Mysore Manjunath concert in New York

lakshmanan · Post by **lakshmanan** » 06 Jul 2009, 23:19

Here is a golden opportunity for the Tri State and Manunath fans. I am one.
Lakshmanan
Groten
Grand Carnatic Violin Concert
July 24th Friday @ 8 PM

Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath - Violin
with Arun Ramamurthy - Violin

accompanied by:
Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam
Narendra Budhakar - Tabla

Join us at the beautiful space Atmananda Yoga Center in downtown Manhattan for an unforgettable concert. Dr. Mysore Manjunath, visiting NYC for Mark OÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ConnerÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s Annual International String Conference will perform his only concert in New York July 24th. Music critics worldwide have described him as "exhilarating"

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 07 Jul 2009, 00:41

Who is Arun Ramamurthy? North Indian violinist?

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 07 Jul 2009, 02:07

It's presumably this Arun Ramamurthy, a student of Mysore Manjunath (and Nagaraj).

sunayanaa · Post by **sunayanaa** » 08 Jul 2009, 09:10

The odd man out is Tabla. I wonder what place Tabla has in a proper carnatic concert. Also the sound of tabla spoils the carnatic atmosphere.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 08 Jul 2009, 09:44

gn.sn42, thanks for the info. The tabla had me believe it was a North-South jugalbandi.

matterwaves · Post by **matterwaves** » 08 Jul 2009, 14:33

I agree with Sunayana. Also, of late, Manju 's music has acquired more hindustani contours with a lot of plain notes. The distilled classicism his of illustrious brother is somwhat amiss in his style. It may be a small side effect of of scores of jugalbandis he has played with narasimhulu vadavati.
I heard Nagaraj and Manju play in Gokulam krishna Temple at Mysore 4 weeks ago. Though they played with a lot of gusto (with two mridanga accompaniments) , Nagaraj especially sparkling in is sublime bilahari, their swara prastaras seem to have become almost too much math oriented. Kuraipus are long drawn and swaras seem almost rote, lacking spontaneity. At the end of a the concert, it would be fair to say that i went back a tad disappointed and that may just be because I for one, expect nothing but the best from them.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 08 Jul 2009, 14:44

lakshmanan · Post by **lakshmanan** » 08 Jul 2009, 17:19

I am also curious to see how the tabla-mridangam combination works here, especially since reherasals are a foreign concept to Indian music.