Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Brinda Manickavasagan-Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha-25.12.10- Vinayaga Vignanasaka
Ms.Brinda Manickavasagan, accompanied by Shri S.V.Sudharshan on the Violin and Shri Nellai SriKrishnan on the Mridangam presented a beautiful concert at Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha on 25th December 2010. Brinda was given the 12.30 pm to 2 pm slot. The effortless ease which she sang the alapanas and the kritis showed her talent and definitely she is an emerging talent and have a bright future. Pity that a vast majority of the crowd were busy chasing for seats to have lunch instead of chasing for the musical chair . Brinda was unruffled by the attitude and went on cheerfully to showcase her skills. The Violinist Sudharshan gave a brilliant support both during the alapanas and swarams. Srikrishnan excelled during the thaniavarthanam.
Brinda signed off with Vangakadal kadaindha Madhavanai Kesavanai.
Amritha Murali - Kapali Fine Arts - 25.12.10- kandu dhanyanaadeno
Ms.Amritha Murali performed a vocal concert at Srinivasa Shastri Hall, Mylapore on 25th December 2010, organised by Kapali Fine Arts. A superb performance. Leading vocalist Shri Vijay Shiva was present .
Here is the melodious Behag kriti written by Shri Kamalesha Vittala
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Parthasarathy Swami Sabha - 25.12.10- Irakkam varaamal ponadhenna En Swami
Sung in the melodious raga Behag
A beautiful virutham of Shri Manikka Vasagar preceded this :
Paal ninaindhuttum thaayinum saalaparindhu nee
paaviyenudaiya Uninai urukki ulloli perukki uvappilaa Anandamaaya theninai chorindu
puram puram tirindha selvamey.. Sivaperumaney uAnunait todarndhu chikkena piditthen
enkezhundu aruLuvadu iniye
Sriranjani started the virutham with Kamboji ...swiftly moved to Shanmugapriya and ended with Behag...
Shri Gopalakrishna Barathi's immortal song ....Irakkam varaamal .......in praise of Lord Shiva
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Parthasarathy Swami Sabha - 25.12.10- Nidhi Chala Sukhama
A brilliant presentation on the famous kriti of Sadguru Thyagaraja Swamigal.
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan- Parthasarathy Swami Sabha - 25.12.10- Ramanukku Mannan- Hindolam
A nice virutham written by Kavi chakravarthy Kamban preceded this kriti.
Nanmayum Selvamum Naalum Nallkumey
Thinmayum Paavamum Sidhaindhu Thaeyumey
Jenmamum Maranamum Indri Theerumey
Inmayey Rama Endra Irandu Ezhuthinaal
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - 25.12.10- Parthasarathy Swami Sabha- Varnam -Eeraa napai yinta cauka
A beautiful Thodi varnam composed by Shri Patnam Subramania Iyer
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan ( SSG ) daughter of Shri NSG presented a 2 hour concert accompanied by :
Kumari Akkarai Swarnalatha – Violin
Shri H.N.Sudheendra – Mridangam
Shri Venkataramanan – Kanjira
SSG was given the 2-4 pm slot . The audience, fresh from a sumptuous lunch were treated to some sweet music .
A typical NSGish like beginning with a virutham on Lord Ganesha …Avyaaja Karuna Murthim .. and the Patnam Subramania Iyer Varnam Ee Raana pai was the starter ….
Muthaiah Bhagavathar’s Ganapathe Suguna nidhe on Janaranjani was the next
The third kriti…. Naa mana vini vinavaiyya Nagaraja Sayana…… Lyricist ( Garbhapurivasar ) A 7 minute alapana preceded the kriti ….. Neraval at Kamaneeya mridubaasha….
The next was a beautiful virutham of Kavichakravarthy Kambar …..Nanmayum Selvamum Naalum Nalgumey ..thinmayum Paabamum Sidhaindhu Theyumey… in Hindolam and swiftly moved to Ramanukku mannan mudi ( Shri Arunachala Kavi’s famous song ).
