Organised by the Neelakantan Sivan Sangeetha Sabha, Prince Rama Varma will be giving a concert on the 19th of December. Following are the details:
Venue: Ganapati Sachidananda Ashram, Taramani Link Road
Baby Nagar, Velachery.
Time : 7 pm.
Violin : M.A.Krishnaswamy
Mridangam: Cherthala Ananthakrishnan
His concerts being rare and far between, it would be a wonderful opportunity to listen to this sublime artiste.
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Arasiji,
There are two more concerts in Chennai by Varmaji- 28th and 31st- the former at SriRanjini Sabha in the morning and the latter at AIMA in the evening. I do not know the exact timings, but perhaps you will be able to attend either of these or maybe if time and convenience permits, both....
Nick H- I had a hearty laugh seeing your expansion of the acronym AIMA . Infact, it is Academy of Music and Fine Arts, an organisation established by the very versatile T.V.Gopalakrishnan, who excelled both as a percussionist and a vocalist.
cienu- If and when I can get my hands on the exact venue and time, I will post it here....as for directions, I should be the last person to give you directions as Chennai to me, is as alien as Mars...
Both of us, at different times! Nick would really be a puzzle at first for them--a non-dEsi face, but in a vEshTi and a kurta? Well, how do I deal with this girAkki (fare)? Do I zip him off or play a bargaining game?
Now, why did the chicken of a woman cross the road in an auto? Because the road was impossible to cross, with policmen crawling all over, making way for a dignitary and 'arresting' the progress of pedestrians in the process...
Nick - just awesome, but I see you left out the $#%$#%#$% that follows pretty much every sentence by a Chennai auto-driver, especially a disgruntled one
My wife wanted to know why there were a few police in the NGS canteen this afternoon. I said that they had probably had reports of an artist singing an illegal raga...
Your sense of humour is rib-tickling, even when it is at my expense
On second thoughts, it does sound slightly ominous....
Well, as long as the purpose is served....sigh!
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I shall join in, albeit a little late as I will be attending the veena concert of Jeyaraaj and Jaysri at Indian Fine Arts Society, Balamandir German Hall, Chennai 9.00 am.
. Infact, it is Academy of Music and Fine Arts, an organisation established by the very versatile T.V.Gopalakrishnan, who excelled both as a percussionist and a vocalist.
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