By C.K. Sanjay Kumar The quality of any cultural event is determined by the creative content infused into the performance by the performers. When this essential element is incorporated within the traditional framework and rendered religiously, the performance becomes a well-orchestrated ritual exercise. Such an episode was experienced at Ganabharathi auditorium, Kuvempunagar, on 13th September….
On the concluding day of the music series at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, brothers Hemantha and Heramba gave a flute recital. These lads are the most promising flautists in the Karnatak music scenario today. The twins have just graduated (BE in Information Science). They learnt flute from A.V. Prakash of Mysuru initially and have been…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan T.M. Krishna is a celebrated star in classical music. On the 13th day of the Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V.Mohalla, the street was overflowing with Karnatak music connoisseurs and eager listeners waiting patiently to hear his music. The expectations ran high, as the reasons are many. Some eccentric features…
By Horeyala Doreswamy Manteswamy and ‘Male Mahadeshwara’ are the two major folk epics popular in the old Mysuru region of Karnataka. These two unique oral folk epics have been kept alive by professional singers who sing and narrate story of their deity with snake shaped tanti vadya, a string instrument, along with finger cymbals or…
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…
Vasundhara 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…
By 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…
By 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….
By 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…
By 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…
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