By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 5th day of Ramothsava Sangeethotsava at Alamma’s Choultry on Apr. 3, Malladi Brothers — Vid. Malladi Sreeramprasad and Vid. Malladi Ravikumar — gave a vocal concert with Vid. Embar Kannan on violin, Vid. B.C. Manjunath on mridanga and Vid. Giridhar Udupa on ghata. The brothers are known to possess…
Ramothsava Sangeethotsava: Day 4: Aesthetic and appealing in musical expression
April 4, 2023By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Chennai vocalist Vid. Ashwath Narayanan sang for Ramabhyudaya Sabha on the 4th day of Ramothsava at Alamma’s Choultry on Apr. 2. He was accompanied on violin by Vid. Vishwesh Chandrashekar, on mridanga by Vid. Ravishankar Sharma and on the ghata by Vid. G.S. Ramanujam. Ashwath’s intensive training under a stalwart like…
Ramothsava Sangeethotsava: Day 3 – Tribute to Rama through Tygaraja kritis
April 3, 2023By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Twin brothers Vid. Hemanth and Vid. Herambha, the only two flute brothers in Karnatak music, performed for Ramabhyudaya Sabha at Alamma’s Choultry in Srirampet on Saturday (Apr. 1). They were supported on violin by young Vid. Vishwesh Chandrashekar, on mridanga by Vid. H.S. Sudhindra and on ghata by Vid. Shamit Gowda….
Ramothsava Sangeethotsava – Day 2: Palghat Ramprasad crafts a model concert
April 2, 2023By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan If you are looking for a peaceful traditional concert with no gimmicks but also without a single dull moment, then Vid. Palghat Ramprasad is the answer. This youth who is the grandson of the mridanga maestro Palghat Mani Iyer mesmerised the audience with his enviably masculine voice and traditional rendering on…
‘Kala Kaustubha,’ a book on the life and contribution of legendary violinist Mysore T. Chowdiah
February 24, 2023Kala Kaustubha’, a book on the life and contributions of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore T. Chowdiah, his compositions with notations and photographs, authored by SOM music critic Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan will be released at a programme to be held on Sunday, 26th February at Nityotsava Convention Centre, Krishnamurthypuram, at 11 am. Renowned musician Chitraveena N. Ravikiran…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla concludes: Powerful and impressive singing
September 12, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the concluding day of the Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Sandeep Narayan gave a vocal concert with H.N. Bhaskar on violin, mridanga virtuoso Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on mridanga and Guruprasanna on kanjira. Sandeep has taken up music as a full time career, though born in the US…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: A Complete Concert
September 11, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 10th day of the music series at 8th Cross Ganeshotsava, Sikkil Gurucharan presented a vocal concert with Mysore Karthik on violin, mridanga legend Umayalapuram Sivaraman on mridanga and Kartik on ghata. The concert had everything that one can look forward to in a vocal concert — good voice, good…
61st Heritage Music Fest at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Purity and melody, his trump card
September 10, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 9th day of Ganeshotsava at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla, music legend Lalgudi Jayaraman’s son Lalgudi GJR Krishnan gave a solo violin concert. He was accompanied by Vittal Ramamurthy on violin, renowned mridangist Bhaktavatsalam on mridanga, Bhargava Halambi on kanjira and Rajashekhar on morching. The very name Lalgudi Jayaraman is…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Varijashree renders rare compositions
September 9, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Popular singer Varijashree Venugopal presented a vocal concert at 8th Cross, Vanivilas Mohalla on the 8th day of the music series last evening. She was accompanied by Mattur Srinidhi on violin, Radhesh on mridanga and Shamit Gowda on ghata. Rare compositions not much heard in the concerts these days marked the…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Mellifluous voice, great breath control and perfect shruti alignment
September 8, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 7th day of the Ganeshotsava at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, by SPVGMC Trust, young Bhargavi Venkataram gave a vocal recital with her father H.K. Venkataram on violin, K.V. Prasad on mridanga and M.R. Manjunath on ghata. Mellifluous voice, perfect shruti alignment and good breath control marked the concert. With…
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