December Season- 2006

meena · Post by **meena** » 02 Dec 2006, 05:44

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chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 03 Dec 2006, 16:13

are cine songs tuned to specific ragas blemishlessly?

meena · Post by **meena** » 05 Dec 2006, 05:19

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meena · Post by **meena** » 05 Dec 2006, 05:20

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vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:10

Can anyone please post Lec Dem schedules? Thanks.

meena · Post by **meena** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:15

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vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:38

Many thanks, Meena.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:46

BTW, the Academy lec-dem list is most uninspiring...Surely TNS' creativity can come up with something more meaningful than a series of tributes to composers!

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 Dec 2006, 23:54

<<lec-dem schedules>>
My my, what a lovely collection of lec-dems! How I wish I could attend at least some of them, e.g. ragamalika structuring (vedavalli), rakti raga alapanam (alleppey), innovation in swara kalpana (TRS)... Hope these are being recorded.
If someone from our forum attends any of these, please do post reviews here.

meena · Post by **meena** » 06 Dec 2006, 01:27

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mohan · Post by **mohan** » 13 Dec 2006, 05:59

The Music Academy lec-dems this season all are about compositions from various composers. Some variety would have been better I think.

Some of the lec-dems at IFS and Parthasarathy Sabha look more interesting

http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/decseason2006/semilec.htm

brindav · Post by **brindav** » 14 Dec 2006, 22:00

Schedule of Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy

DATE TIME ARTISTE SABHA
03/12/06 6:00 pm Trichy Ganesan TTD
07/12/06 4:30 pm Geeta Rajasekhar Kartik Fine Arts
08/12/06 6:00 pm T.M. Krishna Brahma Gana Sabha
11/12/06 7:15 pm N. Ramani Nungabakkum Cultural Academy
15/12/06 6:30 pm Sudha Ragunathan Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha
16/12/06 6:00 pm P. Unnikrishnan Mylapore Fine Arts
17/12/06 10:00 am Maharajapuram Srinivasan Kartik Fine Arts
17/12/06 6:00 pm Vijaya Siva Chennai Fine Arts
19/12/06 6:00 pm Malladi Brothers Nanganallur Anjaneyar Temple
20/12/06 9:00 am S.P. Ramh Mylapore Fine Arts
20/12/06 6:30 pm Sudha Ragunathan Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
21/12/06 6:00 pm Kadri Gopalnath Rama Bhaktha Jana Sabha
23/12/06 6:30 pm Sudha Ragunathan Naadalaya,Valayapatti Festival
24/12/06 6:30 pm Neyveli Santhanagopalan Kapali Fine Arts
25/12/06 9:00 am Delhi P. Sunder Rajan Nungabakkum Cultural Academy
25/12/06 6:15 pm P. Unnikrishnan Kalarasana
26/12/06 7:30 pm Madurai G.S. Mani Kartik Fine Arts
28/12/06 7:00 pm Vijaya Siva Rasika Fine Arts
29/12/06 6:30 pm Neyveli Santhanagopalan Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
30/12/06 6:30 pm S. Sowmya Rama Bhaktha Jana Sabha
31/12/06 5:30 pm Shreyas Narayanan G.K. Foundation
31/12/06 7:00 pm T. V. Ramaprasadh G.K. Foundation
01/01/07 6:00 pm SOLO Violin BMK Trust
02/01/07 6:00 pm O.S. Thyagarajan Asthika Samajam
06/01/07 4:00 pm Sudha Ragunathan Bharat Kalachar
07/01/07 10:00 pm Ashok Ramani Thiruvaiyaru Thyagaraja Utsavam
08/01/07 9:00 am Pancharatna krithis rendition Thyagaraja festival at Thiruvaiyaru

meena · Post by **meena** » 15 Dec 2006, 05:29

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lswaminathan · Post by **lswaminathan** » 22 Dec 2006, 18:20

Schedule of Rajna Swaminathan, Maryland USA, Mrudangam
(disciple of Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman)
www.rajnaswaminathan.com

