Concert with Vidya Subramanian

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust at the Music Academy as a part of their Dikshitar Akhandam. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Smt. Vidya Subramanian

Violin: Shri S.V. Sudarshan

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, The Music Academy, Chennai

Sabha:  Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust

 

List of songs:

1)  shrI sarasvati hitE – mAnji – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar  

2) pAlayamAm pArvatIsha – kannaDa  – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar 

3) agastIshvaram – lalitA – mishra cApu – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

4) pAlayamAm brihadIshvara – nAyaki – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar 

5) parimaLa ranganAtham – hamIrkalyANi – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

6) kaumAri gaurivELAvaLi – gaurivELAvaLi – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

7) paradEvatA – dhanyAsi – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

8 ) shrI vENugOpAla – kurinji – mishra jampa – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

9) dharma samvardhani – madhyamAvati – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

 

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan. The concert was organized by Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust at the Music Academy as a part of their Dikshitar Akhandam. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Smt. Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan

Violin: Shri Kovai Chandran

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, The Music Academy, Chennai

Sabha:  Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust

List of songs:

1) mAnasa guruguharUpam – Anandabhairavi – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar  

2) EkAmrEshanAyikE – shuddha sAvEri  – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar 

3) kAyArOhanEsham – dEvagAndhAram – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

4) sundarEshvarAya namastE – shankarAbharaNam – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar 

5) lalitAmbikAm cintayAmyaham – dEvakriyA – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

6) hiraNmayIm – lalitA – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

My concerts this December music season

Giving below a list of the concerts I am playing this season. Please drop by in case time permits.

http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/my-concerts/

 

December  2011

3rd Dec 2011 – Saturday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM - Deekshita Venkataraman(Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Music Education Trust)

5th Dec 2011 – Tuesday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM –  Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Music Education Trust)

8th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 2:00 to 4:00 PM –  Rahul Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Meenakshi Sundararajan College Auditorium, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam (Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts)

8th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 6:00 PM –  Vikram Raghavan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Triplicane

10th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 4:30 to 6:00 PM –  Pallavi Prasanna Madhyastha (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan)

10th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM - Vidya Subramanian (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Narada Gana Sabha, Mylapore (Narada Gana Sabha)

11th Dec 2011 – Sunday – 7:00 to 9:00 PM - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Madhava Perumal Temple, Mylapore

15th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 2:15 to 3:45 PM –  J. Sriram (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Vani Mahal, G.N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar (Shri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha)

16th Dec 2011 – Friday – 2:00 to 4:00 PM –  S.R. Mytreyi (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore (Kartik Fine Arts)

19th Dec 2011 – Monday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore (Mylapore Fine Arts Club)

21st Dec 2011 – Wednesday – 4:00 to 6:00 PM –  Aravind Sundararajan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2 Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam)

23rd Dec 2011 – Friday – 12:00 to 1:30 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Sri Kapali Fine Arts)

23rd Dec 2011 – Friday – 5:30 to 7:30 PM –  Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Kalyan Nagar Association Hall, Mandaveli (Ayyapa Bhakta Jana Samaj)

24th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Deekshita Venkataraman (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Sri Kapali Fine Arts)

25th Dec 2011 – Sunday – 1:00 to 2:30 PM - Rahul Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, MCTM School, Luz Church Road, Alwarpet (Brahma Gana Sabha)

28th Dec 2011 – Wednesday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

29th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 5:00 to 7:00 PM - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Kasi Viswanatha Temple, Mambalam (Hamsavinodini)

31st Dec 2011 – Saturday – 12:30 to 2:00 PM - S. Malavika (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden Street, Opp. Sanskrit College, Mylapore (Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha)

31st Dec 2011 – Saturday – 5:00 to 6:00 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple, Triplicane

JANUARY 2012

4th Jan 2012 – Wednesday – 4:30 to 6:30 PM - R. Raghavendra (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Swamy’s Hall, R.K. Mutt Road, Mandaveli (Sriranjani)

6th Jan 2012 – Friday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM – Sangeetha Ayyar (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Kalakshetra Colony, Tiruvanmiyur (Ambalam)

Chennai December Season 2011-12 Concert Schedules

Have made more updates to the Chennai December Season 2011-12 concert schedules page. You can access the same at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

 

 

My concerts schedule is available at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/my-concerts/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chennai December Music Season 2011-12 Schedules

I have updated the navaratri concerts series by various sabhas/ temples in Chennai and have started posting the schedules for the Music (December) Season for this year 2011-12 on this blog at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Please keep checking for more updates in the coming weeks.

