Bright vocalist
Bright vocalistYoung vocalist Dhananjay Heggade hails from a musicians' family of Uttara Kannada district. He was initiated to music by his parents - Vidushi Geetha Heggade and Vidwan G S Heggade (of...
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Talented young dancerYoung dancer Samhitha Sampath gave a Bharathanatya recital under the Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme. Samhitha was initiated to Bharathanatya by Kannamma, B Tanujaraj,...
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The Kala Sindhu school conducts a dance programme every year in memory of Guru Narmada. The 10th edition of Nirantara Narmada Festival was different and unique in many respects.The "Karnataka...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews - Beautiful 'Smrithi'
Beautiful 'Smrithi'The Nritya Dhama presented a Mohiniattam recital by Dr Rekha Raju, last week. Rekha Raju started her lessons in Bharathanatya with Padmini Ramachandran and continued her training...
View ArticleMusic & dance reviews - Ramotsava is here again
Malleswaram Sri Rama Mandira has organised music concerts as part of Ramotsava celebrations from March 29 to April 11. Seetha Satyanarayana, who gave the inaugural concert on the Ugadi day, is...
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Ramotsava concertsMusic reigned supreme on the cultural scene in the city last week, as the Ramotsava, the music season has arrived. Both musicians and connoisseurs eagerly await for the Ramotsava...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews- Lilting Dasavani
Lilting DasavaniSree Rama Seva Bhaktha Mandali is celebrating Ramotsava at Third Cross, Srirampura, from last 87 years. This year it had arranged classical music (vocal, veena, percussion ensemble),...
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Sparkling RagamalikaThough a section of connoisseurs are worried that classical music - especially vocal - is declining, few young artistes are emerging as talented professional musicians and promising...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews: Melodious flute
Melodious fluteCurtains came down on the Ramanavami music festival at Sree Seshadripuram Rama Seva Samithi on Sunday, with a solo violin concert of Kanya Kumari.Chandan Kumar, who gave a flute recital...
View ArticleEnd of music season
End of music seasonBengalureans enjoyed music of both celebrities and young musicians in the Ramotsava music festival during last one month. Though it was quite hot - summer months of April and May -...
View ArticleBeautiful Bharathanatya
Beautiful BharathanatyaThe Nair sisters - Veena and Dhanya - who gave a dance recital for the Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat, are the disciples of Narmada of Shakuntala Nrithyalaya. They have also...
View ArticlePleasing violin concert
Pleasing violin concertDr M Lalitha and M Nandini, who come from an illustrious family of musicians, are popularly known as the "Violin in Sisters". They have performed extensively in many parts of the...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews- Sparkling 'Kavya Rasa'; Gaana Sourabha
Sparkling 'Kavya Rasa' Nrityantar presented Kavya Rasa, based on Jayadevas lyrics of 'Geeta Govinda', under the able leadership of Madhulitha Mohapatra.'Geeta Govinda' is one of the most popular lyrics...
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Useful service to cultural fieldThe 35th Anniversary of 'Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme' was celebrated on Friday at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations,...
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Creative choreographyThe Kalapremi Foundation presented a dance recital last week at the Seva Sadana Auditorium. Senior dancer, choreographer and teacher Indira Kadambi is also the director of "E...
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Graceful impactThe Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha conducted a music conference for the first time last week. R K Padmanabha presided over the conference and B C Manjunath presided over the Youth Music...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews-Successful Yuva utsava and more...
Successful Yuva utsavaThe Bangalore Gayana Samaja conducted the annual "Yuva Sangeetotsava" last week, with five concerts, in which 15 young and upcoming artistes exhibited their talent.It was sheer...
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Melodious music meet"Harmonic and Melodic World Music" was the theme of the fourth International Conference on Music and Dance, held last week under the aegis of the Indiranagar Sangeeth Sabha. On the...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews, Haridasa Sambhrama
Haridasa SambhramaNadajyothi Sangeeth Sabha Trust conducted the annual Haridasa Sambhrama last week with vocal - devaranamas of different dasas, gamaka and vocal ensemble of Navarathnamalika of...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews-Sparkling Purandara festival
Sparkling Purandara festivalThe Karnataka Fine Arts Council - a federation of ten organisations of Bengaluru - conducted a unique programme last week. During the three-day "Purandara Darshana," nearly...
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