Concerts in Mumbai

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 01 Dec 2008, 09:41

Vijay...Sorry..I am doing good..I couldn't log on here for the past three days as I was really tied up with work..Have shared my experience of the same earlier...

vignesh.ishwar · Post by **vignesh.ishwar** » 01 Dec 2008, 17:50

thanks shankarabharanam....

vignesh.ishwar · Post by **vignesh.ishwar** » 01 Dec 2008, 17:50

enjoy the season..

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 04 Dec 2008, 17:38

Rasikas in Mumbai, please note that the concerts at Shanmukhananda from Dec 4-9 have been canceled. I presume its due to the recent terror attack in Mumbai.. They have been rescheduled and would be held from Dec 25.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 05 Dec 2008, 14:19

Thanks a lot Sir.

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 18 Dec 2008, 13:13

Just found Finearts Chembur has upgraded their long dormant website.They have announced Feb programes.lalggudi br& sister duo,hyderabad brothers and OS Arun.Wonder why no big names this year.Also Vishaka hari in January for carnatic recital.I thought she was popular for Harikatha and not carnatic music.Can any one comment.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 30 Dec 2008, 09:55

Shri.T.V.Sankaranayan concert at Shanmukhananda was postponed again (which was to be held on 28-12-2008) due to his sudden illness.
Yesterday it was Mandolin U.Shrinivas. It was in the presence of Pujya Sri. Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchi.
Superb program. Though it got over at 9.00 PM, it was a wholesome peace.

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 09 Jan 2009, 11:59

Further to my post of 18/12 ,in the new notice of Fine arts Vishaka Hari is missing.The reason for the same I heard was her huge demands!! So have to do with the 3 days carnatic music in Feb.

Meanwhile Dr Nityashree is in BARC Chembur on 25th Jan and MR T.V.Shankarnarayanan is on 26th.

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 09 Jan 2009, 12:27

And as usual this year too Shanmukhananda has the Bhajana Mahotsavam and the list includes OS Arun, Udayalur, Ganesh Kumar etc...

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 18 Jan 2009, 18:59

Hi,
I'm a new entrant to this forum. I reside in Vahi and I play the carnatic flute. it's nice to see the ineraction about various concerts. i guess members like shankarabharanam, prashant, anandabhairavi, vganesh are from mumbai! looking forward to be interact more with you all from now!

i'm also looking for opportunities to perform. i've had concert experience for 10years now, but not with music as a profession. however, through this forum, i'd like to attend concerts, interact with members like you and hopefully find opportunities.... bye for now. hope to attend TVS's concert on 26th. What time would the concert start??

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 19 Jan 2009, 12:49

Welcome Niranjan! Hope you get some opportunities to perform. Concerts at Shanmukhananda typically start at 6.30. You should be able to find out from the papers that morning. Unfortunately I will not be in town on that day

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 19 Jan 2009, 15:39

Thanks vijay. was just going through the previously posted messages by other members..... quite interesting! looking fwd to be at TVS concert.

carnaticdasan · Post by **carnaticdasan** » 19 Jan 2009, 16:07

Niranjan

I understand that Sri TVS has been replaced by Sri. OST on 26th BRR sabha,BARC(pl rechk) as Sri TVS of late is not keeping good health.Need to know his current health position.

Nandhanjali,Chembur is celebrating Thyagaraja Aradhnai on 24th and 25th,venue-Saraswathi Vidhyalaya school.

Subramanya Samaj is celebrating Thai poosam from 3rd to 8th Feb with daily carnatic concerts-MURUGAN TEMPLE, Chedda nagar.

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 20 Jan 2009, 15:19

thank you for the info. will miss TVS though! and yeah i learnt that he is not keeping good health. travelling becomes tough at this age. oh, by the way, i downloaded prashant's 'enthani ne' whose link i found in one of the previously posted msg. it was very nice to listen to him, i should say. great work, prashant!

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 20 Jan 2009, 17:19

NiranjanBhau

Welcome.

Dr Nithyshree is on 24th and not on 25th as I posted earlier sorry.It is at 6.30 pm .I am attending

smt.Gayatri venkatraghavan is singing in Ghatkopar Rasika ranjani on 25th Jan .I may attend

Ofcourse on 26th I will be in Fine arts for Hemamalinis dance drama Rukmini parinayam.

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 22 Jan 2009, 17:27

OST is performing at Shanmukhananda on Feb 14 and Smt Suguna Varadhachary is performing on Feb 15. Unfortunately i am going to miss all the concerts in January due to personal commitmments. Hope to catch all the action from Feb.

Just to add Saipriya Viswanathan is performing on the Veena at Shanmukhananda (Mini Hall-6th Floor) on 24th Jan, 6.30PM. Rasikas can be assured of some really good veena performance from her..Have heard on couple of occassions at BARC and at Shanmukhananda

Welcome Niranjan to this forum.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 02 Feb 2009, 09:02

Welcome Niranjan and hope to see you soon! Looking forward to Smt. Suguna Varadachari's concert on Feb 15. Perhaps we could have a Mumbai rasika meetup?

