Category: Carnatic Music

  • Lec dem on the Carnatic Music Trinity by Smt Vidya Shankar – Part 1

    Veteran vainika Vid Vidya Shankar gave a very informative lec dem on the Carnatic Music Trinity under the auspices of Naada Inbam at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai on 14th Jan 2008. She was ably assisted by her disciples who played the veena and sang the songs and by Vid…

  • This Season’s Lec Dems

    There were quite a few interesting lec dems organized during this music season. As luck would have it, I couldn’t attend many due to the clash with my office schedule. I intend to post the gist of the few that I was fortunate to attend in the next few weeks.

  • Updates to Chennai Concerts Schedule

    The Music Season is slowly grinding to a halt. So what? Chennai is musically active throughout the year. Schedule of concerts till April 2008 has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Details of more concerts will be added in the days to come. Happy listening !!!

  • Season Imsais – 2

    Some more imsais from last week’s concerts: The mami sitting next to me at a concert talks to some kin of hers back home: “Ennadi .. Anandham poyindirukka …. seri seri … apparam vandhu kadhai kettukkaren. Kolangal ku munnadi vandhuruven … seriya … phone-a vekkaren” (For the uninitiated, Anandham and…

  • “Aarar Asaipadar” DVD Released

    Charsur Digital Workstation released DVDs of Prasanna Ramaswamy’s “Aarar Asaipadar” (a documentary on Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan) a couple of days back just before the start of Sri Sanjay’s concert for Jaya TV/ Maximum Media’s Margazhi Maha Utsavam. Being die-hard fans of Sanjay, my good friend and I had been following…

  • Season Imsais – 1

    The music season is in full swing here in Chennai. Here are some “imsais” from the first few days …… Mrudangam artist keeps his instrument vertical and taps on the right side with the palm of his hand to lower the pitch of the instrument a little bit. A mami…

  • Updates to the Chennai Music Season Schedule

    The Chennai Music Season schedule at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ has been updated to cover the following sabhas/series: Bharat Kalachar Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Brahma Gana Sabha Carnatica’s Samarpanam Series Chennai Fine Arts Indian Oil’s “Servo Swarangal” Kala Kruthi Kalakshetra Foundation Kalarasana Kartik Fine Arts Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy Mudhra Music Education Trust…

  • Concerts in Chennai – November 2007

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of November 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ More concerts have been included in the December Season Schedule as well (on the same page). Will add the schedules of a few more sabhas when…

  • Sanjay & TMK Mania

    Sanjay (Subrahmanyan) & TMK (T.M.Krishna) mania continues for me unabated. The first half of September was spent immersed in TMK’s music. The latter half of the month saw Sanjay performing a string of concerts while TMK toured outside Chennai and I just went from one concert to another, merrily lapping…

  • Concerts in Chennai – October 2007

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of October 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ More concerts have been included in the December Season Schedule as well (on the same page)

  • Three Day Special on Oothukkadu Venkatakavi

    FYI … Shruti, Worldspace’s 24 hour Carnatic music channel, is broadcasting a 3 day special on Oothukkadu Venkatakavi as a part of its Nadopasana program from 7.00AM to 10.00AM IST today, tomorrow and the day after. Chitravina N. Ravikiran is the guest speaker and will be giving expert commentary. Certainly…

  • 2007-2008 Chennai (December) Music Season Schedule

    Updated schedule can be accessed from the Concerts in Chennai page at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

  • Lec Dem on Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi by Chitravina N. Ravikiran – Part 2

    Part 1 of this post can be accessed here MELODIC (AND RHYTHMIC) CONTRIBUTIONS OF OOTHUKKADU VENKATA KAVI Anchor caraNams: The saptaratnAs have anchor caraNams or secondary refrains within them. The caraNams don’t go back to the pallavi every time they get over. Instead, they return back to one of the…

  • Lec Dem on Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi by Chitravina N. Ravikiran – Part 1

    The place: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai. The occasion: Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi Jayanthi. Chitravina N. Ravikiran and his group of artists made last Sunday morning memorable with a beautiful group rendition (gOshTi gAnam) of the “Saptaratnas” of Oothukkadu Venkata Subbaiyer a.k.a Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, followed by a very…

  • September 2007 Chennai Concert Schedule

    Schedule of Carnatic music concerts in Chennai for the month of September 2007 (and other months till January 2008) has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Happy listening !!!!