Author: Ramkumar R

  • TM Krishna @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 04 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar   List of songs: 1) sAmi nI pai (varnam) – Anandabhairavi…

  • Sanjay Subramanian @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 03 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramanian Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sarasuda (varnam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkatrAma…

  • December Season 2006 Schedule

    Sabhas have started announcing schedules for the Chennai December Music Season 2006. You can find them on the “Concerts in Chennai” page of this blog at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Will try to keep the page updated as and when further schedules are announced.

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 02 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Sri V.L. Kumar Mridangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran List of songs (partial): dakshiNAmUrthE – shankarAbharaNam – misra jampa – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (A?S) mAta innum –…

  • TN Seshagopalan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 01 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Theme: Uthukkadu Venkata Subbaiyer Compositions Vocal: Sri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri M. Chandrasekaran Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs:…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Ramana Kendra, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendra, 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Chennai Date: 31st Oct 2006 Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri Nagai Sriram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam: Sri Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – srI – Adi – karUr dEvuDu iyer 2) shambO mahAdEva – pantuvarALi – rUpakam –…

  • R. Vedavalli @ Lakshmipuram, Chennai

    Venue: Lakshmi Hall, Srinivasa Perumal Koil, Lakshmipuram, Chennai Date: 30th Oct 2006 Organizer: Srinivasa Music & Fine Arts Vocal: Smt. R. Vedavalli Violin: Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam Mridangam: Sri N. Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – nAttai – vEdAnta dEsikan 2) pavanAtmajA –…

  • A trip to Gingee (Senji) Fort

    While on our way to attend a friend’s marriage in Villupuram, Tamilnadu, four of us (the youths in the group 😉 ) decided to visit the historic Gingee (Senji) fort which gets its name from the place where it is located viz., Gingee (Senji). It is located about 160 kms…

  • Charumathi Ramachandran on Srividhya, the actress/musician

    There is an article by famous singer Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran in Newindpress on Srividhya (the actress-cum-musician daughter of one of the legends of Carnatic music MLV) who passed away recently. The article can be accessed by clicking here. The line that struck me from the article is “It leads one…

  • TM Krishna @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 27th Oct 2006 Occasion: Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy’s 80th birthday celebrations Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) alarulu kuriyaga – shankarAbharaNam – Adi…

  • Its pouring

    Its been raining cats and dogs in Chennai for the past two days. It is quite normal that rains follow me wherever I go. It started drizzling in Chennai as soon as I came here. Hyderabad had a healthy rainfall when I was there last year. It rained in Bangalore…

  • Sugandha Kalamegam @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 24th Oct 2006 Theme: Dikshitar Day – Muthuswami Dikshitar Compositions Vocal: Smt. Sugandha Kalamegam Violin: Sri V. Srikanth Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri B. Purushottam List of songs: 1) rakta gaNapatim – mOhanam – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar…

  • Gayathri Venkatesan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 23rd Oct 2006 Organizer: Ganamukundapriya Vocal: Smt Gayathri Venkatesan Violin: Sri H.V. Raghuram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvidaimarudur A.  Shankaran  Ghatam: Sri J. Ramdas List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (S) 2)…

  • Shankari Krishnan @ Sri Parvati, Chennai

    Venue: ‘Sri Parvati’, 28, Eldams Road, Chennai Date: 22nd Oct 2006 Organizer: Music Education Trust, Chennai Chapter Vocal: Shankari Krishnan Violin: Amritha Murali Mridangam: J. Balaji List of songs: 1) dEvar munivar (varnam) – shanmukhapriyA – Adi – lAlgudi jayarAman 2) aingaran illAmal – kEdAram – Adi – periasAmi thUran…

  • HAPPY DIWALI !!!!!!!

    Wishing you HAPPY DIWALI !!!!!!!! Had an awesome Diwali experience this year … celebrated it along with all my kith and kin who are there in Chennai ….  the little ones in the family made the experience all the more special. Traveled to Bharani’s house with 3 more friends of mine from ISB…