Category: Carnatic Music

  • Ranjani & Gayathri @ The Music Academy, Chennai

    Venue: The Music Academy, Main Auditorium, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 21 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Music Academy Vocal: Vid. Ranjani & Gayathri Violin: Sri H.N. Bhaskar Mridangam: Sri Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri Udupi Sridhar List of songs (partial): 1) enthO prEma (varnam) – suruTTi – Adi –  pallavi gOpala iyer…

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ Kapali Fine Arts, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 20 Dec 2006 Organizer: Kapali Fine Arts Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Kum. Charumathi Raghuraman Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Narayanan Ghatam: Sri Udipi Sridhar List of songs: 1) pAvanI nIvu gAdA (varnam) – bahudAri – Adi – ?? (O) 2) mAmava sadA janani –…

  • Carnatic Percussion as a career

    A few weeks back, I had written a post summarizing views expressed by a few popular Carnatic artists on taking up “Carnatic music as a career“. As a follow up to that, here is an article I read in The Hindu today which summarizes the views of popular percussionists Sri…

  • O.S.Thyagarajan @ The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai

    Venue: Balamandir German Hall, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 19 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Indian Fine Arts Society Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan Violin: Sri Mysore Manjunath Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) tyAgarAja swAmi – kharaharapriyA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA (ONS) 2)…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Naada Inbam, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore Date: 18 Dec 2006 Organizer: Naada Inbam Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna Violin: Sri B.U. Ganesh Prasad Mridangam: Sri Mannargudi Easwaran Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) mErusamAna – mAyAmALavagOwLa – Adi – thyAgarAja (NS) 2) pArvati ninnu nE – kalgaDa –…

  • Sanjay Subramanian @ STBGS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal Auditorium, Vani Mahal, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 17 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramanian Violin: Sri Nagai Muralidharan Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Sri Neyveli Venkatesh List of songs: 1) valachi (varnam) – navarAgamAlikA – Adi – kothavAsal vankatrAma iyer…

  • T.M. Krishna @ Bharat Kalachar, Chennai

    Venue: Sri YGP Auditorium, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 17 Dec 2006 Organizer: Bharat Kalachar Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri H.K. Venkatram Mridangam: Sri K.V. Prasad Ghatam: Sri Udipi Sridhar List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) – sahAnA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA 2) pAhimAm srI – janaranjani – Adi…

  • Saketharaman @ SPSS, Chennai

    Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden St., Chennai Date: 17 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sri Parthasarathi Swami Sabha (SPSS) Vocal: Sri Saketharaman Violin: Sri Nagai Sriram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) ninnu kOri – vasantA – Adi – tAchUr singArachAri (O) 2) mahA gaNapatim…

  • Ranjani & Gayathri @ Sruthi Laya Kendra, Chennai

    Venue: Asthiga Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai Date: 16 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sruthi Laya Kendra Vocal: Vid. Ranjani & Vid. Gayathri Violin: Smt. Nalina Mohan Mridangam: Sri Parupalli Phalgun Ghatam: Sri Udupi Sridhar List of songs: 1) rAmA nIpai – kEdAram – Adi – thyAgarAja (OS) 2) manasAramati – sAramati…

  • T.M.Krishna @ Sruthi Laya Kendra, Chennai

    Venue: Asthiga Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai Date: 16 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sruthi Laya Kendra Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) tanavAri tAnamu – bEgaDa – Adi – thyAgarAja (OS) 2) nagumOmu ganalEni – AbhEri –…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Naada Inbam, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 15 Dec 2006 Organizer: Naada Inbam Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan (SGC) Violin: Sri Mysore V. Srikanth Mridangam: Sri B. Harikumar List of songs: 1) inta chalamu (varnam) – bEgaDa – Adi – vINa kuppaiyer (O) 2) vidhiyE vAzhi (viruttam)…

  • Karaikudi R. Mani’s “Sun and The Rays”

    Renowned mridangam maestro Sri Karaikudi R. Mani and his disciples presented a one hour taniavartanam concert titled “Sun and The Rays” at the Asthika Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet yesterday. Sri Karaikudi R. Mani (KRM) said that the idea behind the concert was the following: to showcase the quality of the…

  • Sanjay Subramanian @ Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Sivagami Pettachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 14 Dec 2006 Organizer: Brahma Gana Sabha Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramanian Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri Pathri Satish Kumar Morsing: Sri Bangalore Rajasekar I reached this concert after attending Sri Karaikkudi Mani’s taniavartanam concert when Sri Sanjay was singing…

  • Pantula Rama @ SAFE, Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 14th Dec 2006 Organizer: SAFE Vocal: Smt. Pantula Rama Violin: Sri M.S.N. Murthy Mridangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad I reached the concert about 10 min late and left a bit early to reach Sri Karaikkudi Mani’s taniavartanam concert on time.…

  • Nisha Rajagopal @ Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 10 Dec 2006 Organizer: Kartik Fine Arts Vocal: Kum. Nisha Rajagopal Violin: Sri R. Satishkumar Mridangam: Sri Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar Khanjira: Sri Papanasam Sethuraman Here is the partial list of songs as I reached the concert about 15 min late: *…