A Molecule of Mysticism Through Tagore and Maurice Maeterinck | Nehru Centre

This art-initiatives entails art-exhibition from 14-18 July with a performance that re-interprets both Tagore and Maurice's mystic works.

Curated by poet T M Ahmed Kaysher, the peformance/ art-production on Tueday 15 July at 18:15 is bringing a neo-metaphysical interpretation of mystic poems and metaphysical music compositions (A unique Indian mysticism) by the first non-European Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the first Belgian Nobel laureate in literature, who received Nobel prize just two years before Tagore, in 2011, Maurice Maeterlinck with both comparison and resemblance of Indian and European idea of metaphysical arts.

Tagore's composition, with the depth of relevant Raga will be presented by Vidushi Chandra Chakraborty ( Chandra Chakraborty » South Asian Arts ), one of the finest classical vocalists here in the UK, an SRA scholar who toured the world preaching predominantly Indian classical music with a group of some critically acclaimed spoken-word artists - Shree Ganguly, Nazia Amin & Tanusree Guha; musicians - Amith Dey and Aniruddha Mukherjee; classical dancers - Asmitha Keer and Sewli Bhattacharyya + A group focused to Tagore's music called Udayan Oxford.

The visual interpretation of both music and poetry will be rendered by Kathak dance and 16 pieces of painting created on the mystic poetry of both Tagore and Maurice. In addition to the exhibition in the Gallery, these paintings will be projected on the screen while the relevant poetry or music is being presented on the stage.

This is a well curated event with seamless amalgamation of poetry, music, dance and a curation to glue up different arts to create a new philosophical interpretation of mysticism.

You may also like the following events from RadhaRaman Folk Festival, UK:

• This Monday, 14th July, 10:00 am, A Molecule of Mysticism Through Tagore & Maurice Maeterinck | Nehru Centre London Art Exhibition in London
• Next Sunday, 27th July, 01:00 pm, Saudha Initiative - Planting Music Dance Poetry in The Park | Victoria Park Bandstand in London
• This October, 2nd October, 12:00 pm, Saudha International Literature Festival | Senedd The Welsh Parliament in Cardiff

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