Year: 2007

  • Saketaraman @ Laya Lavanya Fine Arts Foundation, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 03 Feb 2007 Organizer: Laya Lavanya Fine Arts Foundation Vocal: Sri Saketaraman Violin: Kum. Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: Sri Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – srI – Adi – karur dEvuDu iyer (O) 2) vAtApi…

  • The King of Kollywood?

    Move over Mithun da. Move over Balayya. Move over Captain Vijaykanth. Make way for one of the greatest stars of World Cinema. He is none other than our very own “Veerasamy” T. Rajender. Ages back when heroes were still learning how to fight, our man was delivering some awesome throat…

  • Where Dell went wrong

    Got this article in email today … you can read it at http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/2010-10878_11-6155242.html?tag=nl.e019 One of the observations made by Michael Kanellos which I found interesting and a bit humorous was the following: “First, it (Dell) hired too many former management consultants like Rollins himself. Back in 2004, a group from…

  • Back at ISB

    Wow !!!! Feels great to visit the ISB campus after a long gap. In fact on entering the campus I felt as though I was just living there till about a few days back. Went to almost all the hangout spots. Visited the DVD library where I have spent sufficient…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ R.R.Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 27 Jan 2007 Organizer: Rasika Ranjani Sabha (R.R.Sabha) Vocal: Sri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Sri S.Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Venkatesh List of songs: 1) chalamu sEyanEla (varnam) – hindOLam – Adi – tiger varadAchAriAr 2) kalayAmi – kannaDa –…

  • Gayathri Girish @ R.R.Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 27 Jan 2007 Organizer: Rasika Ranjani Sabha (R.R.Sabha) Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Girish Violin: Sri H.N. Bhaskar Mridangam: Sri Poongulam Subaramaniam Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi – shaTkala narasayyA…

  • T.M.Krishna @ R.R.Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 26 Jan 2007 Organizer: Rasika Ranjani Sabha (R.R.Sabha) Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri Vittal Ramamurthy Mridangam: Sri B. Ganapatiraman Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) valachi (varnam) – rAgamAlikA – Adi – kothavAsal venkaTrAma…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ Muthamizh Peravai, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 25th Jan 2007 Festival: Muthamizh Peravai’s 31st Music Festival Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mrudangam: Sri Neyveli Venkatesh Ghatam: Sri Trichy Murali List of songs: 1) undan pAda (varnam) – shankarAbharaNam – kanDa aTa – madurai…

  • Papanasam Ashok Ramani @ TTD Info Center, Chennai

    Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 23 Jan 2007 Vocal: Vid. Papanasam Ashok Ramani Violin: Vid. Lalgudi G. Vijayalakshmi Mrudangam: Vid. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (UKS) Morsing: Vid. Srirangam Kannan Konnakkol: Vid. Konerirajapuram Varadarajan List of songs: 1) nI inda mAyam (varnam) – danyAsi – Adi –…

  • Lalgudi GJR Krishnan/Vijayalakshmi @ Hamsadhwani, Chennai

    Venue: Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai Date: 21 Jan 2007 Organizer: Hamsadhwani Violin Duet: Vid. Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan &  Vid. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi Mridangam: Vid. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Vid. E.M.Subramaniam List of songs: 1) nIvE gatiyani (varnam) – naLinakAnti – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman (O) 2) aparAdamula –…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ Bhakta Anjaneyar Temple, Chennai

    Venue: Bhakta Anjaneyar Temple, Alarmelmangapuram, Chennai Date: 20 Jan 2007 Organizer: Guru Kaingarya Sabha Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash List of songs: 1) ninnu jUchi – sowrAshTram – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer 2) Ela nI dayarAdu – aTANA – Adi –…

  • Voices Within – Book Review

    There have been sincere efforts made in the past to document the life of masters of Carnatic Music. However less in number these attempts have been, they have given us, in the absence of other documentation and sources, insights into the life and times of the masters and the changes…

  • Voices Within – Book Lauch Function, Chennai

    “Voices Within (Carnatic Music – Passing on an inheritance)“, the book written by Bombay Jayashri, T.M. Krishna – “young practitioners looking at the lives of the masters through the prism of their own experience” and Mythili Chandrasekar, was released in Chennai in a grand function held at The Music Academy.…

  • Sanjay Subramaniam @ Alwarpet Asthika Samajam, Chennai

    Venue: Asthika Samajam, Venue Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai Date: 11 Jan 2007 Organizer: Asthika Samajam Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramaniam Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash List of songs (partial): 1) marachitlunDE (varnam) – bEgaDa – kanDa aTa – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer (O) 2) jaya jaya – nATTai –…

  • When the violins sang

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 17 Jan 2007 Organizer: Naada Inbam Violin Duet: Sri R.K. Sriramkumar & Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash List of songs: 1) vanajAkshA (varnam) – rItigowLa – kanDa aTa – vINA kuppaiyer (O) 2) kanjadaLAyatAkshI – kamalAmanOhari –…