30,000 hours of archival music
Imagine the fund of archival music that will be available to rasikas from the storehouse of Sri Ramaseva Mandali when it goes public.30,000 hours of music of the maestros, the young and the great...
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Saying good-bye on a pleasant rainy night
And so, on a rainy Sunday night the curtains came down on the 2016 edition of the Sri Ramanavami music festival in the garden city.At Chamarajpet, rasikas slipped out to have a cup of coffee during...
View ArticlePravin Gokhindi and Anupama Bhagawat rock
When some 3000 people file in well before a concert, you know there is a star expected on the stage. Pravin Gokhindi was the star on Sunday evening at Vani Kala Kendra;s concert in Basaweshwara Nagar....
View ArticleDo we need such rasikas? In shorts, after walks . .
For some people, the concerts are time-pass events to make good use of.At Vyalikaval last weekend, two sets of men and women seated in the front rows carried on a healthy chat; much to the annoyance of...
View ArticlePantula Rama sings this evening; not too many artistes from outside Bangalore...
Pantula Rama, the senior vocalist isn't a regular on the Bangalore circuit. But she is here this evening ( Monday, April 3) to perform in Vyalikaval, With her is violinist-husband M S N Murthy; they...
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Charged hall at Sriramapura
Scenes at the Sriramapura Sri Ramanavami Fest, shot on Saturday evening when the hugely popular M S Ramachandra Char presented a dasaragal-padal concert, with his trademark flashes of a variety of...
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Kanchana Sisters at Malleswaram
We are headed to Malleswaram on Monday evening hoping to avoid the maddening traffic and negotiate the 'No Entry' signs on every other Cross.9th Cross is already packed with cars. Much like Mylapore in...
View ArticleSchedule of fest in Malleswaram
Here is the Sri Rama Navami Music Fest schedule at Malleswaram Sangeeta Sabha.April 4 - V. Balakrishnan, vocal concertApril 5, 4 pm - Vatsala leads a 25 member women's bjajan groupApril 5, 6.30pm -...
View ArticleEvening of percussion music in Basavangudi
On the eve of Sri Ramanavami, lots of spots in Bengaluru host music concerts.We decided to head to Basavangudi this Tuesday evening.Percussionist Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma sent us an invite; it was...
View ArticleFest under the Big Tent in Chamarajpet opens
Varadaraj and his son Abhijit lead their team at Chamarajpet to add new design elements, a tad loud they may be, to the Big Tent of Sreerama Seva Mandali.There was a light drizzle that welcomed rasikas...
View ArticleA Tamil Nadu tradition in Seshadripuram
This Wednesday evening was also a time for the Seshadripuram Seva Samithi to launch its festival.It kept to tradition. "It is the Tamil Nadu tradition that we follow," said secretary Tarakaram even as...
View ArticleThis weekend, Yesudoss, Ranjani-Gayatri, Abhishek and Sudha Ragunathan
The weekend offers concerts by the big artistes; good one for the rasikas to who want to catch them early in the season.So, on Saturday, Sudha Ragunathan is at the Big Tent at Chamarajpet and Ranjani...
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Patrons keep their word . . .
Patrons help make a festival. And they keep a low-profile and assure their support year after year.One such are the Ramamurthys ( mother and son seen in this picture, above).This family has been...
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Ramanavami concerts at Koramangala's cultural spot
Koramangala, one of the posh localities of Bangalore is always traffic-chocked. Amidst the crowded shopping malls and big brand stores where shoppers check out throughout the day, The Indian Heritage...
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Huge attendance for Yesudoss' concert
The fans kept their date with K J Yesudoss under the Big Tent last weekend. Swathes of them headed to Chamarajpet to enjoy the concert of an icon who still commands a huge following.Abhijit Varadaraj...
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Award presented to Sudha Ragunathan
In between concerts at Chamarajpet, there are a few awards that are given out to artistes.On Tuesday last, it was the turn of vocalist Sudha Ragunathan to be given the Rama Gana Kalacharya award at a...
View ArticleSome big artistes at concerts for the long weekend
The long weekend offers some well-known artistes at various fests across Bengaluru.On April 14, violinists Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath are at Chamarajpet, Vasudha Ravi at Basaweshwaranagar and Vani...
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Organising a festival tests you; the Rajarajeswari Nagar experience
Complaining about Bengaluru's traffic does not raise eyebrows. It goes with the flow of life.It takes us an hour and forty minutes to travel from Bannerghatta to Sri Rajarajsewari Nagar, where the...
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Award for dance guru B K Vasanthalakshmi
Friday evening was for dance, at Rajarajeswari Nagar.It was time to honour dance guru B. K. Vasanthalakshmi.The mandali went through this gesture with little fuss; a citation read for the occasion and...
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Mysore Brothers on violins, rocking with their percussionists
Good Friday brought in a full house at the Big Tent in Chamarajpet. On stage were the violinist-brothers, Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath.A few row of seats tab the far rear of the Tent were vacant and...
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