Svatantra - A National festival of performing arts!

[the_ARTery]

The ARTery presents



A National Festival of Performing Arts during the week of Independence Day, in Chennai.

Venue: Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram, RA Puram, Chennai 28

Tuesday, Aug. 13th 2013
• 5.00 - 6.30 pm: Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
• 7.00 - 9.00 pm: Grand Jugalbandhi by legendary Violinists Prof. T. N. Krishnan (Carnatic) & Dr. N. Rajam (Hindustani) with Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), Ajeet Pathak (Tabla)

Wednesday, Aug. 14th 2013
• 5.00 - 6.30 pm: Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sarma (Ghatam)
• 7.00 - 9.00 pm: Tamil Play: 'Crazy' Mohan presents "Meesai Aanalum Manaivi"

Thursday, Aug. 15th 2013
• 5.00 - 6.30 pm: Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Poongulam S. Subramanian (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
• 7.00 - 9.00 pm: Contemporary Music: "Paaramparya", a contemporary adaptation of the masters, by Violinist Viji Krishnan & Playback singer Karthik. With Keith Peters (Bass Guitar), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) & orchestra. Concept: Cinematographer Rajiv Menon.

Friday, Aug. 16th 2013
• 5.00 - 6.30 pm: Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
• 7.00 - 9.00 pm: The Grand Finale - "Maestro's Choice": Mahavidwan Nedanuri Krishnamurthy (Vocal), Malladi Ravikumar (Vocal Support), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)

Entry
5.00 pm programmes are FREE!

For 7.00 pm programmes:

1. Season Donor Passes: Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000

• Daily Donor Passes: Rs. 1000, Rs. 500, Rs. 100, Rs. 50

• Balcony FREE, first come first served!

Issue of passes will commence from Tuesday, August 6th at shopping.theartery.in and at our office in Chennai (Details soon)

Webcast: There will be no live webcast. However, all donor patrons of The ARTery can enjoy an on-demand video streaming from August 20th onwards at http://www.theartery.in. Patron donations are available for as low as $5 (Rs. 300) a month and enables access to archived content as well as monthly subscription to The ARTery magazine.

An event by Sensational Productions & Srishti's Carnatica!

[Nick H]

T N Krishnan and N Rajan together?

Wow. Once in a lifetime opportunity?

[the_ARTery]

Well yes, Nick... it definitely is a rare opportunity! Hope to see you there

Donor passes are avbl from today at our office! Daily passes as low as Rs. 50 & Rs. 100.
Office: 12, Hanumantha Rd, Balaji Nagar, Royapettah, Chennai - 14. Pls call 044-455355776 or 86088 88092 / 94440 18270 / 74.

Entry for 5.00 pm programmes is FREE!

For 7.00 pm programmes:
Season Donor Passes: Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000
Daily Donor Passes: Rs. 1000, Rs. 500, Rs. 100, Rs. 50
Balcony FREE, first come first served!

[Nick H]

Well yes, Nick... it definitely is a rare opportunity! Hope to see you there

All being well, my wife and I will be in the Rs1000 seats

I'll pass on the phone numbers to her to book them.

(not available online?)

[the_ARTery]

Event location map:

https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Chetti ... +Nadu&z=16

[ramanathan]

Just a reminder and a personal welcome note to all rasikas.org friends to this event, starting today 5 pm at Chettinad Vidyashram, RA Puram. I hope to see many of you there!

[the_ARTery]

Our thanks to all rasika friends for the positive response to the Svatantra fest. The above pic represents the finest hour of the fest: we were blessed by the presence and the timeless music of Nedunuri Garu!

[rajeshnat]

anyone else or artery
Can we get a brief report on violin jugalbandhi of Prof TNK and Dr Rajam.

[the_ARTery]

The violin jugalbandi by Prof TN Krishnan & Dr N Rajam is available here!.

Other concerts from Svatantra 2013 are also archived here

[smala]

I really enjoyed that jugalbandi - thanks! for the upload.