Author: Ramkumar R

  • Back on Hosur Road

    Came to Bangalore today after more than 2 months. Reached E-City from the airport in record 20 min time instead of the usual 120 min. The notorious Hosur Road looked like one of the empty bylanes of Koramangala. Traffic was conspicuous by its absence. Missed out on the concert I had…

  • T.V. Sankaranarayanan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St., Mylapore Date: 02 Dec 2006 Organizer: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vocal: Sri T.V. Sankaranarayanan (TVS) Violin: Sri Nagai R. Sriram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Khanjira: Sri N. Amrith I reached the concert venue about 30-35 min late after attending the concert of…

  • Malladi Brothers @ Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Auditorium, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road Date: 02 Dec 2006 Organizer: Karthik Fine Arts Vocal: Malladi Brothers  Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) jalajAkshA (varnam) – hamsadwani – Adi – manmbuchAvaDi venkaTasubbaiyer (O) 2) praNamAmyaham…

  • S.R. Veeraraghavan @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 02 Dec 2006 Organizer: Karthik Fine Arts Vocal: Sri S.R. Veeraraghavan Violin: Sri R. Ambika Prasad Mridangam: Sri Erode Nagarajan List of songs: * vAtApi gaNapatim – hamsadwani – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (S) * srI vaidyanAtham – atANA –…

  • Sanjay Subramaniam @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharaytiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 01 Dec 2006 Organizer: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramaniam Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri Coimbatore Mohanram List of songs: 1) I vasudhA – sahAnA – Adi – thyAgarAja 2) pollA…

  • P. Unnikrishnan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 29 Nov 2006 Organizer: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & Kala Pradarshini Vocal: Sri P.Unnikrishnan Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) sAmI nI tODI (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi…

  • Priya Sisters @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St. , Mylapore, Chennai Date: 28th Nov 2006 Organizers: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & Kala Pradarshini Vocal: Priya Sisters – Haripriya & Shanmukhapriya Violin: Sri M.A. Krishnaswamy Mridangam: Sri Pathri Satish Kumar Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottaman List of songs: 1) sAmI daya (varnam)…

  • The season is on

    Chennai December Music Season 2006 is on !! Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has already started its concert series and its just a matter of a few days before other Sabhas follow suit. Its sad though that I would be missing out on a significant number of concerts as I have to…

  • Neyveli Santhanagopalan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 26 Nov 2006 Organizers: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & Kala Pradarshini Vocal: Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Khanjira: Sri Mayavaram Somasundaram List of songs: 1) chalamEla (varnam) – darbAr – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr…

  • Sikkil Sisters @ Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, 5, Thiagarajapuram, Chennai Date: 25 Nov 2006 Flute Duet: Sikkil Sisters – Smt. Kunjumani & Smt. Neela Violin: Sri M.R. Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Pathri Satish Kumar Khanjira: Sri K.V.R.S. Mani List of songs: 1) sikkil singAravEla (varnam) – rItigOwLa – Adi – sikkil sisters…

  • Dhoom 2 – Review

    If you go to the movie looking for some non-stop action, you might mostly end up disappointed. After all, Dhoom 2 is a bollywood movie and how can a bollywood movie that is looking to be a hit do without songs? And it is the songs that come in all…

  • Shashank @ Star Vijay Sangeeta Sangamam, Chennai

    Venue: Sivagami Petachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 23rd Nov 2006 Occasion: Star Vijay’s Aashirwad Sangeeta Sangamam 2006 Flute: Sri S. Shashank Violin: Sri Mysore Srikanth Mridangam: Sri Parupalli S. Phalgun Tambura: Smt. Shirisha Shashank List of songs (partial): 1) jalajAksha (varnam) – hamsadwani – Adi – manmbuchAvaDi…

  • Carnatica Brothers @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 22 Nov 2006 Occasion: Music and Dance Festival on Smt. Rukmini Ramani’s compositions Vocal: Carnatica Brothers – Sri Sashikiran & Sri Ganesh Violin: Sri Mysore Srikanth Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan Ghatam: Sri S.V. Ramani List of songs: 1) un pAdam…

  • Papanasam Ashok Ramani @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 21 Nov 2006 Occasion: Music and Dance Festival on Smt. Rukmini Ramani’s compositions Vocal: Sri Papanasam Ashok Ramani Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar Here is a partial list of songs…

  • Trichur Ramachandran @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, 5, Thiagarajapuram, Chennai Date: 20 Nov 2006 Vocal: Sri Trichur V. Ramachandran (TVR) Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar I landed up more than 45 minutes after the concert’s scheduled start time. Here is the…