Date: 23/05/2014
Time: 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi
A Symposium on Legacy of Begum Akhtar represented by Last Living Legend Zareena Begum of Nanpara. conceptualized by Ms.Manjari Chaturvedi.
Session Event
Session I
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Screening of Short documentary film by Ms Saba Deewan followed by a talk and discussion
Session II
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
An introduction by the moderator Shri Vikram Lall
A talk and discussion with last living court singer of Awadhi durbars discussing the lives and works of Zareena Begum along with Janaab Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Shri Salim Kidwai, Shri Pran Neville and Ms. Chhayya Ganguli
6:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Tea break
Session III
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Lecture demonstration of Ghazals by Zarina Begum and her accompanists
Performance of Darbari Kathak by Ms Manjari Chaturvedi with Ghazal sung by Zarina Begum