By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the second day of the Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Akkarai Sisters — Vidushis Akkarai Subhalakshmi and Akkarai Swarnalatha — presented a vocal concert with Vid. Vittala Rangan on violin, Vid. K.U. Jayachandra Rao on mridanga and Vid. Vazhappally Krishnakumar on ghata. These two musically gifted sisters…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Swarnalatha are among India’s most distinguished musicians today. Their soulful music won the hearts of the music lovers on the second day of 8th Cross Ganapathi music festival. The Sisters’ rich music background and the rigorous training under renowned gurus such as Sri Janakiraman, Padma Bhushan P.S….
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The 61st Heritage Music Festival of Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mahotsava Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust — popularly known as 8th Cross Ganesha Music Festival — is ready with its artistes for the year. Established in 1962, the Trust has been celebrating Ganesha Festival in a meaningful way. The Trust has acquired the…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sriranjani Santhanagopalan performs at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha Saketaraman from Chennai had to perform for Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on the 15th of February. But as he had an indisposition of health, Sriranjani Santhanagopalan gave a vocal recital with Trivandrum Sampath on violin and K.U. Jayachandra Rao on mridanga. Sriranjani has a…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Tyagaraja Aradhana is held every year on the anniversary of the day the great saint achieved Samadhi in 1847, that is, on the Pushya Bahula Panchami day. Bangalore Nagarathnamma, an ardent devotee of Tyagaraja, considering that she owed her considerable wealth to the grace of Tyagaraja, dedicated her life’s earnings to…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Under the aegis of Raaga Music Academy, Mysuru, Malladi Brothers, Sriramprasad and Ravikumar, presented a concert on the 18th of January at Mysore Vasudevacharya Bhavana with Nishanth Chandran on violin, Tumkur Ravishankar on mridanga and Sunad Anoor on kanjira. Synchronised voices, good planning and energetic presentation marked the concert. Ravi did…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan In memory of Parur Gopala Kishnan, Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha had organised Abhishek Raghuram’s vocal concert on Jan.10. He was accompanied by MSG’s disciple H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Arjun Kumar on mridanga and Ramanujam on ghata. Abhishek is known to be an unusually cerebral singer for one so young. He has a…
In memory of noted stage artiste Ramasheshu, city’s Bhasange Balaga hosted the play ‘Uchhishta’ on 12th January, which was received with great enthusiasm by Mysureans. Prominent Kannada playwright, actor, writer and director S.N. Sethuram staged the play at Mysuru K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana on JLB Road. Produced and directed by Sethuram, ‘Uchhishta’ drew a hall overflowing…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Veteran musician T.V. Shankarnarayan (TVS) gave a vocal concert at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on the 17th of November. He was supported on violin by Mathur Srinidhi, on mridanga by Tumkur B. Ravishankar and on ghata by Sharath Kaushik. This 74-year-young musician is known for his energetic music. There wasn’t a…
Gamaka is a form of both music and literature. It is a beautiful combination of both. But the emphasis in Kaavya Vaachana is on literature (Sahitya) and not on music where the singer splits compound words in poems to make it easier to understand. All musicians cannot render Gamaka and so it is true with…
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