Chennai (December) Music Season 2010 – 2011

Must be wondering why a post on this when August has just about started. Just to inform that I have started compiling this year’s Chennai (December) Music Season schedule (2010 – 2011) from different sources  in the Concerts in Chennai page of this blog (http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/). Will keep updating as and when I keep getting more artist/ sabha schedules.

Concerts in Bangalore today

Today’s concerts:

1) 5:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Ganesh (of Ganesh-Kumaresh fame … yes .. violin artist), accompanied by Kumaresh on the violin, V.Praveen on the mridangam and N.Amrith on the khanjira at Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, JP Nagar

2) 6PM – Bangalore Gayana Samaja – Carnatic Violin Duet by Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagaraj. They will be accompanied by Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao on the mridangam and Sri Vyasa Vittala on the khanjira. The flyer had the name of Sri T.V. Sankaranarayanan for today’s concert but may be he is unable to come.

3) 6PM – Carnatic Vocal recital by Maharajapuram S Ramachandran at Purandara Bhavan, 8th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, behind Indiranagar Club. Concert organized by Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha

4) 6:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by S.S. Vignaraja at Sri Jayarama Seva Mandali, 492/A, 1st Main, 8th Block, Jayanagar. Concert organized as a part of “Krishnotsava” by Percussive Arts Centre.

5) 6:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Kalavathy Avadhoot at MES College, 15th Cross, Malleswaram.

Bangalore Gayana Samaja Music Conference

Bangalore Gayana Samaja’s 38th music conference starts today at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium, K.R. Road, Bangalore (Ph: 26506049, email: gayanasamaja@vsnl.net) . The theme of the conference is “Karnatakada Vaggeya Vaibhava (Splendor of Compositions of Karnataka Composers)”. The following are the expert sessions and concerts scheduled:

13th Aug 2006 (Sunday)

10:00AM – Inauguration

6:00PM – Saxaphone: Kadri Gopalnath, Violin: A. Kanyakumari,Mridangam: V.Praveen, Ghatam: Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan, Khanjira: A.S.N.Swamy, Morsing: B.Rajasekar

14th Aug 2006 (Monday)
9:45AM to 12:15PM – Invocation: Compositions of Purandaradasa – Saralaya Sisters; Inauguration of expert sessions and keynote address – Dr. V.V. Srivatsa; Aesthetics in Music – Bombay Jayashri Ramnath

6:00PM – Carnatic Vocal: Bombay Jayashri Ramnath ,Violin: Mysore Srikanth, Mridangam: Poongulam Subramanian, Khanjira: Rajagopalan

15th Aug 2006 (Tuesday)
9:45AM to 12:15PM – Invocation: Compositions of Mysore Sadasiva Rao – Renuka Rudrapatna; Muthiah Bhagavathar – T.N.Seshagopalan; Q&A session – Face to face with Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman

6:00PM - Carnatic Vocal: Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan, Violin: H.K.Venkatram, Mridangam: Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman, Khanjira: N.Amrith

16th Aug 2006 (Wednesday)
9:45AM to 12:15PM – Invocation: Composition of Venna Seshanna – Dr. Hamsini Nagendra; Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar; Mysore Sadasiva Rao – Dr.R.K.Srikantan, demonstration by M.S.Sheela and T.S. Satyavati

6:00PM – Veena & violin samvAda: Jayanthi & Kumaresh, Mridangam: Arjun Kumar, Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal

17th Aug 2006 (Thursday)

9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Composition of Mysore Vasudevacharya – Manasi Prasad; Mysore Vasudevacharya – S. Rajaram; Music in dance – Maya Rao and demonstration by artists of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography

6:00PM – Carnatic Vocal: R.K.Padmanabha, Violin: Mysore Manjunath, Mridangam: C. Cheluvaraju, Ghatam: G.S.Ramanujan

18th Aug 2006 (Friday)

