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[Cultural Diary]
Another Cantando concert
by Mahes PERERA
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annual concert by the Cantando Cello Ensemble comprising 15 cellists
will be staged at the Lionel Wendt Theatre on July 7. An event that has
been looked forward to by classical music lovers has been gaining a
reputation as one of the foremost string ensembles in the country. This
year two cellists from Bombay will be joining the ensemble as well as
founder members of the Ensemble who will be returning home from
Australia, USA and London, to play for this concert.
The programme for the concert will include an ingenious arrangement
of Bach's Prelude and Fugue from the Cello Suite No. 5, Beethoven's
Rondo from Symphony No. 7, a couple of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances and De
Falla's ever popular Ritual Fire Dance.
One of the highlights of the evening concert will be the guest
performance of Mary Ann David, soprano with the ensemble.
In lighter vein the ensemble will also perform catchy ragtime and a
tango you are not likely to forget. Last year the Cantando was invited
to perform at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai and this
year the Ensemble has been extended an invitation to perform in
Bangalore by the Bangalore School of Music.
Dance school celebrates 35th anniversary
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Some of the students of Srimathi Shivananthy Haridarshan who
performed at the anniversary celebration are seen here. |
Nirthana School of Dance celebrated its 35th anniversary at the
Ramakrishna Hall, Wellawatte yesterday. The institution, has produced
several Barathanatya dancers in the country.
Srimathi Shivananthy Haridarshan is the directress of the Nirthana
School of Dance.
'Nodutu Sanda' at Negombo
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Palitha
Lokupottagamage |
Palitha Lokupottagamage will hold an exhibition
of his paintings entitled "Nodutu Sanda" at Mayfield
International School, Daluwakotuwa, Negombo from July 1- 8.
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Drama competition
The applications have been called for the All Ceylon Schools' Drama
Competition of 2010, an annual event organised by Ministry of National
Heritage and Culture, Tower Hall Foundation and Ministry of Education.
The competition is opened for school on three categories: Short
Drama, full length drama and musicals and is conducted in Sinhalese
medium at provincial and national level. Information on the competition
can be obtained from Director General Tower Hall Foundation, no 123 'Sausiripaya',
Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07. Closing date is on July 16,2010. |
