Nadasurabhi Feb Fest 2015- A 4-Day event

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Feb Fest 2015

Nadasurabhi cordially invites you to a unique four day musical event
from 19th to 22nd February 2015

Venue: The Indian Heritage Academy Hall,
Near Police Station, 6th Block,
Koramangala, Bangalore. 560 095.

Inauguration
19.2.2015 at 6.00 PM by
Ganakala Praveena Ganakala Chatura
Vidwan Sri.Ananthapadmanabha Rao

Programme

19.2.2015 Vidwan Chitraveena P.Ganesh Chitraveena
Thursday Vidwan B.K.Raghu Violin
6.00 PM Vidwan B.C.Manjunath Mridangam
Vidwan G.Guruprasanna Khanjira

The Chitravina is one of the most exquisite musical instruments in the world today. It is a 21-stringed fretless Indian lute. Chitravina Ganesh, just like his illustrious cousin, Chitravina N Ravikiran is a child prodigy. He was able to identify and render around 225 Ragas and 175 Talas and answer numerous other technical questions with ease at the tender age of two and a half. Ganesh had the rare privilege of learning from Sangeeta Kalanidhi T Brinda for a few years and is among the best chitravina performers in the country today. Also, Ganesh and his cousin Sri.Shashikiran - ‘Carnatica Brothers’ - have been giving vocal duet concerts. Ganesh has toured the world extensively and performed in major venues all over India, USA, UK, Europe, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle-East.
He is being accompanied by a young and vibrant musical team Sri.Raghu, Sri.Manjunath and Sri.Guruprasanna from Bangalore in this concert.


20.2.2015 Vidushi Bharathi Ramasubban Vocal
Friday Vidwan Vittal Rangan Violin
6.00 PM Vidwan N.C.Bharadwaj Mridangam
Vidwan Sunaad Anoor Khanjira


Bharathi Ramasubban is born in a family deeply rooted in Carnatic music and her initial lessons in vocal music were from her mother Smt. Sankari Ramasubban and her grandmother Smt. Sharada Krishnan, who was a direct disciple of the renowned Harikesanallur Sri Muthiah Bhagavatar.
Bharathi has been under the inspiring tutelage of the doyen Vidwan Sri P S Narayanaswamy for the last 18 years. Bharathi is an A-grade artiste of the All India Radio. She is a recipient of many prizes and awards that include the Best Female Vocalist Award for the year 2007 in the Spirit of Youth festival conducted by the Music Academy, Madras and various other prizes at music competitions conducted by premier institutions. She also received the CCRT scholarship for vocal music, instituted by the Government of India, for the period 1996- 2004. She was awarded the Sri Yagnaraman Endowment Prize for Best Rendition of Muthuswami Dikshitar kritis in 2012 from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha. She has recently been conferred upon with the title of Isai Arasi at the Trinity Arts Festival of India 2012. She has performed in all the major sabhas of Chennai as well as in other centres like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and a few centres in USA and Canada.

Besides her passion for Carnatic music, Bharathi is a high achiever in academics – a gold medalist at the undergraduate level she pursued a research project in Bio-Organic Chemistry at Anna University, Chennai and her Masters in Biotechnological Law & Ethics from the School of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

She is accompanied by Sri.Vittal Rangan on Violin and Sri. Bharadwaj on Mridangam, both winners of the Kalavanta Awards in the competition held by Karnataka Fine Arts Council in 2014. Vidwan Sunaad is from a musical family and today a fast upcoming accompanying artist.


21.2.2015 Vidwan V. Bharat Kumar Vocal
Saturday Vidwan Anand Viswanathan Violin
6.00 PM Vidwan Adamya Ramanand Mridangam
Vidushi Bhagyalakshmi Krishna Morsing


Sri. Bharat Kumar is a highly accomplished Carnatic Vocalist from Chennai. He is the son and disciple of senior vocalist Smt Suguna Varadachari. Bharat also learnt from Sri M.Chandrasekharan (Violin maestro) and Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan.

Sri.Bharat Kumar has been giving vocal concerts for the last 12 years. He is an “A-grade” artist in the AIR, Chennai. He was given a direct “B-High” by the AIR on first audition. Bharat performed at Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai- and was awarded the “Sri Shanmukhananda A.K. Satagopan Yuva Kalakaar Puraskar’ for 2007-08. He has also performed in all the leading sabhas in Chennai and in several prominent organisations in Mumbai, Tirupati, Coimbatore, Kerala, and Bangalore.

Sri.Bharat Kumar is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant and he is an Associate Director in a leading Global analytical company, in finance.

Sri. Anand Viswanathan who is on violin has been providing accompaniment to several leading artists in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Sri.Adamya, a disciple of Sri.Umayalpuram Sivaraman and Smt.Bhagyalakshmi, daughter and disciple of legendary morsing vidwan Sri.Bhimachar are highly sought after accompanying artists in Bangalore.



22.2.2015 Group Singing by children
Sunday (Students of Vijaya College of Music- Trained by
4.00 PM Saralaya Sisters- Vidushis Kavitha and Triveni)


5.00 PM Purandaradasa Aradhana-
Group Rendition of Navarathna Malika
Kritis by Prof.T.S.Ramaa and her students

6.00 PM Thyagaraja Aradhana- Group rendition of Pancharatna kritis.
Lead singer–Vidushi Neela Ramgopal
Everyone is requested to participate.