The kriti of the afternoon was Nidhi Chala Sukhama…. A nice 10 minute alapana for which Swarnalatha responded with delicate 8 minute violin play.. the 14 minute Kriti was sung at slow speed ..the neraval and swarams lasted around 10 minutes… Neraval was at Mamata bandhana… Sudheendra presented a good thani for 9 minutes…. However, I felt that Venkatramanan’s could have contributed more….even during the neraval and swarams, it was Sudheendra who had to step in and take control ……
A bhakti bhavam oriented virutham was sung on Shri Manikka Vasagar …. Paal ninaindhootum ..thaayinum saalaparindhu… SSG took off with Kamboji … to Shanmugapriya and finally to Behag and sung Irakkam varaamal ponadhenna en swami ( Gopalakrishna Barathi’s ).. I would say the second best song of the day was this one. SSG appeared deeply involved with the song. It seems Behag dominates most of the concerts at the post main or thukkada section..
The concert ended with Krishna Naama rasana…
Swarnalatha gave a good accompaniment especially during main kriti and Behag…..
Nice to hear many viruthams …….Wish someone presents more on Kambar’s works………
Sriranjani strengths are clear diction, smooth voice and swaras ………
A worthy daughter ......NSG should feel proud ..... SSG along with Gokul will be the torchbearers of NSG traditio
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Kathak by Sharada Sangeet Vidyalala - 11th December 2010
Kathak by Sharada Sangeet Vidyalala - Students of Manasi Deshpande
Odissi by Kaishiki Nrityabhasa- 11th December 2010
Odissi by Kaishiki Nrityabhasa (students of Daksha Mashruwalla)
Geetham Madhuram ! A beautiful kriti written in praise of Lord Krishna.
Bharatanatyam by Shiladhish Art and Research Institute- 11th December 2010
Bharatanatyam by Shiladhish Art and Research Institute - Students of Prakrithi Bhaskar
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Carnatic music concerts in Mumbai during December 2010
4th Dec - 6pm Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal - At Shanmukananda
5th Dec-6pm Mansi Prasad- Vocal- At Shanmukananda
19th Dec-6pm-Lakshmi Rajagopalan - Vocal - At Bhandup Fine Arts
19th Dec-6 pm - Salem Gayathri - Vocal- Organised by Gana Kala, at Triveni Cooperative Society , Shastri Nagar , Bangur Nagar, Goregaon West
5th Dec-6pm Mansi Prasad- Vocal- At Shanmukananda
19th Dec-6pm-Lakshmi Rajagopalan - Vocal - At Bhandup Fine Arts
19th Dec-6 pm - Salem Gayathri - Vocal- Organised by Gana Kala, at Triveni Cooperative Society , Shastri Nagar , Bangur Nagar, Goregaon West
Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Gokul Chandramouli-Smrithi Sundarrajan-Rohit Prasad-Sujesh Menon at Ayyappan Mandir, Bangur Nagar- 14.11.10-Mohana Rama
A terrific team work by Gokul Chandramouli , accompanied by Smrithi Sundarrajan on the Violin , Rohit Prasad on the Mridangam and Sujesh Menon on the Kanjira.
Mohana Rama kriti was followed by neraval at DHARAMANU and then Swaras at the end. After that, Thani avarthanam by Rohit and Sujesh. An outstanding performance.
Gokul Chandramouli-Smrithi Sundarrajan-Rohit Prasad-Sujesh Menon at Ayyappan Mandir-Bangur Nagar-14.11.10-Chandrachooda Shiva Shankara
A brilliant rendition by Gokul on Dharbari kanada raga. Soaked with bhakti .
Gokul Chandramouli-Smrithi Sundarrajan-Rohit Prasad-Sujesh Menon at Ayyappan Mandir-Bangur Nagar-14.11.10-Chinnanjiru Kiliye
Gokul obliged to our request to sing a Mahakavi Bharathi song and he immediately responded .
Gokul Chandramouli-Smrithi Sundarrajan-Rohit Prasad-Sujesh Menon at Ayyappan Mandir-Bangur Nagar-14.11.10- Ragam Thanam Pallavi-Keeravani raga
The Pallavi was sung on Saarasa Dhalanayana Hare Krishna
Monday, November 15, 2010
Gokul Chandramouli-Smrithi Sundarrajan-Rohit Prasad-Sujesh Menon at Ayyappan Mandir-Bangur Nagar-14.11.10- Thyagaraja Yoga Vaibhavam
Gokul in full flow here .
