Greetings from Alliance Française in Kathmandu

25th June 2009

Fête de la Musique / International Music Week 2009

June 20-27

Already 3 sessions of the International Music Week at the Alliance Française, with the Home2Home project with Salil Subedi and 40 children on June 20, the pop-rock day on June 21 and the big hip-hop blast on June 22, our Festival continues till June 27.

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TODAY - Thursday, June 25 - 6.30pm Jazz appreciation by Mariano E. Abello, Director of the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory

(http://www.katjazz.com.np/ / (01) 501 35 54)(lecture, discussion, interactive program)

Venue : Alliance Française in Kathmandu
(between Avenues TV and Kathmandu Hospital)

Mariano E. Abello is the Founder and Director of Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, the first music school dedicated to Jazz music in South Asia. He is also the Musical Director, Organizer, Founder of Nepal Jazz Jatra 2008 & Chevrolet Miles Music Festival 2009, music festivals dedicated to the diversity between East and West musical styles and concentrated to highlight Nepali musicians.

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Friday, June 26 - 6.30pm

Jazz Day with a Saxophone Solo Performance by Mariano E. Abelloand one combo band from the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory

Venue : Alliance Française in Kathmandu
(between Avenues TV and Kathmandu Hospital)

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Saturday, June 27, 4.30pm - Rastriya NachGhar

KWAK concert, French Rock

By free invitation - simply collect your passes the various Yamaha showrooms in town.

Concert live on Kantipur TV

Kwak is a rock band from Paris, France. For their second tour in India, they will present you their 3rd album, "Malice en la demeure". They call their music "French Rock", which is a very special mix between rock music and the French tradition of "Chanson".

Come and discover a music full of energy, with beautiful musical arrangements and French poetic lyrics ! You'll be surprised for sure...Songs and videos available at : www.myspace.com/kwaklegroupe

Alliance française de Katmandou

Tripureshwor, Ganeshman Singh Path

P.O. Box 452, Katmandou, Népal

www.alliancefrancaise.org.np

World's smallest man

25th June 2009

Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal is waiting for his chance at a world record. Magar is only two feet tall and weights ten pounds! But he can’t be classified as the world’s smallest man until he officially becomes an adult.

Excitedly awaiting his 18th birthday in October of this year, Khagendra and his family are in contact with Guinness to take the official crown from 2ft 5in He Ping Ping of China.

Weighing only 10lbs, Khagendra has become something of a celebrity in his native Nepal, where politicians have joined the clamour to see him recognised as the smallest man in the world and villagers have dubbed him ‘little Buddha’.

Doctors believe Magar’s size is due to a malfunctioning pituitary gland, but no definitive diagnosis has been reached.