Kalarasana Music Festival 2012

Kalarasana Music Festival – Dec. 16, 2012 to Jan. 6, 2013

Venue: Tapovan Hall, Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai – 600 031

For tickets contact +91 44 2493 9539 , +91 9380961671

The Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2012 – Sunday
6.15 p.m. – Bombay Jayashri Ramnath – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Sai Giridhar – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2012 – Saturday
6.15 p.m – Nithyashree Mahadevan – Vocal, B. Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Palladam ravi – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan – Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2012 – Sunday
6.15 p.m. – Sanjay Subrahmanyam – Vocal, S. Varadarajan – Violin, B. Harikumar – Mridangam, S. Karthik – Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2012 – Tuesday
6.15 p.m. – P. Unnikrishnan – Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, K. Arunprakash – Mridangam, S. Karthik – Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2012 – Saturday
6.15 p.m. – N. Vijay Siva – Vocal, R.K. sriramkumar – Violin, Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Kanjira

Dec. 30, 2012 – Sunday
5.00 p.m. – Ranjani & Gayatri – Vocal (4 Hour concert), H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, K. Arunprakash – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Ghatam

Jan. 01, 2013 – Tuesday
6.15 p.m. – U. Shrinivas – mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao – Violin, Bangalore V. Praveen – Mridangam, V. Selvaganesh – Kanjira, Trichy Murali – Ghatam, Srirangam Kannan – Morsing

Jan. 02, 2013 – Wednesday
6.15 p.m. – S. Sowmya – Vocal, Embar Kannan – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira

Jan. 06, 2013 – Sunday
5.00 p.m. – T.M. Krishna – Vocal (4 Hour Concert), R.K. Sriramkumar – Violin, Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham – Kanjira, N. Guruprasad – Ghatam

SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA – DECEMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012

SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA

112th YEAR – DECEMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL  (15-12-2012 TO 2-1-2013)

 

At  VIDYA BHARATHI, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road,

Mylapore, Chennai – 4.  Phone : 2499 7269 / 2499 1248.

112th YEAR – DECEMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL  (15-12-2012 TO 2-1-2013 )

 

15-12-2012 Saturday

2.30 p.m.  Mangala Isai Nadaswaram By Periyapalayam  B. Raji & Party

 

3.45 p.m.  K. Sathyanarayana  ( Carnatic Key Board) – B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Arjun Ganesh –

                   Mrudangam,  Hariharasubramaniam – Ghatam

 

6.30 p.m.  Dr. PANTULA RAMA – Vocal,  M.S.N. Murthy ­– Violin,  J. Vaidyanathan – Mrudangam

                   -K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Kanjira

16-12-2012  Sunday

8.30 a.m.  Lect. Demo :  A deeper insight into the compositions of Muttusvami Dikshitar -

          By  R.K. SRIRAMKUMAR

 

10.00 a.m. Maharastra Abhang  Ratna  K. Ganesh Kumar & Party ;  Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on   Mrudangam,   Presents  ‘The Blissful Divine vision of Sri Rama and Sri Krishna by Mahan Uthukadu Sri. Venkata Kavi ’.

12.30 p.m. S. Sowmyasri – Vocal,    S.V. Sudarsan –  Violin, J. Aravind – Mrudangam

2.00 p.m.  B. Vijayagopal ( Flute ) -  M.R. Gopinath –  Violin,   R. Sankaranarayanan – Mrudangam, Trichy S. Krishnaswamy – Ghatam

4.00 p.m. BOMBAY SISTERS  C. SAROJA & C. LALITHA – Vocal,  S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin,  K.R.Ganesh – Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali – Ghatam

6.30 p.m. T.V. SANKARANARAYANAN  -  Vocal,   S. Varadarajan –  Violin, K.V. Prasad –  Mrudangam,  H. Prasanna – Ghatam

 

17-12-2012 Monday

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo : Chittaswaras of Subbarama Dikshitar- By Dr. R. ABIRAMASUNDARI

