Awards, Concerts and Programs by members of rasikas.org

[rajumds]

I learn that our member Mannarkoil J Balaji is receiving an award today .
May I request him to give us details about the program .
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On a side note we can use this thread purely to update the events where members here are participating . Will be nice to know where the likes of Ram , Balaji , and so many others play. For the particular day every day . Artists and other members may feel shy to promote themselves so I think it is our duty to ensure that we do not make them feel so .
This thread could be used for the particlar day , at the start of every day .
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Also understand that Lakshmanji is in town and is staying with Coolji . If he can let us know his program for the day , we will know where we are most likely to meet him . Same with Arasi , rshankar , vasanthakokilam and so many others . The method to contact through email could be kept open too.
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Reminder for Mannarkoil Balaji Sir .
Pls do let us know if you are reading this, before evening today .I will try and email you also , if you have kept that option open with the members details.

[cienu]

Balaji . Congratulations

[mridhangam]

Ganamukundapriya is honouring Veteran Dancer Smt.Savitri Jagannatha Rao with the Title "nAtya kalA chUdAmaNi" and I am being conferred "gAna laya pravENa".

The function is organised at the Vivekananda Hall of P S High School, Mylapore at 5 Pm today (9/12/2011) and Makkal Kural Ramjee is the Chief Guest for the function. I personally extend my invitation to all the members and rasikas to the function.

Mannarkoil J Balaji

[rshankar]

Congratulations, Sri Balaji!

[Lakshman]

Congrats and best wishes sri. Balaji.

[Lakshman]

As for my programme, I will be attending the rasikas meet, but no other commitments.

[vasanthakokilam]

Congrats Sri. Balaji!

[rajeshnat]

Congratulations Balaji on your award.

[PUNARVASU]

Congratulations Shri Balaji.

[mahavishnu]

Congratulations and best wishes to Sri Balaji.

[VK RAMAN]

"gAna laya pravENa" - Congrats.

[srikant1987]

Congratulations, Balaji ji!

[vainika]

Congratulations to Sri Balaji on this recognition!

On a side note we can use this thread purely to update the events where members here are participating . Will be nice to know where the likes of Ram , Balaji , and so many others play..

' very happy to note that our Ramkumar is a popular accompanist this season, with around 19 concerts in December and more in January. All are listed on his blog at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/


I have the privilege of providing veena accompaniment to Padmashri Prof SR Janakiraman on some of his lec-dems:

Sunday 11th Dec 2011, 9:00 AM
Verbal and Aesthetic Excellence in the lyrics of Thyagaraja's & Dikshitar's compositions. Music Forum, Arkay Convention Centre

Thursday 22nd Dec, 10:00 AM
Musical and Lyrical Elegance of 72 Melaragamalika, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam

and possibly (not yet confirmed)
Sunday 25th Dec, 8:30 AM
Is Vivadi Really a Dosha in Carnatic Music, Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust, Sadguru Gnanananda Hall (main hall of Narada Gana Sabha)

[maduraimini]

Congratulations and Best wishes, Balaji!

[veenajj]

Congrats Balaji! A well deserved and apt title indeed!

This is a nice thread. Please visit http://www.veenajj.com/schedule.php for our schedule. Concerts on 19th and 20th will feature RTPs. Look forward to seeing all you "rasikas" soon!

Jeyaraaj and Jaysri

[Nick H]

Congratulations, Balaji!

[arasi]

Balaji,
I hadn't seen this thread until now.Otherwise, I would have congratulated you when I met you after your fine playing (accompanying veena vidushi Jayalakshmi Chandrashekar)!
Congratulations!

rajumds,
Glad that you started this thread.

Ramki,
Good to hear from you. Will try and catch your playing for the great SRJ.

[shruthi6]

Congratulation, Balaji

[thanjavooran]

Balaji Avl,
I too did not see this thread until now.
congratulations and best wishes,
Thanjavooran 13 12 2011

[ram]

' very happy to note that our Ramkumar is a popular accompanist this season, with around 19 concerts in December and more in January. All are listed on his blog at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

Thanks vainika. A more easily referenceable list is available at http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/my-concerts/

Listing the concerts below as well:

DECEMBER 2011

3rd Dec 2011 – Saturday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM - Deekshita Venkataraman (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Music Education Trust)

5th Dec 2011 – Tuesday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM – Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Music Education Trust)

8th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 2:00 to 4:00 PM – Rahul Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Meenakshi Sundararajan College Auditorium, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam (Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts)

8th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 6:00 PM – Vikram Raghavan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Triplicane

10th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 4:30 to 6:00 PM – Pallavi Prasanna Madhyastha (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan)

10th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM - Vidya Subramanian (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Narada Gana Sabha, Mylapore (Narada Gana Sabha)

11th Dec 2011 – Sunday – 7:00 to 9:00 PM - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Kesava Perumal Temple, Chitrakulam, Mylapore

16th Dec 2011 – Friday – 2:00 to 4:00 PM – S.R. Mytreyi (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore (Kartik Fine Arts)

19th Dec 2011 – Monday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore (Mylapore Fine Arts Club)

