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News and Events: Latest Update— Thursday May 15, 2008
Update— Thursday April 24, 2008
We plan to begin the program with Utpalendu Chakravarti's seldom seen documentary "Music of Satyajit Ray". This film shows Ray composing - writing the notations, playing them on the piano - rehearsing with the musicians, recording the pieces as well as shooting with the actors. It will be followed by Sharmila Roy Pommot, a musicologist who teaches at the Sorbonne and is a leading exponent and expert on Tagore's and Ray's music, will begin by singing a song. She will then speak on how Ray composed his complex Indian and Western music adopting Tagore songs in several of his major films. The second part of the program Roy Pommot will sing the Tagore songs in Ray's films. Roy Pommot will be accompanied by Aashish Khan on the Sarode, a string instrument favored by both Tagore and Ray, and Bodhi Das on the Khol and Tabla. The Khol is a rarely heard percussion instrument in this country. The Ray Film and Study Center was established in 1993 as a focused research activity in the Humanities Division, UCSC. Since then it has built a comprehensive archive of Ray's films in 35mm, Ray papers, books, film art, music notations, several thousand production stills among other Ray film - related materials. The program on May 2 will begin at 7 PM at the Humanities Lecture Hall, UCSC. There will be signs from the campus entrance directing motorists to the Lecture Hall. Parking is available at the Cowell and Stevenson College parking lots adjacent to the Lecture Hall. Tickets are $10.00 and $5.00 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the show . For more information please call (831) 459-4012 or email jpalines@ucsc.edu or dayani@ucsc.edu Update — Thursday April 17th, 2008 On Friday, May 2, Satyajit Ray Film & Study Center presents "The Music of Satyajit Ray: Impact of Tagore" at 7 pm at the Humanities Lecture Hall, Cowell College campus in Santa Cruz. A Rare & Unique Performance by Sharmila Roy-Pommot (Vocal) Shewli Basu (Esraj) Rajnarayan Bhattacharya (Tabla) Roy-Pommot, based in Paris, is arguably the top exponent/expert on Tagore and Ray's music. Tickets are $10.00 and $5.00 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the show . For more information please call (831) 459-4012 or email jpalines@ucsc.edu or dayani@ucsc.edu. Update — October 14th, 2007 The Packard Humanities Institute has given a $150 million gift to the Library of Congress to preserve and restore the nation's film and audio treasures. The Mercury News reported on the new National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: article image. Update — September 4, 2007: On Saturday, September 8, at 12 noon at the Del Mar Theatre in beautiful downtown Santa Cruz, the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection (Ray FASC) of UCSC Humanities Division and the Santa Cruz Film Festival present director Shyam Benegal in person with a screening of his 2001 film Zubeidaa (color, in Hindi with English subtitles). Tickets are $8.00 and $7.00 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the show at The Del Mar Theatre. For more information please call 831 459-4012. Update — May 9, 2007: On Sunday, April 29, Pather Panchali was screened at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to mark the 50th anniversary of the SF International Film Festival. Pather Panchali won the festival's first Golden Gate Awards for Best Film and Best Director 50 years ago. The Satyajit Ray Society in Kolkata has launched a new website — www.satyajitrayworld.com Update — October 5, 2006: UCSC Currents: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to present annual Maitra Lecture at UCSC Update — September 19, 2006: UCSC Currents: Dynes lauds UCSC's Ray FASC archives at U.S.-India summit Update — August 23, 2006: Satyajit Ray Film & Study Collection Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture • 5:30 pm Film Screening • 7:30 pm Saturday, October 7, 2006 Admission is free. For more information call (831) 459-4012 or (831) 459-4713. Please follow directions to the UCSC campus and directions to the Music Center. Poster
Update — September 28, 2005: Satyajit Ray Film & Study Collection Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture 4 pm Fiftieth Anniversary Screening 5 pm Sunday, October 23, 2005 Admission Free. For more information call (831) 459-4012. Please follow directions to the UCSC campus and directions to the Music Center. Poster
