Sampradaya Presents: Samvada (No. 2) - A Conversation

rithvikraja · Post by **rithvikraja** » 15 Sep 2009, 08:26

The response for last month's Samvada between Shri R K Shrikantan and Chitravina Shri N Ravikiran was overwhelming.

We continue the series this month with a conversation between 2 great Mridanga Vidvans.

Sangita Kalanidhi Shri T.K. Murthy

in conversation with

Palghat Shri T.R. Rajamani

On 18th September @ 6:30 PM

Kasturi Srinivasan Hall (Music Academy, Mini Hall)

All are welcome!

rithvikraja · Post by **rithvikraja** » 15 Sep 2009, 08:28

The new Sampradaya website is up and going.

All the information about the organization, its projects and member subscriptions are available there.

Questions for Shri T.K. Murthy can be emailed in advance to samprada@vsnl.com

The address for the website is www.sampradaya.org

Always_Evolving · Post by **Always_Evolving** » 15 Sep 2009, 23:04

The site looks nice and aesthetic in bl. and white. But it takes quite a bit of time to load... even the image thumbnails do. Pls do look into it. Thanks.

rithvikraja · Post by **rithvikraja** » 17 Sep 2009, 11:21

Thanks for your feedback

We shall certainly look into it!

Rithvik Raja

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 17 Sep 2009, 11:57

Rithvik - the conversation series is a good idea. It would be great if these are recorded (video or audio) and shared on the internet so they can reach the global Carnatic music lovers.
Also, I am sure have Sampradaya are (or are considering) digitizing its collection. Are there any plans to make select recordings available online? The online recordings could be made available to financial members. I am sure this will be a good avenue to raise funds for the organisation and will connect Sampradaya to people located outside Chennai.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 17 Sep 2009, 12:36

I think making these availible online would be a great idea and a great resource for students abroad.
Im sure many people including myself will be willing to pay for it and as mohan said this will benefit the organisation.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Sep 2009, 20:36

While I applaud all these initiatives, but holding a prime 06:30 pm slot for this conversation, appears as a case of a deserving musician to lose his singing oppurtunity. Say if this conversation is from 5 to 7pm and then if there is a followup concert from 7pm to 9pm, I have no qualms.

Overall I see in the name of banners safegaurding sampradaya and likes,slowly music is getting morphed to speeches and recollections of glories of past.
In that exercise very few musicians who are regularly in limelight with their performances get some more PR exercise , but many many of them without these connections are not given a chance to even perform , for months to come.

annamalai · Post by **annamalai** » 17 Sep 2009, 23:28

rajeshnat,

Sampradaya has archival recordings several great musicians who were not much popular in the concert circuit.

TK Murthy is a legend among us with 70+ years of concert experience and it is useful to listen his perspectives and have an archival recording for posterity. TK Murthy is going to be interviewed by another maestro, the son of Palghat Mani Iyer.

As with the RK Srikantan interview and the thread, the rasikas (in the interest of innovation) need not agree with TK Murthy and discard his observations.

Arranging concerts of musicians who may not have connections, should be one of the causes taken by rasikas at large.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 18 Sep 2009, 00:41

I take rajeshnat's point that music is the most important thing, but I do think that there is room for the talking events, and I do feel that a lot of working people, for instance, would feel excluded if these were all to be in afternoon slots.

I assume the conversation with Sri TKM will be in Tamil?

Anyway, I might pop in to soak up some of the presence...

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 18 Sep 2009, 22:03

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 18 Sep 2009, 22:25

Thanks Srinivas.. Can i expect a detailed report tomorrow?

-hari

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 18 Sep 2009, 22:35

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Oct 2009, 18:20

Here is Smt. Gowri Ramnarayan's take on this: http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/02/stor ... 000400.htm

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 Oct 2009, 23:32

One individual's reading of a newspaper report is at least two steps removed from the actuality --- but it all sounded rather negative to me. I didn't get any such impression from what srinivasrgvn has posted so far, and hope there is more to come!