Music and dance reviews
'Parampara dhara'The Kaishiki Natyavahini, a senior dance school, presented a cultural programme with music and dance recitals, last week. On the occasion of the silver jubilee of the school, a book...
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Colourful 'Naman'Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts conducted 'Naman-2013,' a festival of Odissi dance, last week. It is a pleasant thing to see Madhulita Mohapatra, Odissi dancer, emerging as a...
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Vaadya vybhavaThe Bangalore Gayana Samaja dedicated this year's "Vaadya Vybhava" to Lalgudi Jayaraman and M S Gopalakrishnan, veteran violinists, who passed away recently. The 'Naadasri' award was...
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Promising talentThe Suswaralaya College of Music conducted the annual Yuva Chetana Festival, comprising both vocal and instrumental music, under the direction of senior percussionist Vidwan H.S....
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Yuva UtsavDevnandan Ubhayaker Annual Yuva Sangeet Utsav was conducted on Saturday and Sunday with six Hindustani music concerts. Disciples of veteran Gurus from different parts of the country presented...
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Aradhana concertsSri Raghavendraswamy Aradhana provided another opportunity for connoisseurs to savour their favourite music concerts. Sri Raghavendra Seva Samithi, conducted the Rayara Aradhana with...
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Gokulashtami concertsKrishnotsava or Gokulashtami was celebrated by many organisations and temples with cultural programmes and religious fervour. Music programmes (vocal, flute, mandolin, percussion...
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Colourful Ganesha festivalAfter Rayara Aradhana and Gokulashtami festivals, it is the turn of Ganapathi festival, which provided ample opportunity for connoisseurs to enjoy music concerts of their...
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Nitya Nritya Nupura, a dance school in Bangalore, held its annual dance festival, "Nitya Nritya", last week. As its custom is, academic session in the mornings were followed by dance recitals in the...
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Enthralling concertsMES Kalavedi in collaboration with the Karnataka Ganakala Parishat held a music concert as part of the Parvathi Bai Ullal and G S Ullal Endowments. T V Ramaprasad, who hails from...
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KalanadamNadam conducted the annual 'Kala Nadam' festival with music and dance concerts. Carnatic and Hindustani music, and in dance Bharathanatya, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathak, Chau and Kathakali brought...
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Gaana VaridhiM A Narasimhachar (1924-2004) was not only a great vocalist but also an able teacher. In his memory an award is instituted (Gaana Varidhi) by "M A Narasimhachar Music Foundation". This...
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Yuva utsavaIt is a welcome sign and heartening to note that several organisations are conducting young musicians' festivals every year to encourage upcoming artistes.Like a few other institutions of...
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Tuneful and lively recitalSri Rama Lalithakala Mandira had organised a Veena recital by Nirmala Rajasekhar, last week. Nirmala has learnt Veena under many gurus including G Chennamma, E P Alamelu and...
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Colourful dance festThe Venkateswara Natya Mandira conducted the annual "Rasa Sanje" dance festival last week. During the 4-day event, nearly 100 dancers - both young and established - performed to...
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Promising young vocalistYoung vocalist Dhananjay Hegde presented a Hindustani vocal recital under the aegis of the Sapthak, last week. Earlier, a CD sung by Dhananjay Hegde, was also released on the...
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Young dancers from abroadThere were six dance recitals during the two-day NRI dance festival held under the joint auspices of Sangeetha Sambhrama and World Dance Alliance. Young dancers from different...
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The nonagenarian musician Dr R K Srikantan, was greeted by one and all on the eve of his 94th birthday, on the auspicious Sankranthi day. It was part of the annual Sankranthi Music Festival and...
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Haridasa compositionsSri Purandara Dasa "Punya Dinacharane" is being celebrated by many organisations and temples all over the City. One such organisation, Sri Raghavendra Seva Samithi, is celebrating...
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Aradhana SapthahaThe BTM Cultural Academy conducted the "Aradhana Sapthaha" with music programmes for seven days. All of them were vocal duets and everyday the concert was on different composers of...
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