By 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…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Amalgam of technique and aesthetics
September 7, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 6th day of the music series at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Kumaresh presented a veena-violin duet concert. They were accompanied by Ananth R. Krishnan on mridanga and Giridhara Udupa on ghata. Jayanthi’s playing style truly brings out the voice of the veena in terms of originality…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Abhishek-The instinctive musician
September 6, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Abhishek Raghuram sang on the 5th day of the music series at 8th Cross Ganapati Sangeetotsava. He was accompanied by young Gokul on violin, the very senior Mannargudi Vasudevan on tavil and Ananth Krishnan on mridanga. The concert, scheduled for 6.45 pm, began at 7.30 pm and concluded at 11.30 pm!…
61st Heritage Music Fest at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Playing with finesse
September 5, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 4th day of the music series, well-known flautist Pt. Pravin Godkhindi and Indian pianist Vid. Anil Srinivasan performed with Ananth R. Krishnan on mridanga. This combination of flute and piano is rare in the field. This jugalbandi was a laudatory attempt and the music brimmed with emotional poignancy creating…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: T.V. Sankaranarayanan remembered
September 4, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the third day of Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Malladi Brothers — Vidwans Malladi Sriram Prasad and Malladi Ravikumar — performed a vocal concert. They were accompanied by Vid. Embar Kannan on violin, Vid. Arjun Kumar on mridanga and Vid. G.S. Ramanujam on ghata. The concert was…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Soulful music with creative artistry
September 3, 2022By 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…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla from Aug. 31 to Sept. 11: Judicious balance of aesthetics and grammar
September 2, 2022By 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….
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla
August 27, 2022By 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…
Absorbing father’s style and oeuvre
March 9, 2020By 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…
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