A beautiful kriti set to AnandaBhairavi ragam !
Look how the pallavi had been created !!
ThyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam sadAshivam
ThyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam sadAshrayAmi
ThyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam
agarAja yOga vaibhavam
rAja yOga vaibhavam
yOga vaibhavam
vaibhavam
bhavam
vam
FOR A GOOD QUALITY VIDEO HERE :
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
With Shri Padmanabhan -Senior Vocalist-Mumbai-9th Nov 10
I had the great fortune of listening to Shri Padmanabhan's voice. A perfectionist to the core who expects shastriya sangeetham to be sung with the requisite discipline and dedication , Shri Padmanabhan has done yeoman service to the development of carnatic music in Mumbai. A great follower of Shri Semmangudi and Shri Nedunuri . Always quotes the best ones of Shri Thyagaraja Swamigal. Here are some of the random thoughts he shared with me . Amazing that despite being 78 years old, the urge to perform, excel is still intact !
Friday, November 5, 2010
Poem on Smt Sudha Raghunathan - Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam-24.10.10
Ms.Prasanna Venkatesh, a rasika,rendered a poem on Padmashri Sudha Raghunathan and presented the same on behalf of Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangamat Vashi on 24th Oct 2010 on her being felicitated with the title of "Sageetha Kokila" by Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Smt Sudha Raghunathan conferred Sangeetha Kokila award by Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam on 24th October 2010
Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam , Vashi , honoured Smt Sudha Raghunathan on 24th October 2010 by conferring her a title SANGEETHA KOKILA . This was followed by a concert by Sudhaji . Annexing some images of the legendary vocalist- PHOTOS >>> SPECIAL THANKS TO SHRI MUMBAI HARIHARAN JI
An article featured in Mumbai Mirror dt 30.10.10 :
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=CITY%20-%20Briefs§id=35&contentid=2010103120101101161039572bcfcb501
Carnatic music exponent regales city
Vashi: Navi Mumbaikars listened with rapt attention to the rendition of Carnatic music by Padmashri awardee Sudha Raghunathan at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium in Vashi recently. Internationally known for propagating and promoting Carnatic classical form originating from South, Raghunathan got an appreciative audience who maintained pin-drop silence all through the concert, organised by Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam (NMTS), in collaboration with Micro Technologies.
It was an annual feature of NMTS, a socio-cultural wing of Tamilians in the city that works for promotion of the centuries-old Indian tradition by arranging cultural activities with pure Indian style. Raghunathan started off the much-awaited concert with alaap and moved on to other raagas and collections from Sant Tyagaraj among others. Her unique rendition in Carnatic format, with well synchronised beats of accompanying instruments like violin, mridangam and morsing, was well appreciated.
The solo instrumental session was the highlight of the show where each instrumentalist had his own groove. A huge round of applause greeting awaited them after they were through with performing their segments. A standing ovation in the end for Raghunathan and her troupe including B V Raghavendrarao on violin, Skanda Subramanian on mridangam, and R Raman.
Talking to TNM after the show, Sudha reveals, "The response has been tremendous. Navi Mumbaikars showed that they love Carnatic music. TV channels are also promoting classical music with their 24x7 telecast and this is a good sign for Indian classical music."
Sudha, a disciple of the late M L Vasanthakumari, is a renowned Carnatic music practitioner and has enthralled aficionados across the world for years. She started off her training at the age of nine under the tutelage of her mother Choodamani and switched over to train under Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Dr M L Vasanthakumari in 1977.
She was on India government's scholarship stint given to young artiste for training. "I chanced upon to render vocal support to my guru for over a decade, a memorable regime of my life. I got the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu government in 1993 and went on to receive a Padmashri in 2004.
My hard work and dedication to Carnatic have been recognised on time. I had the rare honour of singing Vande Mataram in the Parliament in 2000 to mark the completion of 50 years of Indian Republic," said soft spoken and ever-smiling Sudha.
"This is one of our cultural activities in the series throughout the year to preserve and promote our rich culture and tradition through this classical musical form,” she says. “We conduct language classes for free in Marathi and Tamil at our centre," said N Mahadevan, president of Tamil Sangam.