Update — April 21, 2005: Press Release: Pather Panchali at Cannes The Ray Society in Kolkata and the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection at the University of California, Santa Cruz are pleased to announce that the Cannes Festival 2005 will screen Pather Panchali on May 12 as a "kick-off" event at this year's Cannes Classics Series. Cannes Classics was introduced as an integral part of the festival three years ago. This year Pather Panchali has been selected to honor it as one of the world's greatest films, on the fiftieth anniversary of its release in 1955. Pather Panchali received one of the most prestigious awards of the event in 1956 — the Best Human Document award. Mr. Thierry Fremaux, Artistic Director of the Cannes Festival, was pleased to accept the proposal from the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection (Ray FASC) to honor Pather Panchali this year. Fremaux came to California to see the restored print of Pather Panchali. A special screening was arranged at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archives. He approved of the print but requested that a brand new print be struck for the event at Cannes. The Academy offered to provide one with newly translated English subtitles. Cannes Classics Director, Van Papadopoulo, offered to prepare the French subtitles. The Academy will be represented at the screening by its President — Oscar-winning screenwriter and director, Frank Pierson. Mr. Somnath Chatterjee, President of the Ray Society, will be unable to attend because the Parliament will be in session on May 12. The Indian delegation will comprise Sandip Ray, Lalita Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. Ray FASC will be represented by its director, Dilip Basu, and its curator, Dayani Kowshik. Sandip Ray Update — November 30, 2004: Due to unavoidable circumstances and technical problems, the film festival program in Calcutta has been postponed indefinitely. We will still be showing some features at Goa, and hope to put on additional festivals in 2005. We sincerely apologize to anyone who has been inconvenienced by the cancellation. Update — November 2, 2004: Professor Dilip K. Basu, Director of Ray FASC, will speak on The Art of Satyajit Ray at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene Street, New York on November 13, 6:30-8:30 P.M. The lecture will be followed by a cocktail reception. RSVP by November 8: (212) 677-4520. Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture and Events 1:00 PM Satyajit Ray Film Art: Opening Reception Opening reception at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Cowell College, with a short violin raga by Sisirkana Dhar Chaudhuri Sponsored by UCSC Art and Film Departments 3:00 PM Screening of Satyajit Ray's 1957 classic film Jalsaghar (The Music Room) at the Music Recital Hall 5:30 PM From Music Room to Talk Room 6:30 PM Live Thumri Vocal Recital Directions Take High Street to the West Entrance (Heller Drive). Turn right on Meyer Drive to get to the Music Recital Hall. If you are coming from outside Santa Cruz, please follow directions to the UCSC campus and directions to the Music Center. Poster
Update — August 26, 2004: The University of Indiana at Bloomington will be screening four Ray films from September 10 to October 1. For more information, see http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/s04-08.shtml. The Cinematexas Film Festival will be showing a retrospective of Ray's short films and RayFASC and AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) are sponsoring a number of upcoming festivals of restored Ray films: AFI in Los Angeles showed Aparajito (The Unvanquished) on August 20. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco screened a restored print of Nayak (The Hero) on August 4. The screening was sponsored by GreenCine. Update November 3, 2003: The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito and The World of Apu) was released on DVD on October 28 by Columbia Tristar. The New York Times published an article on November 2 reviewing the DVDs. The article is available online (free registration required) at http://www.nytimes.com/. India West published an article on Sharmila Tagore's visit to California, "Fresh Outlook Key to Sharmila's Timeless Appeal". An excerpt from the article is available online at http://www.indiawest.com. Update — October 10, 2003: The Stanford Theatre in downtown Palo Alto is showing a 35 film Satyajit Ray retrospective from October 10th until December 21st. This will include a series of screenings of Ray films paired with some of Ray's favorite Hollywood movies. For a complete schedule and more information, please see http://www.stanfordtheatre.org. Update September 30, 2003: The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on September 26, entitled "Indian director's works find home in Santa Cruz," covering Ray's work and the efforts of RayFASC to preserve it. The article is available online at http://www.sfgate.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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