10.00 a.m.  S. Mahathi –  Vocal,  V.V. Ravi –  Violin, Delhi Sairam –  Mrudangam ,  B.S. Purushothaman -Kanjira 

12.30 p.m. R. Rajakokilam – Vocal,  Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar –  Violin, Arjun Narayanan – Mrudangam

2.00 p.m.  Manasi Prasad –  Vocal,  Aditi Krishnaprakash  – Violin, Ramsriram – Mrudangam,  Suriya Subramaniam  – Kanjira

4.00 p.m. Spl .Concert – ‘Krishnaarpanam’ – songs on Lord Krishna from all over India  by Dr.   SRIRAM PARASURAM &  ANOORADHA SRIRAM  – Vocal, Mysore Srikanth – Violin , Umakant Puranik – Hormonium, Ramesh Babu – Mrudangam,  M.T. Aditya – Tabla

6.30 p.m.   S. SAKETHA RAMAN – Vocal,  Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman – Mrudangam ,  B. Srisundar kumar – Kanjira

 

18-12-2012 Tuesday

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo : Focal melodic  Points in  Rakthi ragas By  Dr. S. SOWMYA 

10.00 a.m. V. Sankaranarayanan – Vocal,  Nagai Sriram – Violin,  Gowri Shankar – Mrudangam , Nerkunam Shankar – Kanjira

12.30 p.m. Sushma Somasekaran -  Vocal,  Sudha Iyer – Violin,  Sumesh Narayan – Mrudangam

2.00 p.m.  V. Deepika –  Vocal, S.V. Sudarsan – Violin,  Arjun Ganesh – Mrudangam

4.00 p.m.  R. VEDAVALLI –  Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, K. Arun Prakash – Mrudangam , Madipakkam Murali – Ghatam

6.30 p.m. MADURAI T.N. SESHAGOPALAN – Vocal,  Dr.  M. Chandrasekaran – Violin,   Mannargudi                                                         Easwaran – Mrudangam,  B.S.Purushothaman – Kanjira

19-12-2012 Wednesday

8.30 a.m.  Lect. Demo : The concept and Realisation of ‘Rakthi’ in Carnatic & Hindustani Raga-s By

                  Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM

10.00 a.m.  ‘Maithili Mahatmyam ’A Musicial Presentation  By  Kousalya Sivakumar  & Party

12.30 p.m. Vignesh Easwar – Vocal,   M. Vijay – Violin,  Thanjavur Praveenkumar – Mrudangam

2.00 p.m. Sandeep  Narayanan –  Vocal,  M. Rajeev – Violin,  Nirmal Narayanan – Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. SUGUNA VARADACHARI – Vocal,  Dr.R. Hemalatha  - Violin,  H.S. Sudhindra – Mrudangam, Trichy Murali – Ghatam

6.30 p.m.   MALLADI BROTHERS  -  Vocal, TKV Ramanujacharyulu – Violin,  Lakshminarayana Raju –   Mrudangam , Udipi Sridhar – Ghatam

 

MUDHRA – 18TH FINE ARTS FESTIVAL

MUDHRA

Ph:28264493 Mob: 9840072821

18th FINE ARTS FESTIVAL

7-12-2012 to 6-1-2013

At Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School Campus,

31, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017

(opp. to Joyalukkas and adjacent to Shah showroom)

Inauguration on 7th December 2012(Friday) at 5.30 p.m.

MUDHRA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE to

Padma Bhushan Sri P.S.Narayanaswami

(Outstanding Musician, Guru & Composer)

Presented in memory of Late Sri.P.Obul Reddy and Smt.P.Gananamba by

Mr. P.Vijayakumar Reddy and Mrs. Preetha Reddy

7th Dec 2012 Friday
4.00 p.m.
Mangala Isai
Adyar D. Balasubramaniam –Nadaswaram
P.V.Dakshinamurthy & D.Senthil Kumar – Tavil

