Author: Ramkumar R

  • T.M.Krishna @ Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 25 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri R.K. Sriramkumar (RKS) Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (UKS) Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) dEva dEva – mAyAmALavagowLa – rUpakam –…

  • Carnatica Brothers @ Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Sivagami Pettachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 25 Dec 2006 Organizer: Brahma Gana Sabha Vocal: Carnatica Brothers – Sri Sashikiran & Sri Ganesh Violin: Sri Mysore V. Srikanth Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) vanajAkshA (varnam) – rItigowLa – kanDa…

  • T.N.Seshagopalan @ Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 24 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Vocal: Sri T.N. Seshagopalan Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri V.V. Ravi Mridangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran Ghatam: Sri Madippakkam Murali I landed up about an hour late after attending the Malladi Brothers…

  • Malladi Brothers @ The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai

    Venue: Balamandir German Hall, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 24 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Indian Fine Arts Society Vocal: Malladi Brothers Violin: Sri Mysore N. Nagaraj Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) bhajana sEyu mArgamu – nArAyaNi – Adi – thyAgarAja (O) 2) inta parAkA…

  • Arar Asaippadar – A documentary/film on Sanjay Subramaniam

    Prasanna Ramaswamy’s “Arar Asaippadar“, a documentary on popular Carnatic singer Sri Sanjay Subramaniam, was screened at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai today morning at 10.00AM. I walked into the hall at about 9:55AM and was greeted by an audio track of Sanjay’s rendition of Sri Subbaraya Sastri’s rItigOwLa composition “jananI ninnuvinA”…

  • T.N.Seshagopalan @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 23 Dec 2006 Organizer: Narada Gana Sabha Vocal: Sri T.N.Seshagopalan (TNS) Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri M.Chandrasekaran Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Ghatam: Sri B.Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) nEranammiti (varnam) – kAnaDA – kanDa aTa…

  • T.M.Krishna @ The Music Academy, Chennai

    Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 23 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Music Academy Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri S.Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Poongulam Subramaniam Khanjira: Sri B.S.Purushottaman List of songs: 1) chelimi kOri (varnam) – gOwLa – Adi – vINA kuppaiyer 2) alakalalla lADaga – madyamAvati…

  • N.Ramani @ The Music Academy, Chennai

    Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 23 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Music Academy Flute Trio: Sri N. Ramani, Sri R. Thyagarajan & Sri Atul Kumar Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) – sahAnA –…

  • T.M.Krishna @ MFAC, Chennai

    Venue: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC), Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 22 Dec 2006 Organizer: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri E.M. Subramaniam List of songs: 1) sarasijanAbhA (varnam) – kAmbOji – kanDa aTa –…

  • Maharajapuram Srinivasan @ Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Sivagami Pettachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 21 Dec 2006 Organizer: Brahma Gana Sabha Vocal: Sri Maharajapuram Srinivasan Vocal Support: Sri Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Morsing: Sri Srirangam Kannan List of songs: 1) sarasUDa (varnam) – sAvEri –…

  • Ranjani & Gayathri @ The Music Academy, Chennai

    Venue: The Music Academy, Main Auditorium, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 21 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Music Academy Vocal: Vid. Ranjani & Gayathri Violin: Sri H.N. Bhaskar Mridangam: Sri Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri Udupi Sridhar List of songs (partial): 1) enthO prEma (varnam) – suruTTi – Adi –  pallavi gOpala iyer…

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ Kapali Fine Arts, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 20 Dec 2006 Organizer: Kapali Fine Arts Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Kum. Charumathi Raghuraman Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Narayanan Ghatam: Sri Udipi Sridhar List of songs: 1) pAvanI nIvu gAdA (varnam) – bahudAri – Adi – ?? (O) 2) mAmava sadA janani –…

  • Carnatic Percussion as a career

    A few weeks back, I had written a post summarizing views expressed by a few popular Carnatic artists on taking up “Carnatic music as a career“. As a follow up to that, here is an article I read in The Hindu today which summarizes the views of popular percussionists Sri…

  • O.S.Thyagarajan @ The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai

    Venue: Balamandir German Hall, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 19 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Indian Fine Arts Society Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan Violin: Sri Mysore Manjunath Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) tyAgarAja swAmi – kharaharapriyA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA (ONS) 2)…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Naada Inbam, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore Date: 18 Dec 2006 Organizer: Naada Inbam Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna Violin: Sri B.U. Ganesh Prasad Mridangam: Sri Mannargudi Easwaran Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) mErusamAna – mAyAmALavagOwLa – Adi – thyAgarAja (NS) 2) pArvati ninnu nE – kalgaDa –…