perhaps the greatest living santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Over the last couple of decades Vyas has toured all over the world performing at many prestigious festivals in 1997 he was the only non-Western instrumentalist invited to play at the venerable Mostra Mozart Festival in Venice Italy and he has also worked with the Indo-Jazz fusion group Silk Despite his interest in such cross-stylistic endeavors Vyas insists that he remains committed to Hindustani music In 2012 he spoke to the Times of India about his fusion work ldquoI am not here to do fusion because I was stagnating in classical music The idea is not to do an album because everyone else is doing fusion I am not at that stage in my career where I need to do that For all you know I might never do fusion again if I am not inspired enoughrdquo Before dedicating himself full-time to playing music Syas applied his degrees in science and management studies to the music business itself organizing the Pandit CR Vyas Music Festival in Nagpur and serving as the director of the acclaimed Indian music label Navras Records He performs with one of Indiarsquos greatest contemporary tabla players Anindo Chatterjee a student of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh During his career hersquos performed with many of the traditionrsquos greatest instrumentalists including Imrat Khan Ravi Shankar Shahid Parvez Manilal Nag Amjad Ali Khan Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma among others In 2009 he established the Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla in Seattle Washington which has worked with more than 6000 students since it opened

SATISH VYAS ANINDO CHATTERJEE

Shiv Subramaniam vocals Sruti Sarathy violin Arjun Ramachandran mridangam Carnatic vocal specialistmdashand a Fulbright scholar in Sanskrit studies--Shiv Subramaniam whorsquos studied with Vani Sateesh and his grandmother Lakshmi Balasubramaniam leads a performance rooted in Carnatic tradition This will be followed by Abhang devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthala For this performance he is working with the young violinist Sruti Sarathy a regular collaborator fellow Fulbright scholar and a student of Anuradha Sridhar The group is rounded out by the up and coming mridangam player Arjun Ramachandran who is a sophomore in high school and is currently under the tutelage of his illustrious Guru ldquoLaya Chakravarthyrdquo Sri Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan for his study of the mridangam For vocal he learns from the renowned artist Sri Madurai Sundar

SHIV SUBRAMANIAM SRUTI SARATHY












































































PROGRAM NOTES Anjali Ray - Evolution of Songs from Indian Films 1930-2017 Curated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts Songs have been an integral part of Indian films since the introduction of sound in movies in 1931 Music composers have instinctively turned towards the readily available rich cache of classical Ragas to bring out these emotive feelings No matter the demand of the storyline there is always a Raga they can use which in turn has helped expose Indian classical music to a greater audience



TITLE RAAGA YEAR MOVIE MUSIC DIRECTOR SINGER Kaatrinile Varum Geetham Sindhu Bhairavi 1945 Meera S V Venkatraman M S Subbulakshmi Aayega Aayega Shudh Kalyani 1949 Mahal Khemchand Prakash Lata Mangeshkar Hawa Mein Udutha Jaye Pahadi 1949 Barsaat Shanker-Jaikishen Lata Mangeshkar Ye Zindagi Usi Ki Hai Bhimpalasi 1953 Anarkali C Ramachander Lata Mangeshkar Mere Dil Ye Pukare Aaja Kirwaani 1954 Nagin Hemanta Mukherjee Lata Mangeshkar Panchi Bano Udthi Phiro Bhoopali 1956 Chori chori Shanker-Jaikishen Lata Mangeshkar Yeh Raatein Yeh Mausam Kirwai 1958 Dilli ka thug Ravi Shanker Sharma Asha Bhonsle-Kishore Kumar Pyar Kiya Tho Darna Kya Darbari-Durga 1960 Mughal e azam Naushad Lata Mangeshkar Piya Aiso Jiya Mein Samaye Gayo Re Brindabani Sharang 1962 Sahib biwi aur ghulam Hemant Kumar Geeta Dutt Lakhon Hai Nigahon Me Pahadi 1963 Phir wohi dil laaya hoon O P Nayyar Mohammed Rafi Aaj Phir Jeene Bairavi 1965 Guide Sachin Dev Burman Lata Mangeshkar Dil Cheez Kya Hai Bihag 1981 Umrao Jaan Khayyam Asha Bhonsle Dil Hum Hum Kare Bhoopali 1993 Rudaali Bhupen Hazarika Lata Mangeshkar Uyi Re Hari kamboji 1995 Bombay A R Rehman Hariharan Chitra Piu Bole Piya Bole Yaman kalyani 2005 Parineeta Shantanu Moitra Shreya Ghoshal Sonu Nigam Mein Tenu Samjhawan Kii Darbari 2014 Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya Jawad Ahmed Sharib-Toshi Shreya Ghoshal Arijit Singh

Ahimsa The End of Violence A Dance Drama in Three Acts Curated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts














































































Act I The House of Atreus suffered generations of violence and betrayal before Goddess Athena intervened Using her wisdom and patience Athena created a system of justice that absorbed the cityrsquos fury and hunger for vengeance In acquitting young Orestes who had killed his own mother she advocated ldquo[Only peacemdashblessings rising up from the earth and the heaving seardquo[1] [1] From Robert Faglesrsquo translation of The Eumenides a play by Aeschylus

Act II But sometimes the heaving sea throws up more than just blessings When Captain Ahab convinced his crew aboard the Pequod to relentlessly chase after a white whale named Moby Dick he craved pure fatal revenge In losing his leg to Moby Dick the captain had lost his balance too But how does a man measure up to something three times his size and who has no leg to lose Is there a role for justice in the middle of the ocean

Act III From legs and oceans to fingers and forests In north-east India a once studious young man had become a murderer He even wore his victimsrsquo fingers around his neck a rattling rotting garland that gave him the name Angulimala What evil drove him to this And could the old monk passing him bymdashan easy target for another fingermdashcould that old man curb his vengeful appetite

May there be peace in the world May strength of spirit rise up everywhere

Such was the way of Mahatma Gandhi Spreading the flaming light of compassion and oneness May there be peace in the world

Changing the hearts of those who do hateful deeds We will fill them with virtue We will cut away ignorance and fear We will foster the pure and good ways of humankind

Our father the mystic of ahimsa gave us strength So that he may rest in peace we will not forget our duty We will exhaust his debts Without any fear we will foster the good Let there be peace in the world








































































Sanctuaries Dance Choreography and Performance Mythili Prakash Music Composition and Vocals Aditya Prakash Curated by Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts



Plot summary A pregnant mouse and her husband are captured by scientists and brought to the lab as lab mice They see the horrors and the torture endured by the other lab mice and are worried for the safety of themselves and their children



One of the elder elephants ndash slower wiser and compassionate - hangs back and agrees to rescue the mouse family The scientists are distracted by the elephant commotion preoccushypied with their own safety - a perfect opportunity for mice to escape carried into the jungle by the old compassionate elephant










































































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R A G AMAL A 2 0 1 7 A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC + DANCE Presented in collaboration with Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall 3rd Floor 78 E Washington Street 630pm-630am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Yoga + Gong Meditation Millennium Park Great Lawn 201 E Randolph Street 8am-10am

Bharat Symphony - 70th Anniversary of Indiarsquos Independence Millennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E Randolph Street 3pm World Premiere Work Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago 2017

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