5.30 p.m.
Inauguration
7th Dec 2012 Friday
7.00 p.m.
Flute- Mandolin Concert
B.V.Balasai – Flute
U.P.Raju – Mandolin
Trichy B.Harikumar– Mridangam
Udupi Sridhar – Ghatam
8th Dec 2012 Saturday
6.15 p.m.
Palghat Dr.Ramprasad – Vocal
R.K.Shriram Kumar – Violin
Tanjore Murugaboopathy – Mridangam
Trichy Krishnaswami – Ghatam
9th Dec 2012
Sunday
6.15 p.m.
S.Mahathi – Vocal
Usha Rajagopal – Violin
M.S.Varadan – Mridangam
Adambakkam Shankar – Ghatam
10th Dec 2012
Monday
6.15 p.m.
S.Saketharaman –Vocal
Akkarai Subbulakshmi – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
Trichy Murali – Ghatam
11th Dec 2012
Tuesday
6.15 p.m.
A.Kanyakumari & Embar Kannan –Violin Duet
Bangalore Praveen – Mridangam
Giridhar Udupa – Ghatam
12th Dec 2012
Wednesday
6.15 p.m.
Kadalur Gopi Bhagavathar’s
Thyagara Charitram
13th Dec.2012
Thursday
6.15 p.m.
Violin-Venu-Veena
H.K.Venkatram (Violin)
G.Ravikiran (Venu)
Ashwin Anand (Veena)
H.S.Sudhindra – Mridangam
Trivandram Rajagopal – Kanjira
14th Dec.2012
Friday
6.15 p.m.
Ghatam Karthick’s Heart Beat Ensemble
Dr. S. Karthick – Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal
U.P. Raju – Mandolin
H.N. Bhaskar – Violin
Prapancham Ravindran – Mridangam
Papanasam Sethuraman – Kanjira
R. Raman – Morsing
N. Sundar – Tabla Sarvesh Karthick – Djembe V.Rajagopalan – Percussion effects

15th Dec 2012 Saturday
6.15 p.m.
Jairaj & Jayashree – Veena Duet
Mudhra Bhaskar – Mridangam
Madipakkam Murali – Ghatam
16th Dec 2012
Sunday
6.15 p.m.
SAPTHA RATHNANGAL – A Thematic presentation by Dr. Radha Bhaskar with Vasuda Ravi, K.P.Nandini, Aishwarya Shankar & Dikshitha -Vocal
Anayampatti Venkatasubramaniam – Violin
Nellai Balaji – Mridangam
S.Krishna – Ghatam

Brahma Gana Sabha – December Festival Schedule

Brahma Gana Sabha – December Festival – Dec. 3, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012
Venue: Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, M.Ct.M School, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 4

For tickets contact – +91 94444 44767

The Schedule:

Dec. 3, 2012 – Monday
3.45 p.m. – Mangala Isai
6.00 p.m. – A. Padmavathy & Jayanthi Kumaresh – Veena Duet, R. Ramesh – Mridangam, S. Karthik – Ghatam

Dec.4, 2012 – Tuesday
2.15 p.m. – N.Ch. Parthasarathy – Vocal
3.45 p.m. – Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy – Vocal, Usha Rajagopal – Violin, B. Ganapathiraman – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – Sudha Ragunathan – Vocal

Dec. 5, 2012 – Wednesday
2.15 p.m. – S.R. Maitreyi – Vocal, R. Priyamvadaa – Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – A.S. Murali – Vocal, T.K. Padmanabhan – Violin, A.S. Ranganathan – Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan – Morsing
6.00 p.m. – Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan – Vocal, Dr. Narmada – Violin, Arun Prakash – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham – Kanjira

Dec. 6, 2012 – Thursday
2.15 p.m. – Kamala Deepthi – Vocal
3.45 p.m. – Radha Badri – Vocal
6.00 p.m. – Abhishek Raghuram – Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, Anantha R. Krishnan – Mridangam

Dec. 7, 2012 – Friday
2.15 p.m.- Nadamuni Gayathri Bharat – Vocal
3.45 p.m. – U.P. Raju & Nagamani – Mandolin, Madipakkam Suresh – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira
6.00 p.m. – N. Vijay Siva -Vocal, Amritha Murali – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam

