Music Academy December 2014 schedule

[Karaharapriya]

The schedule has been released! Check it out.

http://musicacademymadras.in/fotemplate ... 304891133e

[Nick H]

Thank you!

The organisation of my December diary starts now )

[mahavishnu]

http://www.musicacademymadras.in/fotemp ... 304891133e

I know many people have been eagerly waiting for this.

[vasanthakokilam]

Very interesting schedule. I am sure it will be precisely analyzed in due course, but at first glance it looks like the average age of the evening slots has come down quite a bit.

[PUNARVASU]

Thanks, Mahavishnu.

[harimau]

Very interesting schedule. I am sure it will be precisely analyzed in due course, but at first glance it looks like the average age of the evening slots has come down quite a bit.

Very interesting schedule. I am sure it will be precisely analyzed in due course, but at first glance it looks like the average quality of the evening slots has come down quite a bit.

FTFY. )

[bombal]

disappointed with the schedule(although some combinations look interesting)..It looks as though there is a dearth of violin and mridangam (may be even upapakkavAdyam artist), given the repetition. want to see a change in future.

I am not particularly happy with the slot, given that the same artists are giving evening performances in other sabhas. It does call for some reorganisation, wherein everyone gets a fair chance to perform in all slots(prescribed by MA)..it definitely does not mean that performers who perform at prime slots, when asked to perform in the afternoon slot, are bilittled in any way. Instead the truly talented also get to taste the evening experience at MA.

:namaste:

[vasanthakokilam]

[munirao2001]

Forunites,

Reading the posting on the delay of MA's publication of the 88th Annual Conference, I had requested Sri Pappu Venugopala Rao, Secretary to publish enabling the travel and concert attendance plans by the rasikas, in advance. I guess, Sri P.V.acted immediately and obliged.

munirao2001

[ramamantra]

Is the lecdem schedule out yet?

[hnbhagavan]

Music academy schedule is a mixed bag.This does happen when the choice is plenty.Certain artists like Ramakrishnan Murthy,Sandeep Narayan etc get to perform in the afternoon slots.They may be performing in prime slots at other venues.I wish Madurai G S Mani had a slot in the morning.Such a great musician he is,rasikas are not getting chance to listen to him.

[Nick H]

I am not that interested in the MA evening slots. Attending them means expense and inconvenience. There will be other opportunities to see those artists.

The afternoon/evening pairing of Sumithra and Abishek is unfortunate. I'm sure the Abishek fans will have bought out all the tickets long before I get to the Academy that morning. Anyway, if she has anything like the same number of concerts as last year, I shall have plenty of other opportunities.

[harimau]

The afternoon/evening pairing of Sumithra and Abishek is unfortunate. I'm sure the Abishek fans will have bought out all the tickets long before I get to the Academy that morning.

From Sumithra's viewpoint, she has an ideal slot. Lots of people will be attending her concert just so that they can have a seat for the concert that follows.

Some people are willing to endure anything, even good music, to be able to listen to Abu Sheikh.

[VK RAMAN]

These artists perform at the invitation of MMA or there are lobbyists who solicit for their client or both?

[harimau]

These artists perform at the invitation of MMA or there are lobbyists who solicit for their client or both?

Both.

Lobbying is done not by professional lobbyists but by the gurus who want to promote their favourite students. How do you explain the chance given to certain instrumentalists when persons with longer performance records and presence in Chennai are completely ignored?

Thus you see crowd-pullers as well as little-known performers.

[Nick H]

From Sumithra's viewpoint, she has an ideal slot. Lots of people will be attending her concert just so that they can have a seat for the concert that follows.

Some people are willing to endure anything, even good music, to be able to listen to Abu Sheikh.

Naaah... they will crowd the canteen and then rush in, probably ruining the last minutes of Sumithra's concert.

Anyway, I suppose I would probably be able to recover the Rs.1,000 front-seat-ticket cost on my way out. Perhaps I could even auction it --- although I don't suppose the MA authorities would be very happy about that/

[sureshvv]

Anyway, I suppose I would probably be able to recover the Rs.1,000 front-seat-ticket cost on my way out.

Nice way to make new friends

[Nick H]

lol, I'd suggest that we share a ticket, except that I know you'd want to see Sumithra as well

I think that I paid a high price to see her MA concert last year but may not have stayed for the next.

Somehow, I find her MA concerts less satisfying anyway. They are not as warm. I hope she has at least as many season concerts as last year, and I'll see her in other places instead.

[vasanthakokilam]

Some people are willing to endure anything, even good music, to be able to listen to Abu Sheikh.

Ha..

[rajeshnat]

Few Comparisons in 2013-14 vs 2014-15 evening 1 and 2 slots:
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1. We have violin concert of Nagai Muralidharan and Nagai Sriram playing this time .They replace A kanyakumari and Embar Kannan. Congratulations to Nagai Duo I have not heard them yet looking forward.

2. With respect to veena , last year there was emani kalyani lakshmi nArAyana. This year Jayanathi kumaresh is performing instead of emani kalyani.Veena generally also has one slot.

3. Sangeetha Sivakumar,Manda sudha rani, Mambalam Sisters,Lakshmi Rangarajan, Kunnakkudi Balamurali Krishna and Mandolin Srinivas (unfortunately due to his demise) are not singing this year .

They are making way for Aruna Sairam ,Gayathri Girish,Priya Sisters,TV Gopalakrishnan,TNS Krishna and Sriram Parthasarathy. Incidentally last year after the schedule was put for Aruna sairam in MA , Aruna had to cancel and that slot went to sangeetha sivakumar.

# Musicians LIke Gayathri Girish, TNS krishna have performed in evening slots prior to 2013, so they are making a come back .Congratulations

#Personally one of my pet crib that came up many years back is some times artists who are in chennai who sing generally very well are not noticed by academy and at times in historic past I have noticed few other state artists are given at times even passing some great chennai artists. Donot mistake me that I am for any quota , it does not make sense at all, as such merit should never be boxed with geography . I am definitely glad that Sriram parthasarathy who is a terrific singer finds his way in evening slot . I have not yet heard him live and incidentally I have not noticed in the last decade where he has sung in also afternoon slot .So Sriram Parthasarathy finding a way to evening slot is pure musical merit and I am really happy , congratulations to Sriram Parthasarathy let your throat go on a song with your aananda yaazhai meetugirai.

# ON TV GOpalakrishnan I am pretty sure he has not sung as a vocalist in a prime evening slot atleast in the last 10 years- before I donot know, this year he gets it as a vocalist - certainly sangeetha kalanidhi TVG gets the right slot and more importantly I like academy gesture of really showing not just recognition and also keeping limelight on this great multifaceted maestro TVG by making him sing in evening slot.

# Rest of the evening 1 and 2 slots are fixtures like last year and they are all really great artists.Personally Liked this year selection for evening slots, definitely a nice job by Music Academy panelists.

Afternoon slot 2013 vs 2014 comparison:
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THe following musicians are giving way
Nirmala Rajasekhar (Veena)
V.K. Raman (Flute)

C.S.Sajeev (Vocal)
D.B. Aswin (Vocal)
Pattabhiram Pandit (Vocal)
V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)

THe following musicians are getting