Bharathanatyam
by Shoba Sharma
December 19th, 2009
Revathi Subramanian – Vocal
Sangeetha Prasanna – Nattuvangam
R.Radhakrishnan – Pullankuzhal
Kalyan Vaidyanathan – Mridangam
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KOTHAMANGALAM SUBBU
Storyteller par excellence Kothamangalam Subbu was many things all at once – actor, writer, director, lyricist, poet, performer and novelist par excellence. From a timber store clerk whose formal education ended with class eight, he rose to be a tall renaissance man during the freedom struggle. Vitriolic wit, character actor, [...]
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2009
Thamizh Isai Kutcheri
by R.Suryaprakash
November 14th, 2009
B. Raghavendra Rao – Violin
Tanjore K. Murugaboopathi – Mridangam
by R.K.ShriramKumarGrand Vocal Concert
by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V.Sankaranarayanan
October 18th, 2009
Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan – Vocal Support,
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin,
Sri Mushnam Rajarao – Mridangam
The connection between the performing artiste and rasikas usually gets forged from the very first piece. But maintaining that connection till the last piece is possible only for a very few artistes. T.V. Sankaranarayanan possesses this rare quality.
by Dr.Bhuvaneswari RamaswamySemmangudi Srinvasa Iyer Centenary Concert
by his disciple Trivandrum G. SeethaLakshmi
August 22nd, 2009
Srikanth Joysula – Violin
Vinod Seetharaman – Mridangam
Vidushi Seethalakshmi was the musician of the connoisseur. If you had wanted glamour you may not find it here. But if you wanted to soak in old world Carnatic values, in depth and weight, you could find it in abundance. She began with ‘Mooladhara’ (MayamalavaGowlai-Sankaranarayana Iyer) and Bhuvinidasudane’ (Sriranjani-Tyagaraja) that followed had crisp swaras that could still bring out the bhava of the raga. Varali (Karunai Purindhu-Nilakanta Sivan) seemed tailor-made for her instincts….
