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REPORT OF 1st ANNIVERSARY HELD ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1st 2013
@ SRI KRISHNADEVA RAYA KALA MANDIRA, TIRUMALA VIDYA NIKETAN, BEHIND CHOWDAIAH MEMORIAL HALL, VYALIKAVAL, BANGALORE. |
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Poorvi Sangeeth Academy celebrated its first anniversary recently on Sunday, 1st December 2013. This academy was inaugurated last year in November 2012. It has been organizing music concerts in Karnatic & Hindustani Classical and Sugam Sangeeth. Music workshops have also been organized. Regular Music classes are being conducted daily.
The first anniversary function was a day-long event with various music concerts starting from 9AM and lasting 70mins each . The concerts was as follows :
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Vidwan Sridhar Sagar and his troupe gave a fabulous beginning with a melodious Saxophone performance. He was accompanied by Venkatesh Joshier on Violin, B.Ramanath on Mrudanga and B. Bhaskar on Tanvil.
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Surmani Dattatreya L Velankar gave a very brilliant Hindustani Classical vocal performance. He was accompanied by Udayaraj Karpoor on Tabla and Madhushan Bhat on Harmonium. Velankar had recently conducted the Abhang workshop in October 2013 for the Academy.
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The inauguration by the formal lighting of the Lamp took place later, by the renowned Sugam Sangeeth Singer and composer, Sri S Somasundaram and the renowned poet of Dharwad, Sri Narasimha Paranjpe, along with the office bearers. An audio CD produced by Hiremagaluru Pradeep was also released on this occasion. This CD contains Kannada bhaavageethe penned by Narasimha Paranjpe with the tunes and music composed by Hiremagaluru Pradeep. Various singers like Rameshchandra, Ganesh Desai, Hiremagaluru Pradeep, Rekha Prasad, Prathiba Nandan and others have rendered their voice for these songs.
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Immediately after the inauguration, popular Sugam Sangeeth singers like Vijay Havanur, Yeshwanth Halibandi, Indu Vishwanath, Ganesh Desai, Ravindra Soragavi, Prabha Inamdar and Geetha Sathyamurthy sang popular numbers.
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After the Lunch break Sugam Sangeeth schools - Indu gaana dhaara, Samarasa sangeetha shaale, Gaana sudha, Poorvi Sangeeth Academy, Saptha swara sangeetha vidyalaya rendered chorus songs.
V Punyesh Kumar on Keyboard, B R Prakash on Tabla, Venaktesh Sagar on Rhythm pads, Ramesh and Kalyan on Flute gave a tremendous support to the artists for the sugam sangeeth.
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Later Poorvi Sangeeth Academy students gave a performance on Karnatic Classical Vocal and Hindustani Classical Vocal. Even though it has been just 6 to 7 months since the classes have started by the Academy, the students gave a wonderful performance which was appreciated well by the audience.
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This was followed by a very illustrious and melodious Hindustani Classical Vocal performance by Pt. Shivanand Heroor. He was accompanied by Narasimha Nayak on Harmonium and Bhavani Shankar on Tabla.
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The Valedictory and Poorvi Puraskar Award Function took place immediately wherein dignitaries like Dr. G K Veeresh, Vidwan R N Thyagarajan and Dr. Vid R N Tharanathan, and Narasimha Paranjpe took part and spoke on the occasion. Rudrapatnam brothers (Thyagarajan and Tharanathan) and Narasimha Paranjpe were honoured with Poorvi Puraskar 2013 in recognition of their service to Karnatic Classical and Sugam sangeeth. The other guest who could not make it due to unavoidable circumstances were, Dr. C N Ashwathnarayan, MLA, Dr M Suryaprasad, Art Critic and Pt. Ravindra Katoti-renonwed Hindustani Harmonium artist. A souvenir was released during this occasion.
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After a short break for coffee, Vidwan B K Anantharam and his troupe gave a very enjoyable Venu-Veena-Violin concert with a good understanding. He was accompanied by J K Sridhar on Violin, V Gopal on Veena, B R Srinivas on Mrudanga, Ramesh on Ghata and Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna on Morsing.
