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PROGRAMME AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2019 CHENNAI GOETHE SUPER LEAGUE 2019 INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 15 July 2019 – 07 August 2019 Trichy | Madurai | Coimbatore | Chennai Being a very special and successful year for Goethe-Institut, we are extremely proud and happy to come out with Goethe Super League 2019, an inter-school football tournament. Organised for the fourth consecutive year by Goethe-Institut, it gains prominence as it will be organised in 4 different zones of Tamil Nadu namely Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Chennai and will be having a state After the elimination matches in the four cities, the level final in Chennai. semifinals and finals will be held in Chennai. This year’s Goethe Super League (GSL) would like to foster interest in Semifinals (Boys & Girls) on 06 August 2019 football and provide upcoming school players an opportunity to showcase their talent. GSL also endeavors to promote interest in Germany and the Finals (Boys & Girls) on 07 August 2019 German language through the medium of football. The tournament is SDAT Nehru Park Stadium, Chennai therefore being conducted in a bigger and more competitive format with 16 boys’ teams and 8 girls’ teams expected to participate from each zone. An interesting feature of GSL is that the duration of each match will be no longer than 40 minutes. Another key aspect is that experienced and qualified referees will be adjudicating the matches. Attractive prizes await the winners of the tournament. FILM FESTIVAL In collaboration with Orinam and Berlinale Spotlight Reel Desires Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2 August 2019 | 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm 3 August 2019 | 3.00 pm - 9.00 pm 4 August 2019 | 3.00 pm - 9.00 pm Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan is pleased to bring you again this year the Reel Desires, a three-day series of feature films, shorts, and documentaries showcasing sexuality and gender diversity issues. This year’s festival is the first after the Supreme Court of India decriminalised same-gender relations, in the landmark Navtej Singh Johar verdict. This has led to a huge number of submissions from India. Films at Reel Desires explore intersections among gender/sexuality Still from Njan Sanjo (India, 2019) movements with other struggles for social justice, and those that reflect the universality and specificity of LGBTIQA+ lives across space and time. The film festival is being held in association with Orinam, a local collective that has been working since 2003 to end gender- and sexuality- based discrimination and provide social and support spaces for the LGBTIQA+ communities in Chennai. Co-organizing the event are several community groups and NGOs. Shorts from Berlinale and India’s Public Service Still from Dante vs. Mohammed Ali Broadcasting Trust will be among the highlights of the 2019 festival. (Netherlands, 2018) Still from Narciso (Israel, 2018) Besides films, Reel Desires will also feature performances and a panel discussion. For more information or to participate in Reel Desires Reel Desires is a reminder of our common humanity that transcends contact [email protected] visit www.ciqff.org or boundaries of sexuality, gender identity and culture. call +91 98843 73433 ARCHITECTURE TALK SERIES in cooperation with Saveetha College of Architecture and Design and Confluence 10 The Practice – Challenges and Possibilities Eat Love Play Discourse 10 August 2019 | 6.00 pm | Goethe-Institut Auditorium Ar. Gurjit Singh Matharoo Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai and Saveetha College of Architecture and Design present Architecture Talk Series - The PRACTICE - CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES. The Talk series has been ideated and curated by Confluence Ten and the Roots Fellowship Program. The year-long series invites thinkers, architects, artists, anthropologists related to habitat, design and environment. A wide range of themes are explored on the state of our cities, its architecture, sustainability, climate change and water, the talks are open to all. Matharoo Associates is a 25 year old practice that began operations in Ahmedabad, India. In 2013, Gurujit Singh Matharoo was conferred an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, only the third Indian after B.V.Doshi and Charles Correa to be honoured. The diverse range of projects have brought the firm international and domestic recognition, including the 2011 International Architecture Award by the Chicago Athenaeum, the 2010 Architectural Review House Award and the 2009 AR Emerging Architecture Award, to name a few. MusiX A space not only to immerse in music but also to reflect upon musical experiences. DUO HANSCHEL – SHOTHAM Non-classical Jazz Mix Roger Hanschel began