# Date Time Main Artiste Venue
1. Dec 15th 2:45 to 4:15 pm S. M. Vilasini (Vocal) Vani Mahal â€“ Mini Hall
2. Dec 17 th 6:30 to 8:30 pm Carnatica Brothers (Vocal) Maharashtra Nivas
(Opp: Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam)
3. Dec 18th 6:30 to 8:30 pm Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) Karaneeswarar Temple,
Saidapet - Pradhosham
4. Dec 19th 4:30 to 6:30 pm Kiranavali (Vocal) Naada Sudha
Velachery
5. Dec 20th 12:00 to 1.45 pm Bharat Sundar (Vocal) Kapali Fine Arts, Sastry Hall
6. Dec 21 st 6:30 to 8:30 pm Kiranavali (Vocal) Maharashtra Nivas
(Opp: Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam)
7. Dec 23rd 1:30 to 2:30 pm Dharini (Vocal) Vani Mahal â€“Mini Hall
8. Dec 23rd 4:00 to 6:00 pm Ranjit Warrier Naadha Inbam â€“ Ragasudha
9. Dec 24th 4:00 to 6:00 pm Manikantan Naadha Inbam â€“ Ragasudha
10. Dec 26th 2:45 to 4:15 pm Nadhamuni Gayathri (Vocal) Brahma Gana Sabha
11. Dec 28 th 6:30 to 8:30 pm Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Veena) Maharashtra Nivas
(Opp: Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam)
12. Dec 29 th 4 to 6 pm Nashville Shankar Mahadevan (vocal) Sivan Academy
Khadi Bhavan Silver Jubilee Hall
Gopala Puram
13. Dec 29th 6:30 to 8:30 pm Manimaran (vocal) Maharashtra Nivas
(Opp: Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam)
14. Dec 30th 3:00 to 4.30 pm V.Remaa (Vocal) Valayapatti Festival
15. Jan 1st 9:00 to 10:00 am Anjani (Veenai) Naadha Brahmam
16. Jan 1st 12:30 to 1:45 pm Amritha Murali (Vocal) Narada Gana Sabha
17. Jan 3rd 5:00 to 6:00 pm Female (Vocal) Ramaniâ€™s Academy of Flute -
Narada Gana Sabha Mini
18. Jan 3rd 6.30 pm Erode Anantharaman (Vocal) BKS Trust BVB Mini

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 24 Dec 2006, 21:13

How come no mention of any nAdaswaram katcheris here? I suppose they are getting rarer by the day...

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 24 Dec 2006, 21:32

mohan wrote:The Music Academy lec-dems this season all are about compositions from various composers. Some variety would have been better I think.

Some of the lec-dems at IFS and Parthasarathy Sabha look more interesting

http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/decseason2006/semilec.htm

If anyone is attending the following lec-dems, reviews would be very much appreciated:
The Indian Fine Arts Society
Lecture - Demonstrations at Balamandir German Hall .

26-12-06
10.30 am - "Welcome Innovation in Swara Kalpana" by Prof. T. R. Subramanyam

29-12-06
10.30 am - "Jhawali" by Bombay Sisters

31-12-06
10.30 am - "Laya and Sahithyas" by Kalaimamani Srimushnam V. Raja Rao

Sri Parthasarathy Sabha
Lecture - Demonstrations from Dec. 17 to 31, 2006. Daily 8.30 am - 9.30 am at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, Bheemasena Garden Road, near Jammi Building, Mylapore, Chennai-4.

27-12-06 - "Panchadasa Gamakas and Dasavida Gamakas" - Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi, Former Lecture, Dept. of Indian music, University of Madras.

28-12-06 - "Ragamalika and its Structural Analysis" - Dr. M. B. Vedavalli, Retd. Prof and Head, Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras

hemakamini · Post by **hemakamini** » 27 Dec 2006, 10:42

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hemakamini · Post by **hemakamini** » 27 Dec 2006, 10:44

They have a very comprehensive schedules too !!