Another article in Daily News Agency dated 26th October2010 :
Sudha Raghunathan mesmerises city audience
DNA : Daily News & Analysis; Mumbai, Oct 26, 2010
The Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam (NMTS) conferred the title of Sangeetha Kokila on Padmashri Kalai Mamani Sangeetha Saraswati Sudha Raghunathan during a programme held at Vashi's Vishnudas Bhave auditorium on Sunday. The title was given at the hands of Dr P Sekhar, CMD, Micro Technologies.
NMTS, in association with Micro Technologies, hosted a Carnatic musical concert by Raghunathan on the occasion. The vocalist was accompanied by BV Ragavendrarao (violin), S Skanda Subramanian (Mridangam) and R Raman (morsing).
Raghunathan rendered more than 10 ragas. She started with Hamsa Dhwani Varnam and the song was Jalajakshi. The main song during the programme was Jagdishwari Krippai Puri (Raga Mohanam), Mahalakshmi Raghunath of NMTS said.
A Tamil poem written on Sudha Raghnathan, a disciple of late ML Vasantha Kumari, by Prasanna Venkatesh was read on the occasion. Raghunathan rendered Raga Karaharapriya, Kannada Bangala Ragam, Kamas Ragam, Bandu Varali Ragam, among others.
The most prominent part is that the entry to the public was completely free of cost. NMTS President N Mahadevan said, "It is very nice of Sudha Raghunathan who is one of the biggest stars in Carnatic music and internationally renowned to come to Navi Mumbai especially for this music concert. The programme was conducted only through corporate sponsorships, thanks to which music afficianados in the city could witness the performance."
Raghunathan has the exceptional honour of being the first Indian and the only Asian to have performed at the international festival - Echternach in Luxembourg. Sudha inherited an interest in music from her mother Choodamani, who gave her formal training right from the age of nine. She also had the unique honour of rendering Vande Mataram at the Parliament House in the year 2000. "It's a honour to have hosted Ms Raghunathan," said Dr. Sekhar of Micro Technologies.
The honours
* Raghunathan rendered Raga Karaharapriya, Kannada Bangala Ragam, Kamas Ragam, among others during the function in city
* The ace Carnatic vocalist is the first Indian and the only Asian to have performed at the international festival - Echternach in Luxemburg. Raghunathan inherited interest in music from her mother Choodamani. She was also trained by late ML Vasantha Kumari
* She has the honour of rendering Vande Mataram in the Parliament House in the year 2000
PHOTOS : SPECIAL THANKS TO SHRI MUMBAI HARIHARN JI
An article featured in Mumbai Mirror dt 30.10.10 :
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=CITY%20-%20Briefs§id=35&contentid=2010103120101101161039572bcfcb501
Carnatic music exponent regales city
Vashi: Navi Mumbaikars listened with rapt attention to the rendition of Carnatic music by Padmashri awardee Sudha Raghunathan at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium in Vashi recently. Internationally known for propagating and promoting Carnatic classical form originating from South, Raghunathan got an appreciative audience who maintained pin-drop silence all through the concert, organised by Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam (NMTS), in collaboration with Micro Technologies.
It was an annual feature of NMTS, a socio-cultural wing of Tamilians in the city that works for promotion of the centuries-old Indian tradition by arranging cultural activities with pure Indian style. Raghunathan started off the much-awaited concert with alaap and moved on to other raagas and collections from Sant Tyagaraj among others. Her unique rendition in Carnatic format, with well synchronised beats of accompanying instruments like violin, mridangam and morsing, was well appreciated.
The solo instrumental session was the highlight of the show where each instrumentalist had his own groove. A huge round of applause greeting awaited them after they were through with performing their segments. A standing ovation in the end for Raghunathan and her troupe including B V Raghavendrarao on violin, Skanda Subramanian on mridangam, and R Raman.
Talking to TNM after the show, Sudha reveals, "The response has been tremendous. Navi Mumbaikars showed that they love Carnatic music. TV channels are also promoting classical music with their 24x7 telecast and this is a good sign for Indian classical music."
Sudha, a disciple of the late M L Vasanthakumari, is a renowned Carnatic music practitioner and has enthralled aficionados across the world for years. She started off her training at the age of nine under the tutelage of her mother Choodamani and switched over to train under Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Dr M L Vasanthakumari in 1977.
