Sparkling violin duet
Curtains came down on the Spring Music Festival with violin duet of Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath on Sunday. Internationally acclaimed brothers are both accomplished accompanists and soloists and...
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Saamagana festivalThe Bharatiya Saamagana Sabha felicitated Dr Nedanuri Krishna Murthy, veteran musician, with the 'Saamagana Matanga Award,' as part of the annual music festival. Abhishek Raghuram who...
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Rajmahal Sabha music festivalRajmahal Vilas Sangeetha Sabha held a two-day music festival in connection with its 18th anniversary. Apart from concerts, Sabha also paid tributes to Purandara Dasa and...
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Tributes to TrinityThe Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat presented a vocal concert, as part of its monthly programme (818) on Friday at the H N Kalakshetra, Jayanagara. Artiste of the day, Dr Prameela...
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Nataraja UtsavaThe Karnataka Nrityakala Parishat conducts "Nataraja Utsava" every year, to encourage male dancers. This year also there were six dance performances by two seasoned artistes.Darshan...
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Beautiful BharatanatyaThe Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat presented a Bharatanatya recital on Friday at HN Kalakshetra. Veena and Dhanya, the Nair sisters, are disciples of Narmada (Shakunthala...
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Sparkling vocalT M Krishna, following the release of his book "A Southern Music", gave a vocal recital accompanied by H K Venkatram on violin and Arun Prakash on mridanga. Usually Krishna attracts a...
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Music season is here againRamotsava - the music season is back again. Though many sabhas begin the Ramotsava festival on the Navami day (April 8), a few mandalis start the celebration on the Ugadi day,...
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Rama Seva MandaliRamotsava pendals have come up all over the City and Rama mandalies are ready with long programme lists. In fact, organisations are vying with each other to invite celebrities and...
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Ramanavami concertsCultural programmes in connection with the Ramotsava celebrations is continuing in many parts of the City. One such organisation Sree Rama Seva Mandali, which is also known as the...
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Music continued to reverberate at the Sree Rama Seva Mandali, Chamarajpet, as the 31-day Ramanavami Music Festival continued at the special pandal of the Fort High School.Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore...
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Melodious vocalDuring the final week of the music festival at Seshadripuram Ramotsava Samithi, two vocal concerts - by one male and another female vocalist - were held.Mambalam Sisters - Vijayalakshmi...
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KCP festivalKarnataka College of Percussion is well known in the world of both Carnatic and Jazz. Under the able direction of T A S Mani and Ramamani, a number of aspirants - both foreigners and local...
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Budding artistes shineIt was pleasant to see the stage at the Dr H N Kalakshetra, on Friday evening, as four budding artistes - all below 20 years, presented a Carnatic music concert with great zeal....
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Bright danceThis week it was the turn of Kshithi Venkatesh, to perform at the Yavanika, under the series "Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme." She is a student of Khechara Academy and has...
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Nritya VaividhyamVidwan H R Keshava Murthy was a veteran dance teacher and choreographer. Through his school, Keshava Nritya Shala, he trained hundreds of students and choreographed many dance dramas....
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A classical concertYoung musicians Amrutha Venkatesh and Ashwin Anand received G V Ranganayakamma and Dr G V Vijayalakshmi Memorial awards respectively, instituted by Sri Rama Lalithakala Mandira. The...
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Lively vocal Smt. Ammanni Iyengar was a veteran social worker and a great philanthropist. She has led several institutions and has also served a number of social and religious organizations. In her...
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Young talent to the foreThe Bangalore Gayana Samaja conducted the Yuva Sangeetothsava last week, with veena, solo violin and mandolin concerts apart from vocal (both Carnatic and Hindustani). As many...
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The Sanskriti Centre for Performing Arts, is a popular music and dance school in Bangalore South. The school has been training young aspirants from the last 15 years under the guidance of Suchitra...
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