EITV 2023

17-18 MARCH  | KATHMANDU

SCHEDULE

Wednesday - Thrusday, 15 - 16 March
2 PM - 4 PM 📍Kathmandu University Department of Music, Tripureshwor
Music Workshop - Looking back, moving forward
Exploring traditional music for artistic expression with Vilma Timonen

DAY 1
Friday, 17 March

CONFLUENCE 2023

Contemporising the Roots


9 AM - 1 PM 📍 Kathmandu University, Department of Music, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu


This year, we’re hosting our third Confluence dedicated to the theme: Contemporizing the Roots. We’ll discuss the importance of making folk music relevant in today’s world, understanding the challenges specifically in Nepal, and exploring its potential as a musical genre beyond Nepal. Working professionals will share their perspectives on the current state of traditional music in Nepal, and brainstorm to imagine new sustainable futures. 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

9:45 AM — Registration and tea/coffee

10 AM - 10:10 AM — Lalitpur in UNESCO Creative Cities Network by Lalitpur Metropolitan City representative

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM — Opening speech by Michael Croft, head of office and UNESCO Representative to Nepal

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM — Keynote by Vilma Timonen, researcher and lecturer at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts in Helsinki

10:45 AM - 11:30 PM — The use of folk elements in contemporary music
Speakers : Kali Prasad Banskota, Smarika Phuyal and Pavit Maharjan
Moderator : Prabhakar Gautam
Discussion will be in Nepali followed by Q&A

11:30 PM - 12:15 PM — Research and writings on folk music: What is happening and what should be happening?
Speakers : Bulu Mukarung, Pushpa Palanchoke and Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi
Moderator : Sewa Bhattarai
Discussion will be in Nepali followed by Q&A

12:15 PM - 1 PM — The challenges of reviving folk and traditional music
Speakers : Basanti Chaudhary, Sarada Dangol, Semduk Lama and Tsering Dolma Lama
Moderator : Prasun Sangroula
Discussion will be in Nepali followed by Q&A

1 PM — Refreshment

PANELISTS

Kali Prasad Banskota is a musician who works primarily in Nepali films. His use of folk melodies in songs like Sainli and Jalaima have had an important role in popularizing folk melodies among a new generation of audiences. Banskota was also a judge of the reality TV show Nepal Idol.

Smarika Phuyal is an ethnomusicology undergrad from Kathmandu University. She has worked as a music composer and performer in various theatrical productions at Shilpee Theatre (Hiunko Prithvi Yatra, Dikshyanta etc). Currently, she's working as a live musician in a reality TV show The Poet Idol, where she recreates folk melodies.

Pavit Maharjan is a member of the band Kutumba. Pavit mostly plays percussion instruments including the Nepali drum madal. Kutumba is a leading folk band in Nepal which has performed Nepali folk music at many national and international venues.

Bulu Mukarung is a musician and music historian. With more than three decades of experience at the state institution Radio Nepal, his living memory is itself an archive of music history. His book Nepali Sangeet ko Abhilekh contains an exhaustive list of past and present musicians of Nepal. 

Pushpa Palanchoke is an applied ethnomusicologist who is currently active as programme manager of Folk Lok. Most recently, Folk Lok helped a traditional bhajan group in Kirtipur open up to women musicians for the first time. 

Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi is the head of the Central Department of Fine Arts at Tribhuvan University, which includes the music department. He is the founder and sitar player of the band Sukarma. 

Basanti Chaudhary is a singer based in Lamahi Dang. Her involvement in art challenges the stereotypes of society regarding women's empowerment, which has a long history of caste and class struggles.  

Sarada Dangol is a musician, madal player, and founder of Shree Tara, an all women instrumental band in Nepal. She is also the founder of DhingTang Nepal which encourages women to play music instruments via courses and lessons.

Semduk Lama is from Shey Phoksundo, Dolpa, one of the msot remote parts of Nepal. He is working to promote the local folk music of his community by writing down the songs, teaching them at his school, and making audio-visual documentations of them. His wish is to preserve the music for new generations so that they can experience what he feels when he hears such music.

Tsering Dolma Lama is a teacher. She was a vocalist in different bands like JOTs (Progressive rock) and Didibahini (Ethnic pop). Didibahini was an all-female band which collected women's experiences, rhymes, tunes, and cultures from various part of the country and recreated them. 


This year's Confluence will be jointly organized by EITV and Raithane Music, supported by UNESCO Office in Kathmandu.

For queries, please write to echoesinthevalley@gmail.com or call Bhuyash 9813075309‬

PERFORMERS

ĀMĀ YĀNGRĪ (NEPAL/USA)
4 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya

BASANTI CHAUDHARY, HEYSHE DOLMA SHERPA & SIMMA RAI
 6:30 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev Temple

BARTA GANDHARBA
2:05 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya

DHIMEY DANCE GROUP
4:30 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev Temple

JHIGU MATINA (NEPAL/SOUTH KOREA/USA)
3 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev Temple

KATHAK DHIMEY
5 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev Temple

RAVIM KAPALI
2 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya

TIRTHA KUMARI THAPA
5:30 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya

WORD WARRIORS + SARADA DANGOL
3:45 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya

