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Raja Chandra
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Vidwan R.K.Srikantan Trust (R) is conducting a gala a sankranthi music festival from 7-1-2006 to 13-1-2006 at Seva Sadan Hall, Malleswaram, Bangalore on the occasion of the 86 Th Birth day celberation of Vidwan Dr. R.K.Srikantan.

For details see www.culturalindia.org/rkstrust

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Sri Raja, the link is not working. Can you please post the schedule...

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Dear Member: here is reproduction of the invitation card:


VIDWANR.K.SRIKANTAN TRUST (Regd)
Bangalore-560 020.

Welcome Music Lovers to

A GRAND GALA EVENT OF THE
COMBINED TENTH (SAMPANNA)
AND ELEVENTH ANNUAL
SANKRANTI MUSIC FESTIVAL
&
86TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF
VIDWAN DR. R.K. SRIKANTAN
To be held at
SEVA SADAN HALL
14th Cross, Malleswaram (Left Turn on Sampige Road,
Near Pizza Comer, opp. Saibaba Temple), Bangalore-3.
From 7-1-2006 (Saturday) to 13-1-2006 (Friday)

VIDWAN R.K. SRlKANTAN TRUST (Regd)
No.4, Puttaranganna Layout, Seshadripuram
Bangalore-560 020. Phone: 2336 8190I
Presents
COMBINED TENTH (SAMPANNA)& ELEVENTH
ANNUAL SANKRANTI MUSIC FESTIVAL
HIS EXCELLENCY SHRI. TRILOKINATH CHAJURVEDI
GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA
has graciously consented to inaugurate the
festival and release the monograph
"MUSIC CRITICISM - PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE"
the first of its kind authored by
Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. R. SATHYANARAYANA
(Book dedicated to shatavadhani Dr. R. GANESH)
Dr. Smt. DEVAKI JAIN, Trustee,
Singamma Srinivasan Foundation, Bangalore.
has kindly consented to be the
Chief Guest and Release the book
"HARIDASA KEERTHANA'RATHNAMALA"
(Containing History & Contribution of
Haridasa Movement and 22 Devaranamas of
Five Haridasas with text, meaning & notation
in Kannada, Tamil & English)

You are Cordially Invited

S.N. Chandrashekar Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth
Senior Art Critic Convener and
Advisor Managing Trustee

R.S. Nandakumar, Co-ordinator
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PROGRAMME
7-1-2006, SATURDAY
5-30 p.m.
Invocation: Music & Jugalbandi Dance presentation by
Prabola Guptha, Sharmila Mukhargee,
Dhanya Nair and Veena Nair
Welcome & Introduction of Guests
Briefing About Trust Activities
Inauguration & Book Release
Governor's Address
Vote of Thanks
FELICITATION FUNCTION
Felicitation to
SHRI. H. KAMALANATH, President
on behalf of Bangalore Gayanasamaj
SHRI. M.R. DORESWAMY IYENGAR, President
on behalf of Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha
SHRI. K.S. MAHADEVAN
Senior Music Critic, Indian Express, Chennai
SHRI. B.R.C. IYENGAR
Senior Music Critic, The Hindu, Hyderabad
Followed by
GRAND VOCAL DVET PERFORMANCE
by
Rudrapatnam Brothers
Vid. R.N.Thyagarajan, Vid- R.N. TaranathanL
Vid. CN. Chandrashekar - Violin
Vid. Renuka Prasad - Mridangam
Vid. Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

(Sponsored by Vinjimuri Varadaraja Iyengar Foundation)

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Vid. Dr.R.K.Srikantan Felicitates

8-1-2006, SUNDAY

9-30 a.m. to 12-00 Noon

SYMPOSIUM ON MUSIC CRITICISM
(The First of its kind with special reference to Classical Carnatic Music)
Chair Person:
Mahamahopadhyaya DR. R. SATHYANARAYANA

PAPER PRESENTATION:

1. Music Criticism in general by Shri K.S. Mahadevan
Senior Music Critic, Indian Express, Chennai.
1. Role of the Critic by Shri B.R.C. Iyengar
Senior Music Critic, The Hindu, Hyderabad.
2. The Role of the Media by Vishveswara Bhat
Editor, Vijaya Karnataka

The papers are open for discussion

OBSERVERS:

Shri. RG. Srinivasa Murthy
Bangalore (Music Critic, Kannada Prabha)
Shri B.S.S. Rao, Mysore (Art Critic, The Hindu)
Shri Mysore V. Subramanya
(Art Critic, Deccan Herald & Praia Vani)
Dr. Shri M. Surya Prasad, Bangalore. (Art Critic, The Hindu)
Smt. Kusuma Rao, Bangalore (Music critic)

Lunch: 1-00 p.m

Evening Concert: 7-00 to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. Poorna Pragna Rao, Chennai - Vocal
(Son & Disciple of Late Sandyavandanam Srinivas Rao)
Vid. Jyothsna Srikanth - Violin
Vid. Srinivasan, (Delhi) ? Mridangam

Sponsored by Lalitha Kala Academy Foundation, Mysore

9-1-2006, MONDAY

5-15 p.m. to 7-00 p.m.

