CONCERT: Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli

Glad to inform you that we are having a SPICMACAY Carnatic Vocal Concert by Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli on Saturday, 22nd September 2012 at 6.00 pm in the NCL Auditorium.  A brief biodata of Smt. Vedavalli as well as a poster from SPICMACAY is attached with this mail. 

Kindly note that there is a Veena Concert by Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh on Friday, 21st September 2012 at 6.00 pm at IISER. 

Dakshinayan – a treat of Carnatic Music

Banyan Tree’s annual festival Dakshinayan – a treat of Carnatic Music, is one of the most looked forward to festivals in the cities of Mumbai, Pune & Delhi. Having featured some of the most popular, admired & established figures of Carnatic music, Dakshinayan has been receiving excellent response and splendid success since its inception in all the three cities. Now, in its seventh year Dakshinayan, is once again presenting a fascinating line-up of artistes from South to enthrall its audiences.

Artists:

- T N Seshagopalan (Vocal)

- Dr Mysore Manjunath (Violin)

- Dr Mysore Nagaraj (Violin)

Venue: Yeshwantrao Chavhan Sabhagriha Pune

19th March, 2010 at 7 PM

CONCERT: Dakshinayan 2010

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Dakshinayan - a treat of carnatic music

* S Shashank (Flute)

Shashank was born in October 1978 at Rudrapatna, a village on the bank of river Cauvery in Hassan District of Karnataka. Shashank's talents were discovered when he was barely nine months old. His father, Subramanyam, a biochemist and also an amateur flautist taught Shashank music as a language. Shashank's amazing memory for tunes and sense of rhythm put him years ahead of normal children. Six year old Shashank one day surprised his violin teacher by playing the kanada raga varnam on his father's flute and refused to learn violin any more. It was Shashank's good fortune to meet the flute wizard T.R.Mahalingam (Mali) in 1985 to seek his guidance. A surprised Mali blessed Shashank and advised to learn only vocal music from veterans and to let his own genius to play the flute. Accordingly he learnt only vocal music from celebrities R.K.Srikantan, K.V.Narayana Swamy and Sandhyavandanam Trichur Narendran, an able mridangam artiste developed his performing skills.

* Sanjau Subrahmanyan (Vocal)

Sanjay Subramaniam is a renowned Indian musician specializing in the field of Carnatic Music. An award-winning musician, Sanjay has performed at innumerable concerts across India and overseas, enthralling his audiences with his powerful and energetic voice. Sanjay Subramaniam began his musical journey at the age of seven, when he was trained for violin and vocals, under many renowned music teachers, including violin maestro V. Lakshminarayana, Rukmini Rajagopalan, besides Nadaswaram maestro, Semponarkoil SRD Vaidyanathan. Over the years Sanjay specialized in vocal music, and since then his musical interests strengthened and took on intricate forms, amalgamating tradition with modern themes. Harboring sound knowledge of sruti values, ragas, complex rhythms, compositions and innovative, Sanjay is an outstanding exponent of Carnatic Music in his generation. Influenced greatly by singer, G. N. Balasubramaniam, Sanjay has devoted his life to Indian classical music.

6:30 PM, 19 March, 2010

Venue: Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruh, KOthrud

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Dakshinayan - a treat of Carnatic Music

- Sangeet Samrat N Ravikiran (Chitravina)



Chitravina N. Ravikiran (born February 12, 1967 in Mysore, Karnataka, India) is a composer of Indian Carnatic music. He has been called the "Indian Mozart". He is probably most famous for his concept of "melharmony", which is harmony which stays within the melodic rules of an Indian raga (musical mode). Considered a virtuoso chitravina player, he has been described as "probably the greatest slide instrumentalist in the world today" by Radio Australia. Ravikiran has also played the slide Hawaiian guitar, and is an accomplished vocalist. He invented a variant of the chitravina called the navachitravina, which is smaller and has a clearer tone in the higher frequencies. Ravi Shankar, the famous sitar player, is most impressed with his talents, and is noted as saying: "If you don’t believe in God, just look at Ravikiran."

- Padmabhushan T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)



T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayanan, born March 7, 1945) is an eminent and popular Carnatic vocalist (South Indian classical singer), known for his vibrant music that essentially stems from the style of his late uncle-guru, Madurai Mani Iyer. Padma Bhushan Sankaranarayanan, a winner of the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award instituted by the Madras Music Academy, is particularly noted for the easy reach of his voice to the upper notes and colourful dilineation of the solphas (swaraprastaram).


7th March, 7 PM
Yashwantrao Chawhan Auditorium, Kothrud, Pune

Donor cards available at the venue