9:45AM to 12:15PM – Invocation: Compositions of Muthiah Bhagavathar – Kalavathi Avadhooth; Veena Seshanna – Mysore V. Subramanya with demonstration by Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan; Lakshya & lakshana in karnatic music – T.M.Krishna

6:00PM – Carnatic Vocal: T.M.Krishna, Violin: R.K.Sriramkumar, Mridangam: K.V.Prasad, Ghatam: Giridhar Udupa

19th Aug 2006 (Saturday)

9:45AM to 12:15PM – Invocation: Composition of Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – Sumana Vedanth; Ganapathi in Music – M.S. Sheela; Pada & Javali – Dr. Nagamani Srinath; Concluding Remarks – Mysore V. Subramanya

6:00PM – Violin Duet: Mysore Manjunath & Mysore Nagaraj, Mridangam: Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Morsing: Vyasa Vittala

20th Aug 2006 (Sunday)

10:00AM – Conferment of the title “Sangeetha Kalaratna” to Conference President Mysore V. Subramanya

6:00PM – Bharatnatyam: Sridhar & Anuradha (Compositions of Karnataka Composers)

The season ticket for the complete conference is Rs. 150 for non-members and Rs. 120 for members. Alternatively, once can buy tickets for the individual concerts for Rs. 30.

All concerts are from 6PM to 9PM.

Concerts in Bangalore today

1) Carnatic Vocal by Sri O.S. Thyagarajan at Bangalore Gayana Samaja, KR Road at 5PM

2) Chitraveena recital by Sri N. Ravikiran at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Opp Ulsoor Lake at 6PM

3) Workshop on rare kritis on Lord Narasimha by Dr. T.S.Sathyavati at Vani Vidya Kendra, 1st N Block, Rajajinagar at 6PM. 

Upcoming concerts in Bangalore organized by Advaita

The following are the upcoming concerts in Bangalore organized by Advaita:

14th Aug 2006 (Monday)

6:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Sudha Ragunathan at RV Dental College Auditorium, JP Nagar, Phase 1, Bangalore (Ticket: Rs. 100 available at venue)

15th Aug 2006 (Tuesday)

6:30PM – Special Independence Day music program – Violin by Sri Kunnakudi R. Vaidyanathan at RV Dental College Auditorium, JP Nagar, Phase 1, Bangalore (Ticket: Rs. 150 & Rs. 250 available at venue)

8th Sep 2006 (Saturday)

6:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Sri T.M.Krishna at Mangala Mantapa, NMKRV Women’s College , 22nd Cross, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore (Ticket: Rs. 100)

The venue, timings and the price of tickets for the following concerts have not been announced yet. The time should most probably be 6:30PM. The dates of the concerts might be subject to change considering that Advaita has already changed the dates of a few concerts from what they announced previously.

29th Sep 2006 – Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Nityashree Mahadevan

30th Sep 2006 – Hindustani Vocal by Gundecha Brothers

1st Oct 2006 – Carnatic Vocal by Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan

2nd Oct 2006 – Hindustani Vocal by Smt. Shubha Mudgal

13th Oct 2006 – Rare ragas & Compositions – Part 2 by Sri R.K.Srikantan

11th Nov 2006 – Musical Nite by Sri S.P. Balasubramaniam (SPB) and Sri Gurukiran

15th Dec 2006 – Carnatic Mandolin by Sri U.Srinivas with Sri Zakhir Hussain on the tabla

1st Jan 2007 - Hindustani Vocal by Pt. Jasraj & Smt. Durga Jasraj

10th Feb 2007 – Santoor by Sri Shiv Kumar Sharma

18th Feb 2007 – Rare ragas & Compositions – Part 3 by Sri R.K.Srikantan

The Gokulashtami concerts series at the Odakathur Mutt starts from today. You can refer to the detailed schedule under the Category “Music Events” on the right side of this page/blog.

Worldspace Satellite Radio

I got my Worldspace Satellite Radio subscription activated yesterday. For more details on what Worldspace is and what it offers, please visit the website www.worldspace.in . The primary motivation behind getting it was a 24×7 music channel dedicated to Carnatic music called Shruti, a 24×7 Hindustani classical music channel called Gandharv and no channel dedicated to Himesh Reshammiya. Going by the programs that were broadcast yesterday, I should say that I am happy with the subscription. I just hope they don’t start repeating the programs too often.

