Mysore/Mysuru: Members of the renowned ‘Anooru family’ and their disciples from Bengaluru will be presenting ‘Sangeetha – Nritya Namana,’ a music-dance tribute to Mysore Vasudevacharya on May  9 (Saturday) at the great composer’s  residence in city.

The programme will feature three solo vocal concerts and a Bharatanatyam performance. Vocal concerts will be given by Vidu. Indira Sharma, Vid. Anoor Phanindra Sharma and Vidu. Medha Manjunath while  Vidu. Keerthana Hegde will perform Bharatanatyam.

These artistes will be supported by Vidu. Veena Suresh and  Amruthavarshini Bhargava on violin, Vid. Anoor Datthatreya Sharma, Vid. Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma and  Vid. Raghunandan Bhargava on mridanga and Vid. Pranav Karthik on morching.

The Anooru family, which originally hailed from Anooru near Chintamani, has settled down Bengaluru since the early 1940s and has continuously served  the cause of Karnatak music. Initiated into music by Vid. Subbaraya Shastry, the family saw Vid. Shamanna and Vid. Anooru Suryanarayana taking music to great heights.

Vid. Ramakrishna, a renowned violinist  and professor in Bengaluru University, carried on the legacy and his sons Vid. Dattatreya Sharma and Vid. Anantha Krishna Sharma, both leading mridangists in the contemporary field of Karnatak music circuit, have helped expand the popularity of the musical family.

Sons of these two, the fifth generation artistes have already made a mark in the field, responding positively to  the present day requirements, that call for collaborations and fusion music.

Saturday’s programme, scheduled to start at 10.30 am at Sri Acharya’s residence near Basaveshvara Circle on New Sayyaji Rao Road, is open  to all music enthusiasts.