Category: Carnatic Music

  • Discrimination?

    This is the title of an article written by noted Carnatic singer Vidwan T.M. Krishna (TMK) in his website. The article can be read here. TMK primarily talks about the discrimination against women in Carnatic music and points out that such discrimination exists even today. This is certainly not the…

  • Face to face with T.K. Murthy

    Shruti, Worldspace Satellite Radio’s 24 hour Carnatic music channel broadcast a 2 hour “face to face” program on 14th Aug 2007 that featured veteran mrudangam maestro Shri T.K. Murthy. I am posting a few excerpts from the same based on the notes I took. The entire conversation was in Tamil…

  • Music Academy December Season 2007 Schedule

    Music Academy released its schedule for this year’s music season (Dec 07-Jan 08) some days back. The same has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Please check the list under the months December 2007 and January 2008.

  • August 2007 Chennai Concert Schedule

    The build-up to the grand finale (December season) seems to have started with so many concerts lined up in August 2007 in Chennai. Check out the updated schedule at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

  • July Concert Schedule for Chennai

    Concert schedule (Carnatic) for Chennai for the month of July 2007 is available at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Will keep updating it as more details come in.

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ TTD, Chennai

    (Photos courtesy Sri Pyarilal of carnaticsangeetham.com) Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 23 June 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Vid Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid Erode Nagaraj Ghatam: Vid H. Prasanna Tambura: Vid Vijayalakshmi List of songs: 1) valaci (varnam) – rAgamAlikA –…

  • Gokulashtami Concerts 2007 @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    This one is for rasikas in Bangalore. The schedule for SGBS Trust’s Gokulashtami Concerts is available at http://www.sgbstrust.org/ASP/Art.htm#mconcert Reminds me of the same time last year when I attended most concerts in that series, traveling all the way from the opposite end of the city. Schedule is pasted below for…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 20 June 2007 Occasion: Narada Gana Sabha & Papanasam Sivan Rasigar Manram Vocal: Vid Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Vid Nagai Sriram Mrudangam: Vid Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) tuNai purindaruL – suddha hindOLam – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (S)…

  • T.Rukmini & Amritha Murali @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 19 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Violin Duet: Vid. T.Rukmini & Vid. Amritha Murali Mrudangam: Vid. Pathri Satish Kumar Ghatam: Vid. S.Karthick Tambura: Vid. Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varNam) – vasantA – Adi – tAchUr…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 18 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Vocal: Vid. Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Vid. Nagai Muralidharan Mrudangam: Vid. Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Vid. Neyveli B. Venkatesh List of songs: 1) yOcanA – darbAr – Adi – tyAgarAja (OS) 2) rAmA ninnu…

  • S.Saketaraman @ Ramana Kendram, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendram, Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 17 June 2007 Organizer: Ramana Kendram Vocal: Vid. S. Saketaraman Violin: Vid. Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid. Trivandrum Balaji List of songs: 1) mAl marugan (varNam) – hindOLam – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer (O) 2) karuNAnidhiyE – bauLi – misra chApu – pApanAsam…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Lalitha Kala Vedika, Chennai

    Venue: R.K. Swamy Auditorium, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 15 June 2007 Organizer: Lalitha Kala Vedika Vocal: Vid. Sikkil Gurucharan Violin: Vid. Nagai Sriram Mrudangam: Vid. Trivandrum Balaji Ghatam: Vid. E.M. Subramaniam List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O) 2) sarasa sAma dAna –…

  • Amritha Murali @ Naada Inbam, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 12 June 2007 Organizer: Naada Inbam Vocal: Vid. Amritha Murali Violin: Vid. R. Hemalatha Mrudangam: Vid. Erode Nagaraj Ghatam: Vid. N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varnam) – kAnaDA – Adi – tiruvOTriyUr tyAgayyA (O) 2) shankaram abhirAmi…

  • T.V. Gopalakrishnan @ TTD Information Center, Chennai

    Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 11 June 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid T.V. Gopalakrishnan (TVG) Violin: Vid S. Varadarajan Mrudangam: Vid T.V. Vasan Ghatam: Vid V. Suresh List of songs: 1) Om sahana vavatu (shLokam) – sAvEri 2) sarasUDa (varnam) – sAvEri –…

  • N. Ravikiran @ Nadabrahmam, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 09 June 2007 Organizer: Nadabrahmam Music Journal Chitravina: Vid N. Ravikiran Violin: Vid M.A. Sundaresan Mrudangam: Vid Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Vid B. Sreesundarkumar List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi – shaTkala narasayyA…