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My aunt called up today morning to say that Kanekar uncle (thats how I addressed Pt. Narendra Kanekar, doyen of Jaipur and Agra gharana) passed away today at Bombay. Having know him and aunty Kanekar very well for 15 years, it came as a shock to me. My aunt, Dr. Bhanu Raman who was Panditji's disciple for almost 12 years is devastated at the loss of her guru. Pt. Narendra Kanekar specialized in Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur, three principal Gharanas of Hindustani vocal music. He received his initial grooming in music from Pt. Manohar Barwe of Gwalior Gharana. He later became a disciple of Pt. Dattatraya Vishnu Kane (Kane Bua of Ichchalkaranji) of Agra Gharana. Kanebua was a prime disciple of Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan Saheb. Pt. Ratnakar Pai of Jaipur Gharana was his Guru after he moved to Bombay. He was an A grade artiste on AIR and TV. He was blessed with a sweet yet powerful voice . Due to years of rigorous training, his depth and understanding of Hindustani classical music was l...

The best concert in this series at NMKRV was by veteran vocalist Sangita Kalanidhi Rudrapatnam K. Srikanthan. Vocal support was provided by his son S. Ramakanth. He was accompanied by Mysore nagaraj on the violin and the guru- shishya duo of Srimushnam Raja Rao and H.S Sudhindra on Mridangams. 1. ) Ninnu kori yunnara - Vasantha - Adi Talam - Tacchur SingArAchari. 2. ) As i entered the auditorim, I heard the Alapanai of Saveri in R.K.S's grand voice. The krithi that followed was karikaLabhamukhaM DhuNDhi gaNEshaM - sAvEri - rUpakaM - Muthuswamy Dikshithar 3.) 4.) Kanugona Soukhyamu - NAyaki - Rupaka tAlam - St. Thyagaraja 5.) mAtaHNgi shrI rAjarAjEshvari mAmava - ramAmanOhari - rUpakaM - Muthuswamy Dikshithar 6.) Chalamelara - Margahindolam - Adi tAlam - St. Thyagaraja (I have never heard this song in any concert or recordings before.) 7.) kailAsa nAthEna samrakSitOhaM - kAmbhOji - mishra cApu - Muthuswamy Dikshithar

Sanjay sings at NMKRV, Ramalalita Kala Mandira every year to packed audiences . This year was no exception and reached the venue half an hour in advance so that we could get seats in the auditorium. He was accompanied by S.Varadarajan on violin, Arun Prakash on Mridangam and B.Guruprasanna on Khanjira. 1. Pankajakshi - Kambhoji pada varnam - Ramaswamy sivan - Ata tAlam 2. Telisi Rama chandra - purna chandrikA - St. Thyagaraja - Adi tAlam 3. Manasa Yetulo - malayamArutham - St. Thyagaraja - Rupaka tAlam Neraval and swarams at "kalilo rajasa" 4. Ranjani niranjani - ranjani - GNB - Adi tAlam - One of my favorite rAgas and I thought he'd sing DurmargaChara but 5. Nannu Vidachi - Reethigowla - Thyagaraja - Rupaka tAlam This was rendered with lot of fervour and devotion and I liked this rendition almost as much as that by Maharajapuram V. Santhanam. 6. ShankarAchAyam - sankarAbharanam - Subbarama Dikshithar -Adi tAlam Sanjay always includes one major Carnatic Raga like Thodi, ...

