Evening about Tagore Culture Prize 2009

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Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941),sobriquet Gurudev,was a Bengali polymath. As a poet, novelist, musician, and playwright, he reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As author of Gitanjali and its „profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse“, being the first non-European to win the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, Tagore was perhaps the most important literary figure of Bengali literature and a mesmerising representative of the Indian culture whose influence and popularity internationally perhaps could only be compared to that of Gandhi whom Tagore named ‚Mahatma‘ out of his deep admiration for him.Read More: > HERE <

On 10th October 2009, the German musician and author Peter Pannke along with Dieter B. Kapp received the prestigious Rabindranath Tagore Culture Prize 2009 from the Indo-German Society in Stuttgart.

This award acknowledges over 30 years of Pannke’s commitment and dedication as an ambassador of Indian traditions in Germany and as a promoter of musical dialogues between the two countries. To mark this occasion, the Goethe-Institut has invited the renowned Indologist to a festive program at the Max Mueller Bhavan. The program will include conversations about his recently published books ‘Singers Die Twice’ and ‘Dreamtalker’ as well as readings from these books. Strains from traditional Dhrupad music will conclude the evening.

The poet, Ashok Vajpeyi, will inaugurate the program with a speech in honour of Peter Pannke. Other participants in this event: Sanjeev Gupta (Translator), Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya Tato (Publisher Daastaan), Druphad singer Prashant Kumar Mallik accompanied by his music ensemble.

Filmclip: „Obsession“ by Troubadour United

Peter Pannke studied Sinology, Indology, comparative religious studies and Musicology. He travelled for many years through the Near East, North Africa, Pakistan and India, before he made a name for himself as a radio broadcaster, sound artist and as leader of the band Troubadours United. He is a composer and musician and has produced over eighty CDs/LPs. He is also an author of reportages, illustrated books and poetry. His book „Dreamtalker – Songs, Poems, Essays“ was released in January 2010 in Delhi by Dastaan Publishers. The English translation of his highly acclaimed travelogue „ Singers Die Twice“will be published in India this autumn.

Singer, Dreamer and Storyteller:

An evening with Rabindranath Tagore Culture Prize winner Peter Pannke

Literature / Music

Thursday, 04.03.10, 7.00 p.m.

Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan

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