Music and dance reviews
Audio-visual spectacle"Kathak Through The Ages"- a dance feature presented on Friday, proved how the 'history of dance' could blossom into a beautiful audio-visual spectacle.Kathak, one of the popular...
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Homage to HaridasasPoornima Kulkarni, who gave a Hindustani vocal recital last week, was initiated into music by Usha Datar and has been groomed by Pandith Basavaraj Rajguru. She has also received...
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Colourful OdissiLast week, Nrityantar, a popular Odissi dance institution, organised it's annual Odissi dance festival- Naman. Three dance recitals, highlighting different schools of Odissi and...
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The glory of harmoniumThe Bharatha Bharathi Prathishtana along with Sri Jayarama Seva Mandali felicitated veteran harmonium player Palladam S Venkataramana Rao, last week. It was followed by a solo...
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Rama KathaProf S K Ramachandra Rao (1925-2006) was a multifarious talented person, whose contribution to Indian culture, philosophy, arts are phenomenal. His works, both in Kannada and English, are...
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Sangeethotsava Ananya had organised 3 concerts under the Sangathi- Yuva Sangeethotsava series, in collaboration with 3 other organisations in the city.Prarthana Sai Narasimhan, who gave the inaugural...
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Ankura Festival'Ankura - a festival of young dancers,' was held under the aegis of the Karnataka Nrityakala Parishat, last week. Ten students trained under different Gurus performed to prove their...
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As the City is constantly expanding, so is the cultural needs of its citizens. It has also become very difficult for art lovers to travel around the City to attend cultural programmes and the need for...
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Nitya Nritya"Nitya Nritya" - a three-day National Conference and Festival of Dance, was held under the auspices of the Nupura. Kathakali, Odissi and Mohiniyattam, apart from Bharathanatya recitals and...
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Music conferenceThe Bangalore Gayana Samaja conducted its annual music conference last week successfully with music concerts by seasoned musicians, talent promotional programmes by young artistes and...
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Lively presentationMany young violinists are coming to light and joining the band giving enough proof that Karnatic music's future is bright and safe. Sisters Sindhu Suchethan and Smitha H M, are...
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NrithyollasaThe Nrithya Lahari Kala Kendra Trust has been training young aspirants in Bharathanatya from the last 10 years. Rupa Gireesh, a young dancer, teacher and choreographer has been training...
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Mangala vaadyaThe Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat opened their programme for the New Year 2015 with a 'Mangala Vadya', on Friday. The Nagaswara belongs to the family of woodwind instruments. There are...
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Sangeetha SambhramaThe 'Sangeetha Sambhrama' conducts music and dance festivals every year with Tyagaraja Aradhana, during which senior artistes are felicitated. Music classes under the direction of...
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Purandara uthsavaEvery year music schools compete with each other to celebrate both Purandara Dasa and Tayagaraja's compositions in Pushya Maasa. But on such occasions, emphasis would be given to...
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Sankranthi music festivalThe annual Sankranthi Sangeetotsava, held last week under the aegis of the Dr R K Srikantan Trust, featured music concerts, lectures and even a vocal ensemble. Musicians paid...
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In footsteps of MSSony Music has brought out a new CD of Dr M S Subbulakshmi from the National Centre for Performing Arts archives. After its release, there was a vocal recital by S A Aishwarya, great...
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Enthralling music festivalThe Bharatiya Saamagana Sabha conducted quiz competition, presentation of awards and music concerts (both Karnatic and Hindustani) in this year's music festival "Navarasa...
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Yuva gaana festivalAnanya conducted "Yuva Gaana", a young musicians' festival, last week. Incidentally, all the three were male vocalists and are not new to Bengaluru music lovers. Aditya Prakash, who...
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Lalitha Kala Parishat With a voice that blends well with the Sruti and is classical in form, the vocal recital of Sangeetha Shivakumar for the Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat last Friday registered...
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