Contemporary Compositions & New Sonic Works II - DAVID SIX

Colombo International Theatre Festival 2015

At this 4th consecutive Colombo International Theatre Festival (CITF), veteran Sri Lankan theatre
personality K. B. Herath will be felicitated for his decades long contribution to theatre.
4 – 9 April 2015 3.30 p.m. & 7.00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the British School in Colombo 

Introduction
The Colombo International Theatre Festival (CITF) was founded to bring together a choice selection of theatre works from all over the world, as live performances, to a central location in the capital of Sri Lanka. Launched in 2012, it has now entered its fourth consecutive year and promises to showcase over 6 days of quality theatre from inside and outside of Sri Lanka.

The main objective of this festival is to create a platform for globally reputed theatre artists to perform in a Sri Lankan setting, thereby raising the standard of local theatre performances and enable Sri Lankan Theatre audiences to witness and engage with a diverse range of theatre productions and communities from across the globe.
Furthermore, the showcasing of international theatre in Sri Lanka will help place the country in the
global map of theatre and boost the image of Sri Lanka, internationally.
Apart from the theatre productions themselves, the festival has always incorporated an information
sharing platform across the different countries incorporating the local theatre community, enthusiasts
and local student population engaged in theatre. Started on an ad hoc basis in the first year, each year a novel way of sharing thoughts has taken place and guaranteed success and continued engagement and new collaborative efforts taking place throughout the year. In addition to presenting a diverse range of theatre productions, the CITF 2015 will organize Colombo Theatre Forum to provide a platform for local an international theatre practitioners to collaborate and engage in broader discussions on the problems of contemporary theatre.
 
Ministry of Culture and the Arts, the British School in Colombo, Foreign missions in Sri Lanka, GOETHE Institute (German Cultural Centre), Mount Lavinia Hotel, media organizations and many other institutional and individual partners collaborated with us in our endeavour to make this event a success, through the years.
03rd April Opening Ceremony at Mt. Lavinia Hotel
 
Date      Country        Production                                                           Language
4 April  Sri Lanka     Jagan Ma (Mother Universe)                                    Sinhala
5 April  Russia          Light Puppet Show                                                Non verbal
6 April  India            The Dance and the Rail Road My Clay Mould           English
7 April  Bangladesh  Duratto (The Distance)                                           Bengali
8 April  Korea           Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies                               Korean with English subtitles
9 April Sri Lanka      Four Performances from Colombo Dance Platform    Non verbal
 
Pradeep Gunarathna: Kuvanna‘s Metamorphosis
Sumudu Virajini Lenora: Cikkana | Gilihiyama | Slippage
Akila Palipana: Pata Thalam
Priyanthi Anusha: Inner-Outer
Solo Performances from Goa - India
Artistic collaboration for solo performances project supported by the Directorate of Arts & Culture, Government of Goa – India.
3 solo productions Directed by M. Safeer of Sri Lanka
3 solo productions Directed by Prof, Vidyanidhee Vanarase of India
One of the above productions will be shown before the main performance daily.

FILM FORUM - AKSHARAYA by Ashoka Handagama

Colombo - National Film Corporation
Kandy - Queens Hotel & Alliance Francaise de Kandy

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On the occasion of World Water Day, the Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives would like to invite you for the inauguration of the “Oceans and Climate” exhibition and a full day of film screenings, conference and debates that will follow on the themes of Water, Oceans and Climate with the participation of French and national experts.

Please come along to the Alliance Française de Kotte in Colombo on Saturday 21^st March at 11 Keppetipola Mawatha (Colombo 5)starting from 10 am for one or all the events during the day.

route map alliance de kotte 

Sri Lanka Choral Week

The Sri Lankan Choral Week has been set up in order to attract singers from around the world to share musical experience in rehearsing and performing the immense beauty of Johann Sebastian Bach´s St. John Passion in the idyllic surroundings of Sri Lanka. The performance will take place in the magnificent Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour in Colombo on the Saturday prior to Palm Sunday. It will include the Baroque ensemble of the Chamber Music Society of Colombo, Sri Lankan soloists and will be conducted by Gregory Rose, an established conductor based in London. This will be an unique experience for all those involved; a week of joyous music making. Over the week, each visiting singer will receive singing lessons from an experienced singer and teacher. Alison Wells and Gregory Rose will hold conducting masterclasses during the evening for a small group of student conductors, assisted by a group of players from the Chamber Music Society of Colombo. The choral rehearsals will be accompanied by an experienced local repetiteur
 

Singing and Conducting Workshop

Date: Saturday, 21^st - Friday, 27^th March 2015
Time: 10 am – 5 pm

Venue: Goethe Hall

Concert

Date: Saturday, 28^th March
Venue: Cathedral of Christ the LivingSaviour, Colombo

Information supplied by the Goethe Institut Colombo. For clarifications please contact The Goethe Institut

BIG EARS MUSIC SERIES HOSTED BY MUSICMATTERS

This concert presented by Musicmatters features Austrian pianist and composer David Six. Born in 1985, David studied with Martin Stepanik and Sven Birch at the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music. Further studies in 2010 in New York with Ellery Eskelyn, Aaron Parks and Fabian Almazan contributed importantly to his musical development. Ever since 2012, he has studied classical South Indian percussion with Manickam Yogeswaran in Berlin. David Six´s repertoire is comprehensive, extending from classical music to contemporary jazz, free improvised and pop music. David is the Musicmatters artist in residence for the months of January - April, 2015.

The evening will also be coloured by the Baliphonics, a Musicmatters project that works with low country ritual music in the new trio format. Susantha Rupathilaka, Isaac Smith and Sumudi Suraweera, fresh from their performance at the CHOPPA experimental music festival in Singapore, will no doubt be able to deepen the audience's connection with the ritual music that is close to their hearts.

Date: Saturday, 7th March 2015
Time: 8 – 11.00 pm
Venue: Goethe Hall
Tickets: LKR 500 /=