By Dr. Padmavathi On the 12th day of the Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Saketharaman sang with B.U. Ganesh Prasad on violin, Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on mridanga and Guruprasanna on kanjira. Saketharaman is one of the regular artistes who have been performing for this Heritage Music Festival since many years. He is…
VPAC to host Pallavotsava in city from tomorrow
September 24, 2019Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre (VPAC) Trust, Mysuru, has been conducting four main festivals in a year for the last 33 years. Pallavotsava is conducted to encourage young and upcoming artistes from different parts of India, between the age group of 15 to 35 years. This Festival is open for all Indian Classical art forms. This…
Displaying purity in Pathantara
September 23, 2019By 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…
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…
For a Rasika Rains don’t Ruin…
September 13, 2019Sri Mysore B. Nagaraj curated the 39th edition of Articulate Festival for Articulate Trust for Arts at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in city on Aug. 18 as part of every month 3rd Sunday concert series to a packed hall. The festival started with a pandanallur style of Bharatanayam by Spoorthi Aurobbindo, her inaugural choice was a…
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’…
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…
Krishna Jayanti Music Festival at Ganabharathi
August 27, 2019Ganabharathi has organised a three-day Music Festival to mark the occasion of Krishna Jayanti from Aug.30 to Sept.1. On Aug.30, Vid. V. Vamshidhar will present a flute concert at 6 pm. He will be accompanied on violin by Vid. B.K. Raghu, Vid. B.S. Prashanth on mridanga and Vid. S. Manjunath on ghata. Profile V. Vamshidhar…
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