Author: Ramkumar R

  • 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 –…

  • Trichur Ramachandran @ Music Connoisseurs Club, Chennai

    Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 16 Jan 2007 Organizer: Music Connoisseurs Club Vocal: Sri Trichur V. Ramachandran (TVR) Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram Mali List of songs: 1) pArvatI patim – hamsadwani – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (OS) 2) bAgAyanayya –…

  • B. Balasubramaniam @ Musiri Chamber Concerts, Chennai

    Venue: Musiri Chamber Concerts, 28/2, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Date: 13 Jan 2007 Vocal: Sri B. Balasubramaniam Violin: Sri R.K. Sriramkumar Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao List of songs: 1) sArasAlanu (varnam) – karnATaka kApi – tisra Eka – tAnjOre quartette 2) hastivadanAya – navarOj – misra chApu – muthuswAmi…

  • Guru – Review

    Though Mani Ratnam denies that his latest movie “Guru” is based on the life of businessman Dhirubai Ambani, there are simply too many coincidences in the film that speak otherwise. Guru is a rags-to-riches story of Guru Kant Desai (Abhishek Bachan) who, though advised by his father not to dream,…

  • O.S.Thyagarajan @ Asthika Samajam, Alwarpet, Chennai

    Venue: Asthika Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai Date: 09 Jan 2007 Organizer: Asthika Samajam Vocal: Sri O.S.Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri Nagai Muralidharan Mridangam: Sri Mannargudi Easwaran Ghatam: Sri B.S.Purushottaman List of songs: 1) sangIta gnAnamu – danyAsi – Adi – thyAgarAja (A) 2) entarANi – harikAmbOji – Adi – thyAgarAja…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Asthika Samajam, Alwarpet, Chennai

    Venue: Asthika Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai Date: 08 Jan 2007 Organizer: Asthika Samajam Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu Mridangam: Sri Karaikudi R. Mani Ghatam: Sri V. Suresh List of songs: 1) jagadAnandakArakA – nATTai – Adi – thyAgarAja 2) paripUrNa kAma – pUrvikalyANi – rUpakam…

  • Suguna Purushothaman’s “Own Compositions” Concert

    Venue: Musiri Chamber Concerts, 28/2, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Date: 07 Jan 2007 Vocal: Smt. Suguna Purushothaman Violin: Smt. Usha Rajagopalan Mridangam: Sri Tanjore Kumar List of songs: 1) gajAnanam bhUta gaNadi (prayer) – hamsadwani & kharaharapriyA 2) shankara hara priya (varnam) – rAgamAlikA – Adi – suguNA purushOthaman (pallavi:…

  • Manakkal Rangarajan @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Chennai Date: 07 Jan 2007 Vocal: Sri Manakkal Rangarajan Vocal Support: Vid. Padma Rangarajan Violin: Sri M.S. Anantharaman Mridangam: Sri Manakkal Sriram Khanjira: Sri C.S. Venkatramanan List of songs: * raghunAyakA – hamsadwani – Adi – thyAgarAja (?S) * mAkElarA – ravichandrikA –…

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ Universal Fine Arts & Naada, Chennai

    Venue: R.K. Swamy Auditorium, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 06 Jan 2007 Organizer: Universal Fine Arts & Naada Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Kum. Charumathi Raghuraman Mridangam: Sri Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar List of songs (partial): 1) ambOruha pAdamE (varnam) – ranjani – Adi – g.n.bAlasubramaNiam (O) 2) karuNAnidhiyE – bowLi – misra chApu…

  • Carnatica Brothers @ Universal Fine Arts & Naada, Chennai

    Venue: R.K. Swamy Auditorium, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 06 Jan 2007 Organizer: Universal Fine Arts & Naada Vocal: Carnatica Brothers – Sri Shashikiran & Sri Ganesh Violin: Sri V.V. Ravi Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri E.M. Subramaniam List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – kanDa aTa –…