Author: Ramkumar R

  • Concert for Mylapore Fine Arts

    Vocal: S.R. Mytreyi Violin: Srividhya R.S. Iyer Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: MFAC Hall, Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Sabha: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) List of songs: 1) ninnu kOri  (varnam) – mOhanam – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O) 2) aruL puri aingaranE – saraswati –…

  • Concert for Kartik Fine Arts

    Played my first concert of this year’s December music season for Kartik Fine Arts today at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall.  Listing the artist details and songs rendered below: Vocal: R. Shridhar Violin: M.S.G. Suresh Kumar Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Sabha: Kartik Fine Arts List…

  • Chennai (December) Music Season 2009-2010 Update

    Programs of the following sabhas have been included in the “Concerts in Chennai” page on this blog (https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai): Adambakkam Sapthaswaralaya Trust Ananthaswami Centre for Carnatic Music Bharat Kalachar Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Brahma Gana Sabha Carnatica Charsur Arts Foundation Chennai Fine Arts Chennayil Thiruvaiyaru GK Foundation Hamsadhwani Jaya TV & Maximum…

  • Concert for Naada Inbam (Nov 2009)

    Vocal: Varalakshmi Anandakumar Violin: Padma Shankar Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Sabha: Naada Inbam List of songs: 1) evari bOdhana (varnam) – AbhOgi – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer 2) gam gaNapatE – hamsadhwani – Adi (tisra gati) – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (S) 3) shrI rAma pAdamA…

  • Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2010

    The 7 day Swathi Sangeethotsavam will be held at Kuthiramalika, Trivandrum from the 6th to the 12th January 2010. The schedule is as follows (courtesy Smt. Sangeetha Shyam): January 06, 2010 (Wednesday) – Shri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Carnatic Vocal) January 07, 2010 (Thursday) – Shri. Balasai (Flute) January 08, 2010 (Friday)…

  • Chennai December Music Season 2009-2010 Schedule

    Sabhas in Chennai have just started releasing their December Music Season 2009-2010 schedules. As in the past, I will try to update as many as I can get a hand on at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Have a great season!

  • Trip to Yercaud

    *** Giving details of a recent trip to Yercaud below; may prove useful for people planning a trip to the place *** Went to Yercaud, a hill station near Salem in Tamil Nadu, India, a few weeks back. HOW TO REACH? Modes of transport I used:  Chennai to Salem: Train Salem…

  • Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer – Life & Music

    Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer – Life & Music (EastWest, Westland Limited), as it’s title explicitly suggests is a book on Semmangudi’s life and his music.   V. Sriram has written the “Life” part while V. Subrahmaniam, one of Semmangudi’s disciples, has written the “Music” part. Sriram writes admirably, as he always…

  • The Music Room

    I was glued to Namita Devidayal‘s book “The Music Room” (Publisher: Random House India) last Sunday. Though not exactly a biography, the book gives us details about the life of three great singers of the Jaipur Gharana – Alladiya Khan, Kesarbai Kerkar and Dhondutai Kulkarni and about Nandita’s journey into…

  • Quick Gun Murugan

    A central character that grabbed the audience’s attention so easily. Promos that generated enough interest among many. A simple plot. Some very good one liners and moments. Very good performances from the cast. Despite all this, the movie just turned out to be a dud. There is absolutely no meat…

  • Avani Avittam/Upakarma & Gayathri Japam 2009

    Here are a few helpful sites I found on the net for those who plan to do Avani Avittam/ Gayathri Japam by themselves and are looking for pointers to the procedure for the same: http://www.trsiyengar.com/id62.shtml http://www.vadhyar.com/Upakarma%20Mantram.php http://www.prapatti.com/ PS: I am not connected with these web sites and do not vouche…

  • Concert for Devaganavali Trust

    Devaganavali Trust organized a workshop conducted by veteran musician Smt. R. Vedavalli on Sri Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan’s magnum opus – the Mela Ragamalika, the culmination of which was a rendition of a part of the same by the workshop participants at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore Chennai on the 13th of…

  • Lec Dem on Varnam

      Smt. Rajashree Ramakrishna presented a lec dem titled “An analysis of the structure of the varnam with special reference to the styles of varnam composers” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai on 23rd Dec 2008. She was accompanied by M. Subhashree on vocal support and Sri Nagarajan on the…

  • Tillana and its special features

    Dr. M.B.Vedavalli gave a lec dem on “Tillana and its special features” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on 29th Dec 2008. She was assisted by her student Sri Thyagarajan who sang the tillAnAs. He was accompanied by Sri Karthikeyan on the mrudangam. I forgot the name of the violin artist.…

  • A trip to Padmanabhapuram, Suchindram & Kanyakumari – Part 2

    Part 1 of this post can be found here   SUCHINDRAM THANUMAYALAN TEMPLE We caught a local bus back to Thakkalai from the bus stop just outside the Padmanabhapuram palace. The bus service was not that frequent. Autorickshaws were also available. We boarded a Kanyakumari bound bus from the Thakkalai…