Apart from these two channels, there are 38 more including the ones on old bollywood numbers, latest bollywood hits, punjabi songs and tam movie songs. Refer to the Worldspace website for more details.

FYI … Advaita is organizing a thematic concert on rare ragas and kritis by veteran Carnatic music Vidwan Sri R.K.Srikantan today in R.V.Dental College Auditorium, 1st Phase, J.P.Nagar, Bangalore. The concert is expected to be from 6:30PM to 9:30PM. Tickets can be bought at the venue. Tickets were priced at Rs 40/head, the last time I attended a concert organized by the same people.

Gokulashtami concerts in Bangalore

Details of the Gokulashtami concert series at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Near Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore are as follows:

29th July 2006 (Saturday)
6.00 pm: Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) - A. Kanyakumari (Violin) – Haridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Thavil) – Sukanya Ramagopal (Ghatam)

30th July 2006 (Sunday)
6.00 pm: U.Shrinivas (Mandolin) - S.D. Sridharan (Violin) – Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam) – S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

31st July 2006 (Monday)
6.00 pm: TM Krishna (Vocal) - H.K.Venkatram (Violin) – K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam) – M.A.Krishnamurthy (Ghatam)

1st Aug 2006 (Tuesday)
6.00 pm: Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet) - Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam) – B.S.Purushottam (Khanjira)

2nd Aug 2006 (Wednesday)
6.00 pm: Priya Sisters - Shanmugapriya & Haripriya (Vocal) - M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin) – Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam (Mridangam) – Sukanya Ramagopal (Ghatam)

3rd August 2006 (Thursday)
6.00 pm: Malladi Brothers – Sriram Prasad & Sri Ravikumar (Vocal) - Mysore M Manjunath (Violin) – Srimushnam V Raja Rao (Mridangam) – B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Khanjira)

4th Aug 2006 (Friday)
6.00 pm: Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena) - Arjun Kumar (Mridangam) – S Karthick (Ghatam)

5th Aug 2006 (Saturday)
6.00 pm: Nithyasri Mahadevan (Vocal) - Akkarai S Subhalakshmi (Violin) – P Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – G Guruprasanna (Khanjira)

6th Aug 2006 (Sunday)
10.30 am: Lecture Demonstration on Approach & techniques of improvisation by N.Ravikiran & Sriram Parasuram (Vocal)
6.00 pm: N Ravikiran (Chitravina) - Sriram Parasuram (Violin?) – K V Prasad (Mridangam) – Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

7th Aug 2006 (Monday)
6.00 pm: Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal) - Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) – Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam) – T.V. Vasan (Ghatam)

8th Aug 2006 (Tuesday)
6.00 pm: Dr. Sreevalsan J Menon (Vocal) - S.Varadarajan (Violin) – Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) – Guruprasanna (Khanjira)

9th Aug 2006 (Wednesday)
6.00 pm: Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal) - B.U.Ganesh Prasad (Violin) – V. Kamalakara Rao (Mridangam) – N Amrith (Khanjira)

10th Aug 2006 (Thursday)
6.00 pm: OS Thyagarajan (Vocal) - Mysore M. Nagaraj (Violin) – Karaikudi R. Mani (Mridangam) – V. Suresh (Ghatam)

11th Aug 2006 (Friday)
6.00 pm: Madurai TN Seshagopalan (Vocal) - M Chandrasekaran (Violin) – Umayalapuram K Sivaraman (Mridangam) – B. Sundar Kumar (Khanjira)

12th Aug 2006 (Saturday)
6.00 pm: Pithukuli Murugadas & Party (Vocal)

13th Aug 2006 (Sunday)
6.00 pm: Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal) - H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Poongulam Subramanyam (Mridangam) – R Raman (Morsing)

These concerts are organized by Sri Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust.