7.00 PM Distribution of Prasadam.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Admission is free for all concerts. Donations are welcome. Donations to Nadasurabhi enjoy Income Tax exemption under Section 80G. Cheques are to be drawn in favour of “Nadasurabhi Cultural Association”, payable in Bangalore.

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[nadasurabhi]

Feb Fest 2015 starts this Thursday. They are free Carnatic concerts by top class artists. Please do attend.

Everyone is requested also to participate on 22nd February in the Purandaradasa and Thyagaraja aradhana celebrations. All those who can sing some or all of the Pancharatna kritis are requested to join the group rendition of the same.

ALL ARE WELCOME.

[hariniraghavan]

List of songs of Day 1 concert

Chitraveena Ganesh- B.K. Raghu, B.C. Manjunath, G.Guruprasanna

1. Samininne Sri Ragam Varnam
2. Pranamamyuaham Gowle (S)
3.Dharini Telusukonti Shuddha Saveri
4. Kaa Vaa Vaa Varali (R) (S)
5. Narayana Shuiddha Dhanyasi
6. Sudhamayi Amruthavarshini
7. Evarimata Kambodhi (R), (N), (S) followed by Tani Avartanam
8. Thillana Mohana Kalyani
9. Bhagyada ;Lakshmi baramma Sri
10. Pavamana Sourashtram Mangalam

I wonder how many people are aware that Ganesh is also a child prodigy. His concert was, till the end, flawless, pure and melodious; it was full of bhava and filled with beautiful passages both in raga alapana and swara prasthara portions. It was highly enjoyable, made all the more delightful with excellent accompaniment of Manjunath and Guruprasanna. There was perfect understanding between them. Raghu also rose to the occasion by his befitting replies.

[kssr]

Personal notes on Sri.Ganesh's concert.

1. From a listening point of you, I would rate it as one of the pleasantest instrumental concerts I have enjoyed in a very long time. Very much comparable to Sri.TNK's or Dr.Ramani's.
2. I had an opportunity to take a closer look at the instrument itself. Not having frets is not an ordinary difference. In such a long string, the fingering should be absolutely perfect if you need to achieve the correct swara. Also there is a whole lot of strings below the actual playing strings. Although I could not understand their purpose, my guess is that they resonate with the frequency of the swara played on the main strings . (Specialists can explain).
3. The music itself was just Perfect. There was not even a trace of suspicion of an apaswara.
4. There were many occasions when there was some kanakku in the taaLam. My feeling was that Raghu on violin had a bit of difficulty in following on such occasions. Otherwise in most part he gave very good support.
5. The percussion duo was just delightful. Seems they are childhood friends who have grown up in a musical environment. There was superb cooperation and at times friendly competition with smiles on their faces. Really nice to watch and listen.
6. Ganesh impressed all with fluent Kannada. He also gave a short talk towards the end about the instrument, his family of musicians, etc., Very humble impressive individual.
7. I could not help feeling that he, in spite of having the support of his illustrious cousins, has to some extent been over shadowed by the genius of Ravikiran and the more vocal Shashikiran. Probably these circumstances cannot be helped.
8. Such a concert deserves a larger audience. But let us blame it on the showering concerts syndrome of Bangalore

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20.2.2015 Friday
Bharathi Ramasubban- Vittal Rangan- Bharadwaj- Sunaad Anoor

Song List:
1. Slokam in Mayamalavagowla followed by Vidulaku. N, S @ Kamalagowri
2. Paramapurusha - Shanmukhapriya. R, S @ Chaturamooruthi
3. EE Vasudha - Sahana - R, N @ Dasavaradha
4. Soundararajam- Brindavana saranga.
5. Velayya dayavillayaa - Saveri
6. Kandena Udupiya Krishna - Kambodhi. R, N & S @ Purandaravittalana paada kamalava (Main)
7. Thani
8. Virutham- Azhwar paasuram - Sediyaaya val vinaigaL - followed by Tirumangai alwar's paasurams on Venkateswara - Ragamalikai.
9. Tulasi Das Bhajan
10. Karunajooduninnu- Shri - Shyama Sastri
11. Pavamaana- Sourashtram

An excellent concert befitting her position as a senior disciple of Sri.PSN. Flavours of MS crept in involuntarily in many places. I liked the Brindavana saranga outline and Soundararajam. Kannada song for Main was a pleasant surprise. Thin audience for such a top class artist was an unpleasant surprise.

Vittal Rangan matched Bharathi in talent. However I felt that he did his alapanais at too slow a speed with long pauses, which took away the beauty of such leisurely music. Bharadwaj with good anticipation did an excellent job. Sunaad gave a cheerful efficient support.

[musiclistener1221]

I've previously heard of a behag version of kandena udipiya krishna.I would love to listen to a kambodhi version of this. Purandara vittala....is a nice place for a neraval. Overall sounds like an interesting choice for a main. I hope to hear it sometime.

I've heard Bharathi Ramasubban several times before. Her music appeals to me because of her originality, spontaneity and manodharma. I heard her concert recently on the radio as well where she sang anandabhairavi, bilahari and thodi - all very well rendered.

[rajeshnat]

ON behalf of Jayan his review of the same concert is put
https://kpjayan.wordpress.com/2015/02/2 ... demy-hall/

[hariniraghavan]

That is a different one - kandu dhanyanaade Udupi krishna na popularised by Vidwan KVN.