Category: Concert/Album Experience

  • Concert for Carnatica

    Vocal: Shreya Adiraju Violin: A. Anand Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: The Auditorium, MGR Janaki College, Durgabai Deshmukh Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai Sabha:  Carnatica List of songs: 1) valaci (varnam) – rAgamAlikA – Adi – kothavAsal venkaTrAma iyer (O) 2) shambO mahAdEva – pantuvarALi – rUpakam – thyAgarAja (S) 3) vAtApi gaNapatim – hamsadhwani…

  • Concert for Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

    Vocal: Rithvik Raja Violin: Aditi Krishnaprakash Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bhimasena Garden Street (Opp. Sanskrit College), Mylapore Sabha: Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha List of songs: 1) calamEla (varnam) – nATTakurinji – Adi – mUlaivITTu rangaswAmi naTTuvanAr (O) 2) dEva dEva – mAyAmALavagauLa – rUpakam – swAti tiruNAL (ONS)…

  • Concert for Naada Inbam

    Vocal: Sharanya Krishnan Violin: Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore Sabha: Naada Inbam List of songs: 1)  viribONi (varnam) – bhairavi – kanDa aTa – pachimiriyam adiyappA (O) 2) vallabha nAyakasya – bEgaDa – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkSitar (OS) 3) narasimha mAmava – Arabhi –…

  • Concert for Shri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

    Vocal: Shruti Balaji Violin: Rohini Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: P. Obul Reddy Hall, Vani Mahal, T. Nagar Sabha: Shri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha List of songs: 1)  celiyA pai daya (varnam) – kAmavardhini – kanDa aTa – tiruvatriyUr tyAgayyar (O) 2) kAyArOhanEsham – dEvagAndhAram – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkSitar (A) 3) EtAvunarA – kalyANi…

  • Concert for Vipanchee

    Vocal: Niranjana Srinivasan Violin: Kovai Chandran Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: R.K. Swamy Auditorium, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore Sabha: Vipanchee List of songs: 1) sAmi daya jUDa (varnam) – kEdAragauLa – Adi – tiruvatriyUr tyAgayyA (O) 2) gOpAlaka pAhimAm – bhUpALam – misra cApu – swAti tiruNAL (OS) 3) piravA varam tArum – latAngi –…

  • Concert for Brahma Gana Sabha

    Vocal: Nandini Anand Violin: Kovai Chandran Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, MCTM School, Luz Church Road, Alwarpet, Chennai Sabha: Brahma Gana Sabha List of songs: 1)  dayAnidhE mAmava (varnam) – bEgada – Adi – syAma sAstri  2) sarasIruhAsana – nATTai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer (OS) 3) vaLLi…

  • Concert for Mylapore Fine Arts

    Vocal: S.R. Mytreyi Violin: Srividhya R.S. Iyer Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: MFAC Hall, Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Sabha: Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC) List of songs: 1) ninnu kOri  (varnam) – mOhanam – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O) 2) aruL puri aingaranE – saraswati –…

  • Concert for Kartik Fine Arts

    Played my first concert of this year’s December music season for Kartik Fine Arts today at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall.  Listing the artist details and songs rendered below: Vocal: R. Shridhar Violin: M.S.G. Suresh Kumar Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Sabha: Kartik Fine Arts List…

  • Concert for Naada Inbam (Nov 2009)

    Vocal: Varalakshmi Anandakumar Violin: Padma Shankar Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Sabha: Naada Inbam List of songs: 1) evari bOdhana (varnam) – AbhOgi – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer 2) gam gaNapatE – hamsadhwani – Adi (tisra gati) – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (S) 3) shrI rAma pAdamA…

  • Concert for Devaganavali Trust

    Devaganavali Trust organized a workshop conducted by veteran musician Smt. R. Vedavalli on Sri Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan’s magnum opus – the Mela Ragamalika, the culmination of which was a rendition of a part of the same by the workshop participants at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore Chennai on the 13th of…

  • Lec Dem on Varnam

      Smt. Rajashree Ramakrishna presented a lec dem titled “An analysis of the structure of the varnam with special reference to the styles of varnam composers” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai on 23rd Dec 2008. She was accompanied by M. Subhashree on vocal support and Sri Nagarajan on the…

  • Tillana and its special features

    Dr. M.B.Vedavalli gave a lec dem on “Tillana and its special features” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on 29th Dec 2008. She was assisted by her student Sri Thyagarajan who sang the tillAnAs. He was accompanied by Sri Karthikeyan on the mrudangam. I forgot the name of the violin artist.…

  • Padams & Javalis as handled in Brinda-Mukta Bani

    The following are excerpts from a very informative lec dem on the above topic given by Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan and Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy on 23rd Dec 2008 at Tattavaloka Auditorium, Eldams Road, Teynampet, Chennai under the aegis of Carnatica. I have taken the liberty to organize my notes from the…

  • Concert with Prashant Prasad (Vocal) @ Sriranjani

    Played mrudangam on 6th Jan 2009 for Prashant Prasad’s vocal recital at Swamy’s Hall, R.K. Mutt Road, Mandaveli, Chennai.  The concert was organized by Sriranjani Trust.    Artists: Vocal:  Prashant Prasad  Violin:  C.S. Anuroop Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar   List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) – sahAnA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA (AS) 2)…

  • A really satisfying day!

    Started the day with a beautiful lec dem on Dhrupad by Prof. Ritwik Sanyal at the Music Academy. The time allocated to him was too less to do justice to the topic. I would love to get an opportunity to spend more time with him and learn more about an…