Soumik Datta Arts: Mone Rekho
Memories, echoes and time-cycles collide in this multidisciplinary and immersive concert by Aga Khan Music Award-winning composer and sarod player, Soumik Datta.
Born from Soumik’s conversations with elderly people in care homes, facilitated by University College of London and the Alzheimer’s Society, Mone Rekho (or ‘Remember’ in Bengali) weaves Indian music with electronic hybrids, visual collages, cinematic scenes, personal anecdotes and bursts of comedy.
A production in two halves, we see Soumik, accompanied by Gurdain Singh Rayatt on tabla and Camilo Tirado on live effects and surround sound, move between the roles of student, storyteller and master musician in a space that shifts from concert hall to classroom; from care homes to the streets of Kolkata. Everyone is left with something to think about - from recalling lost memories to learning something new. Intimate yet expansive, ‘Mone Rekho’ stretches your imagination.
Doors: 7pm
Start: 7.30pm
Finish: 9pm
There will be a short interval.
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‘One of the biggest music talents in Britain’ - Vogue
‘Imagine yourself in a black box theatre space, where the sound of sarod, tabla and rain envelops you, where voices emerge from the darkness, where stunning visual collages let your mind wander, evoking memories of your own’ - Mid-Day Mumbai.
Mone Rekho is produced by Soumik Datta Arts in partnership with Bagri Foundation, University College of London, Alzheimer's Society, Hawkwood Centre for future Thinking, PRS Foundation, Dartington Trust, Arts Council England, G5A Forum and BNP Paribas. It is presented in Gloucester in partnership with Strike a Light and Gloucester Guildhall.
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Image Credit: Poshali Goel
Alt Image Text: Two musicians, a tabla player on the left and a sarod player on the right, sit on wooden risers, or platforms, in front of a large screen. The screen displays an image of two hands resting on a pile of photographs. There are cushions on the floor in front of the performance area for audience to sit on.