Shri Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi Aradhana 2015

[KVasundhara]

Dear Friends,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you all for the eighth annual Shri Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi Aradhana in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.. The Aradhana, the first of its kind in the Americas, initiated seven years ago, will be conducted by Nadopasana and IFCM-USA in conjunction with the DFW Hindu Temple Society.

Shri Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi's (1700-65) stature as a musician, a trendsetting and pioneering composer, a reformer, and a thinker par excellence is increasingly known today. But, above all else, one cannot fail to recognize what a humble devotee he was of the Lord. It is indeed a great honor to pay our humble tributes to such a great gem adorning our world of music.
The OVK Aradhana will be held on Saturday,7th, November 2015 at 12:30 PM in the Main Sannidhi of the DFW Hindu Temple in Irving, TX.

We will be starting off with Invocation followed by group rendition of Saptaratna krtis. The individual performances and special thematic production "KRISHNARPANAM" follows the group rendition.

Venkata Kavi's Saptaratna krtis are now widely acknowledged as the pioneering compositions with a structure that comprise a pallavi, anupallavi and multiple charanams that can be rendered as swaras and lyrics, (a form similar to Tyagaraja Pancharatna). Venkata Kavi used the ragas Nattai, Gowla, Kalyani, Keeravani, Todi, Paras and Madhyamavati for his pieces. We also invite students and music lovers to listen and/or learn some of the Saptaratnas as well as other masterpieces from the Free Online OVK Audio Bank at

http://www.tributes.sangeethapriya.org/ovk/
Once again, we cordially invite you with family and friends for this celebration and look forward to seeing you all on this auspicious and joyous day.

Best Regards
Vasundhara Kikkeri

[priyaram78]

Best wishes ! Hope to watch a recording of the program in YouTube. More such programs should be held all over the globe. Hope to attend one someday.

[thanjavooran]

Wishing the function a grand success.
Thanjavooran
06 11 2015