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 02 Feb 2009, 09:04

I will be singing a short 1-hour concert for the tyAgarAja festival organized by PADAM, Andheri, Mumbai, on Sunday Feb 22. The venue is the temple at Shri Ram Nagar, Andheri.

Sri Narayan Parthasarathi - Violin / Sri Prasad Radhakrishnan - Mrudangam / Sri Karthik Sreenivasan - Khanjira.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Feb 2009, 14:38

All the best for your concert Prashant. Travel plans still a little vague at the moment for both weekends...

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 02 Feb 2009, 14:43

Hi prashant, seems that i'll have to wait little more to meet other rasika members. My music school in Bangalore called 'Prapancha-The world of music' is celebrating its 24th founding anniversary and Tyagaraja-Purandara dasa aradhana on Feb 15th. so will be in bangalore for a week during that time. will look forward to listening upload of your concert, though! all the very best for the concert.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 02 Feb 2009, 16:41

All the best Prashant

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Feb 2009, 19:28

Prashant - Good luck to you and your team!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Feb 2009, 09:22

Prashant,
I bet this concert is going to be as good as the one we heard in Chennai--if not better. Please give us a sample, at least.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 03 Feb 2009, 13:39

Thanks friends. Will do my best to come up with a good show and I'll share a recording here if I am able to arrange one.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 03 Feb 2009, 13:48

Good luck, prashant. Hope you take up more rare Thyagaraja compositions for the concert!

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 03 Feb 2009, 14:07

bilahari wrote:Good luck, prashant. Hope you take up more rare Thyagaraja compositions for the concert!

Let me see what I can do on that score, bilahari

saramati · Post by **saramati** » 09 Feb 2009, 12:39

shankarabharanam wrote:And as usual this year too Shanmukhananda has the Bhajana Mahotsavam and the list includes OS Arun, Udayalur, Ganesh Kumar etc...

shankarabharanam sir,

my daughter is one of the singers in a group of girls who sing bhajans, and they have participated in several namasankeerthanam programmes as well as competitions here in chennai and won prizes. The group consists of 9 children, out of which 7 girls sing, the
rest are boys providing support on the violin and mridangam. All the children are in the age group of 12 to 15, and have won prizes
in the bhajan competitions conducted by the Bhaktaswara and TAMBRAS. Shri.Udayalur Kalyanaraman sir has himself judged one such
competition and awarded them the first prize.

We hear that just like Music Academy in Chennai, perofrming in Shanmukhananda hall, Mumbai in Bombay is dear to every musician.
All though the group mentioned above is a young group, they are quite good in singing, as each of the girls individually are training in carnatic music for more than 5/6 years. May I request you to examine if the group could be given a chance to perform bhajans before
an august audience such as our great rasikas forum members at mumbai, and others. The Kids would be thrilled, and it would be a great morale booster. Their travel expenses would be borne by the individual parents of the kids. That is not a problem.

Thanks in advance

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 10 Feb 2009, 11:56

Saramati Sir..

First let me inform you that I am in no way associated with the Sabha. I'm just an ardent rasika and a student of carnatic music who tries to update on the concert schedules and try to attend the concerts conducted by various sabhas in Mumbai.....Kindly conctact the Sabha for further details. If the group is talented then I am sure they would give you chance..I think that is the case everywhere

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 18 Feb 2009, 13:56

Indradhanush Mahotsav 2009 Concerts in The Fine Arts Society ,Chembur Mumbai ;

Friday 20th Feb 7 00 Pm Violin duet Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & SMT. Vijayalakshmi
Shri J.Vaidyanathan - Mridhangam
Shri K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Saturday 21st Feb 6.30 PM HYDERABAD BROTHERS
Shri Dwaram Satyanarayana Rao - Violin
Shri.P.Jaishankar - Mridhangam

Sunday 22nd Feb 6.05 PM Shri O.S.Arun
Mullaivasal Shri Chandramouli - Violin
Shri J.Vaidyanathan - Mridhangam
Shri Srirangam Kannan - Morsing.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 22 Feb 2009, 21:57

Thanks to all of you for your wishes - here are the items that our team presented this evening:

Sri Narayan Parthasarathi - Violin / Sri Prasad Radhakrishnan - Mrudangam / Sri Karthik Srinivasan - Khanjira

1. slOkam 'ApadAm apahartAram' + rAma nannu brOva - harikambOdhi - rUpaka [N at 'lOkAbhirAmA nannu brOva rAvEmakO', S]
2. kOTi nadulu - tODi - adi [R, S]
3. nIvADanEgAna - sArangA - khaNDa CApu [R]
4. mAm ava satatam raghunAtha - jaganmOhini - adi [2] [R, N at 'shrImad InAnvaya sAgara CandrA', S, T]
5. rAma pAhi mEgha shyAmA - kApi - misra CApu [Rs] + slOkam 'vyAsO naigama' - kApi, madhyamAvati, suraTi, saurAStra