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 31 Dec 2006, 10:00

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mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 01 Jan 2007, 18:01

Could someone please post a list of the "season's best" awards given at the MA Sadas today? This information is very hard to find in general if one is not in attendance at the event itself. It would be nice to know who won in the categories of best raga singing, senior/junior artiste etc.

many thanks in advance.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 01 Jan 2007, 23:12

There were so many awards (many of them for the same category) that it is quite a job to provide a complete list. Anyway, here's a partial list of awardees (uncategorized and in no particular order) - others may kindly add more/make corrections. To begin with, our own forum member Mannarkoil Balaji bagged one! Hearty congratulations to him!

Sanjay
Aruna Sairam
TMK
Malladis
Sowmya
Pantula Rama
Gayatri Venkat
Vijayalakshmi Subramanian
OS Arun
Ranjani and Gayatri
Sudha
Vijay Siva
BMK Jr
Swarna Rethas
TNS Krishna
Sriram Parthasarathi
Savitha Narasimhan

musicsyndrome · Post by **musicsyndrome** » 01 Jan 2007, 23:37

I was there at the Sadas. Was surprised to know that Bombay Jayashree, Nityashree, OST, Gurucharan were not awarded any prize even though they sang extremely well!!!!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Jan 2007, 11:44

Of the artists listed by musicsyndrome, I did catch OST's concert and I thought it deserved something...in any case, I feel that the plethora of awards robs them of any significance...

BTW, would anyone have the awards list of other major sabhas?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Jan 2007, 16:02

Vijay,
Why would you want the list if the plethora of awards robs them of any significance?:) you know I am just kidding...

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 02 Jan 2007, 16:22

I want to add to the awardees list Shri R.suryaprakash (Disciple of TVS) Has won 3 awards in the Sub-Senior Category (Best Vocalist), Pudukkottai ambikaprasad (violin-disciple of Nagai Muralidharan) has won two (one for the concert accompaniment to Sriram Parthasarathy and another for Best Violinist in the Junior Category). Mridangist J Vaidyanathan, M.S.Varadan Mridangist, Manikandan Mridangist, K V Gopalakrishnan Kanjira Artiste, Karthick Ghatam, Poongulam Subramaniam for the Senior Mridangist award, Mahati -Vocalist, K.Gayatri (Disciple of Suguna Purushotaman), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Amruta Murali Violin, GJR Krishnan and Viji Krishnan All of them Bagged some awards or other. I think the list is almost complete read alongwith the list given by Mr.Vijay.
Wish you all a Happy New Year 2007.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 02 Jan 2007, 16:26

Arasi these plethora adds lustre to our entire career as musician. Even though you have said it as a "Kidding" it is very deep in our hearts as artistes as recognition of one's talent is given as Awards. To top it all if it comes from MUSIC ACADEMY each and every musician, (Whatever they may say, feel, write about this institution) savours the SADAS moment at the Academy for over many years. I have even many musician friends who will not accept any concerts on 1st Jan precisely for the reason that MUSIC ACADEMY SADAS is such a great occasion for any artiste. Moreover if you were an artiste and waited for 19 years (hahahahaha i am taking about myself here) to get the any award like this from the Pinnacle you will realise its value.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 02 Jan 2007, 16:59

To top it all if it comes from MUSIC ACADEMY each and every musician, (Whatever they may say, feel, write about this institution) savours the SADAS moment at the Academy for over many years.

And we had several people in this forum raising the question "What's the big deal about Sangeetha kalanidhi"! These sentiments expressed by an artiste support the point raised in 'Unrecognised musicians' thread. (sometimes we rasikas can't empathise with musicians well enough...!)

Balaji, hearty congratulations!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Jan 2007, 00:02

Mridangam,
Congratulations on the award! And my apologies for sounding flippant. I am sorry I wasn't clear in conveying what I meant. My kidding was NOT about deserving performers or of awards. It was meant for Vijay who in one breath spoke of the plethora of awards and then was keen on getting the list! As a good rasikA (I hope), I want musicians to flourish and to be feted and encouraged so that they would give their best to us rasikAs.
Have a rewarding year!

