By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan T.M. Krishna sang on the tenth day of Ramabhyudaya Sabha’s Ramotsava at Alamma’s Choultry. He was accompanied by Akkarai Subhalakshmi on violin, K.V. Prasad on mridanga and Vazhappally Krishnakumar on ghata. As a vocalist, T.M. Krishna has courted controversy by making a large number of innovations in the style and substance…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Running a Music Sabha for more than a century is not easy. Kudos to Dr. N. Sriram of Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha, who, keeping with the tradition and carrying the legacy, has completed 128 years of Ramotsava celebrations and is conducting the 129th Ramotsava this year. The Sabha has been organising music…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Kala Deepthi is a dance organisation devoted to Bharatanatyam. Its Director Deepthi, who is a disciple of Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, has trained several students in Bharatanatyam at her school in J.P. Nagar. Eighteen students ranging from 6-7 years to 15 years of age performed for the first anniversary of the Dance…
– Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan There are very few Saxophone artistes in Karnatak music. It was Kadri Gopalnath who successfully adapted this western instrument into Karnatak music with certain modifications. A young Saxophonist Harish Pandava from Mysuru performed for Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on Feb.9. He was accompanied on violin by C.N. Tyagaraj, mridanga by Vishnuvardhan…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, in collaboration with Tyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha, had organised a whole-day violin event at its venue on Feb.13. The event was designed by senior violinist of the city H.K. Narasimha Murthy (HKN), his wife Rajalakshmi and their son H.N. Bhaskar. Nearly a hundred students of HKN participated in…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan City ‘s ‘Bhushan Academy’ presented a Bharatanatyam recital in memory of Lalita Murthy, wife of senior art patron K.V. Murthy on her birth anniversary. Badari Divyabhushan, grandson of cine star of yesteryears Kalyan Kumar, and his wife Anjana Bhushan performed ‘Ramabhyudayam’ for Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on the 9th of December. Badari…
Vighnesh Ishwar is one of those young talented musicians who have pursued music seriously, trying to create awareness in music among everyone through their brilliant performances. He performed for Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, on the 8th of this month with Mathur Srinidhi on violin, Anoor Ananta Krishna Sharma on mridanga and Pranav Datt on…
Eleven-year-old child prodigy Rahul Vellal is a YouTube sensation. But there is more to his music than what we see of his song videos in YouTube. It is a wonder how music is a way of life for this child even when their parents have no background in music. The effort and care this child…
Natyacharya K. Ramamurthy Rao’s Nupura Cultural Trust, Mysuru, will present its Annual K. Vanajakshamma Memorial Dance Event today (Dec.10) at 6 pm at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuvempunagar. The specialty of this year’s event is a set of dual performances of mother-daughter, Pramoda Upadhya with her daughter Dr. Navami Upadhya and Seema Kiran Kulkarni with…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Chiguru Sanje, the annual programme of Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre for the children between 5 and 15 years of age, was celebrated at Jaganmohan Palace on the 25th and 26th of October with grandeur. Two eminent personalities in the field of music and dance — Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao and Dr….
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