Category: Concert/Album Experience

  • Concert for Bharat Kalachar (Yuva Utsav)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Bharathi Ramasubban. The concert was organized by Bharat Kalachar as a part of their Yuva Utsav 2010. The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Bharathi Ramasubban Violin: Chidambaram Badrinath Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue:  YGP Auditorium, PSBB School, T. Nagar, Chennai (Bharat Kalachar) List of…

  • Concert for Veenavadhini (Vocal: Shri Adoor P. Sudarsanam)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Shri Adoor P. Sudarsanam. The concert was organized by Veenavadhini (run by vainikas Smt. Jaysri and Shri Jeyaraaj Krishnan). Personally, it was a very satisfying concert. Shri Sudarsanam is singing tomorrow at Sastri Hall, Chennai at 6 PM with Dr. Hemalatha on the…

  • Concert for Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (2010 Gokulashtami Series)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Subhiksha Rangarajan at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, in their annual Gokulashtami series. The song list is as follows: Vocal:  Subhiksha Rangarajan Violin: Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Khanjira: G. Hariharasarma Venue:  Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai List of songs: 1) sarasUDa…

  • Lec Dem – Dwitala Avadhanam

    Smt. Suguna Purushothaman gave a very educative lecture demonstration on “Teaching and Practice of Dwitala Avadhanam” at The Music Academy, Chennai on 23rd Dec 2009. The very fact that Smt. Suguna made her students (K. Gayatri, Sharanya Krishnan and Nandini Sharma) perform most of the exercises was very encouraging to…

  • Concert for Veenavadhini

    Veena vidwans Jeyaraaj and Jaysri organized a chamber music concert today at their home in Mandaveli, Chennai under the banner “Veenavadhini“. I played mrudangam for the veena recital of Shri L. Ramakrishnan, senior disciple of veteran vainika Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan. Special mention must be made of the superb arrangements made…

  • PRAMANAM – CD Release & Concert

    Pramanam (2 ACD pack) – a collection of authentic version of select compositions sung by Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli and produced by Swathi Soft Solutions was released yesterday at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai by Shri N. Murali (Managing Director,The Hindu and President,The Music Academy, Chennai). The first copy…

  • Concert for NSTSS

      Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Niranjana Srinivasan organized by Nanganallur Shri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Samajam (NSTSS). The song list was as follows: Vocal:  Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: B.Ananthakrishnan Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Ranjani Hall, 15th Street, Nanganallur, Chennai Sabha:  Nanganallur Shri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Samajam (NSTSS) List of songs: 1) innum en…

  • Concert in Naada Inbam’s SVK Birthday Series, 2010

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of R. Shridhar in Naada Inbam’s Shri SVK Birthday Concerts series. The song list was as follows: Vocal: R. Shridhar Violin: Akkarai Swarnalatha Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Luz, Mylapore Sabha:  Naada Inbam, Chennai List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi…

  • Lec Dem – Styles of Veena Playing

    Smt. Jayanthi Kumaresh gave a very informative lec dem on “Styles of Veena Playing” at The Music Academy on 27th Dec 2009.  Good communication skills,  good use of technology (powerpoint, audio clips, video clips etc), demonstration of almost all techniques/characteristics spoken about, a well structured presentation, use of humor only…

  • Concert in Naada Inbam’s Veena Festival 2010

    Played mrudangam for the veena concert of Smt. S.R. Padmavathi in Naada Inbam’s Veena Festival conducted in the memory of its founder Sri S.V. Krishnan. The song list was as follows: Veena: Smt. S.R. Padmavathi Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Luz, Mylapore Sabha:  Naada Inbam, Chennai List…

  • Lec Dem – Mallari and its Special Features

    Sri Palapattu R. Rajendran presented a lec dem on the topic  “Mallari and its Special Features” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai on 30th Dec 2009. Here are some excerpts from the same based on the notes I took. I have taken the liberty to organize these under my own headings.…

  • Concert for Music Education Trust

    Vocal: Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: Akkarai Swarnalatha Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Khanjira: J. Ramdas Venue: Sri Parvati, Eldams Road, Teynampet, Chennai Sabha:  Music Education Trust, Chennai Theme: Compositions of Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar List of songs: 1) kandA kumarA (varNam) – kannaDagauLa – Adi – lalitA sivakumAr (O) 2) athi mugathavanE (viruttam) – gambhIranATTai siddhi…

  • Award from Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

    It was very encouraging today to get the best mrudangam artist award for this year’s music season (afternoon slot) from Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, one of Chennai’s oldest and most reputed sabhas. The award was given by Carnatic music legend Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna and Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chettiar.

  • 2009-10 Music Season Musings

    December is the month many Carnatic music lovers, look forward to, for it is in December that the annual music season begins. This year’s season has been very fulfilling for me as I, despite a hectic schedule at work, managed to attend many concerts of two of my favorite vocalists…

  • Concert for Sri Kapali Fine Arts

    Vocal: Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: Sudha R.S. Iyer Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Luz, Mylapore Sabha: Sri Kapali Fine Arts List of songs: 1) dayAnidhE mAmava (varnam) – bEgada – Adi – syAma sAstri (O) 2) marukElarA – jayantashrI – Adi – thyAgarAja (OS) 3) shrI satyanArAyaNam upAsmahE – shivapantuvarALi…