Flute-Violin Duet Concert, Sunnyvale CA, Sep 22 4:00 pm to 7

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 13 Sep 2007, 23:31

A Grand Flute and Violin Duet Concert By Mysore Brothers

â€˜SurManiâ€™ Vidwan Mysore V. K. Raman and Vidwan Mysore V. Srikanth

Accompanied by

Mridangam : Vidwan Mysore B. Ravishankar
Ghatam: Ravindra Bharathi Sridharan

Venue : Sanatana Dharma Kendra
897, Kifer Road , Suite 1 , Sunnyvale , CA â€“ 94086, 408-481-9242

Date : Saturday, September 22nd 2007
Time : 4.00 P.M. â€“ 7.00 P.M

For more details please contact Subha & Narasimhan at 408-945-6463

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Artist Profile:

Mysore V.K. Raman, South Indian Bamboo Flute

V.K. RAMAN, one of the leading Flautists in the Carnatic style of Music, started learning Flute at the age of 9 and at the age of 15, he started giving full-fledged concerts. Since then Raman has performed in many prestigious organizations in India and abroad. As a performer, Composer, producer, educator, has performed in all genres of music and has been very successful as a Music Composer. He has scored music for many Audio / Video Albums;CDâ€™s and has released 35 CDs through various labels worldwide. Raman has captivated the audiences in major music festivals and has been featured in many prestigious venues like the Lincoln Center , Royal Festival Hall, UW World Series, and Lied Center for performing Arts, The Rialto performing Art Center, Washington Performing Arts Society, and The Flynn Center. Raman has toured widely in USA , Canada , United Kingdom , Belgium , France , Germany , Switzerland , Srilanka and Japan .

â€œV.K. Raman... extremely musical and expressive... sweetness and sensitivity of tone... captivating... soulful music flowed from the heart." - The Hindu, Chennai , India .

Ramanâ€™s recordings and live performances are testimony to a profound musical sensibility as a composer and musician of the highest order. -- Glen Velez. World Frame drummer & Grammy Winner.

http://www.fluteraman.com

Mysore V. Srikanth: Violin

Srikanth is a senior disciple of Vidwan Sri H.K. Narasimha Murthy of Mysore . He started learning Violin at a very young age and has undergone rigorous training for more than eighteen years. Srikanth Venkataraman has been giving performances from his fifteenth year. He has gained rich experience by accompanying Top Artists like R.K Srikantan , Dr M.Balamurali Krishna , T.N Seshagopalan , T.V Shankaranarayanan , O S Thiagarajan , Trichur V. Ramachandran Hyderabad Brothers, Flute K.S.Gopalakrishnan , Rudrapatnam Brothers , Bombay Sisters, Sudha Raghunathan , Bombay Jayashri and others & received their blessings & appreciation. He has also performed with great Mridangam stalwarts like Palghat Sri Raghu ,T.K.Murthy, Karaikudi R. Mani , Umayalpuram Sivaraman , Guruvayur Dorai, Vellore Ramabhadran and many others.

He was adjudjed the Best Violinist by
1..Sri Krishna Gana Sabha 1995
2.The Indian Fine Arts Society ( Sub -Senior category ) - Dec 2000 Music Season
3.Karnataka Gana Kala Parishat ( Young Musicians' Conference -2001)

http://www.violinsrikanth.com

B. Ravi Shankar: Mridangam

Ravi Shankar started his concert career at the age of ten. Ravi had his initial training from his father Sri Tumkur Bhadrachar & had advance lessons from mridangam maestro Karaikudi R. Mani. A grade artist of AIR; he has done several concert tours & has accompanied great musicians like M.S. Goplalakrishnan. T.N Krishnan, Dr N Ramani & others He has released several Cds & also runs a percussion ensemble â€˜Nada Laya Lahariâ€

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 13 Sep 2007, 23:38

It is nice to see a flute-violin duet, with both artistes on equal footing. I can't think of why a violinist should only be a "pakkavadyam" or accompanist to a flautist.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 14 Sep 2007, 00:13

Heard a recording of wonderful concert of two eminent artists N Ramani and Lalgudi Jayaraman Flute/violin duet. Can't say who is accompanying who.

lalitha · Post by **lalitha** » 14 Sep 2007, 00:41

Ghatam: Ravindra Bharathi Sridharan

Morsing : "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan" Hrushikesan

Lalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 14 Sep 2007, 01:50

Of the above mentioned artistes, I have heard violinist Srikanth a couple of times as an accompanist and was impressed by his playing. Equal time for violin and flute is an interesting concept.
With the two percussion instruments, it's going to be a lively concert.

ramakriya,
For some reason, I thought Mysore Bros meant Nagaraj and Manjunath alone...

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 14 Sep 2007, 09:18

Mysore Brothers? Do they call themselves like that? I thought only Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath called themselves Mysore Brothers....

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 14 Sep 2007, 09:31

i don't think they call themselves that

rasaali · Post by **rasaali** » 14 Sep 2007, 19:58

They are indeed brothers in real life, though..

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 15 Sep 2007, 03:23

I promptly did cut-paste the info I got from the organizer. If it says Mysore brothers, may be they go by that name now. I have no clue about that. Actually till recently I did not even know they were brothers!

Even before Nagaraj and Manjunath, there are another set of Mysore brothers - Mysore R Vishveshvaran, Mysore R Satyanarayana (and I think they had 2 other siblings) who went by names as Veene brothers and Mysore brothers.

-Ramakriya

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 15 Sep 2007, 11:04

Ramani and Lalgudi used to give "equal footing" concerts as well. I also have a CD of Ramani and KVN in which both vidwans are given equal prominence, at least on the cover!