North American Melharmonic Orchestra (NAMO) @Cleveland

[SridharxRamaswamy]

North American Melharmonic Orchestra (NAMO) makes mark at Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival (http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/news/201301/20130403.asp)

The 36th Annual Cleveland Tyagaraja festival hosted the premiere concert of the historic North American Melharmonic Orchestra (NAMO) to a packed house at the Waetjen Auditorium, featuring 45 artistes from the U.S. and Canada.

NAMO - a unique blend of artistes trained in Western Classical, Carnatic, Hindustani as well as Jazz, received an overwhelming response from the 1000-plus listeners assembled from all over the continent. Legends such as Sangita Kalanidhis Prof Trichy Sankaran and Shri Trichur Ramachandran as well as numerous other top-level musicians, dancers and connoisseurs were among the listeners.

Conducted by founder Chitravina N Ravikiran, the group, comprising
27 voices, Western and Indian violins, Cello, Trumpet, Clarinet, Guitar, Piano,
Saxophone, Chitravinas, Sitar, Mrdangams and Tabla, presented 6 compositions
based on the theme "Tyagaraja the Traveller".

http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/news/201301/20130403.asp

[arasi]

Watched it via streaming and loved it. My impressions of it are in the Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival thread (post #19).

[maduraimini]

Congratulations to NAMO and Sri Ravikiran. He has undertaken a tremendous project and done it well. Kudos to him and all the artists who combined their talents to make it a success. We can all be proud to be citizens of the same planet they are from!

[bharathi]

Can we in India have the pleasure of listening to this live?
I hope it will be arranged in the Music academy, in Chennai sometime.