to play the saxophone at 11. With a fascination for jazz, improvised music at 14, he founded his first group having studied at the 18 August 2019 | 7.00 pm | Goethe-Institut Auditorium Cologne Music Academy. Hanschel is a member of the Kölner Saxophon Mafia Roger Hanschel Saxophone since 1987 which has received 4 German Record Prizes as well as the SWR Jazz Prize. Since 2007 he has been performing solo concerts throughout Ramesh Shotham Percussion Europe. In 2014 he founded the group Trio Benares with Indian musicians. The duo HANSCHEL–SHOTHAM think outside the box and look Since 2010 he teaches saxophone at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and has beyond the horizon. Their non-classical Jazz-mix is a fusion released 38 CDs. https://rogerhanschel.de/en of Indian temple-music with virtuoso saxophone sounds. Ramesh Shotham, born South India began his musical career as a self-taught Excellently made music in a fine contrast, the alto saxophone drummer, co-leading a Rock band called Human Bondage. After that Ramesh and percussion are from time to time contrary and quite took up study of the Tavil (a traditional temple music drum). This extended abstract, yet surprising with precise synchronization. his repertoire to other classical percussion instruments, like Ghatam, These internationally well-known musicians are experts in Mridangam, Kanjira and Morsing. Since 1981, Shotham lives and works in their own music styles, well-experienced in cross-cultural Europe and has performed with leading international Jazz contemporary musical ventures. Both Roger Hanschel and and Rock musicians. Shotham has recorded over 120 LPs Ramesh Shotham have received the prestigious German WDR and CDs and has worked for almost all the leading TV Jazz Award 2018, Hanschel in the category ‘Improvisation’ as and Radio stations in Germany and Europe. solo saxophonist and Shotham in the category ‘Music https://shotham.org/ Cultures’. According to the Jury is Roger Hanschel the dream of a virtuoso stylist, one who knows what he does constantly developing towards perfection, and on reaching losing himself again to explore newer musical frontiers. Ramesh Shotham, the self-taught percussionist, who began his career as a rock-band drummer, inspired by ‘Beatles’ and ‘Rolling Stones’ creates a fusion of unusual cultural styles, quite contrary to his long training in Indian temple and percussion training. South Asian Music Residency In collaboration with A R Rahman’s K M Music Conservatory SAMUR III - 2019 Discovering new paths towards creating cross-cultural contemporary music… The Directors of SAMUR III 2019 will be German composer and 18 August - 01 September 2019 Saxophone player Roger Hanschel (who was also a curator of SAMUR II, 2017) and Indo-German composer, Drummer and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai Percussionist Ramesh Shotham. Both these well-known musicians K M Music Conservatory, Chennai have received the prestigious German WDR Jazz Award 2018, rd Hanschel in the category ‘Improvisation’ and Shotham in the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai is launching the 3 South category ‘Music Cultures’. Asian Music Residency, SAMUR III 2019. Dr James Bunch, composer, performer, conductor, educator, and After two successful music residencies in 2016 and 2017, SAMUR re- concert organizer from KMMC Chennai will be the co-director for emerges with a new batch of 12 musicians, composers, improvisers and SAMUR III. performers from Germany and the South Asian region, who will be The participating musicians of SAMUR III 2019 are: selected and invited to come together for two weeks in Chennai for a SAMUR III will take place at K M Music Conservatory in Chennai unique creative musical collaboration. with professional musicians, performers, improvisers and 1. BEHNAM MASOUMI – Percussion (IRAN) 7. NISHAD PANDEY – Guitar (INDIA) composers from Germany, India, Afganistan, Bangladesh, Iran, The South Asian Music Residency (SAMUR) encourages its participants to Nepal and Sri Lanka. 2. CALVIN LENNIG – Bass (GERMANY) 8. PURANJAY GUHA – Shree-Taar (INDIA) share ideas, perform each other's works, and write music for one another, 3. HARI SARAN GURUNG – Guitar (NEPAL) 9. SABRIN ZAHAN KRITI – Vocal (BANGLADESH) while exploring their own musical vision and broadening their artistic and The selected participants of SAMUR III will be asked to present cultural horizons. the music scenario in their countries and to reflect upon their 4. HARINI PADMANABHAN – Vocal (INDIA) 10. SHAYEKH MOHAMMAD ARIF – Electronics (BANGLADESH) own role in it. Furthermore there will also be external 5. JULIA BRÜSSEL – Violin (GERMANY) 11. TRITHA – Vocal (INDIA) Basis and core is the ability to improvise and share ideas from all genres interactions with musical experts and groups in the form of of music. Open-minded musicians and composers from different workshops and