Kum. Amritha Venkatesh Vocal
Kum. B.K. Raghu Violin
Vide A.S.N. Swamy Mridangam

7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. D. Balakrishna Vocal
Vid. V.S.. Rajagopal Mridangam
Vid T.N. Ramesh Mridangam

10-1-2006, TUESDAY

5-15 p.m. to 7-00 p.m.

Kum. Manasanayana Vocal
Kum. Sathyaprakash Violin
Kum S. Prashanth Mridangam

7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. B.K. Ananthram Flute
Kum. Amith Nadig Flute
Vid. S. Yashasvi Violin
Vide B.K. Chandra Mouli Mridangam
Vide N. Vasudev Mridangam

11-1-2006, WEDNESDAY

5-15 p.m. to 7-00 p.m.

Vid. Ranjani Praveen Vocal
Vid. Jyothsna Manjunath Violin
Vid. Amruth Nagasundar Mridangam

7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. Dr. Suma Sudheendra Veena
Vid. C. Cheluvaraj Mridangam
Vid. Dayanad Mohite Ghatam

12-1-2006, THURSDAY

5-15 p.m. to 7-00 p.m.

Vid. Ashwini Flute
Vid. B. Lakshmi Violin
Vid. B.S. Anand Mridangam

7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. T.S. Sathyavathi Vocal
Vid. Dayakar Violin
Vid. Anoor Anantha Krishnasharma Mridangam

13-1-2006, FRIDAY

7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.

Vid. M.S. Sheela Vocal
Vid. Nalina Mohan Violin
Vid. Arjunkumar Mridangam
Vid. Ranganath Chakravarthy Ghatm

PROGRAMME ANCHOR: SHRI SHADAKSHARI

Our Grateful Thanks to the following Patrons:

* Mysore Sales International, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
* Vinjimuri Varadaraja Iyengar Foundation
* Lalithakala Academy Foundation, Mysore
* Smt. Asha Janardhap, New Jersey, U.S.A.
* Guruguhanjali, Chennai

Donations are welcome (Donations are exempted, under 80 G)
We wish all our Patrons Music connoisseurs
A Happy Sankranti & New Year 2006

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Thanks a lot!

