ENJOY THE VIDEO

[S.NAGESWARAN]

Dear rasikas,

Kindly open the drop box link given below and enjoy the video.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hno61jtd6cbu ... ec3ta?dl=0

S.NAGESWARAN.
3009.2015.

[Purist]

A soothing 'Kalavati'. Is the foreigner by his side his student? Picking up the nuances fairly well.

[Shyamala Rangarajan]

Just by way of information. Dr Balaji , an eminent Hindustani violinist, is the disciple of Dr N Rajam. Dr Balaji's father, the late Sri VK Venkataramanujam, who lived in Varanasi, was himself a wonderful violinist and had accompanied many stalwarts in Carnatic music, during their concerts in North Indian cities. Sri VKV was a Faculty in the Music College of Banaras Hindu University during the 60's, 70's and 80's. Dr Balaji's son Sri B Ananthakrishnan is also an accomplished violinist in Chennai music circuit.

[munirao2001]

Shyamala Rangarajan Madam,

Late Prof.V K Ramanujam was a violinist par excellence. He had given accompaniment to my father and guru SSRao-1958 National Program and in Delhi concerts.

munirao2001

[varsha]

Is the foreigner by his side his student? Picking up the nuances fairly well.

http://www.gillesapap.com/

[cienu]

Nageswaran ji and Varsha

Thank you both for the delightful clips. Enjoyed every moment.

[varsha]

This was from the same video that Nageswaran screened in the first rasikas meet. I urge Bluru forumites to see this at his new home , for a starter .
A brilliantly made movie , it is the story of how he gets overpowered by the Indian scheme of things in music .
A lovely moment in the film is when he narrates how he tried to break loose from the demanding rigours of mastering Wester Music , ( he has a pushy mother ) deliberately jams his hand in the door so the fingers would go useless / His fingers are operated upon and reconstructed . He then feels his fingers are more supple now and the lone tape he has of N Rajam tells him of a different possibility . And he comes to India to explore . And this forms the storyline for the movie . It is a brilliant attempt to see Indian Music through a Non Indians perspective . This includes the most well made video bit of the string quartet plus great home concerts.
And some great scenes from De Balajis kitchen , the rides through benares streets to get the daily quota of paans ....

[Purist]

Is the foreigner by his side his student? Picking up the nuances fairly well.

http://www.gillesapap.com/

Thanks Varsha. Realise how ignorant I am

[varsha]

You were not ignorant .It was just that I was blessed with my first job at chennai and living quarters close to west mambalam and kandan kutir

[S.NAGESWARAN]

Dear Varsha [Mankuthiyamma, Coolji and ???],
I am the one to be proud of associating with you for more than a decade.
The BG forumites are welcome to have a Video session about The Child prodigy of the French VIOLINIST GLLES APAP
and a Video session about the Journeys of RAM and another Video on Sufi music at my home on 17.10.2015 [Saturday]
from 5 PM.
All the above three documentaries were brilliant and most educative.
Forumites may confirm the participation in this thread.
S,NAGESWARAN.
03.10.2015.

[kvchellappa]

Sir,
I am interested.

[cienu]

Dear Sri Nageswaran

As discussed with you, I would prefer November 2015 (2nd half) if possible
October being a Navarathri month, may not be the ideal time as my wife and daughters will be extremely busy

[S.NAGESWARAN]

Dear Rasikas,
As suggested by Cienu, the videos will be shown in the 2nd week of Nov 2015. Date will be indicated soon.
NAGESWARAN.
09.10.15.