Will try to post the recording as and when it becomes available.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Feb 2009, 08:55

Prashant,
nIvADanEgAna and kOti nadulu! Waiting for the recording. By the way, I don't think anyone mentioned kOTi nadulu in that new popular thread of the Bi 6, this brisk tOdi kruti. Can hear Ari singing it now. Thanks for jogging my memory.

arunsri · Post by **arunsri** » 23 Feb 2009, 13:24

Prashant and his team sang a very nice concert for 1 hr 10 mins. I am a very good friend of Prashant, but this post is intended not to review the program but highlight something else.

the first kriti sung by him - rAma nannu brOva is usually sung by almost everyone as rAma nannu brOvarA - the rA being a part of the word rAvEmakO. The meaning of the pallavi is completely altered by this incorrect split. Prashant took care to research the meaning of this song word by word, and presented this correct version. Kudos to his commitment.

The jaganmOhini kriti was a gem.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 23 Feb 2009, 13:52

Huh, from my listening experience, I too was under the impression it's brOvarA... Don't think I've ever heard anyone sing it correctly then! Looking forward to the recording as usual, Prashant. You know I'm a big fan!

jeyaar · Post by **jeyaar** » 23 Feb 2009, 13:56

NATYANJALI FESTIVAL And Natarajar Aradhanai at Thiruchembur Murugan Temple,Chedda Nagar as part of Maha Shivarathri festival-from 14th feb to 28th feb.
Daily three presentations from Dancers of all styles in Mumbai and other cities.
23rd- presentations by Gurus and teachers of all styles.

jeyaar · Post by **jeyaar** » 23 Feb 2009, 13:57

Prashant- missed it- would like to hear the recording.

saradha rajan · Post by **saradha rajan** » 24 Feb 2009, 11:41

I attended the NATYANJALI FESTIVAL yesterday. There were around 18 Gurus who performed. I could attend only 12 performances. Out of which, Sri Deepak Mazumdar was simply superb as always....The others were mediocre.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Feb 2009, 10:48

Great selection - esp. Kotinadulu (which, I agree, was glaringly absent in the big 6 thread) and Mamava Sathatham. Look forward to the upload...

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 01 Mar 2009, 14:46

Hi prashant and others, looking at the postings, prashant seems to have done well in the the concert.... kudos man! i'm back from bangalore after a good long break of 2weeks. The aradhana for which i had gone went on very well. had some really good flute practice sessions with my guruji. i've uploaded some snaps of the aradhana at http://picasaweb.google.com/Niru.Damle/ ... eat=email# . Do check them out!

The observation on the krithi rama nannu brova RA was indeed very interesting. attention to such small detailing is necessary isn't it??!! no wonder it is called a FINE ART! will look fwd for the upload prashant

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 02 Mar 2009, 16:21

I will be singing for Mulund Fine Arts, Mumbai, on Sunday 15.03.2009, at 10 AM. The venue for the concert is Bhakta Sangam, Mulund

Performing along with me will be Sri Shivkumar Anantharaman - Violin / Sri Rajesh Sreenivasan - Mrudangam / Sri N. Y. Easwar - Khanjira

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 02 Mar 2009, 16:42

Could someone update on upcoming concerts at SFAS? I seem to have misplaced my copy of the program schedule...

Niranjan Damle · Post by **Niranjan Damle** » 02 Mar 2009, 16:49

oh that's great prashant. i should be able to make it on 15th!

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 02 Mar 2009, 16:50

Look forward to meeting you, Niranjan!

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 02 Mar 2009, 17:16

I think there are couple on this weekend...but I think those are dance ballets and not concerts...anyways will confirm in a day or so...

thane rasika · Post by **thane rasika** » 04 Mar 2009, 23:27

hello,
kalamandal thane is organising a concert by neyveli santanagopalan on march 22 , 6 pm onwards at tma hall wagle estate.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 05 Mar 2009, 14:01

Kum. Amrutha Venkatesh will perform at BRRS, Chembur on 15.03.2009 at 6:05 PM. Will post the complete artiste list ASAP.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Mar 2009, 21:10

A nice double bill on Sunday!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 06 Mar 2009, 02:05

Prashant,

Best Wishes!!

Vijay,

All you have to do is to fit a lunch in between!

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 06 Mar 2009, 09:56

rshankar wrote: Vijay,

All you have to do is to fit a lunch in between!

I think that can be arranged quite handily...

vaidehi48 · Post by **vaidehi48** » 06 Mar 2009, 15:48

Vaishnavi Anand ex Bby girl will perform on 15.03.2009 at 6 in the evening at Bharathiya,kingscircle under talent promotion.She will be accompanied on the violin by her husband Anand.

vaidehi48

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 06 Mar 2009, 19:28

Smt. Vaishnavi Anand is a disciple of Alapuzha Sri Venkatesan and is a fine singer. Her husband Bombay Sri Anand is a disciple of Kum. A. Kanyakumari. Sri Vijay Natesan is scheduled to play the mrudangam for this concert. This should be an excellent concert by a very committed team of musicians.