BIOGRAFÍAS: ARTISTAS DO FESTIVAL NOVA LUZ DA ÍNDIA
   
TARIKAVALLI

Tarikavalli - Maria Mendes Ferreira de Oliveira
Criadora de sonhos, dançando entre culturas
Bailarina e professora francesa, de origem portuguesa, formada em Bharata Natyam (estilo de dança clássico do sul da Índia) com os mestres Amala Devi e Sri U.S. Krishna Rao. --> mais

   
MAXIM DOUJAK Maxim Doujak nasceu em Kiev, (Ucrânia) em 1971 e reside em Portugal desde 1995.
Iniciou a sua formação aos 5 anos na “Escola Musical Especial de Kiev N.V. Lysenko”. Prosseguiu os estudos no “Colégio Musical Estatal Superior de R. M. Glier de Kiev e no “Conservatório Estatal Superior de Kiev P. I. Tchaikovsky”, na classe de Vadim Tchervov. --> mais
   
LAJJA SAMBHAVNATH Lajja Sambhavnath
Trained under the leading visionary of Kathak Padmabhushan Kumudini Lakhia, Lajja “believes in exploring dance (Kathak) as a flexible medium to bridge sensitivities with sensibilities eventually leading towards a progression of ‘minds’ and of ‘arts’. --> mais
   
PAULO SOUSA Paulo Sousa, sitarista nascido em Lisboa, mestrado em Etnomusicologia pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, tem tido um percurso ecléctico ao longo da sua vida musical. Tem procurado conviver com o que de melhor encontrou nos diferentes géneros musicais que experimentou. --> mais
   
Dr. VINOD VERMA Along with a doctorate degree in reproduction biology in India, Dr. Verma studied Neurobiology in Paris University and obtained a second doctorate. She pursued advanced research at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (USA) and the Max-Planck Institute in Freiburg, Germany. At the peak of her career in medical research in a pharmaceutical company in Germany, she realised that the modern approach to health care is basically fragmented and non-holistic. --> mais
   
Dr. M. LALITHA MUTHUSWAMY &
M. NANDINI MUTHUSWAMY

To quote the renowned music critic Subbudu “...Music runs in their blood, they must have played music even when they were in their mother’s womb. ”
LALITHA and NANDINI are the torchbearers of a unique musical tradition but yet have evolved a distinct style of their own. Hailing from an illustrious family of musicians, LALITHA and NANDINI have the privilege of being the fourth generation of musicians in their family. Their musical genius manifested at the tender age of three and they came under the tutelage of the musical doyen guru Shri V. Lakshminarayana Iyer who was their beloved grand father. --> mais

   
HERBERT LANG Herbert Lang, born in Adelsheim/Germany, is a musician and promoter of classical Indian music since more than 30 years. He holds a B.A. in Indian Music from the University of Chennai/Madras. Herbert Lang was a stipendiate of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations). --> mais
   
ARUP SEN GUPTA In the late 80`s Arup met the accomplished Tabla player Sri Subhen Chatterjee of Calcutta who soon became his friend as well as musical teacher and advisor (Guru). Since then Arup has been under Subhenji`s affectionate guidance. Subhen Chatterjee is the seniormost disciple of renowned and world famous Tabla Maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, torchbearer of the LUCKNOW Style of Tabla playing. Since the mid 90`s Arup has also been receiving additional training from Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. --> mais
   
NEETA JAIN DUHAUT

Born and brought up in Delhi. M.A. English, M.A. Linguistics from Delhi University. MPhil in Linguistics and Doctoral research on the Verbal System of Hindi. La Sorbonne University. Founder and Director of "AUR KYA Films". --> mais

   
RAJELE JAIN Trabalhadora independente como artista, leitora, escritora, curadora, investigadora e realizadora, dedicando especial atenção a projectos interdisciplinares e interculturais desde 1993. --> mais