Mysore/Mysuru: The 62nd Heritage Music Festival, popularly known as 8th Cross Ganesha Music Festival, organised by Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mahotsava Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal in V.V. Mohalla here, began last evening. Inaugurating the Music Festival, Vid. Chitraveena N. Ravikiran said: “All musicians are eager to perform at 8th Cross Ganesha…
Kambada Puja
September 15, 2023Kambada Puja being performed at 8th Cross in VV Mohalla recently in connection with the 62nd Heritage Music Festival by Dr. Jagannath Shenoy, C.R. Himamshu and other residents.
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla concludes: Powerful and impressive singing
September 12, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the concluding day of the Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Sandeep Narayan gave a vocal concert with H.N. Bhaskar on violin, mridanga virtuoso Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on mridanga and Guruprasanna on kanjira. Sandeep has taken up music as a full time career, though born in the US…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: A Complete Concert
September 11, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 10th day of the music series at 8th Cross Ganeshotsava, Sikkil Gurucharan presented a vocal concert with Mysore Karthik on violin, mridanga legend Umayalapuram Sivaraman on mridanga and Kartik on ghata. The concert had everything that one can look forward to in a vocal concert — good voice, good…
61st Heritage Music Fest at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Purity and melody, his trump card
September 10, 2022By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 9th day of Ganeshotsava at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla, music legend Lalgudi Jayaraman’s son Lalgudi GJR Krishnan gave a solo violin concert. He was accompanied by Vittal Ramamurthy on violin, renowned mridangist Bhaktavatsalam on mridanga, Bhargava Halambi on kanjira and Rajashekhar on morching. The very name Lalgudi Jayaraman is…
61st Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross V.V. Mohalla: Varijashree renders rare compositions
September 9, 2022By 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…
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