24TH & 25TH MARCH 2015 STEIN AUDITORIUM, INDIA HABITAT CENTRE, LODHI ROAD, NEW DELHI & 27TH & 28TH MARCH 2015 WORLD INTEGRITY CENTRE INDIA, RAJPUR ROAD, DEHRADUN SUppOrteD IN assOCIatION EVENT PARTNERS SUppOrteD BY IN assOCIatION WITH EVENT PARTNERS President’s Message Ah! Today’s mundane life. Only the nectar of music can save it… “Adyaamye, Sangeetaha! Sarvabhootaye’ Siddhaye…!!” As says the Rig Veda, music is the essence of life and it provides totality of survival. Therefore this humble effort. To bring forth the nuances and niceties of life, we decided somehow or the other to contribute to the uplift the society by Rhythmgiving our bit. Music cleanses miasma, it also cleanses society. …is a society formed to promote Indian Music and culture all over India. This festival is an effort to convey nee to you the d of music in this hour of disunion and strife. To bring relief, the concert. Melodies to enrich your soul, dances to titillate your senses. It is essential and important to mention that this evening is in memory of Late Dr. Madhukar Anand, a renowned name in the field of Kathak. With the good wishes of the music lover of New Delhi & Dehradun, we wish to express the message of peace through this festival and expect your encouragement and support. Shashi With warm Kant Rai regards, President, Rhythm Society. 4 R BIRJU MAHARAJ Kathak Maestro, Guru, Author, Painter, Choreographer Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Kalidas Samman BLESSINGS I am very happy to know that RHYTHM, a Dehradun based organization for performing arts founded by Kathak Dancer Ms. Namrta Rai, is organizing --“Smriti”, a four day Indian classical Music and Dance festival in New Delhi and Dehradun in the memory of late Dr. Madhukar Anand. I have known Namrta since sometime & have been happy to see her commitment towards arts. As a dancer also she has made a good name. Her homage to her guru through this program is praiseworthy. My best wishes & blessings to her & the performing artists, for the success of this festival. Birju Maharaj st 21 March 2015, New Delhi. 19.3.2015 MESSAGE I am very happy to know that RHYTHM a Dehradun based non-government organization founded by Namrta Rai will be organising Smriti-2015, an Indian Classical Dance & Music festival on 24th & 25th March 2015 in New Delhi. Rhythm, from its humble beginnings has grown over the years under Namrta 's able leadership to a widely known and a fine cultural institution. I have pleasure in conveying my heartiest greetings and congratulations to Namrta and her team in Rhythm and all her students. Saswati Sen Kathak exponent, Guru, Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Secretary, Kalasharm. HEARTIEST GREETINGS & GOOD WISHES It gives me great joy to know that RHYTHM, a Dehradun based organization for performing arts, which was founded by Kathak Danseuse Ms. Namrta Rai, is organizing a four-­‐day Indian classical Music and Dance festival in New Delhi and Dehradun -­‐-­‐“Smriti” in memory of Late Dr. Madhukar Anand. I had the pleasure of seeing Madhukar ji as a wonderful dancer & bear pleasant memories of it. His untimely death really was a shock for all Kathak lovers. It gives joy & satisfaction to know that Namrta ji is trying to keep his memory alive through her work. On this occasion I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to Namrta, the artists, staff & management of Rhythm & pray for an even brighter future. With my blessings, Saswati Sen 21st March 2015, New Delhi. Udai MazuUmdadi Maraz umdar U dai Mazumdar U dai Mazumdar March 18, 2015 It’s a matter of joy for a Guru to see his/her disciples doing well and do the master proud, my compliments, best wishes and blessings to my disciple Ms. Namrta Rai (Founder-­‐Secretary) MESSAGE of the Rhythm Society and her team. It takes great courage and tremendous amount of work in today’s modern times to organize classical Music and Dance festival in two cities. It’s a matter of It’s Rhythm a joy matter society for of is joy a continuously for Guru a Guru working to to see see towards his/her disciples doing well his/her disciples doing well and promoting classical and do performing the do the master arts for proud, past my six compliments, years. 