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EVENTS
 Percussive Arts Centre's annual Thalavadyotsav from July 9
Concerts of Suswaralaya College of Music, Bangalore
Veena Seshanna Awards
Sri Tirunarayana Trust's music fest in Bangalore
Ananya's youth music festival, Bangalore: June 4 to 8
Ananya's dance fest for young artistes
Music fest in Bangalore
World Dance Day celebration / Bangalore
Dance Fair / Bangalore
Rama navami music concerts at Bangalore
Ramanavami music concerts at Koramangala, Bangalore
Celebrating love through music in Bangalore
Bharat Sangeet Utsav / Bangalore
Aanandaa Festival
Percussive Arts Centre's annual Thalavadyotsav from July 9
Bangalore-based Percussive Arts Centre (PAC) is hosting its annual Thalavadyotsav from July 9 to 13 at Bangalore Gayana Samaj.
The fest will also celebrate the birth centenary of the legendary maestro Palani Subramanya Pillai.
PAC was founder by the late Bangalore K. Venkataraman.
Every evening, there will be a lec-dem which focuses on the percussive arts followed by a concert. Vidwan R. K. Padmanabha opens the fest with his concert on July 9.
On July 10, vidwan Srimushnam V. Raja Rao will talk on 'The Palani Subramanya Pillai school of percussion'. This will be followed by a concert by T. M. Krishna.
On July 11, N. Amrit's lec-dem is on ' Growth and Development of Khanjari playing techniques'. The concert that follows is of R. A. Ramamani.
On July 12, Madurai T. Srinivasan talks on ' Layam' and the eoncert is of N.Vijay Siva.
The finale is on Sunday morning (July 13, 10 a.m. onwards).
The Palani Subramanya Pillai Centenary Memorial Award will be given to D. K. Pattammal while the Palghat Mani Iyer Memorial Award will be given to Madurai T. Srinivasan.
The Bangalore K. Venkataraman Memorial Award will be given to Dr. R. Sathyanarayana and the H. Puttachar Memorial Award will be given to N. Vasudev.
Prizes to young artistes who won various competitions held by PAC will also be given on this occasion.
The show ends with a percussion ensemble concert called ' Laya Vinyasa' by Vrushti group, directed by Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma.
Mridangist V. Krishna of PAC says that friends and well wishers of Bangalore K. Venkataram are requested to contribute towards the creation of a permanent endowment which will help PAC to present this particular Award to eminent and deserving persons.
Cheques to be drawn in favour of ‘Percussive Arts Centre (Regd.)’, payable at Bangalore, can be sent to – 183, 8th Cross, 2nd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 011.
Phone: (080) 2656 3079, 94484 63079
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Concerts of Suswaralaya College of Music, Bangalore
Suswaralaya College of Music, Bangalore has lined up a series of concerts in the weeks ahead.
In association with Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, it presents the concert of Vidushi T. S. Vasanthamadhavi on July 5 evening at Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, Banashankari, Bangalore - 70
Under the joint auspices of Balaji Sangeetha Vidyalaya Trust, it presents a flute recital by Vidwan Ravichandra Kulur in August 4 evening at 591, 'Shivam', 16th Main, 10th Cross, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore-560070
Under the joint auspices of Nadasurabhi Cultural Association, Suswaralaya presents a vocal recital by Vidwan D. S. Srivatsa on Sept.21 evening ( 4.15 pm onwards) at Indian Heritage Academy Hall, 6th Blk, Koramangala, Bangalore-95
You can contact Suswaralaya at - suswaralaya@yahoo.com
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Veena Seshanna Awards
The Veena Seshanna Memorial National Award for this year will be given to veteran veena artiste 84-year-old Kalpagam Swaminthan of Chennai.
Also, the annual Swara Murthy V N Rao Memorial Award will be given to the Rudrapatna Brothers - R. N. Tharanathan and .R N. Thyagarajan.
Both awards carry a cash prize of Rs.50,000 and a citation.
Instituted by the Swara Murthy V N Rao Memorial Trust, they will be presented on July 20 at the Gayana Samaj auditoirum in Bangalore during a two-day music fest 'Veeneya Bedagu 2008'.
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Sri Tirunarayana Trust's music fest in Bangalore
´Udaya Taare´, the seventh annual thematic Carnatic classical music concerts fest will be held on four Sundays across June and July in Bangalore.
Here are the programme details: (Timing: 5: 30 to 7:45 pm)
June 22, 2008
Vid Prathana Sai Narasimhan (Rao) - Vocal
Vid C N Chandrashekhar - Violin
Vid B R Srinivas - Mrudangam
Vid Dayananda Mohite - Ghatam
June 29, 2008
Vid Chitra Bilvam - Vocal
Vid B Vittala Rangan- Violin
Vid P S Sridhar- Mrudangam
Vid G S Kumar - Ghatam
July 6, 2008
Vid Shubashree Ramachandran - Vocal
Vid Nalina Mohan - Violin
Vid C Chaluvaraju- Mrudangam
Vid Sukhanya Ramgopal - Ghatam
July 13 2008
Vid T Venugopalan - Flute
Vid B Raghuram- Violin
Vid H S Sudhindra- Mrudangam
Vid Srishailan S - Ghatam
Venue: Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, 9th Main Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560 070.