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VIDWAN R.K. SRIKANTAN
Karnataka Sangeetha Ratna, Layakala Nipuna, Sangeetha Kala Ratna, Gayana Gandharva, Kamaneeya Sangeetha Kamadhenu ? Bho Paraak!'
Rudrapatnam Krishnasastri Srikantan, the octogenarian doyen of Karnatak music, is the recipient of many more such accolades for his divine music, but they do not weigh heavily on his head.
Transcendental music
You sit before him in a concert and he will instantaneously transport you to the heights of ecstasy. His transcendental music pervades your persona and makes you forget yourself in the ocean of formless beauty, which is beyond description. It unfurls before you a kaleidoscope of sounds which your soul understands but is unable to put it in words. Such is the mesmerising effect of R.K. Srikantan's music.
Vidwan R.K. Srikantan hails from a family of musicians, scholars and composers. His father, Rudrapatnam Krishnasastri was, in addition, a scholar in Sanskrit.
He was a vocalist and performed harikathas. He was a dramatist too. Music, of course, was at the top of his attributes. Srikantan's first guru was his father from whom he learnt the rudiments of music. He is the fourth son of his parents who had in addition a daughter also.
Professional musician
His elder brother R.K. Venkatarama Sastri taught him music and shaped him as a professional musician. He learnt from him the songs of great composers.
He would repeat the songs till his mind grasped the essence of the raga, the structure of the songs and their pathantharas. Srikantan would promptly take down the notations and practice them.
When his brother went to Madras (Chennai), he would send regularly the notations of keertanas, which Srikantan would thoroughly memorise and would sing them before his brother when he went to Madras.
He began to give concerts when he was just fourteen. Apart from his father and brother, he did not undergo the learning process under any other great guru.
But he was often meeting the great maestros of Karnatak music like Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Musiri Subrahmanya Iyer and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, practice some compositions before them and thus keep on making additions to his repertoire.
Rich collection
These tiny drops of music soon made him possess very rich collection of not only the popular ragas and compositions, but also rare ragas and kritis. His life is a raga of tireless striving stretching its arms towards perfection.
R.K. Srikantan's life is not one straightline without curves and frills. It is full of ups and downs. But he has taken them in his stride. He took his B.A. at Mysore and was married when he was twenty two (1944). His wife (Maitreyi) was fourteen.
Though he had made a name as an accomplished musician, he was not economically well off. He was trying to make both ends meet by giving tuitions to young aspirants.
He was holding concerts also. After some years, Srikantan with his family moved to Bangalore in search of greener pastures, and continued to teach and sing at concerts. He got a job at the Akashavani Station, which was just then started in Bangalore. The remuneration was not, however, very attractive but the couple had learnt how to manage within the income and lead a contented life.
Admiring crowds
In due course, R.K. Srikantan made rapid advances as a professional vocalist and his kacheris were always packed with admiring crowds of music lovers.
His family also was expanding in the meanwhile. Every time the couple had a baby, they would take a vow not to have any more children. But soon it would be forgotten and there would one more addition to the family. Maitreyi and R.K. Srikantan are the parents of seven children: Ramakanth, Ratnamala, Uma, Nalini, Vijaya, Kumara and Chandrika. They have no regrets nor have the children. Srikantan is immersed in music. His better-half bestows an abundance of love and care on the family.
Ramakanth and Ratnamala have become accomplished musicians. Ratnamala is happily married to Prakash. She is a popular singer of Bhavageethas. Ramakanth is an MSc. and teaches in a college. But he has continued to be keenly interested in Karnatak classical music and shares the dais with his father at the concerts.
Busy schedule
Even at his ripe old age, R.K. Srikantan has a busy schedule. In addition to training his pupils and giving kacheris, he participates in many activities like demonstration-lectures and has always taken much interest in educating and enlightening music lovers about the nuances of Karnatak music.
He upholds the old tradition but is always engaged in trying out innovations within the ambit of parampara. He owns a library of books on music and spends some time daily in study and contemplation. He has held a number of concerts all over India and abroad.
Sing with dedication
He says he has always striven to adhere to the advice the old Vidwans gave him. He recalls what Ariyakudi used to say that attention should first be given to rasikas.
He has tried to follow the kacheri pantha of Semmangudi and Maharajapuram and takes care to emphasise sahitya and laya suddhi, kirtanas and kalapramana.
He says he has benefited from instrumentalists like Palghat Mani, Lalgudi, Palani Subrahmanya Pillai and others. Palghat Mani Iyer once said: 'Yours is atmartha music. Stick to it. Sing with dedication.'
He always maintains a sense of proportion between raga elaboration, length of swaras and so on. Above all, a clean life is the sine qua non of success. That is our Srikantan.
-HSK

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Wow RCji, thanks a lot.

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Post by meena »

is this the same sree rk venkatarama sastri, the violinist?

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pl. ignore my Q, found the info on the web.

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Post by mahesh3 »

Might anybody post a concert of RKS?

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haridAsa kIrtana ratnamAla - a compilation of 22 dEvaranAmas of five haridAsa's set to music by saMgIta kalAnidhi vidvAn R.K.shrIkaMThan with text and notations in kannada, English and Tamil was released on the inaugural day. The book is published by vidvAn R.K.shrIkaMThan's Trust, No-4, Puttaranganna Lay out, Seshadripuram, Bangalore-560020. Ph: 2336 8190.

It contains the following devaranamas:-

1. shrIpAdarAja's Compositions.
· vaMdipe ninage gaNanAtha.
· bArO manege gOviMda
· bArO namma manege kRuShNa
· kaMgaLidyAtakO.

2. vyAsarAya's Compositions.
· Olaga sulabhavO raMgayyana.
· eMda mAtu cheMdavAytu.
· harinAma jihveyoLirabEku.
· vAdigaja mastakAMkusha
· naMbi keTTavarillavO.

3. kanakadAsa's Compositions.
· bAgilanu teredu sEveyanu koDu hariyE.
· kula kula kulavennutiharu.
· nInupEkSheya mADe.
· nammamma shArade.
· bhajisi badukelo mAnava
· varava koDu enage vAgdEvi

4. puraMdaradAsa's Compositions.
· maMdamatiyO nAnu.
· maDi maDi maDi eMdu.
· manavE caMcala matiyabiDu.
· haMgE irabEku saMsAradalli
· maMdagamane ivanAre pELamma

5. vijayadAsa's compositions.
· sadA enna hRudayadalli.
· pAlise padumAlaya


price: Rs.170.00 /USD15.00

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Post by Raja Chandra »

Another book published by the same trust was also released on the inaugural day.

Music Crticism: Principles and Parctice by Prof. R.Satyanarayana ( with special reference to Karnataka Music) - a comprehensive and crtical study.

price: Rs.200.00/USD20.00

It is the first book of its kind in Indian Music.

The "Priciples" encompasses in a critical analysis such vital issues as art experience, art criticism, music criticism, musical from and the role, responsibilities and qualifications of a music critic.

"Practice" reveals the contemporary state of the art of music criticism appearing in the press and consists of rich selections of music reviews written by renowned music critics, both veterans and younger, drawn from most of south India.

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