Dec. 8, 2012 – Saturday
1.00 p.m. – J.B. Keerthana – Vocal
2.15 p.m – Vidya Kalyanaraman – Vocal, K.P. nandini – Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Swarna Rethas – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – Ranjani & Gayathri – Vocal, B.U. ganesh Prasad – Violin, Delhi Sriram – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Kanjira

Dec. 9, 2012 – Sunday
1.00 p.m. – R. Sridhar – Vocal
2.15 p.m – G. Madhavan – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Vijay Natesan – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Sriranjani Santhanagopalan – Vocal, V.V.S. Murari – Violin, Melakaveri Balaji – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma – Ghatam
6.00 p.m. – Nithyasree Mahadevan – Vocal, Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Patri satish Kumar – Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa – Ghatam

Dec. 10, 2012 – Monday
2.15 p.m – Duddu Radhika – Vocal
3.45 p.m. – Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika – Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Nellai Balaji -Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman – Kanjira
6.00 p.m. – Sikkil Gurucharan – Vocal, Nagai Sriram – Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad – Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2012 – Tuesday
2.15 p.m – Susha & Srividhya R.S. Iyer – Vocal
3.45 p.m. – S. Mahathi – Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy – Violin, Delhi Sriram – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – S. Shashank – Flute, Mysore Srikanth – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam

Dec. 12, 2012 – Wednesday
2.15 p.m – Vasudha Ravi – Vocal, Kalyani Shankar – Violin, A.V. Manikantan – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Shankar Ramani – Vocal, G. Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, Neyveli Ramkumar – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – K. J. Yesudas – Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma – Violin, Trichy Harikumar – Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan – Mridangam

Dec. 13, 2012 – Thursday
2.15 p.m – Bhavana Iyer – Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Sangeetha Swaminathan – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Nellai Balaji – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan – Ghatam
6.00 p.m. – P. Unnikrishnan – Vocal, Charumathi Raghuram – Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam – Mridangam

Dec. 14, 2012 – Friday
2.15 p.m – R. Raghavendra – Vocal, M.Rajeev – Violin, H.M. Sudheendra – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Subhashree Ramachandran – Vocal, V.V. Ravi – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – S. Sowmya – Vocal, Embar Kannan – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2012 – Saturday
1.00 p.m. – N.J. Nandini – Vocal, Padma Krishnan – Violin, V.S. Raghavan – Mridangam
2.15 p.m – Hemmigey Prashanth – Vocal, Aditi Krishnaprasad – Violin, H.M. Sudheendra – Mridangam
3.45 p.m. – Shantala Subramaniam – Flute, Anuradha Sridhar – Violin, Sai Giridhar – Mridangam
6.00 p.m. – Sanjay Subrahmanyam – Vocal, S. Varadarajan – Violin, Palladam Ravi – Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh – Kanjira

Gowri Ramnarayan’s “Nights End”

Eye on the tiger

JustUs Repertory presents Night’s End a story of betrayal, abandonment and loss set in a forest

A play about the tiger, forests, and human survival, Night’s End, a JustUs Repertory production is presented by SS International and supported by Kalakshetra. Written and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan, the play features Sheejith Krishna and Akhila Ramnarayan. It will be staged at Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra, Thiruvanmiyur on December 8 at 7 p.m.

Night’s End is a tale of betrayal, abandonment and loss in which the actions of humans — indigenous peoples, settlers, tourists, the state, the media — affect the fragile eco-system we inhabit. Set in a reserve forest in Rajasthan the play follows the journey of Krishnan Nair. Born into a family of Kathakali artistes, Krishnan runs away from his native village in Kerala, and becomes a forest guard in a tiger sanctuary. In moments of emotional intensity, the Kathakali artiste in him finds solace dancing. Krishnan is revered by the local Mogiya tribe for bringing alive the sights and sounds of the forest through his dance. He raises an abandoned tiger cub, resolving to return her to the wild with the help of his drumming partner Billu Mogiya. The plot moves through his attempts to enlist the help of the tiger-hunting Mogiya tribals to save the tiger, his friendship with Billu, his romance with the tribal woman Chandni, and his encounters with the poaching mafia.