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The final concert for which everyone was eagerly looking forward started immediately afterwards, ie Bhakthi Sangeeth by the most popular singer of Karnataka – Dr. Vidwan Vidyabhushana. The auditorium was packed till the end. His each song was received well by the audience.
The program concluded at 9:15PM with a vote of thanks delivered by Vidwan B K Anantharam.
People left the venue with a good feeling and congratulating the Academy for organizing such a wonderful music treat.
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11) 8th Mar - 2014 |
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REPORT OF KARNATIC CLASSICAL VOCAL CONCERT ON SAT.8TH MARCH 2014 AT ADARSHA BHAVANA, 15th CROSS MALLESWARAM, BANGALORE |
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Vid. Rudrapattanam N Thyagarajan & Vid Dr. Rudrapattanam N Taranathan and their troupe rendering Karnatic Classical Vocal Concert.
Poorvi Sangeeth Academy of Malleswaram had organised a Karnatic Classical Vocal concert by renowned Karnatic Dual Vocalists Vid. R.N. Thyagarajan and Dr. R N Taranathan, popularly known as RUDRAPATTANAM BROTHERS, on Saturday, 8th March 2014, at ADARSHA BHAVAN, 15th Cross, Malleswaram Bangalore.
Dr. B R Padmanabha Rao, the president of the Academy welcomed the gathering and introduced the Artists, Vidwan R N Thyagarajan and Dr. R N Taranathan, popularly known as Rudrapattanam Brothers, to the audience. He later welcomed the Chief Guest of the day, Sri. Markandapuram Srinivas (Retd. Director, Kannada & Culture, Karnataka). The Vidwans and the Chief Guest were honoured with bouquets.
Vid. R N Thyagarajan had conducted a Workshop for 5 days during Feb-March 2014, on Karnatic Light Classical Compositions like Jaavali, Taranga etc., wherein around 24 members had registered and learnt about 6 such songs from the teacher. These participants gave a group presentation on the same day prior to the concert, in the presence of the teacher and the audience, and received appreciation for the efforts put in both by the teacher and the students. All the participants were honoured with a Certificate and a Audio CD of the songs for their reference and further practice.
Workshop Participants giving a group presentation prior to the Concert by Rudrapattanam Brothers.
The Chief Guest, Sri Markandapuram Srinivas spoke to the audience wherein he spoke about the ancient literatures of Kumara Vyasa, Ranna, Pampa and later on brought the connectivity to the present Vachana and Daasa sahitya (literature), and highlighted the Karnatic Classical Music for upkeeping such literatures through the Music. He further went on to appreciate the efforts of many Music Organizations for organizing such programs, with a word not to forget the tireless efforts put in by Poorvi Sangeeth Academy in this direction, and wished all success to the Academy in the coming years.
Rudrapattanam Brothers commenced their concert with a varna Chalamela in Natakuranji ranga set to Aditala. It was followed by a Krithi of Harikesha nallooru Muttaiah Bhagavathar Siddhivinayakam in Mohana Kalyani raga set to adi taala. They then presented a Thyagaraja Krithi Manassu nilpa in Abhogi raga set to adi taala.
The next composition was a Taranga by Narayana teertha Bhaavaye sakhi in Salavi gangaala raga set to adi taala. The next krithi was by Muthuswamy Dikshitar Vishalaaksheem Kashi Ramakriya in Kamavardhini raga set to Mishra chaapu taala. They concluded their evening concert with a Jaavali by Patnam subrahmanya Iyer Mariyaada teliyakane in Suruti Raaga set to Roopaka taala.
The audience appreciated all the krithis very much. They were ably supported on the Violin by Vidushi Nalina Mohan, on Mridangam by Vid. V S Rajagopal, and on khanjari by Vid. R Karthik.
Sri B K Anantharam, Vice president of the Academy proposed the vote of thanks.
In all, the well attended concert enthralled the music lovers, who enjoyed a full two-hour musical treat.
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