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My wife Mrs. Filomena Mazumdar joins me to extend our to do the same thanks in future. and well wishes to the society for the great work and hope they continue to do the same in future. With best wishes & blessings With best wishes & blessings Udai Mazudmar Artistic Director, Rhythm Society. Udai Mazudmar Artistic Director, Rhythm Society. 149, DDA-­‐SFS Flats, Pocket I, Phase I, Sector 22, Dwarka, New Delhi -­‐ 110077 Udai Mazudmar Artistic Director, Rhythm Society. 149, DDA-­‐SFS Flats, Pocket I, Phase I, Sector 22, Dwarka, New Delhi -­‐ 110077 Udai Mazudmar Artistic Director, 149, DDA-­‐SFS Flats, Pocket I, Phase I, Sector 22, Dwarka, New Delhi -­‐ 110077 Rhythm Society. 149, DDA-­‐SFS Flats, Pocket I, Phase I, Sector 22, Dwarka, New Delhi -­‐ 110077 Day One Jugalbandi of Sitar and Bansuri Shri Bhaskar Das – Bansuri (Mumbai) Shri Rohan Dasgupta – Sitar (Kolkata) Shri Shubh Maharaj – Tabla (New Delhi) Odissi Recital (Delhi concert) Smt. Aruna Mohanty- Dance (Bhubaneshwar) Ms. Nazia Alam – Vocal Guru Bijaya Kumar Barik – Mardala Shri Srinibas Satapathy – Flute Kathak Recital (Doon concert) Shri Shyam Kartik Mishra (Dehradun) Shri Dharmendra Mishra - Vocal Shri Ajay Shanka Mishra - Tabla Shri Anand Shankar - Sitar Day Two Shehanai Duo Shri Sanjeev & Ashwani Shankar - Shehnai (New Delhi) Pandit Mithilesh Jha – Tabla (New Delhi) Shri Anand Shankar – Dukkad (New Delhi) Kathak Recital Ms. Namrta Rai – Kathak (Dehradun) Pandit Udai Mazumdar – Tabla (New Delhi) Shri Rupesh Pathak – Vocal/ Harmonium Ms. Latika Chauhan – Vocal (New Delhi) Shri Nikhil Das - Bansuri Shri Anand Shankar - Sitar Rhythm Society is a Dehradun based non- benefit, non- government organization for performing arts which was founded by Kathak Danseuse Ms. Namrta Rai and registered under society act in year 2009. Rhythm Society under the aegis of its artistic director - the world renowned Tabla Maestro and Music Composer, Pt. Udai Mazumdar, every year holds “Smriti” in memory of Late Dr. Madhukar Anand. This four days Indian classical Music and Dance festival in New Delhi and Dehradun is a gateway for rejoicing the Vedic arts and contemporary India, where the aim is to spread Indian classical performing arts amongst the general masses. Rhythm society is been continuously working for a better understanding of our diverse cultural heritage and keeping them alive. This four-day festival is a tribute to Late Dr. Madhukar Anand, who was since many years living in Dehradun & Delhi contributing towards Indian Classical Dance and Music. “Smriti 2015” is a blend of country’s eminent maestros with the vibrancy of exceptional young talents who the society believes are going to be the Maestros of coming years. Rhythm Society also has its teaching centers in Dehradun and New Delhi for the propagation of Indian classical performing arts where time-to-time Maestros of their own field impart their musical experience with the budding students of the society. Thanks to the Supporters and well-wishers: 1. Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, 2. Habitat World, New Delhi 3. World Integrity Centre India, Dehradun 4. The Music Tree 5. Sanskriti - Suriname 6. DTDC ORGANISING COMMITTEE Artistic Director: Pt. Udai Mazumdar President: Shri Shashi Kant Rai Vice President: Shri Jitendra Kapoor Secretary: Ms. Namrta Rai Joint Secretary: Shri Paras Gulati Treasurer: Shri Sumit Rai Members: Mrs. Nidhi Rajan & Mrs. Neha Patil Special Thanks to: Mrs. Archana Verma, Shri Satish Sharma, Mrs. Madhumita Bose, Mrs. Romi Sachdeva, Mr Aryav Anand, Ms. Simran Kapoor, Sri Srimonto Mazumdar, Ms.Anjali Naurial, Sri Sourabh Mazumdar, Shri Ankan Talukdar, Ms. Varsha Bhondoekhan, Shri Parijat Saurabh and all the artists participating in this festival. Late Dr. Madhukar Anand (1964-2008) “His feet danced, while his eyes and hands did the talking… Rhythm seemed to flow effortlessly from his electrifying display of footwork.