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| Thyagaraja Aradhana at Cleveland, U.S.A
By Kutcheribuzz staff / Chennai |   | |||
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The Cleveland St. Thyagaraja Aradhana will be held from March 26 to April 3, 2005. This is the 28th edition of the aradhana at Cleveland, U.S.A. More than 45 concerts will be held during the ten-day fest besides a series of lectures, workshops and demonstrations. Besides well known artistes fro India, the fest also features artistes and young talent from North America.
Registration for the individual participation and music competition is now open. The music competition will be held on March 25 at the Cleveland State University. This year, there is also a special contest where the winner will be awarded a Tambura prize, and a 1 hour concert slot in the Aradhana on the final day, April 3. You can also nominate your favorite music teacher in the U.S.A for the awards for Best Teacher Award. Some of the musicians from India participating in the aradhana include R.K. Srikantan, N. Ramani (flute), A.K.C. Natarajan (clarionet), R. Vedavalli, Aruna Sairam, Sudha Raghunathan, Geetha Raja, Seshampatti Sivalingam (nadaswaram), Sanjay Subrahmanyam, T.M. Krishna, Carnatica Brothers, N. Ravikiran, Sikkil Gurucharan, Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Sangeetha Swaminathan, O.S. Thiagarajan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, P. Unnikrishnan, Raji Gopalakrishnan among several other artistes. Dance performances at the aradhana feature Padma Subrahmanyam (Bharathanrithyam) and Neena Prasad (Mohiniattam). Click here for the complete schedule of the concerts:
http://www.aradhana.org/schedule.html | ||||
