Kartik Fine Arts Expands Cultural Reach to Chennai Suburbs
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Kartik Fine Arts Expands Cultural Reach to Chennai Suburbs

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Kartik Fine Arts expands its cultural activities to Chennai's suburbs. The sabha has launched an outreach effort to reach out to rasikas in the suburbs, featuring a Carnatic vocal recital by K. Gayatri. The inaugural event was held in collaboration with Babaji Vidhyashram, Sholinganallur, and featured a diverse lineup of performances. The concert showcased the talents of renowned artists from different regions, including K. Gayatri, B. Ananthakrishnan, Praveen Sparsh, and Swati Tirunal. The event aimed to provide a platform for rasikas in the suburbs to experience the rich cultural heritage of South Chennai.

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With a focus on Shiva
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With a focus on Shiva

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Anwesha Das, a disciple of Urmila Satyanarayanan, presented a traditional margam for her performance for Kartik Fine Arts. The alarippu in Sankirna Chaapu featured elements representative of his iconic image — the Damaru, the Ganga flowing from his locks, the tiger skin and snake — through interesting poses and simple movements. Anwesha explored the ideas convincingly with familiar sancharis such …

Sivasri’s ‘naama yatra’ connects audience well at music festival in Madurai
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Sivasri’s ‘naama yatra’ connects audience well at music festival in Madurai

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Sivasri Skandaprasad took the rasikas for a “Nama Yatra” on the fifth day’s concert of the 73rd annual music and arts festival at Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam in Madurai. Her next rendition was “muruga muruga enral” by Periyasami Tooran in raga saaveri and in quick succession she rendered Tirupugazh “Kondru tharu.” Skandaprasad’s composition “Pathi pasupathi” and “Maathangi maragathangi” on Lord …

Ranjani and Gayatri’s concert took listeners across the country on a cultural voyage
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Ranjani and Gayatri’s concert took listeners across the country on a cultural voyage

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When Ranjani and Gayatri present a concert a deep devotional fervour intertwines with melodic brilliance, resonating with the divine vision of the great composers. Their thematic recital ‘RaGa Bharatam’ at Narada Gana Sabha emerged as a three-dimensional celebration of music, spirituality, and national pride. ‘Kaalakaalamaay dharumam kaatha maanilame; raagabhavamaay potriduvom bhaaratame’, set to Khanda Triputa tala, featured a blend of …

The highpoint of K. Gayathri’s concert was a unique varnam
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The highpoint of K. Gayathri’s concert was a unique varnam

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With a traditional repertoire infused with creative intricacies, K. Gayathri, presented a concert accompanied by Sayee Rakshit on the violin, Sumesh Narayanan on the mridangam, and S. Krishna on the ghatam. Gayathri’s intricate alapana brought out the raga’s essence with elegance, despite occasional breath control challenges, which she managed with grace. Next was Syama Sastri’s ‘Mayamma yaanine’ in Ahiri, a …

A. Kanyakumari and Vittal Rangan presented a delightful string theory
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A. Kanyakumari and Vittal Rangan presented a delightful string theory

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On a rainy evening, there was a downpour of melody as violin vidushi A. Kanyakumari and her disciple B. Vittal Rangan, drenched rasikas in their nuanced and aesthetic music. In perfect sync, the guru-sishya duo commenced the concert, for Kartik Fine Arts, evoking bhakti rasa with ‘Karimukha varadha’, a GNB composition in raga Nattai. This was followed by an alapana …

Aishwarya enthrals music lovers
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Aishwarya enthrals music lovers

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Hyderabad:Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath enthralled music lovers with her mellifluous rendition at the 57th annual festival of music, dance and drama of Kalasagaram. She started with Swathi Thirnal’s ‘Sumasayaka’ in Karnataka Kapi with ragamalika swaras followed by the Thyagaraja krithi ‘Tulasi Dalamulache’ in Mayamalavagowla raga with crisp kalpana swaras. Before a beautiful Varali raga alapana, she sang the ‘Sanatana Parama Pavana’ …

Hamzini Vytheeshwaran’s choice of kritis and well-nuanced alapanas stood out in her concert
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Hamzini Vytheeshwaran’s choice of kritis and well-nuanced alapanas stood out in her concert

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Hamzini Vytheeshwaran, a disciple of Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, sings with a reasonable measure of depth. Hamzini commenced her concert with the popular Thodi varnam, ‘Era napai’ in Adi tala, rendered in two speeds. The next surprise was an exposition of Chandrajyoti raga alapana, preceding the Tyagaraja composition ‘Baagayanayya’ in Adi tala, which is more appropriately sung in Deshadi talam. The …

How Papanasam Sivan shaped the musical landscape of Mylapore
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How Papanasam Sivan shaped the musical landscape of Mylapore

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From the streets of Tiruvaiyaru’s Saptastanam to that of Madras’ Mylapore, the early dawn processions during the Tamil month of Margazhi were led by Papanasam Sivan, the only name that comes to mind when you think of Dhanur maasam bhajanai. “He chose his Mudra or signature to be ‘Ramadasa’ — a throwback to his given name of Ramayya and as …

Adithi Sriram dances with stars in her eyes
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Adithi Sriram dances with stars in her eyes

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A dancer enjoying her own performance adds beauty to the recital and is a joyous sight for the audience as well. Adithi Sriram, a disciple of Meenakshi Chitharanjan, performed her solo Bharatanatyam recital as part of the Aadi Naatya Vizha 2024, presented by Brahma Gana Sabha. She commenced with ‘Ananda narthana ganapathim’, a composition of Oothukadu Venkata Subbaiyer, set in …

