Author: Ramkumar R

  • Concerts in Bangalore today

    Today’s concerts: 1) 5:30PM – Carnatic Vocal by Ganesh (of Ganesh-Kumaresh fame … yes .. violin artist), accompanied by Kumaresh on the violin, V.Praveen on the mridangam and N.Amrith on the khanjira at Sri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, JP Nagar 2) 6PM – Bangalore…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    What a beautiful concert it was !!!!! Sri T.M.Krishna, as usual, gave yet another wonderful performance yesterday at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja. Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna (TMK) Violin: Sri R.K.Sriramkumar Mridangam: Sri K.V. Prasad Ghatam: Sri Giridhar Udupa List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) – sahAnA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyar…

  • TNS on Muthiah Bhagavathar (Part 2)

    (Continued from part 1 of this post) Notes from the session on Muthiah Bhagavathar (as spoken by TNS): “In kritis, he did new things in old songs and incorporated old usages in new songs. Example: kaligiyuntE in kIravAni is by thyAgarAja swAmi. His student pattanam subramaniya iyer created “varamulOsagi brochutanI”…

  • TNS on Muthiah Bhagavathar (Part 1)

    Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar (15 Nov 1877 – 30 Jun 1945) Sri T.N.Seshagopalan (TNS) gave a lecture demonstration on Sri Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar and his compositions on the 15th of Aug 2006 at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium as a part of the Gayana Samaja’s 38th Music Conference. Sri Ramanathapuram C.S.…

  • TN Seshagopalan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    Vocal: Sri T.N.Seshagopalan (TNS) Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Sri Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri N. Amrit List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyAni – kanda ata – pallavi gOpAla iyer 2) angAraka – surutti – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkshitar 3) mANikka vInA (viruttam) –…

  • Bombay Jayashri @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    (Photo courtesy Gayathri, http://www.flickr.com/photos/40655946@N00/215706193/) Smt Bombay Jayashri sang yesterday at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja as a part of its ongoing 38th music conference. She was accompanied by Sri Mysore V Srikanth on the violin, Sri Poongulam Subramaniam on the mridangam and Sri Rajagopalan on the khanjira. List of songs: 1)…

  • Bangalore Gayana Samaja Music Conference

    Bangalore Gayana Samaja’s 38th music conference starts today at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium, K.R. Road, Bangalore (Ph: 26506049, email: gayanasamaja@vsnl.net) . The theme of the conference is “Karnatakada Vaggeya Vaibhava (Splendor of Compositions of Karnataka Composers)”. The following are the expert sessions and concerts scheduled: 13th Aug 2006 (Sunday)…

  • TNS is the best !!!!

    In the field of Carnatic music, there are amateurs, there are good artistes, there are top class artists and then there is Sri Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan (TNS). I have been hooked on to his music ever since I first heard him sing a rAgam tAnam pallavi in rAgA dharmavati when I…

  • OST @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    I simply do not have words to describe the quality concert I attended yesterday at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Bangalore. Every artist on stage was an accomplished one and each one had his own unofficial fan club, if you could term it so, in the audience. The concert was a…

  • B-School job interview

    Here is a humorous take on a B-School job interview (adapted from mails I received on job interviews): 1. Why did you apply for this job? A. I have applied for many jobs along with this and you called me now. 2. Why do you want to work for our…

  • Sreevalsan J Menon @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Dr. Sreevalsan J Menon, an agricultural scientist (PhD in the same field) by profession and also a good carnatic classical singer, performed at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt in Bangalore yesterday in the Gokulashtami Concert Series. He was accompanied on the violin by Sri S. Varadarajan, on the mridangam by Sri…

  • Sanjay rocks !!!!

    Sanjay always delivers and yesterday was no exception. Almost every concert of his has something new to offer. In a concert organized at the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt yesterday as a part of the Gokulashtami Concert Series, Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyam was ably accompanied on the violin by Sri Nagai Muralidharan, on…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    It was vintage OST at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium yesterday. OST fans who came to the concert would have returned home real satisfied. Here are the details of the concert: Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Sri V. Praveen Ghatam: Sri Giridhar Udupa List of songs:…

  • Nithyashri Mahadevan @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    The number of people who had come to the Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt on Saturday to listen to the day’s concert far outnumbered the ones on any other day. The reason? It was Smt.Nithyashri Mahadevan‘s concert that day. Grand daughter of Smt. D.K.Pattammal (her paternal grandmother), veteran singer and one of…

  • Concerts in Bangalore today

    1) Carnatic Vocal by Sri O.S. Thyagarajan at Bangalore Gayana Samaja, KR Road at 5PM 2) Chitraveena recital by Sri N. Ravikiran at Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Opp Ulsoor Lake at 6PM 3) Workshop on rare kritis on Lord Narasimha by Dr. T.S.Sathyavati at Vani Vidya Kendra, 1st N Block, Rajajinagar…