JustUs Repertory is a Chennai-based theatre group launched in 2005. Gowri Ramnarayan, a journalist with a lifetime’s contribution to Indian performing arts has been a member of the Fipresci Jury of critics at international film festivals (London, Venice, Valladolid, Oslo, Mumbai).

Dancer-choreographer-actor Sheejith Krishna studied, then taught, at Kalakshetra for 21 years. He now directs his own Sahrdaya Foundation for the arts.

Actor-writer Akhila Ramnarayan has worked with JustUs Repertory since 2007. She teaches at the Asian College of Journalism, and is a founding member of Sahradaya Foundation.

The play is open to persons above the age of 13. For details call 98400 89030.

Madras Player’s ‘WATER’ – Hindu review

Brimming with energy

KAUSALYA SANTHANAM

SMOOTH FLOW: From Water.

Theatre Madras Players’ Water , based on Komal Swaminathan’s Thaneer Thaneer, was rooted in the local context and performed with fervour

As promised, the Madras Players brought the village of Athipatti to Chennai through their production of Water. The English translation (by S. Shankar) of Komal Swaminathan’s Thanneer Thanneer directed by P.C. Ramakrishna was presented at the Museum Theatre for three consecutive days recently.

Thanneer Thanneer is part of the consciousness of all those who value powerful and meaningful theatre in Tamil. The issues the play deals with are ones the viewer can immediately relate to; the sceptre of water scarcity always looms threateningly for numerous villages, towns and cities in the country.

Vellaiswamy, a bonded labourer who is escaping from the law for the crime he has committed, enters a drought-affected village whose inhabitants have to trudge for long miles to procure even a single pot of water. He rouses the villagers to collective action, the support of the village teacher being crucial in this struggle. A venal politician, a couple of stout-hearted elders, a fiery young man, the village priest itching for an animal sacrifice, a journalist with a social conscience, a feisty young woman and her policeman husband are among the characters around whom the story is woven. Just when they are about to attain their much-longed for goal, they are thwarted.

REALISTIC SETS

The first scene with its excellent sets (set and light design: Victor Paulraj) immediately took the audience to the heart of the village with its thatched huts, the niches on the walls for the lamps and the mandatory bench or thinnai in front of the house. The villagers speaking English instead of the Tirunelveli Tamil did strike an odd note initially. But as the struggle for water was played out, the language barrier slowly dissolved. The brilliant direction and the spirited performances soon helped to brush away the incongruities. This was a play where the director’s vision was firm and clear and he was able to transcend some of the inadequacies of the English text. He showed his acumen by retaining certain words in Tamil and also the folk songs (which had sounded strange and incoherent in the translated text) in the original. Off stage was used to great effect in the production. An inspired stroke too was the lighting of the door frames flanking the stage and the sound of music (sound: Charles, vocals and music arrangement: Madras Youth Choir) and conversation to depict the village wedding. So too was the building of the cart portrayed though backstage effects.

Kalanilayam’s “YAAR PAIYAN” – Hindu review

Packed with emotion
S. Shivpprasadh

A scene from Yaar Paiyan

Young Sridhar (Bhaskar) learns that the man, who has brought him up, is not his biological father. His search begins much to the anguish of his foster parent (KSN Sundar). The ‘real’ father (V. Chandru) is traced and the plot thickens.

Sailaja (Nivedita), single child to her parents, is lonely and would love to have Sridhar as her brother. Karur Rangarajan as the long-serving cook of the family painted a realistic portrait.

Packed with emotion, a commendable display of histrionics made the proceedings of ‘Yaar Paiyan’ riveting.

Sundar has written the story, dialogue and directed the play too. K.S. Nagarajan, doyen of Tamil theatre and father of Sundar, made an appearance surprising the audience that was overwhelmed by the senior’s dedication. Some members actually waited for the actors to come out and congratulated them on their performance.