LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" by Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer & writer at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm to 8:30pm on 4th September 2014
Time : 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Add to Calendar
04-09-2014 19:00:00
04-09-2014 20:30:00
68
LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" Hindustani
classical
Event Page : http://goo.gl/EKigCv
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
DD/MM/YYYY
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations :
'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)Exit Gate-1' - Walk Direction
'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description : LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" by Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer & writer
Certainly, the traditions of song and music in India are an example of a centuries long and continuous tradition. Yet, I need to ask: what exactly do we mean by ‘continuity’? If by this, we mean an unchanged tradition, handed down exactly as it was, then this description would not fit the real world of music. For, within the continuities of musical traditions passed down from guru to shishya, of songs and bandishes sung over generations, we still see discontinuities, changes. These changes, in fact, make the tradition richer, more interesting, and enable it to live, to be meaningful over time and space. But we also see that despite many small and big changes, there is much that remains the same. My sense is that music and song bring us to the understanding that continuity of, and changes in traditions are not inimical to each other. It is the very fact of change, discontinuities even, so much a part of these living traditions, that are, paradoxically its very sense of continuity.
Vidya Rao is a performer of thumri-dadra and ghazal. For many years the disciple of the legendary singer, the late Vidushi Naina Devi, she has continued her study of this form under the renowned Vidushi Shanti Hiranand and has also received taleem from Vidushi Girija Devi. Her initial training in khayal was under the late Prof. B.N. Datta and thereafter under Pandit Mani Prasad. She has performed at national and international forums, has lectured and conducted workshops and lecture-demonstrations, and has composed and sung for theatre, film and dance. She has also researched and written extensively on music and the performing arts, focusing on gender and musical form. Her most recent work, Heart to Heart: Remembering Nainaji, is a memoir of life with her guru Naina Devi. Vidya Rao has been Visiting Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Anuradha Kapur, previous Director of the National School of Drama, will chair the lecture and moderate the discussion. Her directorial work has widened the scopes of categories and genres, in collaboration with visual and video artists as well as filmmakers. In 1989, she was among the founder members of Vivadi, a working group of painters, musicians, writers and theatre practitioners.
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations :
'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)Exit Gate-1' - Walk Direction
'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description : LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" by Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer & writer
Certainly, the traditions of song and music in India are an example of a centuries long and continuous tradition. Yet, I need to ask: what exactly do we mean by ‘continuity’? If by this, we mean an unchanged tradition, handed down exactly as it was, then this description would not fit the real world of music. For, within the continuities of musical traditions passed down from guru to shishya, of songs and bandishes sung over generations, we still see discontinuities, changes. These changes, in fact, make the tradition richer, more interesting, and enable it to live, to be meaningful over time and space. But we also see that despite many small and big changes, there is much that remains the same. My sense is that music and song bring us to the understanding that continuity of, and changes in traditions are not inimical to each other. It is the very fact of change, discontinuities even, so much a part of these living traditions, that are, paradoxically its very sense of continuity.
Vidya Rao is a performer of thumri-dadra and ghazal. For many years the disciple of the legendary singer, the late Vidushi Naina Devi, she has continued her study of this form under the renowned Vidushi Shanti Hiranand and has also received taleem from Vidushi Girija Devi. Her initial training in khayal was under the late Prof. B.N. Datta and thereafter under Pandit Mani Prasad. She has performed at national and international forums, has lectured and conducted workshops and lecture-demonstrations, and has composed and sung for theatre, film and dance. She has also researched and written extensively on music and the performing arts, focusing on gender and musical form. Her most recent work, Heart to Heart: Remembering Nainaji, is a memoir of life with her guru Naina Devi. Vidya Rao has been Visiting Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Anuradha Kapur, previous Director of the National School of Drama, will chair the lecture and moderate the discussion. Her directorial work has widened the scopes of categories and genres, in collaboration with visual and video artists as well as filmmakers. In 1989, she was among the founder members of Vivadi, a working group of painters, musicians, writers and theatre practitioners.
LILA PRISM lectures & other events : www.delhievents.com/search/label/LILA-PRISM
LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" by Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer & writer at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm to 8:30pm on 4th September 2014
![LILA PRISM lecture "Song as Continuity" by Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer & writer at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm to 8:30pm on 4th September 2014]()
Reviewed by Delhi Events
on
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Rating:
No comments:
Comment Below