Alliance Française du Bengale Official French Centre in India

SAMPARK Cine Adda at Alliance française du Bengale Sampark presents an evening of cinema and cine adda. Subha Das Mollick's award-winning documentary CALCUTTA SONATA and then a discussion with the film maker. Calcutta Sonata tells the story of gradual assimilation of piano into the cultural fabric of the city. Through the piano the Indian was introduced to the ideas of chords and harmony as opposed to a pure line of melody. Indian musical compositions were infused with western ideas and the well tempered keys of the piano were struck to yield to the micro-tones of the Indian Read More...Sampark Cinema Adda | Calcutta Sonata

Date: Thursday 16th August 2018 Time : 6:30 PM Venue : Alliance française du Bengale, 57A Park Mansion, Park Street Free and open to all   Readings in French and Bengali of poetry written by André Velter and translated and published by Kanchana Mukhopadhyay Chief Guest: Honorable Consul General of France in Kolkata, Mr. Damien Syed André Velter : The troubadour in search of eternal nectar A representative of two world war devastated Europe, poet André Velter is the most established famous contemporary poet of France (Born in 1945). We can hear him murmuring the Read More...Soirée Littéraire Franco-Bengali | André Valter: The troubadour in search of eternal nectar