Admission is free.
For more info, contact V T Sampath Kumaran, Sri Tirunarayana Trust, 1184, 5th Main, Sector 7, HSR Layout,
Bangalore 560 102. India. Tel:91-80-6568 1907
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Ananya's youth music festival, Bangalore: June 4 to 8
Ananya's annual youth music festival and awards ceremony is on in Bangalore from June 4 to 8.
On June 5, 6 and 7, leading young artistes of Karnataka will present concerts at four different venues in the city - in Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, BSK 2nd Stage and in JP Nagar.
On June 8, at the Seva Sadana hall, Malleswaram, the awards ceremony will be held from 9.45 a.m. onwards.
Awards are to be given to vidwan Venkateshachar, Dr. K. Varadarangan and three young artistes - Hamsini Nagendra, Jyothsna Manjunath and H. L. Shivasankaraswamy.
There will also be a music concert - Navavidha Bhakthi in Sri Thyagaraja and Haridasa compositions.
This has been conceptualised by Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar and presented by students of the Surabhi Gana Kala Mandira, Mysore.
More info can be had from Ananya at 080-23440409.
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Ananya's dance fest for young artistes
Ananya, the Bangalore-based arts centre, is hosting a two days dance fest on May 24 and 25 at Bharathiya Vidya Bhawan, Race Course Road, Bangalore.
On May 24, dancers Ujwal (Kuchipudi), Shweta Krishna (Odissi) and Aishwarya Nithyananda (Bharatanatyam ) will perform.
On May 25, the performances are by Mridula Anand (Kathak), Navami Arun (Mohiniattam) and Shivaranjani (Bharatanatyam).
The programmes start at 6 p.m.
You can contact Ananya at 080-23440409. Its office and performance space is in Malleswaram.
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Music fest in Bangalore
The 37th Bhagavath Sri Shankara Jayanthi and Music Fest of Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust in Bangalore is hosting a music fest from May 5 to 11.
The fest is on at Sri Vani Education Centre, (4th Main, 2nd Stage, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore-10.)
Vidwan R K Padmanabha is the president of this fest.
Various mandalis will perform at the venue in the morning while the main concerts are in the evening.
The artistes who will perform include Shubhamangala Raghunandan (vocal), M K Pranesh and Praveen Godkindi (flute), Chaitra Raghunandan (vocal), K. Subhaganga (vocal), Geetha Ramanand and Revathi Murthy (veena duet), Sweetha Venkatesh (vocal), Vidya Bhushana (vocal), R Archana (vocal), S R Vinay Sharva (vocal), Sahana Ramachandra (vocal) and Amrutha Venkatesh (vocal).
On the final day, the Sri Sankara jayanthi sangeethothsava is at 8 a.m. and at 11 a.m., Karthik Hebbar makes a multimedia presentation on 'Sri Thyagaraja's Life and Bhakthi'.In the evening, vidwan R K Padmanabha will be honoured with the 'Kalabhhoshana' title.
The vidwan will then perform at the 6.30 p.m. concert.
The Trust had also conducted music competitions for junior artistes and music students and the best will be given prizes at the fest.
The Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust address is - 101, Kirloskar Colony, behind Avani Shankar Mutt, Bangalore-86. Phone - 040-2359 1723.
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World Dance Day celebration / Bangalore
Chidambara Sabha Natana Yajna is an offering through dance by well known dancers and dance students
from various dance schools on World Dance Day to be held in Bangalore.
The event will be held on May 1, 2008 from 7 am to 9 am.
At Ravindra Kala Kshetra, J. C. Road, Bangalore.
As many as 30 dancers will pay their tribute in sessions of 10 minutes and 20 minutes.
There are also academic sessions by eminent dancers, dance gurus and critics on various aspects of
dance.
Indian and Nigerian folk dances will also be presented on this ocassion.
The valedictory will be held at the same venue at 6.30 pm.
For more info on the event contact by email to futureofdance@hotmail.com
Phone number: (0) 98456 98089
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Dance Fair / Bangalore
This is a different event for the arts enthusiasts.
A Fair - Dance Fair, the first of its kind in India, organised by the kuchipudi dancer Vyjayanthi Kashi and her Shambhavi School of Dance.
The arts community gets an opportunity to display their dance works, artworks, brochures, books, albums, dance ornaments, dance costumes, instruments and any thing related to dance.
Dance Jathre, as the fair is called will be held on June 7 and 8, 2008
Venue: Chitrakala Parishad, Kumara Krupa, Bangalore.
