Category: General

  • Happy New Year!

    Wishing all readers of this blog a Happy New Year and great times ahead! Ushered in new year hearing Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman perform live and heard him give a breathtaking performance again on the morning of the 1st. Couldn’t have asked for a better end to 2008 and a better…

  • Chennai (December) Music Season 2008-09 Schedule

    Schedules for the following sabhas/festivals have been updated in the “Concerts in Chennai” page of this blog (https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/). I will be doing a sanity check, correcting any errors and adding any missed concert listings in the next few days: Aanmajothi Bharat Kalachar Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Brahma Gana Sabha Carnatica Hamsadhwani Indian…

  • Lec Dem on 22 Shrutis – Part 2

    Part 1 of this post can be found here [link]   This is Part 2 of the summary of the lec dem by Smt. Vidya Shankar on 22 shrutis:   GANDHARAM sadharana gAndharam is an oscillated catushruti rishabham in varALi. gAndhAram shouldn’t go above this level for this rAgam A slightly…

  • Pandit Bhimsen Joshi gets the Bharat Ratna

    86 year old Hindustani Classical music exponent Pandit Bhimsen Joshi will receive Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award. Congratulations to the maestro!

  • Lec Dem on 22 Shrutis – Part 1

    Smt. Vidya Shankar – veteran vainika and a storehouse of knowledge – gave a lecture demonstration on 22 shrutis titled “Shrutiranantam” at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore in July 2008. This was a part of the series of lec dems which the “Music Forum” has been organizing in the last few months.…

  • Concert for Shri Krishna Gana Sabha – Gokulashtami Series 2008

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Chaithra Sairam at Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar on 18th Oct 2008. The concert was organized by Shri Krishna Gana Sabha. Artists: Vocal: Chaithra Sairam Violin: C.R. Srinivasamurthy Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Morsing: Nerkunam Manikandan   List of songs: 1) inta cAlamu (varnam) – bEgaDa…

  • Concert for Naada Inbam – Iyer Sisters (Vocal)

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Iyer Sisters at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore on 17th Oct 2008. The concert was organized by Naada Inbam. Artists: Vocal: Iyer Sisters – Srividhya R.S. Iyer & Sudha R.S. Iyer Violin: K.P. Nandini Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar   List of songs: 1) viribOni (varnam)…

  • Concert in Yuva Utsav 2008 @ Bharat Kalachar

    Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Aditya Venkatesh at YGP Auditorium, PSBB School, T. Nagar on 5th Oct 2008. The concert was organized by Bharat Kalachar as a part of their Yuva Utsav 2008. Artists: Vocal: Aditya Venkatesh Violin: Srividhya R.S. Iyer Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar Khanjira: Madras Ramdas  …

  • Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman’s blog!

    Click here [link] to visit the blog of  Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman – mrudangam maestro and one of the greatest percussionists of all times!

  • A must see!

    Chanced upon this web site “The Big Picture – News Stories in Photographs” a couple of days back and just can’t stop raving about the photographs there. Some of them are just so inspiring! Take a look yourself.

  • Concert in Veena Navaratri

    Played mrudangam for the veena concert of Veena Venkataramani at Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall today (21st Sep 2008). The concert was a part of the Veena Navaratri festival organized by The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Veena Foundation, Narada Gana Sabha, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Sri Krishna Gana…

  • Concert – International Society of Laya Awareness

    Played mrudangam today for the violin duet of Sudha R.S. Iyer and Srividya R.S. Iyer at Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai. The concert was a part of Isai Velvi 2008 being organized by (Ghatam) Sri V. Suresh’s International Society for Laya Awareness. The song list is as follows: 1) sarasUDa…

  • Carnatica’s Shyama Sastri Remembrance Festival

    Please find below the information received from Carnatica about the fest: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carnatica Archival Centre for Music & Dance presents a two-day festival dedicated to the great composer Shri. Shyama Sastri. The event is designed as an exposition of the life and times of this vaggeyakara, to gain insight into…

  • Svanubhava

    Matrka & YACM organized a 6 day event from 5th Aug to 10 Aug 2008 aptly titled “Svanubhava“. The event comprised many educative sessions like lecture demonstrations, listening sessions, Q&A with artists and concerts and saw many music students including those from Kalakshetra, Govt Music College and the Music Academy…

  • Happy Birthday Iyerval!

    You are one of my all time favorites and, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest musicians ever in the history of Carnatic Music. Your life and music has taught me so much and I am sure will continue to teach and influence me a lot more in the…