She was on India government's scholarship stint given to young artiste for training. "I chanced upon to render vocal support to my guru for over a decade, a memorable regime of my life. I got the Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu government in 1993 and went on to receive a Padmashri in 2004.
My hard work and dedication to Carnatic have been recognised on time. I had the rare honour of singing Vande Mataram in the Parliament in 2000 to mark the completion of 50 years of Indian Republic," said soft spoken and ever-smiling Sudha.
"This is one of our cultural activities in the series throughout the year to preserve and promote our rich culture and tradition through this classical musical form,” she says. “We conduct language classes for free in Marathi and Tamil at our centre," said N Mahadevan, president of Tamil Sangam.
Another article in Daily News Agency dated 26th October2010 :
Sudha Raghunathan mesmerises city audience
DNA : Daily News & Analysis; Mumbai, Oct 26, 2010
The Navi Mumbai Tamil Sangam (NMTS) conferred the title of Sangeetha Kokila on Padmashri Kalai Mamani Sangeetha Saraswati Sudha Raghunathan during a programme held at Vashi's Vishnudas Bhave auditorium on Sunday. The title was given at the hands of Dr P Sekhar, CMD, Micro Technologies.
NMTS, in association with Micro Technologies, hosted a Carnatic musical concert by Raghunathan on the occasion. The vocalist was accompanied by BV Ragavendrarao (violin), S Skanda Subramanian (Mridangam) and R Raman (morsing).
Raghunathan rendered more than 10 ragas. She started with Hamsa Dhwani Varnam and the song was Jalajakshi. The main song during the programme was Jagdishwari Krippai Puri (Raga Mohanam), Mahalakshmi Raghunath of NMTS said.
A Tamil poem written on Sudha Raghnathan, a disciple of late ML Vasantha Kumari, by Prasanna Venkatesh was read on the occasion. Raghunathan rendered Raga Karaharapriya, Kannada Bangala Ragam, Kamas Ragam, Bandu Varali Ragam, among others.
The most prominent part is that the entry to the public was completely free of cost. NMTS President N Mahadevan said, "It is very nice of Sudha Raghunathan who is one of the biggest stars in Carnatic music and internationally renowned to come to Navi Mumbai especially for this music concert. The programme was conducted only through corporate sponsorships, thanks to which music afficianados in the city could witness the performance."
Raghunathan has the exceptional honour of being the first Indian and the only Asian to have performed at the international festival - Echternach in Luxembourg. Sudha inherited an interest in music from her mother Choodamani, who gave her formal training right from the age of nine. She also had the unique honour of rendering Vande Mataram at the Parliament House in the year 2000. "It's a honour to have hosted Ms Raghunathan," said Dr. Sekhar of Micro Technologies.
The honours
* Raghunathan rendered Raga Karaharapriya, Kannada Bangala Ragam, Kamas Ragam, among others during the function in city
* The ace Carnatic vocalist is the first Indian and the only Asian to have performed at the international festival - Echternach in Luxemburg. Raghunathan inherited interest in music from her mother Choodamani. She was also trained by late ML Vasantha Kumari
* She has the honour of rendering Vande Mataram in the Parliament House in the year 2000
PHOTOS : SPECIAL THANKS TO SHRI MUMBAI HARIHARN JI
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Concerts during November 2010
Nov 13 6pm – 8:30pm SVRamachandran - Solo Violin - Bhandup Fine Arts
Nov 13 6pm – 9pm Nityashri Mahadevan - Vocal - Shanmukananda Sabha
Nov 14 6pm - 9pm Gokul Chandramouli - Vocal - Ayyappan Mandir-Bangur Nagar-Western Mumbai rasikas
Nov 15 6pm – 9pm Sriram Parasuram and Anuradha Sriram - Jugalbandi - Shanmukananda Sabha
Nov 16 6pm – 9pm Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal - Shanmukananda Sabha
Nov 20 6pm
Organised by Rasika Ranjani Sabha-Ghatkopar :
Nritya Pratibha Dance Festival.( a festival of young dancers) by
Ms.Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreva
&
Ms. Aishwarya Sridhar.
Ms.Lakshmi is the disciple of Padmashri Smt. Chitra Visweswaran . she had her arangetram on 1st Aug. 1991.
Recipient of CCRT scholarship from the Govt. of India.
