Glory of Gamaka
"Gamaka" is one of the popular and distinguished art forms of Karnataka, which has popularised several classic works of Kannada, from centuries. A Gamaki must have good knowledge of music, sweet voice...
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Sangeetha SambhramaSangeetha Sambhrama works in promoting classical music among the youth through festivals and competitions. It also conducts Aradhana and felicitates senior artistes, under the...
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Sankranthi festivalSri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira held the annual Sankranthi festival with both vocal and instrumental (veena, flute and violin) music. Dr R N Srilatha, who gave a concert here last...
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Sankranthi festivalThe WDA conducted NRI Dance Festival last week and two dance recitals were given at Seva Sadana - Bharathanatya and Odissi dances.Sigma Satabdhi Pradhan who gave the inaugural dance...
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Delightful ensembleOn last Sunday morning at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, connoisseurs of music had a different type of experience, as they heard a big ensemble of "Pancha Vaadya Naada Vaibhava" where...
View ArticleSwara Bhushini
Swara BhushiniB S Chandrakala was a violinist, vocalist, teacher, author and philanthropist. In her memory, Bangalore Gayana Samaja presents two awards every year. This year's award was presented to...
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Aradhana concertsMany organisations conducted the Purandara and Tyagaraja Aradhana in the city last week. One such institution Sri Raghavendra Seva Samithi, Sudhindranagara, celebrated the Sri...
View ArticleSpring music festival
Spring music festivalIn the annual Spring Music Festival, Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira presented the "Sangeetha Vedanta Dhureena" award (purse of Rs one lakh) to well known vocalist Sanjay...
View ArticleGraceful flute
Graceful fluteThere are many talented flautists in Karnataka, now. One among them N Rajkamal, young flautist from Bengaluru, is a disciple of S A Sashidhar and N Ramani and is receiving guidance from...
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The Ramakrishna Bhajana Sabha Trust is conducting (from February 27 to March 12th) the annual Kalotsava, with music and dance programmes, apart from vedic rituals. Their efforts to provide sufficient...
View ArticleBeautiful temple dance
Smt Narmada (1942-2008) was a great dance teacher, choreographer and also a great human being. In her memory, Kala Sindhu organises a dance programme called Nirantara Narmada Festival every year. This...
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Melodious lyricsDr Pu ThiNa Trust organised a vocal concert to commemorate the 110th birth anniversary of the poet.P T Narasimhachar is known for his operas which also contain beautiful songs. In most...
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Graceful danceShubha K and Ishwarya Tholapadi gave a Bharathanatya recital at the Yavanika, for the EFCEP. Shubha is a software engineer and Ishwarya is an engineering student and both are students of...
View ArticleNritya Namana
Nritya NamanaPadmini Ramachandran (1944-2016) was a reputed dance performer, teacher and choreographer. Her students paid rich tributes to her through "Nritya Namana" under the aegis of Ananya, last...
View ArticleMusic season is here again
Music season is here againYes! "Ramotsava' the music season has come back again. Ramotsava Pandals have come up all over Bengaluru and Rama Mandalies are vying with each other to conduct the cultural...
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Ramotsava ConcertsRamotsava is being celebrated all over the city by many organisations. Among them the Vyalikaval Extension Association is celebrating 'Suvarna Mahotsava' (Golden Jubilee) with a...
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Traditional NavasandhiAnuradha Vikranth, director of Drishti School of Dance, gave an interesting dance recital on Navasandhi. Compositions on eight directions, translated by Dwaraki Krishnaswamy -...
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Seshadripuram SamithiRama Navami concerts continued in the second week and connoisseurs are enjoying the music all over the city. Sree Seshadripuram Rama Seva Samithi is conducting the 68th year of...
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Amazing command over saxophoneIn the concluding phase of the Ramotsava, connoisseurs enjoyed music concerts in different Ramanavami pandals of the city.Padmashri Dr Kadri Gopalnath gave a saxophone...
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Impactful AbhinayaNadam presented a special dance programme called 'Vinara' last week."Vinara" means 'listen'! This is the recurring call of the individual all through life! To share a joy or beauty,...
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