By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sandeep Narayan sang under the aegis of SPVGMC Trust on the 11th day of the music series. He was accompanied by the mridanga legend Umayalapuram Sivaraman on mridanga, U. Ganesh Prasad on the violin and Giridhara Udupa on the ghata. Sandeep is endowed with a rich voice timbre and good tonal…
Echoing the Mentor’s Style
September 19, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Senior vocalist Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V. Shankaranarayan performed on Sept.9 at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla. He was accompanied on violin by Nagai Sriram, mridanga by Tumkur B. Ravishankar and ghata by Sharat Kaushik. Shankaranarayan’s music is never stale. It is always lively and full of energy, which is transferred to the audience….
Jayanthi-Kumaresh most expressive and adept
September 18, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On Sept.8 at 8th Cross Heritage Music Festival organised by Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mandali Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, couple Jayanthi Kumaresh and Kumaresh gave a duet with Ramana Hari Kumar on mridanga and Guruprasanna on kanjira. On the occasion, Kumaresh was honoured on his receiving the Sangeeta Natak Academy award this…
Rajeev Taranath – the genius
September 16, 2019Bangalore Brothers display harmony in music By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan It is no joke for a musician to be performing at the age of 86. Sarod playing demands a particular posture which is not easy to manage for more than half-an-hour at the most. But this 86 years young gifted musician sits for more than…
Vijay Siva – A traditionalist’s music
September 13, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 4th day of the Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Vijay Siva gave a vocal recital with his younger brother Manoj Siva on mridanga, Trivandrum Sampath on violin and G.S. Ramanujam of Mysuru on ghata. Unstinted devotion to traditionalism, utter conviction, distinct clarity in diction, and a total…
Auspicious Saxophone Music: Enchanting vocal by Trichur Brothers
September 11, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, began with all grandeur on the 2nd of this month with Harish Pandav’s auspicious saxophone concert. An extremely talented and versatile young artiste, Harish has performed for various Sabhas all over the country. Harish started the concert with the Suruti varna ‘Ento Prema’…
Following the footsteps of the Gurus…
September 4, 2019Madhuri Kaushik sang under the aegis of Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, on Aug.12. She was accompanied on violin by Vaibhav Ramani, on mridanga by B.S. Prashanth and on ghata by Vikram Bharadwaj. Madhuri has learnt music from great gurus like Sukanya Prabhakar, who was present on the occasion and Ranjani and Gayatri. Her stage…
Heritage Music Festival in city from Sept.2 to 14
September 1, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Mysuru, the cultural capital of Karnataka is resonant with the music of great maestros. Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mandali Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust has been playing a crucial role in preserving the continuity of this resonance. It is shouldering the responsibility of keeping classical music alive with all its grandeur. It has…
Treading the Traditional Path
May 27, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Vocalist Kartik Nara-yanan from Chennai gave a vocal recital at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on Apr.27. He was accompanied on violin by Mysore Sumanth, mridanga by Sai Shiv Lakshmi Keshav and ghata by Vikram Bharadwaj. Kartik is a disciple of well-known musician Rajakumar Bharati. While he has adapted the style from…
129th Ramotsava by Ramabhyudaya Sabha – 11: Spiritual and Melodic
May 21, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the concluding day of Ramotsava at Alamma’s Choutry, Vidyabhushana sang devotional songs. Pradeshachar accompanied him on violin, H.L. Shivashankaraswamy on mridanga, his disciple Nagaraj on tabla and M.R. Manjunath on ghata. Devaranamas and bhajans were sung only in temples and at homes before. Their concert appearance is comparatively a recent…
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