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.