Vaggeyakara Utsava@Ranjani Fine Arts on 12th January, 2013

[arvind.brahmakal]

Ranjani Fine Arts (http://www.ranjanifinearts.org) announces "Vaggeyakara Utsava" on January 12th, 2013.

Following will pay tribute to all Vaggeyakaras :
1. Children / students from 15 music schools
2. Members of RFA and their children
3. Musicians in the neighborhood
4. Group rendition of pillari geetams and pancharatna kritis

Venue : Sobha Lakeview Clubhouse, Off Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bangalore
Time : 12 noon to 7.30 pm ( pillari geetams and pancharatna kritis between 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm )

For more details, contact [email protected]

All are welcome !!

[arvind.brahmakal]

Ranjani Fine Arts organised the 1st Annual "Vaggeyakara Utsava" on January 12, 2013 at Sobha Lakeview Clubhouse, Off Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bengaluru. This Utsava was inaugurated by noted veena Vidushi Smt Bhagyalakshmi Chandrashekar. This was a unique attempt to involve the community in celebrating and paying tribute to all composers, past and present, for having brought Classical Music to the form and shape it is in today and the response was overwhelming. 15 Music Schools in the neighborhood participated in the day long celebration.

There was a devotional outpouring with over a 100 songs in as many ragas rendered by around 200 people paying tribute to over 25 vaggeyakaras. There was vocal music and several instruments like veena, violin, flute, mridangam and sitar. There were Carnatic and Hindustani styles on display. Individual performances and group renditions were well interspersed. Performances were by music schools, members of RFA, musicians and children, by the young and the old ( 5 years to 70+ years ) and to top this, a spirited group rendition of pillari geetams and pancharatna kritis. Who knows, there may be a few vaggeyakaras in the making among the children who performed at this Utsava.
Photos link : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/il3fm742kqia3nb/3MjpEvfhBF

RFA announces a grand festival on February 9 and 10, 2013 in which Vidwan T M Krishna and Vidushis Ranjani and Gayatri will perform. The venue for the festival would be the auditorium at the New Horizon College of Engineering. For invitations please contact 9342582686 / 9945276121

[kssr]

Very impressive pictures. Congratulations. 15 music schools?! Did not know that so many exist. Ranjani is going great guns. Really an asset to the rasika community.

[arvind.brahmakal]

Thanks so much, KSSR ji. Yes..15 and am sure we have not reached out to all yet it certainly has been a revelation and we are pretty happy that there is so much music around here.