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One word governs the whole of "Dum Laga Ke Haisha": weight. It's never really the physical kind, but ranges from the weight of small-town mentality, which leads a family to constantly needle their...
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Kingsman: The Secret ServiceEnglish, Director: Matthew VaughnCast: Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Michael CaineKingsman: The Secret Service follows a story that is immediately recognisable as a plot by...
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Soulful veenaYoga Vandana, who gave a veena recital on Friday under the aegis of the Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat, is a 'top grade' veena artiste of Akashavani and a disciple of V S Anantha Rao of...
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Refreshing KathakThe Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat had organised a Kathak recital by Kumari Neha Seshadrinath this Friday at the Dr H N Kalakshetra in Jayanagar.Neha is the granddaughter of Prof M V...
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Music season is here again'Ramothsava,' the music season, has arrived again and it's raining music all over the City. Musicians and music connoisseurs are participating in different Ramanavami pandals,...
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Ramotsava festivalOne of the oldest Rama mandiras in Bengaluru, the Malleswaram Sri Rama Mandira, established in 1922, conducted the annual Ramotsava festival. Music (vocal, veena, flute, harmonium and...
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Delectable vocal recitalThe Seshadripuram Rama Seva Samithi organised another delightful music programme last week. Amritha Venkatesh, disciple of M T Selvanarayana, Charumathi Ramachandran and Rama...
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Royal compositionsMaharaja Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919-1974) was not only a patron of music but also a musician himself. He has composed around 94 compositions with the "Ankitha" of "Sri Vidya." His...
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T B Narasimhachar (1915-1988) was a veteran critic who contributed music reviews to Deccan Herald under the pen name Saragrahi. He served as the secretary of the Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha for a long...
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Sangeetha SandhyaSapthak is serving the music field in many ways for the last eight years. Apart from organising Hindustani music concerts in Bengaluru regularly, it has also conducted programmes in...
View ArticleHarmonium captivates-Music and dance reviews
Harmonium captivatesThough harmonium is a popular accompanying instrument in Hindustani music concerts, solo recitals of harmonium are not held frequently these days.Vittal Rao Koregaunkar, Rambhau...
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Promising veena playerThe Mysore Baani is one of the most prominent styles of veena. Even today, there are many excellent veena players in Karnataka and there are new additions to the list, every year....
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Successful KalavantaYoung and upcoming artistes established their credentials individually and collectively in the Kalavanta festival, last week. Ten organisations of the city have come forward to form...
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Tributesto quartetContributions of Thanjavur quartet to the dance field - especially to the Bharathanatya - is immense and highly regarded. Realising their contributions and as a tribute young dancer...
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HN memorial festivalPadmabhushan Dr H Narasimhaiah (HN) was a highly respected educationist and a social reformer with scientific aptitude.Though he was the vice-chancellor of the Bangalore University,...
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Pleasing vocal duetBangalore Brothers presented a vocal duet concert on Friday at Shankar Mutt in Shankarapura. It was a part of the cultural programmes held in connection with "Vijaya Yathre" of H H...
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Nrityantara festivalThe Shivapriya School conducted Nrityantara, an annual dance festival, last week with Bharathanatya, Kuchipudi, Yakshagana, Odissi and Contemporary dance.Last Sunday the festival...
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Prathyarpana Foundation, under the banner of Vijaya College of Music, was inaugurated by Vidwan T M Krishna, last week. Initiated by Saralaya sisters (Triveni and Kavitha) the Foundation aims at...
View ArticleChinna Kala Nadam
Chinna Kala NadamNadam (Narthan Academy of Dance and Music) is a dance institution training young aspirants from the past 18 years under the direction of Nandini K Mehta and K Murali Mohan. They also...
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Eka Raga Taala VaibhavaThe Karnataka College of Percussion conducts music programmes round the year to celebrate its Golden Jubilee. As part of the celebrations, a four-day Eka Raga Taala Vaibhava...
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