River Festival Season 1
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
PRINSEP GHAT &
THE INDIAN MUSEUM
with Sunny de Wall
and Calcutta Classical Guitar Society
SEASON 1 PARTNERS
In the Press
Celebration of art and music at the River Festival
The Times of India
The River Festival: Bringing art and music together
The Telegraph
Season 1: Edition 1 30 Nov 2019, 1-8pm at the Prinsep Ghat
FEATURING
Sangam Strings: Indo-Italian project Emilio Bezzi (lute), Rohan Dasgupta (sitar), and Arunava Mukherjee (tabla)
Students from Government College of Art and Craft .
The Extended Percussion Circle: drum circle
Whale in the Pond: indie acoustic original music
Ujaan: contemporary Bengali folk
Season 1: Edition 2
21 Dec 2019, 3pm onwards at the Prinsep Ghat
FEATURING
Interactive Painting session with students of Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship
Ser o Duo: Moa Edmunds (guitar) and Tomas Carrasco (woodwind) from Chile
Pt Ranajit Sengupta Quartet: featuring Andre Krengal, Kausik Banerjee and Rajarshi Sengupta
folk
Season 1: Edition 3
25 Jan 2020, 2pm onwards at the Indian Museum
FEATURING
Interactive painting by Rabindra Bharati University students
Ekoboom by Sapphire Dance Academy: A piece created as an intervention in public spaces to create awareness of casual public littering
Tirtha o Sahaj Manush: Bengali folk music & Chhau dance
Violons Nomades: An Indo-French music project, between Antoine Marhem (gypsy violin) and Rupam Ghosh (Hindustani violin), Eric Navet (vibraphone and gatam) and Antoine Morineau (Zarb, Bendir, Dohola and other percussion).
Season 1: Edition 4
23 Feb 2020, 3pm onwards at the Prinsep GhatFEATURING
Painting by students of Kala Bhaban (Biswa Bharati University)
The Last Litre by Anuradha Pathak: A project installation highlighting the water crisis
Bamboo Art by Binod
Smriti’r Shohor by Takht: contemporary dance
Music by Arko Mukhaerjee: urban folk artist. universality of music, and the absurdness of boundaries between people.
Music by Manu Chao