Though a qualified Architect she has chosen dance as her passion.
Ms.Aishwarya Sridhar…Disciple of Smt Hemamalini Chari at Nrityangan Thane.
Had her arangetram in 2009. A very upcoming artist having performed in various sabhas and academy.
Nov 21 6pm – 8:30pm Shivakumar Krishnan - Vocal - Vashi Fine Arts
Nov 26 5pm Vignesh Ishwar-Vocal-accompanied by Rohit Prasad on Mridangam and Balakrishnan on Violin
Nov 27 4 pm -At Xavier's college there is an one hour veena concert of Kumari Vidyanandi , a student of Smt Mangalam Muthuswami .
Shri Rohit Prasad accompanies on the Mridangam
The programme is part of the Youth Artists festival organized Xavier’s college Indian Music Group
Nov 27 6pm – 9pm Unnikrishnan - Vocal - Ayyappa Seva samithi - Wadala
Nov 27 4 pm -At Xavier's college there is an one hour veena concert of Kumari Vidyanandi , a student of Smt Mangalam Muthuswami .
Shri Rohit Prasad accompanies on the Mridangam
The programme is part of the Youth Artists festival organized Xavier’s college Indian Music Group
Nov 27 6pm – 9pm Unnikrishnan - Vocal - Ayyappa Seva samithi - Wadala
Nov 27 6.30 pm - G.Ravikiran - Vocal ( a disciple of Shrikantan and T.M.Krishna ) accompanied by Palghat Swaminathan on Violin and Mannarkoil Balaji on Mridangam- Organised by Bhakta Rasika Ranjani Sabha- BARC
Nov 28 6pm to 8 pm- Govind Balakrishnan-Vocal- Accompanied by Smrithi Sundarrajan-Violin and Karthik Srinivasan - Mridangam- BARC
Nov 28 8 pm to 10 pm -Prashant Prasad - Vocal - Accompanied by Anand Vishwanathan on Violin and Rohit Prasad on Mridangam- At BARC
Both the concerts of Govind and Prashant are being organised by Bhakta Rasika Ranjani Sabha , Anushakti Nagar and they are being held as a homage to late Shri P.N.Krishnamurthy on his first death anniversary. Both the vocalists are his disciples
Nov 28th 6 pm - Kumari Krithika Natarajan - Vocal
Krithika is a Disciple of Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman and Dr.(Smt) Manjula Sriram( Retd. Vocal faculty of Music Academy).
Violin by Master V.Vittal Rangan….(Young Talent ..10th Std. Student) Disciple of “Kalaimamani” Kumari A.KanyaKumari .Chennai.
Mridangam by Sri S.Harish Kumar ..Disciple of “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Padmavibushan Umayalapuram Sri K.Sivarman.
The concert is being organised by Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Ghatkopar at their premises at Ghatkopar
Krithika is a Disciple of Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman and Dr.(Smt) Manjula Sriram( Retd. Vocal faculty of Music Academy).
Violin by Master V.Vittal Rangan….(Young Talent ..10th Std. Student) Disciple of “Kalaimamani” Kumari A.KanyaKumari .Chennai.
Mridangam by Sri S.Harish Kumar ..Disciple of “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Padmavibushan Umayalapuram Sri K.Sivarman.
The concert is being organised by Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Ghatkopar at their premises at Ghatkopar
Nov 28 6pm – 8:30pm G.Ravikiran - Vocal - Dombivli Fine Arts
Nov 28 6pm Prashant Prasad - Vocal - Bhakta Rasika Ranjani Sabha- Anushakti Nagar
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Concerts of Padma Ganapathy , Suguna Purushothaman and Suguna Varadachary at Mulund Fine Arts - October 2010
Devotion and dedication were the underlying components of the two music concerts hosted by Mulund Fine Arts Society on October 10 at the Bhakta Sangham Temple Complex Hall, Mulund West.The morning vocal rendition by Padma Ganapati of Thane had a strong devotional flavour. Senior disciple of Chellamani Bhagavathar and Alamelu
Mani, illustrious parents of playback and ghazal singer Hariharan, Padma Ganapati exhibits quality training and adherence to the intricacies of the art form. She also heads a classical music institute at Thane, where many children benefit by the learning. She is a spiritual guru to many devotees and a guiding force for many followers, for whom she is the revered Amma.
