Music: Khoj--Flute recital by Srinibas Satapathy
12 years, 11 months ago

Music: Khoj--Flute recital by Srinibas Satapathy

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Khoj’ is an attempt to explore the immense vastness of classical Indian music through the medium of the bamboo flute. It is a quest for further and deeper understanding of Hindustani music through exploration and elaboration of it’s various forms of ‘raga vistaar’. About the artist Srinibas Satapathy: Srinibas has performed with the most famous Odissi dancers - Late Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Sonal Mansingh, Madhavi Mudgal,Bijoyini Satapathy, Surupa Sen, Aruna Mohanty, Ranjana Gauhar and Sujata Mohanty as an accompanist in most of the prestigious festivals around the world. A soloist in his own right, Srinibas has performed in the US and Belgium as well as in Festival of Young Musicians in Patna, the Annual Music Festival of Nrityagram in Bangalore, the Nalanda Festival, Bihar as well as in Kolkata and Orissa.

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3 years, 4 months ago

Mambalam Sisters’s accent was on aesthetics

The Hindu  

Having performed together for long, the Mambalam Sisters, Vijayalakshmi and Chitra, have a perfect understanding of each other’s strengths and individual expertise. In the niraval and kalpanaswara segments in the charanam line ‘Samagana vinodini’, the sisters divided and sang the portions that suited each one’s strengths, with the swarakshara and the occasional panchama varjitha phrases adding beauty. Another notable part …

A well-etched Thodi by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar
3 years, 5 months ago

A well-etched Thodi by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar

The Hindu  

The flute concert by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, which was premiered on YouTube by Naada Inbam, was a wholesome treat, but strictly traditional. Steeped in bhakti ‘Padavini sadbhakthi’ by Tyagaraja in Salaka Bhairavi followed next, in which the saint talks about the futility of social status if one does not understand the nature of Rama. Syama Sastri’s devout kriti pleading for …

Mudicondan Ramesh’s concert at Veenotsav’21
3 years, 6 months ago

Mudicondan Ramesh’s concert at Veenotsav’21

The Hindu  

On the inaugural day of the annual Veenotsav ‘21, senior veena artiste Mudicondan Ramesh was honoured with the ‘Vainika Mudhra’ title in the presence of vainika Prof. R.S. A highlight of the performance was the challenging Chaturdasa Ragamalika by Muthuswami Dikshitar, ‘Sri Viswanatham’, set in 14 ragas — Sri, Arabhi, Gowri, Nattai, Gowlai, Mohanam, Sama, Lalitha, Bhairavai, Saranga, Sankarabharanam, Kamboji, …

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