Chennai Dance for Dance Festival 2023 features Koodiyattam, Mohiniyattam and Odissi
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Chennai Dance for Dance Festival 2023 features Koodiyattam, Mohiniyattam and Odissi

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Dance for Dance’ festival featured Koodiyattam, Mohiniyattam and Odissi on the final day. Neena Prasad’s Mohiniyattam presentation titled ‘Swathi Muthyam’ consisted of the choicest compositions of Swati Tirunal. Neena next presented Swati Tirunal’s sthava varnam ‘Rama ava akhila ripu virama’, a rare piece in Mohiniyattam. The second sanchari for the line ‘Kama manjima haari charurupa’, Neena portrayed Kama reveling in …

Sikkil Gurucharan Reinvents Genre and Style
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Sikkil Gurucharan Reinvents Genre and Style

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: It is amazing to find top grade Carnatic musicians being brilliant academicians too. Add to the list the scholar musician Sikkil Gurucharan, the grandson of flautist Sikkil Kunjumani. In the final moments of the rendition nāto mātlādammā was such an ethos filled presentation that it could well have tempted Māyammā to respond. In contrast to a tendency to reduce …

What it means to belong to Swati Tirunal’s family and grow up listening to his Navaratri kritis
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What it means to belong to Swati Tirunal’s family and grow up listening to his Navaratri kritis

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In cultures all over the world, there have been people who wanted good things to reach the masses and not rest with just a privileged few. Among our great composers, Sri Tyagaraja is celebrated for his devotion to Lord Rama, Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar for his devotion to Lord Subramanya, Sri Syama Sastri for his devotion to the divine Mother and …

Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert

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Vijay Siva offered a mixed musical bag
1 year, 11 months ago

Vijay Siva offered a mixed musical bag

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A purposeful career, shaped by good musical values and a sharply defined style, steered Vijay Siva’s concert to a satisfactory finale at the Indian Fine Arts Society. The opening pieces lacked conviction as Vijay Siva attempted kritis such as ‘Thera theeyaga rada’ and ‘Ikanaina’. ‘Jayathu gokula vasa’ in Adi 2 kalai, though not commonly heard, has an engaging structure and …

Adithyanarayanan’s bhava-laden rendition
2 years ago

Adithyanarayanan’s bhava-laden rendition

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No art form stirs the human emotions as deeply as music does. He commenced with the very first composition of Dikshitar, ‘Sri nathadi guruguho’, in Mayamalavagowla, which is usually the first raga a music student is taught. Adithya did not disappoint his rasikas, in offering one of Diskhitar’s magnum opus ‘Soundararaajam aashraye’, traversing from the lower to the higher octave …

A colourful portrait of ragas by Sikkil Gurucharan
2 years ago

A colourful portrait of ragas by Sikkil Gurucharan

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Smart choice of ragas and kritis, careful distribution of time, keeping the raga treatises and swarakalpana under control and avoiding over indulgence — all these contribute to the success of a concert. With his vocal cords in fine form, Gurucharan opened the performance with the ghana raga Adi tala varnam, ‘Chalamela jesevura’ by Vinjamoori Varadaraja Iyengar. The raga’s splendour could …

An impressive thematic presentation by Rasika Arts Foundation
2 years, 1 month ago

An impressive thematic presentation by Rasika Arts Foundation

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In connection with the 40th anniversary of Noopura Academy of Indian dances, Mangaluru, Sulochana V Bhat had organised a Bharathanatyam performance by students of the Bengaluru-based Rasika Arts Foundation. The nimble footwork, fleeting facial expressions, graceful body language and the beautiful co-ordination among the performers spoke highly of the training they had received from gurus Kiran Subramanyam and Sandhya Kiran. …

Aditya Madhavan’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma
2 years, 6 months ago

Aditya Madhavan’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma

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Aditya Madhavan’s recent concert for Madhuradhwani and Aanmajothi was aesthetic from the word go. Connoisseur’s delight Aditya Madhavan’s extensive Begada alapana for Muthuswami Dikhitar’s ‘Tyagarajaya namaste’ was a connoisseur’s delight. Another gem of a composition in this concert was Tiruvarur Ramaswamy Pillai’s ‘Sree Kamakshi Katakshi’ on the Goddess of Vedapuri in Tamil Nadu. This composition is attributed to Subbaraya Sastri …

Celebration of raga and rhythm
5 years, 1 month ago

Celebration of raga and rhythm

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Classical performances stood out among the programmes held as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Chetana group in Thrissur. ‘Jaya jaya Ganapathy’, the opening number, a composition of Ganapathy Sachidananda in Hamsadwani and Adi, was noteworthy for the flashes of swara that covered three sthayis. The drut was set to Ek Taal and the bandish ‘Jamuna jaal bharan nahi …

Artistic celebration
5 years, 9 months ago

Artistic celebration

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The eight-day festival in connection with the Sivarathri celebrations at Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur, featured established names as well as young talents. Composed in ragas Saveri, Reetigowla and Revathy, the dancer gave a picturesque narration of Siva, which was anchored on Sankaracharya’s Panchakshari stothram, ‘Nagendra haaraaya, trilokachanaya’. ‘Chandrasekharam’, a composition of the Bellary Brothers in praise of Siva, entailed varied …

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