Category: Carnatic Music

  • TM Krishna @ Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Mylapore

    Venue: Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Mylapore Date: 27th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs: 1) varnam (valachi) – navarAgamAlikA – Adi – kothavAsal venkatrAma iyer 2) lambOdaram avalambE – kAmbOji – rUpakam –…

  • Neyveli Santhanagopalan @ Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Sathguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 26th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan Violin: Sri V.V. Ravi Mridangam: Sri Papanasam Ashok Ramani Khanjira: ? List of songs: 1) tatvamariya taramA- rItigOwLa – Adi – pApanAsam sivan 2) venkataramaNA – latAngi – rUpakam – pApanAsam…

  • TM Krishna @ Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram, 11, Venkatnarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 25th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri T. M. Krishna Violin: Sri V. L. Kumar Mridangam: Sri Tanjore Murugabhupathy Ghatam: Sri Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) AnandAmrutakarshini – amritavarshini – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar 2) sanAtanA – phalamanjari – Adi…

  • TN Seshagopalan @ Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Chennai

    Venue: Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 24th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri V.L. Kumar Mridangam: Sri B. Sivaraman Morsing: Sri A. S. Krishnan List of songs: 1) sarasIruhAsana priyE – nAttai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer (AS) 2)…

  • Maharajapuram Srinivasan @ Sarada Madam, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Sankara (Sarada) Madam, Krupashankari Street, West Mambalam, Chennai Date: 23rd Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan Vocal Support: Sri Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Morsing: Sri Srirangam Kannan List of songs: 1) varnam (evari) – AbhOgi – Adi –…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 21st Sep 2006 Organizer: Alapana Trust Theme: Sri Thyagaraja’s compositions Vocal: Sri O.S.Thyagarajan Violin: Sri M.R.Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick List of songs: 1) gurulEka – gOwrimanOhari – kanda chApu – thyAgarAja (aNS) 2) entarANI – harikAmbOji –…

  • Sabari Girish @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall. Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Date: 17th Sep 2006 Organizer: Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust Theme: Compositions of post trinity composers Vocal: Sri Sabari Girish Violin: Sri Neela Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) varnam – asAvEri – Adi – pattanam subramaniya iyer 2) nirguNudO – malayamArutam – rUpakam –…

  • Sumathi Krishnan @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Date: 17th Sep 2006 Organizer: Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust Theme: Compositions of post trinity composers Vocal: Smt Sumathi Krishnan Violin: Smt Neela Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) varnam – shanmugapriya – tisra dhruvam – mudikondAn venkatrAma iyer 2) chenta dIrchi – hamsadhwani –…

  • TM Krishna @ Nadopasana, PS High School, Chennai

    Venue: PS High School, Mylapore Organizer: Nadopasana, Chennai Date: 16th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri Anirudh Athreya List of songs: 1) jananI ninnuvinA – rItigOwla – misra chApu – subbarAya sAstri (S) 2) nenaruncharA – simhavAhini – Adi –…

  • Unnikrishnan @ Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Date: 15th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri P. Unnikrishnan Violin: Sri M.R.Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Guruvayoor Dorai Khanjira: Sri B.S.Purushottam List of songs: 1) sAminI tOdi (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi – vInA kuppaiyer (?) 2) ninnu jUchi – sOwrAshtram – Adi –…

  • Chitravina Ravikiran @ Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Date of concert: 10th Sep 2006 Venue: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Auditorium, Chennai Chitravina: N. Ravikiran Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: T.V. Vasan Khanjira: B. Shree Sundar Kumar The concert started with a varnam which I missed as I landed late after shifting in from Bangalore to…

  • Concert Updates

    A page dedicated to list of concerts happening in Chennai (“Concerts in Chennai“) has been added (see link on the right side or on top of this page). Details of concerts to be organized in November in Bangalore by Nadasurabhi Cultural Association have also been added to the “Concerts in…

  • Face to face with Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

    This was the name given to the close to one-and-a-half hour session with mridangam maestro Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman organized for rasikas by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja on 15th Aug 2006. Rasikas had an opportunity to interact with the maestro and ask him questions about carnatic music in general and…

  • TNS – This year’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi

    There was a happy news and a sad one that eclipsed the happy one for Indian Classical Music fans yesterday. The happy news was that the Music Academy, Chennai will be conferring the “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” title, considered one of the greatest awards that a carnatic musician can receive, on maestro…

  • Shruti – The 24hr Carnatic Music Channel from Worldspace

    I bought a Worldspace satellite radio receiver last month here in Bangalore, mainly to hear Worldspace’s 24×7 Carnatic Music Channel called Shruti. I must say I am satisfied with the investment I made (Rs. 1499 for the receiver without speakers and Rs. 500 for a three month subscription), after listening…