Category: Carnatic Music

  • N Vijay Siva @ Raga Sudha Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 15th Oct 2006 Vocal: Sri N. Vijay Siva Violin: Sri Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli Mridangam: Sri Palghat Raghu Khanjira: Sri Abhishek Raghuram List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srinivAsa iyengAr 2) rAma nannu brOvarA –…

  • On Jon. B. Higgins

    I first heard about Jon B. Higgins when I was a kid. I was listening to one of the All India Radio channels and after the broadcast ended, the announcement named the singer as Jon B. Higgins. I was quite surprised as back then I had thought only Indians, that…

  • Bangalore Ramamani @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 13th Oct 2006 Organizers: Balaganamrutam & Karnataka College of Percussion Vocal: Smt. Bangalore R.A. Ramamani Violin: Kum. Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: Sri Tanjore Kumar Ghatam: Sri H. Sivaramakrishnan List of songs: 1) sAmi idi vELa (varnam) – kannada – Adi- pattaNam subramaNya iyer 2)…

  • TM Krishna @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 12th Oct 2006 Organizers: Balaganamrutam and Karnataka College of Percussion Vocal: Sri T. M. Krishna Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri K.V. Prasad Khanjira: Sri B. S. Purushottam List of songs: 1) sAmI daya (varnam) – kEdAragOwLa – Adi – tiruvOtriyur tyAgayyar (S)…

  • TV Sankaranarayanan @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 11th Oct 2006 Organizer: Balaganamrutam and Karnataka College of Percussion Vocal: Sri T. V. Sankaranarayanan Vocal Support: Sri Sankara Mahadevan (Son) & Amritha (Daughter) Violin: Sri Nagai Sriram Mridangam: Sri T.A.S. Mani Khanjira: Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) mahAgaNapatE – hamsadwani…

  • Bombay Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 10th Oct 2006 Organizer: Balaganamrutham and Karnataka College of Percussion Vocal: Bombay Sisters – Smt. C. Saroja and Smt. C. Lalita Violin: Smt. Usha Rajagopalan Mridangam: Sri K.R. Ganesh Ghatam: Sri Madippakkam Murali List of songs: brOchEvA – kamAs – Adi – mysore…

  • A. Kanyakumari @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 09 Oct 2006 Organizer: Balaganamrutham & Karnataka College of Percussion Violin: Kum. A. Kanyakumari Violin (support): Sri Sanjeev Mridangam: Sri P. Satish Kumar Khanjira: Sri B. Shree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) praNamAmyaham – gOwLa – Adi – mysore vAsudEvAchAr (S) 2)…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ German Hall, Chennai

    Venue: German Hall, Bala Gana Mandir School, T. Nagar Date: 7th Oct 2006 Occasion: Muthuswami Dikshitar Day organized by The Indian Fine Arts Society Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Sri M.R. Gopinath Mridangam: Sri J. Vaidyanathan Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs: 1) swAminAtha – nAttai – Adi…

  • Erode Nagaraj

    Sri Erode Nagaraj learnt the art of Mrudangam initially from Palladam Sri V. Ramachandran and is the disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Padmabushan Umayalpuram Sri K. Sivaraman for the past 21 years. He is an “A” grade artiste and has taken mrudangam as his fulltime profession. He is working as a…

  • Gayathri Venkatraghavan @ Raga Sudha Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 06 Oct 2006 Vocal: Gayathri Venkatraghavan Violin: Amritha Murali Mridangam: T.K. Ramakrishnan List of songs: 1) srI kAmAkshI – sArangA – Adi – annaswAmi sAstri 2) nijamukha rAmA – kIravANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr 3) ninnu sEvinchina – yadukula…

  • Prof TN Krishnan Lec-Dem on Raga Bhairavi

    In the first part of a series of lecture demonstrations organized by Sampradaya titled “TNK – Raga Vision”, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan (TNK) gave a lecture demonstration on the rAgA bhAiravi at Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai yesterday. After the usual speeches and introduction by Chief…

  • Amritha Murali @ Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai Organizer: Nada Inbam Date: 2nd Oct 2006 Theme: Devi kritis Vocal: Amritha Murali Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: B. Ganapatiraman List of songs: 1) dayAnidhE mAmava (varnam) – bEgada – Adi – syAma sAstri 2) sarasIruhAsana priyE – nAttai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer…

  • Balamuralikrishna @ Narada Gana Sabha Hall , Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 1st Oct 2006 Vocal: Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Violin: Sri Embar S. Kannan Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri E.M. Subramaniam List of songs: 1) OmkAra ganapati charaNam – hamsadwani – Adi – ? (S) 2) saraswati manOhari –…

  • R. Shridhar @ The Music Academy, Chennai

      Venue: Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, Music Academy Chennai Occasion: The Music Academy’s 18th Spirit of Youth Festival Date: 29th Sep 2006 Vocal: R. Shridhar (my brother) Violin: Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan Mridangam: J. Venkatramanan List of songs: 1) evari (varnam) – AbhOgi – Adi – pattanam subramanya iyer 2) karuNai seivAi –…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram,Venkatnarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 28th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Sri M.R. Gopinath Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri Anirudh Athreya (?) List of songs: 1) inta chalamu (varnam) – bEgada – Adi – vInai kuppaiyer 2) saraswati namastubhyam – slOkam…