SRI RAMA LALITHA KALA MANDIRA - SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL - 2008 AT MANGALA MANTAPA, N.M.K.R.V College for Women, 22nd Cross, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, BANGALORE PROGARAMME AT 05.30 PM ON ALL DAYS 08.02.08 - Kadri Gopalnath -A Kanyakumari - Patri Satishkumar - B Rajasekhar - N Amruth 09.02.08 - T M Krishna - Charulatha Ramanujam - Arjun Kumar - Sukanya Ramgopal 10.02.08 - Sanjay Subramanian - S Varadarajan - Arun Prakash - Guruprasanna 11.02.08 - R K Srikantan - R S Ramanath - Mysore Nagaraj - Srimushnam Rajarao & Sudhindra 12.02.08 - Priya Sisters - M A Krishnaswamy - Patri Satishkumar - Madipakkam Murali 13.02.08 - SUDHA RAGHUNATHAN & Party Concerts at Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind (near Ragigudda Temple) 13.02.08 - Bombay Jayashree & Party 14.02.08 - U SRINIVAS & Party 15.02.08 - R.K.PADMANABHA & Party

The Annual composers festival at BTM cultural Academy normally has packed audiences. This concert by Malladi brothers on Saint Thyagaraja's was no exception. Having listened to Malladi brothers some days back at Bangalaore Gayana Samaj, I knew this is not a concert to be missed. After a long time, my entire gang of music friends from office (Vinu, Kavi, Sharan, Rekha and I) attended a concert together. They are wonderful Jodi singers and have learnt music from their father Malladi Suri Babu, Voleti Venkateshwarulu and Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. They are currently receiving advanced training from Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, the famous surgeon musician and guru of stalwarts like Voleti and Nedunuri. R.K.Sreeram Kumar was to accompany them on the violin but couldn't make it at the last moment and was replaced hurriedly by Mysore Shrikanth. The percussion accompanists were Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma on the Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa on the Ghatam and N.Amruth on Khanjira 01.) Muddu Momu...

TMKrishna at Bangalore Gayana Samaja - Aanandaa Music festival. H.K.Venkatram - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, B.Purushottam - Kanjira Theme - Muthuswamy Dikshithar kritis 01.) dakSiNAmUrttE vidaLita dAsArttE - shankarAbharaNaM/mishra jhampa 02.) paHncabhUta kiraNAvaLiM candra mauLiM - kiraNAvaLi/khaNDa EkaM 03.) kamalAmbAM bhajarE rE mAnasa - kalyANi/Adi (2 kaLai) 04.) vINApustaka dhAriNIMAshrayE - vEgavAhini/mishra jhampa 05.) vAtApi gaNapatiM bhajEhaM - hamsadhvani/Adi 06.) vINAbhEri vENuvAdyAdi - AbhEri/Adi 07.) rAmacandrabhaktaM bhaja mAnasa - gEya hEjjajji/Adi 08.) shrI subrahmaNyAya namastE namastE - *kAmbhOji/tishra EkaM I have been panning TMKrishna's performances of late on my blog. But he was in excellent form and sang all compositions of Dikshithar beautifully. I specially need to mention his Sri Subramanyaya Namaste in Kamboji. HKV was not at his performing best while playing Shankarabharanam but his Kamboji Alapana was good. Trichy Shankaran was brillian...

Malladi Brothers sang at Bangalore Gayana Samaja as part of Aanandaa Music festival. The theme of the festival was on Composers of Carnatic Music and the composer of the day was Maharaja Swathi Tirunal. They were accompanied by Embar Kannan on the violin, Mridangam maestro Trichy Shankaran and Vaikom S. Gopalakrishnan on the Ghatam (each of them being excellent artistes on their respective instruments) Song List : 1.) Kamboji - Sarasijanabha 2.) Gowlai - KAmajanaka - Adi talam 3.) Arabhi - Narasimha MAmava 4.) Useni - PAhimam brihan nAyike .Though they sang it very well, KVN's version is still the best :-) 5.) Begada - - kalayAmi Raghu RAmam 6.) Pantuvarali - Sarasaksha - Embar's style of playing is so close to that of his guru A. Kanyakumari. One of the best kritis in this concert.Tani was brilliant. The Palani Subramaniam Pillai style of playing on the Toppi was wonderfully executed by his prime disciple Trichy Shankaran. 7.) KaraharapriyA - Satatam pAvaka PAda Sevanam Left...