MANNARGUDIYAAN · Post by **MANNARGUDIYAAN** » 03 Jan 2007, 16:14

Dear All,

Write about artistes(voc,veena,vio,mru,kan,ghat....) you heard at academy and thought they deserve an award.... but, didn't get.....

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 03 Jan 2007, 18:39

Heh Heh Arasi - I have been caught plumb!

Balaji Sir, hope I did not get misunderstood - I know all awardeed are deserving and greatly value an honour from the academy...I only could not understand why there was more than 1 award in the same category in certain cases. Perhaps I was not paying engough attention.

My apologies also for leaving out so many names, especially mrudangists and percussionists.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 04 Jan 2007, 10:55

Hello vijay sir no apologies at all and i never misunderstood anyone including member arasi. i also filled in the gap that you left. that is all.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 Jan 2007, 15:25

I am assuming that Shri Neyyattinkara Vasudevan did not perform at the season this year. Has he ever sung at the music academy?

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 05 Jan 2007, 15:52

many times .....

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 Jan 2007, 16:12

I thought he would have...
Now the request: any recordings of his MA concerts for u/l? (you knew that was coming, didn't you, Cool-ji?)

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 05 Jan 2007, 16:29

i am working on the highlights of one such concert....

What struck me first , when watching Neyyatinkara Vasudevan at Academy was the SMALL ness of his voice.I cannot find a better expression.It looked so thin and delicate.

But he turned out to be such a sensitive singer.All those rich, lush grren spots of a raga or krithi , he would caress them.

Caress.
That is the word.I have never heard anyone else sing in such a caressing way ...
Rama Rama Guna Seema , Govardhana ....
Those were nice experiences.Hopefully this track should bring some of that magic.Tomorrow.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 09 Jan 2007, 06:37

http://rapidshare.com/files/10779452/03 ... u.mp3.html

neyyatinkara- sample clip from a concert

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 10 Jan 2007, 06:56

Shashi - I just want to hug you, and thank you immensely for the audio clip! Obviously it's not Shri Neyyatinkara, must be Lalgudi and Shrimathi! (pls confirm) The music is simply divine. If you have more excerpts from this concert, please do share.

And we are still waiting for the Neyyatinkara one.

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 10 Jan 2007, 09:04

jayaram wrote:I am assuming that Shri Neyyattinkara Vasudevan did not perform at the season this year. Has he ever sung at the music academy?

I have attended two or three MA concerts of Neyyattinkara( not only at MA,but other main places like KGS,MFA club concerts during the season) one MA concert(88 or 89?) still fresh in memory.he sang one RTP in natta kurinji which goes like tathadhimi tadhimi dhimi ena nadamAdum sabhEsan kanakasabhayil.That was when he was at the peak of his carrer.And the following year at MFA club,bahudAri was so good which forced the traditional paTu chElai mylapore mAmi to comment â€˜naNa pAdrArâ€™
Though his main guru is Semmangudi ,he has learnt under Ramnad Krishnan in the late 60s.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 10 Jan 2007, 09:32

jayaram.

Hug ?
OK with me as long as it is not a Bear Hug !

i will definitely put up the other clips, too.
unfortunately i have very few of his.
slowly in a separate thread on him.
since i am not aware of the commercial releases in kerala , I 0nly request that if some member finds any upload to be a commercial release, I would like to be alerted here first, so that I may delete the link.

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 10 Jan 2007, 09:38

coolkarni sir,yes,we can start a separate thread on neyyattinkara.I know most of his commercial releases(there arent many)shall alert you

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 10 Jan 2007, 09:40

jayaram
not neyyatinkara ?
I must have got mixed up.
can you slice a small bit from this track and put it back for me.
maybe through email.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 10 Jan 2007, 15:28

cool-ji,
you must have intended that link to be posted at the Lalgudi thread.
Sorry, I don't know how to slice up an audio file. I assume it's still there at the rapidshare location.
Look forward to the Neyyattinkara clips.