EUNIC Lecture Series 2011: "Meeting of the classics: Austrian composer Franz Schubert through the eyes of an Indian dancer"
The Austrian Cultural Forum in collaboration with the India International Centre cordially invites you to the following talk as part of the EUNIC Lecture Series 2011
“Meeting of the Classics: Austrian composer Franz Schubert through the eyes of an Indian dancer”
by Smt. Shovana Narayan-Traxl
on Friday, 25 March 2011 at 6:30 pm
at the India International Centre Annexe auditorium
40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110 003
About the speaker: Smt. Shovana Narayan-Traxl is a “living legend” of Kathak, both as dancer and choreographer. Throughout her career spanning several decades, she has mesmerized audiences all over the world, re-defining the ethos and vocabulary of Kathak. She has not only won numerous awards (Padmashri Award by the President of India, 1992; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the President of India, 1999-2000), but is dedicated to the training and support of young talents, among others by organizing an annual festival. Smt. Shivana Narayan-Traxl has authored several books on the subject of dance and is a visiting lecturer to universities in India and abroad.
About the composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Franz Schubert, born shortly after Mozart's death, is Austria's prime representative of the early Romantic era. A student of Antonio Salieri, he left an enormous oeuvre despite his short life, creating operas, operettes, symphonies, and masses, but he is most well known for his songs ("A winter's journey; A swan's song; The beautiful miller's wife) and musical interpretations of poems by Goethe and Heine. While Schubert was not famous during his lifetime, he was quickly discovered after 1828 and is today one of the most performed Austrian classical composers.
