The ninth edition of the Bengaluru International Arts Festival is set to begin on Friday. The annual nine-day fest will have music and dance performances from over 150 artists from countries like Mexico, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides artists from different parts of India.
A fusion concert with Pedro Carneiro Silva, a Brazilian pianist and M Lalitha and M Nandini on the violin on September 17 and a Hindustani and Western music fusion performance by Mexican flautist Nathalie Ramirez accompanied by Suddhashil Chatterjee on the sitar on September 18, both in Phoenix Market City, Whitefield, are the highlights of this year's fest.
Despite the Karnataka bandh call on Friday, the organisers are expecting a good turnout for the inauguration of the festival at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Nagarbhavi Ring road. "The folk performances in the BIAF are popular. This year we have folk artistes from Bangladesh, Nepal, Odisha and Rajasthan among others, performing at the inauguration on Friday so we expect a good showing."said Dr Suma Sudhindra, one of the directors of the fest.
Tilak Fernando and his group will bringing to the festival a form of folk dance from Sri Lanka which is performed during harvest fests and in Buddhist temples. Fernando has been to the city several times now and finds that people here are very friendly and welcoming. "Our dance forms have a lot of similarity in the rhythm and grace. We also have the practise of paying homage to the Goddess Saraswathi before a performance." Fernando observed.
The annual fest is organised by Artistes' Introspective Movement (AIM) headed by Dr Veena Murthy Vijay and Dr. Suma, renowned Kuchipudi artist and Veena maestro themselves. They conceived the fest with the idea of creating a platform, similar to fests in other countries, for international artists to showcase their talent. Besides stage performances, festival-goers can take part in a yoga session in Cubbon Park facilitated by Nikaya Yoga and Yoga Matters.
A fusion concert with Pedro Carneiro Silva, a Brazilian pianist and M Lalitha and M Nandini on the violin on September 17 and a Hindustani and Western music fusion performance by Mexican flautist Nathalie Ramirez accompanied by Suddhashil Chatterjee on the sitar on September 18, both in Phoenix Market City, Whitefield, are the highlights of this year's fest.
Despite the Karnataka bandh call on Friday, the organisers are expecting a good turnout for the inauguration of the festival at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Nagarbhavi Ring road. "The folk performances in the BIAF are popular. This year we have folk artistes from Bangladesh, Nepal, Odisha and Rajasthan among others, performing at the inauguration on Friday so we expect a good showing."said Dr Suma Sudhindra, one of the directors of the fest.
Tilak Fernando and his group will bringing to the festival a form of folk dance from Sri Lanka which is performed during harvest fests and in Buddhist temples. Fernando has been to the city several times now and finds that people here are very friendly and welcoming. "Our dance forms have a lot of similarity in the rhythm and grace. We also have the practise of paying homage to the Goddess Saraswathi before a performance." Fernando observed.
The annual fest is organised by Artistes' Introspective Movement (AIM) headed by Dr Veena Murthy Vijay and Dr. Suma, renowned Kuchipudi artist and Veena maestro themselves. They conceived the fest with the idea of creating a platform, similar to fests in other countries, for international artists to showcase their talent. Besides stage performances, festival-goers can take part in a yoga session in Cubbon Park facilitated by Nikaya Yoga and Yoga Matters.
The ninth edition of the Bengaluru International Arts Festival is set to begin on Friday. The annual nine-day fest will have music and dance performances from over 150 artists from countries like Mexico, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides artists from different parts of India.
A fusion concert with Pedro Carneiro Silva, a Brazilian pianist and M Lalitha and M Nandini on the violin on September 17 and a Hindustani and Western music fusion performance by Mexican flautist Nathalie Ramirez accompanied by Suddhashil Chatterjee on the sitar on September 18, both in Phoenix Market City, Whitefield, are the highlights of this year’s fest.
Despite the Karnataka bandh call on Friday, the organisers are expecting a good turnout for the inauguration of the festival at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Nagarbhavi Ring road. "The folk performances in the BIAF are popular. This year we have folk artistes from Bangladesh, Nepal, Odisha and Rajasthan among others, performing at the inauguration on Friday so we expect a good showing.”said Dr Suma Sudhindra, one of the directors of the fest.
Tilak Fernando and his group will bringing to the festival a form of folk dance from Sri Lanka which is performed during harvest fests and in Buddhist temples. Fernando has been to the city several times now and finds that people here are very friendly and welcoming. "Our dance forms have a lot of similarity in the rhythm and grace. We also have the practise of paying homage to the Goddess Saraswathi before a performance.” Fernando observed.
The annual fest is organised by Artistes’ Introspective Movement (AIM) headed by Dr Veena Murthy Vijay and Dr. Suma, renowned Kuchipudi artist and Veena maestro themselves. They conceived the fest with the idea of creating a platform, similar to fests in other countries, for international artists to showcase their talent. Besides stage performances, festival-goers can take part in a yoga session in Cubbon Park facilitated by Nikaya Yoga and Yoga Matters.
A fusion concert with Pedro Carneiro Silva, a Brazilian pianist and M Lalitha and M Nandini on the violin on September 17 and a Hindustani and Western music fusion performance by Mexican flautist Nathalie Ramirez accompanied by Suddhashil Chatterjee on the sitar on September 18, both in Phoenix Market City, Whitefield, are the highlights of this year’s fest.
Despite the Karnataka bandh call on Friday, the organisers are expecting a good turnout for the inauguration of the festival at the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Nagarbhavi Ring road. "The folk performances in the BIAF are popular. This year we have folk artistes from Bangladesh, Nepal, Odisha and Rajasthan among others, performing at the inauguration on Friday so we expect a good showing.”said Dr Suma Sudhindra, one of the directors of the fest.
Tilak Fernando and his group will bringing to the festival a form of folk dance from Sri Lanka which is performed during harvest fests and in Buddhist temples. Fernando has been to the city several times now and finds that people here are very friendly and welcoming. "Our dance forms have a lot of similarity in the rhythm and grace. We also have the practise of paying homage to the Goddess Saraswathi before a performance.” Fernando observed.
The annual fest is organised by Artistes’ Introspective Movement (AIM) headed by Dr Veena Murthy Vijay and Dr. Suma, renowned Kuchipudi artist and Veena maestro themselves. They conceived the fest with the idea of creating a platform, similar to fests in other countries, for international artists to showcase their talent. Besides stage performances, festival-goers can take part in a yoga session in Cubbon Park facilitated by Nikaya Yoga and Yoga Matters.