For more information and to rent stalls contact: futureofdance@hotmail.com
Website: www.schoolofkuchipudi.com
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Rama navami music concerts at Bangalore
Vamshi Academy of Music Trust and Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Seca Samithi Trust conduct Sri Ramanavami music festival from April 11 to 14.
Concerts will be held at 6 pm on all the days.
April 11 - P. Rama and P. Chandrika - Vocal duet
April 12 - Geetha Ramanand and Revathy Murthy - Veena duet
April 13 - B. K. Anantha Ram and Master Amith A Nadig - Flute duet
April 14 - Tejaswini Shashibhushan - Vocal
The concerts will be held at Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple at 1 A, SVK Layout, Basaweswara Nagar, Bangalore.
Contact phone no. 93430 45285
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Ramanavami music concerts at Koramangala, Bangalore
Ramaseva Mandali at Koramangala has organised music concerts on the occasion of Rama navami from April 14 to 22, 2008.
The concerts will be held at Indian Cultural Heritage Academy , 6th Block , Koramangala, Bangalore.
Every evening from 6.30pm
The schedule of concerts is as follows:
April 14 : Dr. Arundhati - Vocal
April 15 : D. Balakrishna and V. Vamshidar - Veena - Flute Duet
April 16 : Shankaran Namboodri - Vocal
April 17 : S. Seshagiri Rao and Usha - Violin Duet
April 18 : S. Shankar and S.Ramani - Vocal Duet
April 19 : Lalitha Madhav - Vocal
April 20 : Mahathi - Vocal
April 21 : Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
April 22 : Kasturi Rangan - Vocal
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Celebrating love through music in Bangalore
Young vocalist Manasi Prasad will present a special concert to celebrate the universal emotion of love.
Taking inspiration from the universal theme, ‘Olave Jeevana Saakshaatkara’ will be a Carnatic classical music concert conceptualised by Manasi Prasad. This concert will be in the format of a traditional Carnatic music concert, but with the theme of all compositions reflecting love of one sort or another.
She will be using a stage specially set for the theme and mood lighting.
The event will be at R.V. Dental College Auditorium, JP Nagar, Bangalore. On Feb. 17, 2008. At 6 pm.
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Bharat Sangeet Utsav / Bangalore
Carnatica Archival Centre for music and dance, Bangalore has organised a festival of Indian classical music and dance, Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2008, in Bangalore from February 7 to 10.
On the inaugural day, a concert Raga Fantasy, a confluence of Carnatic and Hindustani sangeet by veena artiste Suma Sudhindra and flutist Praveen Godkhindi will be held at 4.45 pm.
At Christ College auditorium, Bangalore.
Carnatic musicians Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi, Sikkil Gurucharan, Charulatha Ramanujan, Cheluvaraju, Sukanya Ramgopal, Manasi Prasad, R. K. Srikantan, R. S. Ramakanth, Prof. V. V. Subrahmanyam, V. V. S. Murari, Mastar Akash, Gayathri Venkataraghavan will be performing in the festival. Hindustani classical musicians Begum Parveen Sultana, Vishwa Mohan Bhat, Ashwini Bhide Deshpande and Ravindra Yavagal are also featured at this festival.
The second day performances will be held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, the third day events at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan auditorium and the fourth day programmes will be held at Purandara Bhavana in Indira Nagar, Bangalore.
More details can be had from phone number (0)94440-18270 or (0) 98807-32309
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Aanandaa Festival
The annual thematic music and dance festival in Bangalore, Aanandaa Festival will be on from Jan. 13 to 19, 2008.
The concerts will be held at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K. R. Road, Bangalore. There will be multimedia presentations on the theme of each days's concert.
The schedule of concerts is as followes:
Jan. 13 - 5 pm : Janani Iyer, Bharatanatyam followed by Mandolin concert by U. Srinivas. Theme: Compositions of Thyagaraja.
Jan. 14 at 10 am : Compositions of Mysore Vasudevachar - vocal concert by R. K. Srikantan.
At 6.30 pm : Compositions of Syama Sastri - vocal concert by Nithyasree Mahadevan.
Jan. 15 at 6.30 pm : Veena - Venu - Violin by H. K. venkataram, Ashwin Anand and G. Ravikiran featuring seven composers.
Jan. 16 at 6.30 pm - Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar - vocal concert by Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan.
Jan. 17 at 6.30 pm - Compositions of Purandara Dasa - vocal concert by Saralaya Sisters.
Jan. 18 at 6.30 pm - Compositions of Swati Tirunal - vocal concert by Malladi Brothers.
Jan. 19 at 5 pm Bharatanatyam ensemble by Mudrika Foundation choreographed by guru Minal Prabhu.
At 6.30 pm - Compositions of Muthuswamy Dikshitar - vocal concert by T. M. Krishna.
Admission to the concerts is free.
For more details, visit http://www.aanandaa.com or call 080 - 4128 9549
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