Category: Carnatic Music

  • Mandolin Srinivas @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    Mandolin U. Srinivas performed to a packed and overflowing auditorium at the Odukathur Mutt in Bangalore yesterday. He was ably accompanied by Sri S.D. Sridharan on the violin, Trichy Sri B. Harikumar on the mridangam and Sri S.V. Ramani on the ghatam. In the 3 hour concert, Sri U.Srinivas once…

  • R.K.Srikantan’s “Rare Ragas & Compositions” Concert – Part1

    He is 86 years of age and you wonder whether he will be able to perform when you look at his frail frame seated on a chair-like structure. When he starts singing, you wonder if the strong voice is actually coming from this old man. He is none other than…

  • Worldspace Satellite Radio

    I got my Worldspace Satellite Radio subscription activated yesterday. For more details on what Worldspace is and what it offers, please visit the website www.worldspace.in . The primary motivation behind getting it was a 24×7 music channel dedicated to Carnatic music called Shruti, a 24×7 Hindustani classical music channel called…

  • Ramayanam by Sikkil Gurucharan

    I bought Sikkil Gurucharan‘s music album “Ramayanam” , a set of 3 CDs released by Rajalakshmi Audio, Coimbatore last week. It is a beautiful compilation of carnatic songs depicting the story of Lord Rama. There are in all 16 songs and a mangalam with most of the songs having an…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    Sikkil Gurucharan (SGC) performed at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium today. The highlights of the beautiful concert were the kannadagowla raga alapana and alapana & kalapana swaram for the main kriti in todi raga. On a day when there were 4 good concerts, all clashing with each other, especially the…

  • Concert @ Infy, Bangalore

    Played mridangam accompaniment in a 2 hr carnatic classical concert yesterday at Infosys campus, Bangalore. Details are as follows: Flute: S. Datta Violin: B. Lakshmi Mridangam: R. Ramkumar (thats me) List of songs: 1) Era nApai (varnam) – tOdi – Adi – pattanam subramaniya iyer 2) bAgAyanaiyya – chandrajyOti –…

  • R. Vedavalli – The Living Legend

    “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Smt R. Vedavalli (refered to as RV henceforth) is considered to be a living legend. In a career in Carnatic Classical music spanning over five decades, she has enthralled audiences in India and abroad with her staunch adherence to tradition, deep understanding of and vast knowledge about Carnatic…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Music Academy

    Sikkil Gurucharan performed at the Music Academy Mini Hall in Chennai on Sunday in a 4 hour long Carnatic Classical Vocal Concert organized by Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha. He was accompanied by S. Varadarajan on the violin, K.V. Prasad on the mridangam and Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan on the ghatam. The (partial) list…

  • A memorable concert

    Sanjay Subramanyam sang at Mangala Mantapa, NMKRV Women’s College, Jayanagar, Bangalore on Saturday, 10th June 2006. He was accompanied by Nagai Muralidharan on the violin, Guruvayur Dorai on the mridangam and Rajasekharan on the Morsing. Sanjay always delivers but what was special about this concert was the top class artists…

  • M.S. Sheela @ HN Kalakshetra, Bangalore

    M.S.Sheela gave a carnatic vocal concert at Dr. HN Kalakshetra, National College, 7th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore yesterday. In contrast to her previous concert on Sunday at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, the auditorium here was sparsely populated, may be because it was a working day and/or because not many people might…

  • M.S.Sheela @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    M.S.Sheela sang to an almost packed auditorium at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K.R.Road, Bangalore on Sunday, 4th June 2006. The main highlights of her performance were the detailed kalyani and kiravani raga alapanas. Here is the song list: Artists: Vocal: M.S. Sheela Violin: C.N.Chandrasekhar Mridangam: H.S.Sudheendra Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal Morsing:…

  • Sanjay @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

    Percussive Arts Centre celebrated “Talavadhyotsav”, its music concert fest last week at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium in K.R. Road, Bangalore. I came to know about the fest only on Friday and hence managed to attend Sanjay Subramanyam‘s vocal concert that day. Sanjay, as usual, performed really well. The kamboji…

  • Thayagaraja Aradhana

    Saint Thyagaraja was one of the greatest composers ever to have graced this planet. He lived in the 18th century and composed songs that are sung the most in carnatic classical concerts even today. Details on the saint and his life are available at this link and in many other…

  • Salutations to a great maestro …..

    This one might be interesting to you if you are a fan of carnatic music. Found a web site that has reviews of a lot of concerts of Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (also known as TNS). The site is maintained by a 69 year old fan of TNS who says that…

  • Sanjay’s concert @ Hyderabad

    Went to attend Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s carnatic vocal concert at Keyes High School, Secunderabad. The concert was organized by Kalasagaram as a part of its 38th Annual Cultural Festival of Music, Dance and Drama. Details of the concert are as follows: Accompaniment: Violin: M.R. Gopinath Mridangam: Neyveli B. Venkatesh Ghatam: Trichy…