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…
Sudha Ragunathan presents grand vocal recital By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan In memory of B.S. Pandit, the great educationalist, visionary and founder of GSSS Institutions, a grand vocal recital by the very popular Sudha Ragunathan was organised by his daughter at GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women (GSSSIETW) on KRS Road on the 16th…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The Annual Music Conference of JSS Sangeetha Sabha will be held from Dec. 2 to 6 at Navajyothi Sabhangana of JSS Women’s College, Saraswathipuram. The conference will commence in the presence of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt at 5.30 pm. Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji will inaugurate. MLA S.A. Ramdas will…
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