21st Dec 2011 – Wednesday – 4:00 to 6:00 PM – Aravind Sundararajan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2 Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam)

23rd Dec 2011 – Friday – 12:00 to 1:30 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Sri Kapali Fine Arts)

23rd Dec 2011 – Friday – 5:30 to 7:30 PM – Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Kalyan Nagar Association Hall, Mandaveli (Ayyapa Bhakta Samaj)

24th Dec 2011 – Saturday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Deekshita Venkataraman (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore (Sri Kapali Fine Arts)

25th Dec 2011 – Sunday – 1:00 to 2:30 PM - Rahul Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, MCTM School, Luz Church Road, Alwarpet (Brahma Gana Sabha)

28th Dec 2011 – Wednesday – 1:30 to 3:00 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

29th Dec 2011 – Thursday – 5:00 to 7:00 PM - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Kasi Viswanatha Temple, Mambalam (Hamsavinodini)

30th Dec 2011 – Friday – 2:15 to 3:45 PM – Krithika Natarajan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Vani Mahal, G.N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar (Shri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha)

31st Dec 2011 – Saturday – 12:30 to 2:00 PM - S. Malavika (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden Street, Opp. Sanskrit College, Mylapore (Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha)

31st Dec 2011 – Saturday – 5:00 to 6:00 PM - Kartik Narayanan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple, Triplicane


JANUARY 2012

1st Jan 2012 – Sunday – 3:45 PM - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Raja Annamalai Manram, Egmore (Tamil Isai Sangam)

4th Jan 2012 – Wednesday – 4:30 PM - R. Raghavendra (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Swamy’s Hall, R.K. Mutt Road, Mandaveli (Sriranjani)

6th Jan 2012 – Friday – 6:30 to 9:00 PM – Sangeetha Ayyar (Vocal), R. Ramkumar (Mrudangam) @ Kalakshetra Colony, Tiruvanmiyur (Ambalam)

[mohan]

Here are the details for Sangeetha's (my wife) concerts in Chennai.  Some of you may have heard her through some of clips I have posted on the forum. This is the first time she is singing in Chennai despite giving many concerts in Australia and some in USA. Please try and attend

Monday 26 December 2011. 3.30pm to 5pm
Smitha Krishnan -violin
Calcutta Venkataraman - mridangam
Nadasudha
Sree Ganapathy Sachidananda Ashram, Near Baby Nagar
Velachery

Thursday 29 December  2011 9.30am to 10.30am
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - violin
Akshay  Padmanabhan - mridangam
Carnatica
Arkay Convention Center
146, Oms Lakshana Building 3rd floor (Same building as Shah's and opp Vidya Mandir)
Royapettah High Road, Mylapore

Friday 6 January 2012
7pm to 9pm 
R. Ramkumar - mridangam 
Violin - to be advised
Release of DVD on Manakkal Rangarajan from 6pm
Rasayana
Ambalam Arts Centre 
New No. 18, Old No. H-48A
Yamuna Street, Kalakshetra Colony
Besant Nagar

All are welcome

[Rajani]

I'd also like to remind you about 2 upcoming presentations by the Veena couple and fellow Rasikas, Jeyaraaj and Jaysri


25th December at 10 am: Lecdem on "Music and Veena - The Link" @ Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Kamakoti Hall

5th January at 6 pm: Thematic Veena Concert on "Dikshitar Kritis with Lalitambika's Unique Names from the Sahasranamam" with Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam) ( I shall be doing the narration for this concert)

[rshankar]

Rajani - great to hear about these performances...
Folks, you should try and attend these - J&J, as always will do a fabulous job, and Rajani's narration will enhance the whole program...Nick and Arasi, you in particular will love it, IMO...

[Rajani]

A reminder about tomorrow's Thematic Presentation.

I do hope some of our fellow Rasikas will join us in this exploration into Dikshitar's kritis.

The venue is Arkay Convention Centre, (near Bombay Halwa House), Luz, Mylapore

[PUNARVASU]

How I would love to attend this! Have to be satisfied with a feedback from those who attend. Best wishes.

[Nick H]

Rajani - great to hear about these performances...
Folks, you should try and attend these - J&J, as always will do a fabulous job, and Rajani's narration will enhance the whole program...Nick and Arasi, you in particular will love it, IMO...

Indeed ... I've attended a couple of such performances. Usually I go to their house concerts, featuring both themselves and other artists. Tomorrow, regrets, but I don't think I can be there.

Sorry, Rajani... best wishes to you all for the evening. See you next time.

[arasi]

Rajani,
I'm not in Chennai anymore and regret missing this.
I missed meeting you too, at their Music Academy concert.

That concert was a very good one and I am happy I could hear them from beginning to the end. I was also surprised by the attendance. Many of the seats were occupied!

[Rajani]

Thank you, Ravi, Nick and Arasi for your wishes. The programme went well.

[Rajani]

Review of J&J's veena Music Academy concert :

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2777373.ece

And of the thematic one, that appeared in the City Express section of Indian Express :

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/an-admirable ... 0-120.html