2022 Event Calendar
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April 2022
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L. Shankar. Vikku Vinayakram, Selvaganesh, Swaminathan
Sunday, April 10 - MATCHBOX4, 6pm CST Shankar, John McLaughlin and Vikku founded the much celebrated group SHAKTI which united the Eastern and Western musical traditions. Vikku, his son Selva, and grandson Swami have taken percussion in world music to new heights. The concert is a rare appearance of the four great musicians- a first for Houston!
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TRIVENI featuring Zakir Hussain, Kala Ramnath, Jayanthi Kuamaresh
Sunday, April 24 - WORTHAM CENTER, 6p CST Triveni, confluence, showcases tabla maestro and
world music icon Zakir Hussain, violin virtuoso Kala Ramnath, and Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh, the proponent of ancient lute Veena. It does not get any better! |
May 2022
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Gypsy Ragas
Saturday, May 7 - MATCHBOX4, 8:30pm CST Oliver Rajamani’s Gypsy Raga, a 2014 nominee of the prestigious German World Music award in the European Charts, is an enchanting musical journey of the Romani (Gypsy) people who migrated from India, arriving in Europe in the late 14th century. The concert showcases Indian and Romani master musicians with original compositions performed on Indian instruments, Middle Eastern oud, Spanish flamenco guitar, Eastern European Gypsy accordian, and world percussion.
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June 2022
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A Tribute to the Nightingale of India - Lata Mangeshkar
Saturday, June 25 - WORTHAM CENTER, 8pm CST Lata Mangeshkar needs no introduction anywhere on the globe. To capture Lataji’s Guinness Book of World Record accomplishments in a three-hour performance is a task that takes a person of Salim Arif’s stature. This multimedia production featuring four singers, six musicians, and narration by Salim Arif is dedicated to the living legend Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar.
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August 2022
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Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Friday, August 26 - MATCHBOX4, 8pm Padmabhushan Vishwa Mohan Bhatt stunned the world with a Grammy win along with Rye Cooder. Bhatt, a distinguished disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar, featured prominently in the much-celebrated Ravi Shankar’s Kremlin orchestral masterpiece. In this concert, Vishwa Mohan does a retro of several Kremlin concert numbers.
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September 2022
Theater Festival
Performed by Ruchika Theater Group, New Delhi
December 3-5, 2021, MATCHBOX4
Performed by Ruchika Theater Group, New Delhi
December 3-5, 2021, MATCHBOX4
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A Secret Desire (English)
Friday, September 9 - MATCHBOX4, 8pm Tagore’s deep understanding of a woman’s psyche in a fast-changing world is the central theme of this play. A Quiet Desire opens with a young Rabindranath Tagore (Robi), his brother Jyoti, and Jyoti’s wife Kadambari, enjoying a summer together
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in Chandanagar. The striking age gap between Kadambari and Jyoti, and her close relationship with Robi, is evident. Initially, Kadambari is Robi’s sole admirer, critic, and inspiration. As the play progresses, we see Robi’s increasing fame as a poet making him drift away from Kadambari. The growing distance with Robi and her own husband’s indifference drives Kadambari into severe depression and suicide. Poetic narration and Tagore’s songs add to the beauty of this powerful production.
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Noor (English)
Saturday, September 10 - MATCHBOX4, 8pm Four hundred years ago a young girl, Noor Jahan, rose to become Queen of Emperor Jahangir and Empress of Mughal India. In a patriarchal society, Noor Jahan virtually ruled India as her husband was lost in drugs and alcohol. Her nemesis, surprisingly,
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was her niece, Mumtaz Mahal. The entire story is told through the eyes of a eunuch, confidante of both Noor and Mumtaz. The play is all about politics, poetry, power, gender, and sexuality.
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Adhe Adhure (Hindi)
Sunday, September 11 - MATCHBOX4, 6pm This play is regularly performed every year by major theater companies in India. In Adhe Adhure, playwright Mohan Rakesh captures the complex world of a contemporary Indian woman. The lead character, Savitri, is an overburdened woman caught between her career and the demands of her three children. And her husband,
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Mahendranath, is no help. She reaches out in vain to her boss, Singhania, to find a job for her son, and to her one-time lover Jog for emotional support. Juneja, her husband’s friend, confronts Savitri with reality of life. In the climax scene Savitri lashes out at Juneja as she looks for the ‘perfect’ man.
OCTOBER 2022
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Rakesh Chaurasia - Purbayan Chatterjee - Ojas Adhiya, flute sitar jugalbandi
Sunday, October 16 - MATCHBOX4, 6pm Flute and Sitar are the two most melodious instruments of Indian classical music. The synergy by the two maestros who have perfected the play in their own arena is simply a bliss
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NOVEMBER 2022
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Radhika Chopra - Ghazal ka Filmi Safar
Sunday, November 12 - MATCHBOX4, 8pm Internationally renowned Ghazal singer Radhika Chopra accompanied by a full complement of musicians takes you on a fifty-year journey of Ghazals in films. The journey makes stops at music composers like Khayyam, Roshan, Madan Mohan and poets like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, Shakeel Badayuni, Kaifi Azmi, Shahar Yaar, Nida Fazli, Gulzar, Makhdoom, Jan Nisar Akhtar!
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