The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest judges announced
3 years ago

The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest judges announced

The Hindu  

If you are among the under-40 musicians sending in online entries for The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest, don’t you want to know who the judges are? The judges for the competition are musician, dance scholar and writer Sujatha Vijayaraghavan, vocalist and an associate professor of French Varalakshmi Anandakumar, violinists LN Sisters and gurus M. Lalitha and M. Nandhini, Mridangist and guru Erode Nagaraj and Hindustani vocalist and guru Lalita Sharma. Three categories The Hindu Margazhi Music Competition is for students of Carnatic and Hindustani styles. For the “vocal/instrumental: thukkada” category, they can send a solo rendition of compositions of Annamacharya, Purandara Dasa, Bhadrachala Ramadas, Sadasiva Brahmendra, Meera, Kabir, Surdas, Tulsidas, Jayadeva and others; Tamil pieces like Thevaram, Thiruppavai, Thiruppugazh and compositions of Subramanya Bharathi and others; tillana s, padam s, javalis, bhajan s, abhang s and similar semi-classical compositions.

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Last date for The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest extended till January 18; over 1,350 entries received so far
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Last date for The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest extended till January 18; over 1,350 entries received so far

The Hindu  

The last date for The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest 2025 has been extended and it is now January 18. Indian Oil Corporation Limited will be the Associate sponsor for the contest, which has so far received an overwhelming 1,350 entries from upcoming classical musicians under 40 years of age. The judges for the competition are Vijayan Bhaskar, mridangam guru and …

A look at the Margazhi concerts to take place on December 18
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A look at the Margazhi concerts to take place on December 18

The Hindu  

THE MUSIC ACADEMY @ 168, TTK Road, Alwarpet. Today, 8.05 a.m.: Lecdem ‘Similar Phraseologies in non-allied ragas’ by R. Hemalatha; 9.05 a.m.: ‘Izhappin Valiyum Valiyin Izhappum’ lecdem by R. Ramanathan. Today, 9 a.m.: Bangalore Brothers; 11.45 a.m.: J. Yoga Kirtana; 1.30 p.m.: Ananya Ashok; 4 p.m.: Madurai T.N.S. Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshitar’s Maha Bhaktha Vijayam at 7 a.m.; Malladi Brothers’ vocal …

A guide to the Margazhi concerts on December 17, 2024
3 weeks, 4 days ago

A guide to the Margazhi concerts on December 17, 2024

The Hindu  

THE MUSIC ACADEMY @TTK Road, Alwarpet. December 17, 8 a.m.,: Music performance by the students of Advanced School of Carnatic Music; followed by Academic sessions 8.20 a.m.: ‘Encapsulating a Raga: Varnamettu’ by Ritha Rajan; and 9.20 a.m.: ‘Raga descriptions in the Brhaddesi of Matanga’ by V. Premalatha. December 17, 9 a.m.: Manda Sudha Rani; 11.45 a.m.: Shruthi Shankar Kumar; 1.30 …

Letters to The Hindu — March 23, 2024
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Letters to The Hindu — March 23, 2024

The Hindu  

Arrest The tactics of evasion adopted by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in side-stepping repeated summons by the Enforcement Directorate have boomeranged on him. B. Gurumurthy, Bengaluru Title, talent, responses The reactions by some well-known musicians in the field of Carnatic music to the title of Sangita Kalanidhi having been bestowed on fellow musician T.M. The President, The Music Academy, …

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Pranavkrishna Ramasubramanian
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Pranavkrishna Ramasubramanian

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. In the December Music Season, a young crop of artistes will get a chance to showcase their talent online. Mridangam artiste Pranavkrishna Ramasubramanian is a 12th grader at Millard North High School, Omaha Nebraska. Hailing from a musically inclined family, the 17-year-old took a leaning towards his …

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Sudarshan Mohan
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Sudarshan Mohan

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. In the December Music Season, a young crop of artistes will get a chance to showcase their talent online. Carnatic vocalist Sudarshan Mohan has been learning music for the past 14 years. Since he is particularly passionate about growing the Carnatic tradition among the Indian diaspora in …

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Samyuktha Sreeram and Rishabh Ranganathan
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Samyuktha Sreeram and Rishabh Ranganathan

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. Upcoming Ghatam percussionist Samyuktha Sreeram and Violinist Rishabh Ranganathan, who trains in the Parur-style, are friends and perform concerts together. Rishabh Ranganathan was initiated into Carnatic music at the age of seven by musicologist Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma and since 2012, he has been learning the ‘Parur’ style …

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Bhargavi Ranganathan
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Bhargavi Ranganathan

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. In the December Music Season, a young crop of artistes will get a chance to showcase their talent online. Carnatic Vocalist Bhargavi Ranganathan began learning music from when she was just 10. Her gurus include Bharathi of Madurai, V. Padmini of Velachery, Ranjini Hebbar and Padma Sugavanam. …

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: M. Shrikanth and K. R. Sivaramakrishna
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: M. Shrikanth and K. R. Sivaramakrishna

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. Violinist M. Shrikanth and Kanjira artiste K. R. Sivaramakrishna are friends and they perform together at many concerts. Shrikanth is currently a disciple of Akkarai Sisters, Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha.He started learning music at the age of seven and had his initial training under vidwans Lalitha and Nandini …

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Tejashree and Tanujashree
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Tejashree and Tanujashree

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. In the December Music Season, a young crop of artistes will get a chance to showcase their talent online. Carnatic vocalists Shree Sisters, Tejashree Mahadevan and Tanujashree Mahadevan, the great grand daughters of Ganasaraswathi D.K. They have been undergoing training under the able guidance of their grandmother …

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Pooja Suresh and Supraja Suresh
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artistes of the day: Pooja Suresh and Supraja Suresh

The Hindu  

The Hindu celebrates the talent of youngsters this Margazhi, in a web series. Sisters Pooja Suresh and Supraja Suresh began learning music at the age of five at Brihaddhwani and later under Vidushi Sangeetha Sivakumar. At present they are continuing to learn vocal Carnatic music from Vidwan P. Vasanth Kumar who is also Pooja's veena guru and Manda Sudha Rani. …

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Poornima Krishna Emani
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Poornima Krishna Emani

The Hindu  

Child prodigy Poornima Krishna Emani plays both the flute and veena with equal ease. Hailing from a family of Hyderabad-based musicians, Veena and Chitravina exponent Emani Lalitha Krishna and Tandava Krishna, she started learning music from her mother. She is currently doing her Diploma in music teaching from Tamil Music College, Raja Annamalai Mandram, Chennai. She has won several prizes …

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Sunil Gargyan
5 years ago

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Sunil Gargyan

The Hindu  

Carnatic vocalist Sunil R. Gargyan has been learning music since he was just three. This year he has received the Yuva Kalabharathi from Bharat Kalachar and Isai Chemmal award from Trinity Arts Festival of India. He has also been conferred the Isai Chudar by Karthik Fine Arts in their December Music Season in 2018 and ‘Best Male Vocalist’ by The …

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