Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has organised a variety weekend music concert at its K. Vasudevacharya Bhavan on JLB Road. Today (Aug. 10) at 6 pm, the Octogenarian and senior-most performing veena artiste Prof. R. Visweswaran is enriching the audience with his veena concert.

Surabhi Gana Kala Mandira is presenting a unique feature “Prahlada Bhakti Vijaya” directed by renowned Guru Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar on Aug.11 at  6 pm while Prasanna Venkatraman from Chennai is going to enthral the music-lovers with his vocal concert on Aug.12 at 5.30 pm.

Renowned Veena Maestro Prof. R. Visweswaran is a front rank artiste, highly respected for his individualistic style, all his own without a  direct Guru. He developed his own techniques on the veena with the strong conviction that the vocal style is the ideal for the veena as he is alos a vocalist.

Graded as a top ranking artiste by the All India Radio and Doordarshan, the BBC, London, Cambridge Radio, Dublin Radio, ITV of Burmingham, Belfast TV have all broadcast Visweswaran’s Veena as also his interview with them in their “Eminent Artiste’s Interview” programmes.

A musicologist with a difference, he is a musical composer with over a hundred compositions to his credit in Sanskrit, Telugu and a few in Kannada.  An M.A. in Indology, Visweswaran served the University of Mysore as Professor and Head of Music with a long and distinguished record of service.

This evening, the Veena Maestro will be accompanied by Anoor Anatha Krishna Sharma on mridanga, G.S.Ramanujan on ghata and V.S. Ramesh on morching. The programme is sponsored by Sri Tyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru

Aug.11 at 6 pm: Dr. K. Srikantaiah Memorial Programme (an Endowment by Dr. K.S. Chandrasekar) features a Musical Dance Drama “Prahlada Bhakti Vijaya” of Tyagaraja by Surabhi Gana Kala Mandira led by Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar. Tyagaraja is one of the Trinity who composed Kritis in praise of mostly Lord Rama. There is no concert in Karnatak music which cannot have a Tyagaraja composition.

Tyagaraja has equally classically composed with his vast knowledge on music and devotion a musical ballet “Prahallada Bhakti Vijaya” or simply Bhakti Vijaya with 5 sequences.

The great work depicts the knowledge Tyagaraja had on contemporary arts such as Bhagavata Mela, Koravanji Drama and Kathakali.  Tyagaraja has also brought in the nuances of a drama with poems, prose,couplets, kanda padya, seesa padya, champakamala, utkalamala etc.,  for excellant dramatisation.

Surabhi team known for their creativeness is presenting this for the second time.

Aug. 12 at 5.30 pm: Raman Memorial Concert (an Endowment sponsored by Sudha Raman & Aroon Raman) showcases Prasanna Venkatraman  accompanied by B.K. Raghu on violin, K.U.Jayachandra Rao on mridanga and Phanindra Bhaskar on ghata.

A much sought after artiste, Prasanna Venkatraman is a disciple of late Guru T.R. Balamani and Sangeetha Kalanidhi late T.K Govindarao. He is currently under the guidance of Sanjay Subrahmanyan.

An ‘A’ Grade artiste of All India Radio, Prasanna has been performing in all prestigious music festivals across the country. He has also made concert tours to North America and Canada, France, Singapore and Dubai. Prasanna is an M.Tech Graduate from IIT Madras and also a recipient of ‘Institute Blues’ Award.