Concerts in Bangalore today

Carnatic music concerts in Bangalore today:

1) 5:30PM – Venu, Veena, Violin ensemble directed by H.S.Sudheendra at Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase Jayanagar

2) 6:00PM – Haridasa Sambhrama, Vocal Recital by Sri R.K.Srikantan at RP Ravishankar Auditorium, Sori Vasavi Temple Road, 8th Cross, Malleswaram

3) 6:30PM – Veena concert by MR Shashikanth at Ananya Sabhagana, 92/2, 4th Main, Malleswaram

Bangalore Gayana Samaja concerts

Bangalore Gayana Samaja is organizing its 38th music conference from the 13th to the 20th of August 2006. The concerts scheduled for this period are as follows:

13th Aug 2006
Saxaphone: Kadri Gopalnath
Violin: A. Kanyakumari
Mridangam: V.Praveen
Ghatam: Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan
Khanjira: A.S.N.Swamy
Morsing: B.Rajasekar

14th Aug 2006
Carnatic Vocal: Bombay Jayashri Ramnath
Violin: Mysore Srikanth
Mridangam: Satish Kumar
Khanjira: Rajagopalan

15th Aug 2006
Carnatic Vocal: Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan (my all time favorite)
Violin: H.K.Venkatram
Mridangam: Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman
Khanjira: N.Amruth

16th Aug 2006
Veena-violin jugalbandi: Jayanthi & Kumaresh
Mridangam: Arjun Kumar
Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal

17th Aug 2006
Carnatic Vocal: R.K.Padmanabha
Violin: Mysore Manjunath
Mridangam: C. Cheluvaraju
Ghatam: G.S.Ramanujan

18th Aug 2006
Carnatic Vocal: T.M.Krishna (one of my favorite vocalists of the present generation)
Violin: R.K.Sriramkumar
Mridangam: K.V.Prasad
Ghatam: Giridhar Udupa

19th Aug 2006
Violin Duet: Mysore Manjunath & Mysore Nagaraj
Mridangam: Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
Morsing: Vyasa Vittala

20th Aug 2006
Bharatnatyam: Sridhara & Anuradha

The season ticket for the complete conference is Rs. 150 for non-members and Rs. 120 for members. Alternatively, once can buy tickets for the individual concerts for Rs. 30.

All concerts are from 6PM to 9PM.

Most of the concerts are by artistes who are very well known in the field. The accompanists are also class artists themselves. For example, some of the best senior mridangists are playing in this music conference (Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman, Palghat Raghu, Srimushnam Raja Rao). Eagerly looking forward to these concerts.

Apart from these concerts, there are also expert sessions from 9:45AM to 12:15PM. The schedule for the same is as follows:

Conference President: Mysore V Subramanya

14th Aug 2006: Inauguration; Key note address by Dr. V.V.Srivatsa; Lecture Demonstration by Bombay Jayashri

15th Aug 2006: Muthiah Bhagavathar – T.N.Seshagopalan & Face-to-face with Umayalapuram Sivaraman (Q&A)
16th Aug 2006: Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar; Mysore Sadashivarao – Dr. R.K.Srikantan & demo by M.S. Sheela, T.S.Satyavati & R.A.Ramamani

17th Aug 2006: Mysore Vasudevacharya – S. Rajaram; Music in Dance – Maya Rao & demo by artists of Institute of Kathak and Coreography

18th Aug 2006: Veena Seshanna – Mysore V. Subramanya & demo by Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan; Lakshya & lakshana in Carnatic music – T.M.Krishna

19th Aug 2006: Ganapathi in music – M.S.Sheela; Padam & Javali – Mysore Nagamani Srinath; Concluding remarks by President; Resolutions

Concerts this weekend in Bangalore

Carnatic music concerts scheduled for this weekend in Bangalore are as follows:

15th July 2006 – Saturday

1) 6PM: Carnatic Veena Recital by Nirmala Rajasekar @ Ananya Sabhangana,92/2 ,4th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003

16th July 2006 – Sunday

1) 5:00 PM – Carnatic Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K.R. Road. Accompanying artistes are Charulata Ramanujam (Violin) and H.S. Sudheendra (Mridangam)

2) 5:30PM – Lecture Demonstration on Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini by T.M.Krishna (one of my favorite singers) at Ananya Sangraha, 94/1, 16th ‘A’ Cross, West Park Road, Malleswaram

3) 4:15PM – Carnatic Vocal by Nagamani Srinath @ Indian Heritage Academy Hall, 6th Block, near Police Station, Koramangala

4) 4:15PM – Carnatic Violin duet by Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Viji Krishnan @ Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs Hall, 11th Cross, East Park Road, Malleswaram

There are so many good concerts happening at the same time on Sunday …… really confusing as to what to attend. Its a pity that there have been no such concerts throughout the week and then all of them have to clash on Sunday.