Year: 2006

  • Carnatic music as a career

    The intention of this post is to just summarize the views expressed by a few practising carnatic musicians on taking up carnatic music as a career. Like a Solomon Pappayya pattimanram (debate), there isn’t any conclusion 😉 The following are extracts from interviews. Please read the sources (which can be…

  • TV Gopalakrishnan @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore Date: 11th Nov 2006 Occasion: 42nd Guru Puja day of the late Violin Maestro Dwaram Venkatasamy Naidu Vocal: Prof. T.V. Gopalakrishnan (TVG) Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur P. Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) viribONi (varnam) – bhairavi –…

  • S. Sowmya @ MFAC Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) Hall, Musiri Subramanya Iyer Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 10th Nov2006 Organizer: Mylapore Arts Academy Vocal: Smt. S. Sowmya Violin: Sri Pakkala Ramdas Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Narayanan I entered the hall when shambhO mahAdEvA was being sung. Here is the partial song list: * shambhO…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ MFAC Hall, Mylapore

    Venue: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) Hall, Musiri Subramanya Iyer Road, Mylapore Date: 09 Nov 2006 Organizer: Mylapore Arts Academy Vocal: Sri Sikkil C Gurucharan Violin: Sri Mysore V Srikanth Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri S.V. Ramani List of songs: 1) ninnukOri (varnam) – mOhanam – Adi –…

  • Gayathri Venkatraghavan @ MFAC Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) Hall, Musiri Subramanya Iyer Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 07 Nov 2006 Organizer: Mylapore Arts Academy Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Venkatraghavan Violin: Kum. Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Narayanan Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) – sahAnA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyer…

  • Waah ustad waah !!! Aditya Phatak playing the tabla

    Visited the youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQ-bbJlyBE&mode=related&search= which I received in mail today and what a pleasant surprise it was to see the 2.5 year old child prodigy Aditya Phatak play the tabla. Amazing !!!   Hope he gets regular training and comes out shining. Links to other video clips of Aditya…

  • R. Vedavalli @ Raga Sudha Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore Date: 06 Nov 2006 Organizer: Naada Inbam – AL.AR. Chokkia Chettiar Memorial Concert Vocal: Smt. R. Vedavalli Violin: Sri M.R. Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick List of songs: 1) evari bOdhana (varnam) – AbhOgi – Adi – paTTaNam…

  • Sattur Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore Date: 05 Nov 2006 Organizer: SAFE Vocal: Sattur Sisters – Smt. Bhuvana Rajagopal & Smt. Lalita Santanam Violin: Smt. Neela Jayakumar Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) annamE (varnam) – Arabhi – Adi – tiger varadAchAriAr 2) thudi sei manamE – kIravANi –…

  • TM Krishna @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 04 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar   List of songs: 1) sAmi nI pai (varnam) – Anandabhairavi…

  • Sanjay Subramanian @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 03 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramanian Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sarasuda (varnam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkatrAma…

  • December Season 2006 Schedule

    Sabhas have started announcing schedules for the Chennai December Music Season 2006. You can find them on the “Concerts in Chennai” page of this blog at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Will try to keep the page updated as and when further schedules are announced.

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 02 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Sri V.L. Kumar Mridangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran List of songs (partial): dakshiNAmUrthE – shankarAbharaNam – misra jampa – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (A?S) mAta innum –…

  • TN Seshagopalan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 01 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Theme: Uthukkadu Venkata Subbaiyer Compositions Vocal: Sri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri M. Chandrasekaran Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs:…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Ramana Kendra, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendra, 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Chennai Date: 31st Oct 2006 Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri Nagai Sriram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam: Sri Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – srI – Adi – karUr dEvuDu iyer 2) shambO mahAdEva – pantuvarALi – rUpakam –…

  • R. Vedavalli @ Lakshmipuram, Chennai

    Venue: Lakshmi Hall, Srinivasa Perumal Koil, Lakshmipuram, Chennai Date: 30th Oct 2006 Organizer: Srinivasa Music & Fine Arts Vocal: Smt. R. Vedavalli Violin: Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam Mridangam: Sri N. Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – nAttai – vEdAnta dEsikan 2) pavanAtmajA –…