Bangalore 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…
Mysuru, Aug.30-Sarod Maestro and Padma Shri Awardee Pandit Rajeev Taranath will be felicitated on Sept.1 at 5.30 pm at Rani Bahadur Auditorium, Manasagangothri, said Pt. Rajeev Taranath Felicitation Trust Trustee Prof. V.K. Natraj. He was addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan, here yesterday and said Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar will speak and Jnanpith Awardee…
Mysuru: “One should know sorrow, one should know loneliness and then something happens and that is how great music comes out,” said Sarod Maestro Padma Shri Pandit Rajeev Taranath. He was replying to a question about how one can produce great music, at a felicitation function organised by Dhvanyaloka’s Literary Criterion, Centre for English Studies…
Rajeev Taranath, Saalumarada Thimmakka & Prabhu Deva among five from State to receive Padma Shri New Delhi: Padma Awards, one of the highest Civilian Awards of the country which are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, were announced on Friday. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;…
Mysuru: Mysuru, which is the cultural and literary capital of the State, is hosting its second Mysuru Literary Fest on Aug.12 at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri in which accomplished people from the literary field are participating, said President of the Mysore Literary Association (MLA) and former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, Prof. K.C….
By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): After a long time, you are celebrating your birthday in Mysuru because at this time you would be away on teaching and performing assignments in the US. What is it like to teach and perform there? Pandit Rajeev Taranath: Well, it is mainly performing…
Last evening I journeyed to Rangayana, like it was a pilgrimage, to see Pandit Rajeev Taranath, the Sarod Maestro par-excellence, whose birthday it was. The venue, a small auditorium Bhoomigeeta, was overflowing with music connoisseurs, Taranath’s old friends and admirers. I was one among them. The programme was to celebrate Karnataka’s celebrated Sarod Maestro’s 85th…
By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): So that is how your childhood was? Pandit Rajeev Taranath: Yes, a part. I kept myself busy with books than what the other boys of my age did; they played some game or something. I also played, but my mother got me back home…
Mysuru: Jnanpith Awardee Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara, describing his guru and friend Pt. Rajeev Taranath, as a person with panoramic vision of the country and who could observe the changes happening very delicately, said the very fact that such a person is amidst us today is a matter of pride for all of us. He was…
There is a saying: “Child Prodigy, Adult Tragedy.” Very few child prodigies go on to become legends. However, there is one legend amidst us today — octogenarian Sarod Maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath. He is a person who has straddled the two worlds of academics and music with equal élan. But it is through his music,…
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