Musical streams meet - 26th March 2011- Carnatic and Hindustani

One of the reasons Indian classical music is often described as rich is because it has two distinctive systems of art music.

The Carnatic and Hindustani musical styles have evolved over several centuries and for all its diversity, they have a lot in common.

The Iyer Foundation will host a concert in memory of the tabla wizard Kishen Maharaj on March 26 at Ravindra Natya Mandir at which leading instrumentalists will present a fusion of these art forms.

Both the systems have common elements like raga or taal which embody the melodic structure and the rhythmic structure respectively. "Where they differ is in the treatment.

There is a lot of common ground, which could be explored,' says Ganeshkumar, of the Fine Arts Society of Chembur.

The body has hosted many programmes in which Hindustani and Carnatic musicians have interacted.

"This is a programme dedicated to a great tabla exponent. Therefore, we have decided to have two percussions. The tabla as well as the mridangam," says Balakrishna Iyer, a leading tabla player and a pupil of Kishen Maharaj. The mridangam will be played by Vivek Rajagopalan.

Violinist Ravi Anathraman, well-known in the Carnatic world and Hindustani sitar player Ravindra Chary will team up and present the most played raga Yaman. "The raga Kalyani in Carnatic music and the raga Yaman in Hindustani music have the same melodic character.

They have a similar appeal and a yearning quality," says Ravi Anathraman, who has been a part of the Samantar concerts sung by Aruna Sayeeram and Neela Bhagwat.

Ravindra Chary is not newbie to fusion. He has participated in many concerts with musicians across the world. With a unique ability to match his music with other musicians, the sitarist will do the same at this concert. "We will engage ourselves in cross percussions in the sense that I will play with the mridangam and Ravi Anathraman will play with the tabla which promises to be interesting," says Chary.

The programme will also feature veteran Gwalior gharana vocalist Sharad Sathe who will present khyals and tappa in his own inimitable style. "These two systems are like two streams of the same river.

They originated from the same source and meandered in their own different ways. At some points they come together and again go ahead in their own chosen direction," says mridangam maestro Shankar Narayan.

The programme will be held at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Dadar on Mar 26 at 8 pm. Entry is free. Call 28977564 for details

Source : Mumbai Mirror :

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/135/20110319201103190255403409c8b78da/Musical-streams-meet.html

Carnatic concerts in Mumbai during March 2011

11/3/11 and 12/3/11 - At Nehru Centre , Worli - Dhakshinayanan - An annual programme being organised by ' Banyan ' and the following will be performing :

Ganesh Kumaresh - Violin duet

Prasanna - Guitar

Bombay Jayashri - Vocal

T.V.Shankaranarayanan - Vocal

13/3/2011- Vocal-T.M.Krishna accompanied by Violin-R.K.Sriramkumar and Mridangam - Arunprakash . Organised by BRR SABHA,ANUSHAKTINAGAR. Programme starts at 6 pm

Sat Mar 19 6:30pm – 8:30pm Vocal-Amrutha Venkatesh - Chembur Fine Arts

Sun Mar 20 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Shruthi Subramaniam - Shanmukhananda - Jasubhai Convention Hall

Sun Mar 20 6pm – 8:30pm Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal - Gana Kala Vidya Nilayam - Triveni Coop Society Shastri Nagar, Goregaon West

Sun Mar 20 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Chetna Acharya - Karnataka Sangh

Sun Mar 27 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Ms. Aishwarya Shankar - Shanmukhananda - Jasubhai Convention Hall

Sun Mar 27 6pm - Vocal Smt. Jayanthi Rangarajan
Violin TT srinivasan
Mridangam V B Krishnamoorthy
at Rasika Ranjani Sabha premises, Ghatkopar

Thyagaraja aradhana by Ganakala Vidyanilayam-Ram Mandir- Bangur Nagar-20.2.2011- Videos

Thyagaraja aradhana by Ganakala Vidya Nilayam at Ram Mandir - Bangur Nagar - 20.2.2011

Thyagaraja aradhana at Borivli Astika Samaj - 13.2.2011

Veteran Vocalist Shri P.N.Padmanabhan along with his disciples performed Aradhana of Satguru Thyagaraja Swamigal on 13th February 2011 . This was organised by Borivli Astika Samaj . Aradhana is one of the regular events this Samaj conducts religiously every year and Shri Padmanabhan has been their main anchor all these years. Starting with Shri Ganapadhini kriti , after some couple of kritis , the group sang the Pancharatna kritis followed by some more kritis of Satguru. The accompaniments , Shri Krishnan on the Mridangam , Shri Sujesh Menon on the Mridangam and Shri Satish Seshadri on the Violin gave a very good support .The day also witnessed a sizeable gathering of music lovers from Borivli . Prasadham was distributed to the 125 odd . Borivli Astika Samaj deserves appreciation for its long and sustained efforts to promote cultural activities and religious events in Borivli . There is also a detailed agenda for the ShriRamanavami falling due in April 2011 wherein the kritis of Shri Muthuswamy Dikshithar will be sung.

Thyagaraja aradhana at Powai Fine Arts - 29.1.11

Powai Fine Arts have successfully completed their first year. The ardhana conducted on 29th Jan was a grand success which saw a very impressive presence of around 350 people. Hats off to the core team for having put in efforts to reach this level. Good to see children too joining the aradhana in large numbers which augurs well for the future.

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Carnatic concerts in Mumbai during February 2011

Sun Feb 6 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - V.Shankarnarayanan - Chembur Fine Arts

Sun Feb 13 9 am onwards - Thyagaraja aradhana - Borivli Astika Samaj

Sun Feb 13 6pm onwards - Thyagaraja aradhana - Kandivli Fine Arts - Thakur Complex

Fri Feb 18 7pm onwards- Vocal - Sowmya - Chembur Fine Arts

Sat Feb 19 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - T.M.Krishna - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Sat Feb 19 6.30pm onwards- Vocal - Sudha Raghunathan - Chembur Fine Arts

Sun Feb 20 Thyagaraja aradhana - Vashi Fine Arts - Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple, Sector 29, Vashi.

Sun Feb 20 8 am onwards - Thyagaraja aradhana - Ram Mandir - Bangur Nagar - Co-hosted by Ganakala Vidya nilayam and Sri Ramakrishna Bhajan Samaj

Sun Feb 20 6pm – 8:30pm Vijay Shiva - Vocal - Gana Kala Vidya Nilayam - Triveni Coop Society Shastri Nagar, Goregaon West
6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Aruna Sairam - Chembur Fine Arts

Sat Feb 26 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Ms.Bharathi Ramasubban - Shanmukhananda - Jasubhai Convention Hall

Sun Feb 27 6pm – 8:30pm Vocal - Ms. Kritika Anand - Shanmukhananda - Jasubhai Convention Hall