The well attended concert had highlights like Meenakshi Memudam in Poorvikalyani and Tyagaraja Kriti in Navarasa Kanada. “What is music without bhakti?” the question raised by many composers was answered.The evening concert was a duet Carnatic Vocal by Suguna Purushottoman and Suguna Varadarchary, both senior singers from Chennai. Extreme thoroughness and melodic refinement marked the entire concert.
“Though we are not regular duet singers, each of us travel to different concert destinations throughout the year performing in different sabhas, we do accept special requests for duet concerts, as we are disciples of the same guru Musiri Subramaniam Iyer,” informs Suguna Purushottaman.
“Both of us share the same methodology and do not change a single sangathi of our teacher. There is an underlying understanding when it comes to singing and though we sit together for only one session or so before the concert we are able to present a well knit concert,” says Suguna Varadachari.
“We both started singing along with Mani Krishnaswami for our guru’s centenary celebrations and later on many sabhas started asking both of us to sing together. In the manodharma sections and raga alapana, we use our originality but in the singing of the composition, we sing exactly as taught by our guru,” adds Purushottaman.
The opening Ragamalika Varnam, composed by Suguna Purushottaman, had ganaragams and dvitiya ganaragams like Nattai in the Pallavi and Gowlai in Anupallavi, Varali in the Mukhtayee Swaram, Sriragam, Reeti Gowlai, Narayana Gowlai, Kedaram and Bowli in the Charanam.
Song on Saradadevi composed by Ramaswamy Sivan followed next.“I very much enjoyed the rare composition Paruvam Parkka Nyayama in Dhanyasi. The emotional rendering was very pleasing to the ear,” says Hemalata Veeramani, principal of the MFAS Music School, senior disciple of Suguna Purushottaman.
The rest of the concert had O Jagadamba in Anandabhairavi by Shyama Sastri, Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Neerajakshi in Hindolam and Devi Jagat Janani in Shankarabaranam chosen to commemorate Navaratri. The end piece composed by Suguna Purushottaman, Mahadeva Manohari had a series of ragas, Devamanohari, Jayamanohari, Saraswatimanohari and Ramamanohari.
Their shared approach combined both substance and style and had a consistently dignified delineation. There was nothing that looked rehearsed but they sang in perfect unison. The concert was a synchronized meeting of two maestros, exhibiting their parampara of pedigree training and consummate command over the classical medium.
The violin by R Madhavan from Mulund had exceptional nicety and comfort and the mridangam support by Rajesh Sreenivasan was impeccable with a short and sweet tani avartanam, adding to a meritorious performance.
“Being Navaratri it is very apt that the sabha hosted concerts of three women and both concerts were well attended with the audience enjoying every bit of the singing,” says Savita Balasubramaniam, herself a senior singer from Mulund.
Review by Bhanu Kumar in Mulund-Powai Plus
A review of Smt Padma Ganapathy's concert by Sujatha Subaraman :
Navratri, is the time when devotional programmes are held at various venues. On Sunday, 10.10.10, Bhakta Sangham in Mulund (W) was the venue for one such devotional cum classical concert. Held under the banner of Mulund Fine Arts, the performing artiste Padma Ganapathy, a senior citizen from Thane, treated the audience to some of her own compositions.
This senior citizen is a well known music teacher cum performer who has composed over 1200 devotional songs. She received her vocal training from Guru Chellamani and subsequently from Alamelu Mani.
For her dedication and devotion to music she has been conferred with many titles like “Mahdurvani”, Brahmanandamayi and Annapuraneshwari.
In 1991, as a tribute to her Guru she started Chellamani Memorial Academy to provide training in carnatic music both vocal and instrumental.Fondly addressed as Amma by her students, she holds weekly sessions wherein she teaches her own compositions to her students.
On Sunday, music lovers got a taste of her magnetic voice while she rendered bhajans along with some classical music.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Smt Sudha Raghunathan to be conferred by Vashi Tamil Sangam on 24th October 10
Smt Sudha Raghunathan will be conferred a title by Vashi Tamil Sangam on 24th October 10 at Tamil sangam hall , behind Vashi Bus Depot . It will be followed by a concert at around 11 am
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