SCHEDULE
 Teku, Kathmandu

PERFORMANCES

2 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya
Ravim Kapali

2:05 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya
Barta Gandharba

3 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev
Jhigu Matina (Nepal/South Korea/USA)

3:45 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya
Word Warriors + Sarada Dangol

4 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya
Āmā Yāngrī (Nepal/USA)

4:30 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev
Dhimey Dance Group

5 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev
Kathak Dhimey

5:30 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya
Tirtha Kumari Thapa

6:30 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev
 Film screening of Songs from the Rapti + live performance by Basanti Chaudhary, Heyshe Dolma Sherpa and Simma Rai, directed by Shristi Budha Magar

EXPERIENCES

9 AM - 1 PM 📍Kathmandu University Department of Music, Tripureshwor
CONFLUENCE - Annual music conference themed 'Contemporising the Roots'

11 AM
Heritage Walk - Bagmati Promenade by Story Cycle. By registration only.

1 PM - 5 PM 📍Pati outside of Teen Dewal Shivalaya (KIDS)
Book Bus is a mobile library for educational and creative activities 

1 PM - 5 PM 📍Teen Dewal Shivalaya premises (South side) (KIDS)
Local story telling and coloring session by Baakhan Nyane Waa

2 PM - 5 PM 📍Pachali Bhairab (KIDS)
Live calligraphy sessions and workshops on the art of Ranjana Lipi by Callijatra  

2:15 PM - 3 PM 📍Pachali Bhairab
Listen to the traditional devotional music of Dapha

6:45 PM 📍Laxmishwor Mahadev
Film screening of Gaine, the story of Gandharvas, directed by Pradeep Dhakal

DAY 2
Saturday, 18 March | Asan, Kathmandu

PERFORMERS

ASHISH MAHARJAN'S ESSENCE
2:30 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple, Indra Chowk

DHRUBESH CHANDRA REGMI & FRIENDS
6:45 PM 📍Dagu Baha

MASON BROWN (USA)
2 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple, Indra Chowk

NIMISHA SHANKAR (INDIA/NEPAL)
5 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple, Indra Chowk

PUNGMO KHUNG LU (NEPAL/CHILE/USA)
1 PM 📍Asan

GHUGU'MUGU
4 PM 📍Asan

TRIKAAL TANTRIKS
6 PM 📍Asan

VIPLOB PRATIK
1 PM 📍Asan

WORD WARRIORS
3 PM 📍Paltan Chhen Courtyard 3

SHARBO DANCE GROUP
3:30 PM 📍Asan

PERFORMANCES

1 PM 📍Asan
Poetry recitation by Viplob Pratik
Pungmo Khung Lu (Nepal/Chile/USA)

2 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple
Mason Brown (USA)

2:30 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple
Ashish Maharjan's Essence

3 PM 📍Paltan Chhen Courtyard 3
Word Warriors

3:30 PM 📍Asan
Sharbo Dance Group

4 PM 📍Asan
Ghugu'Mugu

5 PM 📍Santaneshwor Temple
Nimisha Shankar (India/Nepal)

6 PM 📍Asan
Trikaal Tantriks

6:45 PM 📍Dagu Baha
Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi with friends of Sukarma - Umesh Pandit, Jagannath Dhaugoda and Yatiraj

EXPERIENCES

11 AM
Heritage Walk - Kathmandu Musing by Impact Productions. By Registration only.

11 AM 📍Naasa Dabu, Jana Baha (KIDS)
Book launch of Chiniyamha Kisicha by Durga Lal Shrestha, published by Safu

11 AM - 2 PM 📍Itum Bahal (KIDS)
Exhibition by students of KU Art+Design 

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Bhotahiti
Vinyls on display by Wild Yak Records 

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Udaaya Museum (KIDS)
Exhibition on histories of Udaayas

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Nhyakantala (KIDS)
Yẽnyā, an exhibition on Indra Jatra by Alina Tamrakar and Romush Tuladhar (opens from Friday, 17 March)

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Taachhen Baha (KIDS)
Dāphā Calling, an exhibition and workshop (11:30 AM - 1 PM) by Folk Lok 

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Paltan Chhen Courtyard 1 (KIDS)
Play Interactive Board games by Alchi

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Paltan Chhen Courtyard 2 (KIDS)
Listen to childhood memories with Baakhan Kane Waa participants

11 AM - 5 PM 📍Dagu Baha (KIDS)
Live calligraphy sessions & Ranjana Lipi workshop by Callijatra 

12:30 PM - 5 PM 📍Naasa Dabu, Jana Baha (KIDS)
Enjoy educational and creative activities by Book Bus 

1 PM - 5 PM 📍Kamalachhi (18+ only)
Take a puff of Newa style hookah at Bajān stall 

2 PM - 4 PM 📍Kamalachhi
Devotional Newa  Music
Pilatun Dapha Khala (2 PM -  3 PM)  
Kamalachhi Naasa Bhajan (3 PM - 4 PM)

3 PM - 3:30 PM 📍Bhotahiti
Listen to traditional Newa music by Nyakhin Baja Khala Asan

7:15 PM 📍Naasa Dabu, Jana Baha
Film screening of Samsogha Mundhum, a musical feature, directed by Eric Chandra Shrestha