Magic masti @
Prithvi Festival
5/11/2014
The month of November is synonymous with the Prithvi
Theatre Festival. Starting on 5 November the festival is scheduled for 12
days and will showcase 13 productions from new groups. There will be 25
sparkling performances, two Circus Acts from France and one from Rambo Circus featuring clowns, acrobats designed
by Prithvi. Along with these there are two Acoustic Jam Sessions (Classical
Indian and Latin Jazz).
The teaching of Indian Classical Music is based
on Guru Shishya Parampara. The 9 November Sunday concert features Fazal Qureshi
on Tabla accompanied by 11 Tabla Students of Ustad Allarakha Institute of
Music, a Harmonium Player and Rupak Kulkarni on Flute along with one of his
students. 16 November Acoustic
performance by the Students and the Faculty of the True School of Music,
Mumbai.
A Western
Classical concert by SOI (The
Symphony Orchestra of India), housed at the National Centre for the Performing
Arts, Mumbai, is India’s first and only professional symphony orchestra.
Founded in 2006, the SOI has performed with some of the world’s leading conductors
and soloists. The members of the quartet performing are resident members of the
Orchestra and will perform works of Mozart, Beethoven, and our very own music
genius Pyarelal Bhai.
Stage Talk at Prithvi will feature interactions with
eminent theatre actors talking about their journey. Another new
initiative this year to include a platform for Theatre wallahs, to perform/
introduce/ discuss their works in progress, experiments in theatre. And
finally, The Prithvi Carnival
Finale which will showcase assortment of favorite scenes performed by some of Prithvi’s
regular actors.
Bhawana Somaaya/
@bhawanasomaaya
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