Voices of Tomorrow, Nov. 26-29 2013

[the_ARTery]

The ARTery presents the second edition of VOICES OF TOMORROW, an exclusive music festival featuring some of the brightest talents in Indian classical music below the age of 30. To be held at Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Chennai the event is from November 26th to 29th 2013.

Conceptualized by Ramanathan Iyer, music buff and editor of The ARTery, the festival is intended as a curtain raiser for Chennai's December music season with an emphasis on aesthetics and traditional content. This year's festival is dedicated to Prof. T. R. Subramanyam, eminent vocalist and guru who passed away a few months back. There will be four concerts, one on each day. Rithvik Raja, R. Raghavendra, Vidya Kalyanaraman and Sriranjani Santhanagopalan will be presenting Carnatic kutcheris, with a pallavi as centrepiece dedicated to Sri. TRS. The concerts will be enhanced by the support of seasoned accompanists.

The ARTery is also associating with Shabda, an online archival initiative for classical arts conceptualized by musicians T. M. Krishna, R. K. Shriramkumar & H. K. Venkatram, to host thirty-minute talks on each day of the festival by prominent artistes & experts on topics of interest to music lovers and students. These talks will be videographed and permanently archived on the websites http://www.theartery.in and http://www.shabda.co.in for free worldwide access.

The festival is open to all music lovers. For non-Chennai residents, there will be a live webcast and audio streaming. Mark your calendars! Here are the details:

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Chennai - 4

Tue., Nov. 26th 2013
17:30 - Lecture - Mahavidwan Prof. T. N. Krishnan ("Structuring a Raga Alapana")
18:30 - R. Raghavendra (Vocal), V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Khanjira)

Wed., Nov. 27th 2013
17:30 - Lecture - Vidwan Shri. K. S. Kalidas ("Evolution of Schools of Mridangam in South India")
18:30 - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam)

Thu., Nov. 28th 2013
17:30 - Lecture - Vidushi Dr. S. Sowmya ("Ragas as envisioned in Padams & Javalis")
18:30 - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), V. V. Ravi (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), N. Rajaram (Ghatam)

Fri., Nov. 29th 2013
17:30 - Lecture - Vidushi Smt. Suguna Varadachari ("Role of gamakas in establishing raga character")
18:30 - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), B. S. Purushotham (Khanjira)

ALL ARE WELCOME!

[arasi]

Everything sounds so good about this series. The lectures, young artistes performing to seasoned accompanists, the streaming and archiving!

Ramanathan,
Wishing you the best in all your efforts...

There will be pictures too, your special ones!

[the_ARTery]

[thanjavooran]

Wishing the great festival every success! A befitting tribute to Prof TRS
Thanjavooran,
22 11 2013

[the_ARTery]

Live webcast starting at 1730 IST, Tuesday Nov 26th 2013: CLICK HERE!

[the_ARTery]

Update! As Prof TN Krishnan is indisposed, today's lecture @ Voices of Tomorrow on "Structuring a Raga Alapana" will be delivered by Dr. Sriram Parasuram. Sincere thanks to Sriram for filling at the last minute! Do join us at Sastri Hall, Luz, Chennai at 5.30 pm today or tune in to the webcast!

[the_ARTery]

Alternate link for today's (27/11) webcast starting at 1730 IST: CLICK HERE

[mahavishnu]

the_Artery: Your website appears to be down. But the alternative link works. I had to get the url from here...

[pperumal]

the_ARTery team - thanks for a lovely lineup.
Despite the web hiccups I managed to watch today's program with KS Kalidas and Rithvik Raja.
I also watched yesterday's lecdem by Sriram Parasuram - very lucid and honest. Enjoyed it (watched it offline).

Today's talk by KS Kalidas was pretty good - though a bit off the topic at a few occassions.

Rithvik was average - the boy needs to wake up to his sruti lapses..couldn't bear the lapses despite the 4 raga RTP effort.

Thanks team.

[the_ARTery]

Thanks for tuning in, folks! Yes, the website is down due to some issues with our service provider. The alternate URLs work fine. For the livecast of Thursday Nov 28th 2013 starting 1730 IST, please CLICK HERE

(Lecture by Dr. S. Sowmya, followed by Vidya Kalyanaraman's concert)

[the_ARTery]

Update! The website issues have been resolved. Today's (27/11/13) webcast starting at 1730 IST will be available at either of these URLs:

The ARTery website: CLICK HERE

OR

Youtube: CLICK HERE!

Do join us at the venue or tune in!

[the_ARTery]

Webcast links for today's events:
Youtube: CLICK HERE

or

ARTery: CLICK HERE

Do join us at Sastri Hall or tune in to the webcast to listen to the final day's programme - Smt. Suguna Varadachari's lecture on Gamakas followed by Kum. Sriranjani's concert

[Rsachi]

Yesterday, I could only catch snatches of the presentation by Vid. Sowmya on padams and javalis. She seemed to be demonstrating how highly evolved the Brinda school was in presenting these rare compositions. She hinted that the effort to learn and render them would at a minimum make us much more sensitive to the nuances of that sophistication.

Is it possible to get another lec-dem by Vid. Sowmya on this theme? Where, please? She seems to be particularly good at presenting on this topic.

[the_ARTery]

Sir, the lecture videos are still avbl for viewing at theartery.in (Click on Webcasts --> Voices of Tmrw Nov 2013). Thanks to everyone who attended in person / tuned in over the past 4 days to help make the event a success. We would love to get feedback from rasikas about the concept, content and topics for future programs.

[Rsachi]

Thanks, watched Vid. Sowmya. The video was initially choppy.

[advaitin]

Is there a link for the K S Kalidas lecture somewhere? That should be an interesting one