'Sangita Kalanidhi' designate Bombay Sisters will preside over Academy conference

Bombay Sisters' C. Saroja and C. Lalitha will receive the prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award of The Music Academy and preside over the 84th annual conference to be held from December 15, 2010 to January 1, 2011.

The annual conference and concerts will be inaugurated by Shiv Nadar, Chairman, HCL group. The awards will be conferred on the Sadas, which will be presided over by Nobel laureate V. Ramakrishnan, on the final day of the conference. Ramakrishnan is a rasika and attends the Academy concerts - he attended the 2009 'season' concerts.

The committee also decided to confer the Sangita Kala Acharya awards on Suguna Varadachari, vocalist, and Rhadha, dance guru. Vocalists Manakkal S. Rangarajan and Parassala Ponnammal will receive the T.T.K.Award.

The musicologist award has been confered upon R. Satyanarayana.

The Pappa Venkataramiah award will be given to violinist Radha Narayanan.

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's fest starts on Nov.21

The critics of the 'season' call it the mad, mad, mad season. They are refering to the December Season.

That is because the past few years, some sabhas have begun to host the arts fests outside December, just to be there.

Some though are forced to start early because 'if a fest has to happen then it has to be in Mylapore!'

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's fest will start on Nov.21 and go on till Dec.13 and will include music and dance recitals.

The BVB auditorium on East Mada Street, Mylapore is much sought after. Many sabhas book the space a year in advance.

Mylapore Arts Academy, a small sabha is also having its fest now.

Mridangist J. Vaidhyanathan to get Isai Peroli title

Kartik Fine Arts has announced the names of artistes who will be honoured during their 36th Tear Art Festival in December 2010 / January 2011.

Mridangam artiste, J. Vaidhyanathan gets the 'Isai Peroli', dancer Lavanya Sankar gets the Nadana Mamani, flutist Dr. N. Ramani will be given the 'Tamil Isai Vender' title and the Natya Chudar award is for Anuroopitha Sampath (dancer).

The Kartik Rajagopal award goes to sabha secretary 'Mudhra' Baskar, the Dr. Seerkazhi Govindarajan award to nadaswaram maestro S R G Rajanna, the Guru Karaikudi Mani award to Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (mridangam) and the D. K. Pattammal award to young vocalist Amrutha Venkatesh.