VOL VII ISSUE 9 FEBRUARY 2005 Young dancer Shivaranjani dazzles at Kinkini Nrithyotsava USI UiSUliZ The dancers delight at "Rasa Sanje-2005" held under Guru Radha Sridhar's Sri Venkatesha Natya Mandira wm GUNAGRAHI/FEBRltARY-2005 mrrrrrrnrn mrmi CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust & Sri Mukambiku Talavdya Sangeetha Kalashale: 19-2-05 Sat.6.30 pm. Rajakamal (flute), S.Seshagiri Ran (violin).AAK Sharma (mridanga) & Ravikumar(ghata).22.2.05 Aradhancat 8.30 am. Sri Vani Vidya Kendra. Rajajinagar. Raga Sudlialaya Charitable Trust: Aradhanotsava. 27.2.05 at 8.30 am at Hkadanta Pravaehanamandira, BEL Sri Ganapathi Temple, Jalahalli. Karnataka College of Percussion Trust with the support of Ananya celebrates its 40th annual music festival at Ananya auditorium, Malleshwaram from 23rd to 28th Feb. 05 (daily at 6 pm). Feb. 23: Release of CD vol.Ill “Yishesha Laya Yinyasa" followed by “TalaTarangini”: M. Raghavendra (vocal), B.K.Raghu (violin), TAS Mani (mridanga), R.A.Rajagopalan (gliata). B.N.Chandramowli (dholak). M.Gururaj (morsing) and T.N.Ramesh (konnakkol). Feb. 24: Maluirnjapuram S. Ramachandran (vocal), A. P.Siinivas (violin), V.R. Chandrasekhar (mridanga). Raghavendra Prakash (gliata) and K.Shadagopal (khanjira). Feb. 25: R.A.Ramamani (vocal). Charulalha Ramanujam (violin), Tumkur B.Ravishankar (mridanga). Srirum (gliata) A M.V.Sampathkumarsharma (morsing). Feb.26. T.S.Salhyavathi (vocal), M.S.Govindaswamy (violin). S.Prashanth (mridanga) A. G. Omkar(ghata). Feb. 27. Mysore M.Nagaraj A Mysore M. Manjunalh (violin duet), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridanga) & FI. P. Ramachar (khanjira). Feb. 28. Neyveli Santhanam (vocal ), C. N. Chandrasekhar (violin), TAS Mani (mridanga) A Rang anatha Chakravarthy (gliata). Festive time for young artistes at Ananya For Ananya, the year 2004 that witnessed many memorable music performances, ended with the weeklong Hanuma jayanthi Young Artistes' Music Festival arranged by Malleshwaram Sangeetha Sabha. This was preceded by the Yuvotsava, organised by Nadajyolhi Sri Thyagarajaswamy Bhajana Sabha. It was indeed festive time for young artistes. In all. eleven artistes participated in both festivals. All four artistes participating in the Yuvotsava gave their best effort. Though I am only a rasika with no formal music training, I fell that the quality of the peformances had improved substantially compared to last year’s competitions. The bried commentary on the salient fea- tures of ragasand compositions by the artistes during the Yuvotsava was a welcome addition For ignoramus like me, this was indeed a good opportunity to learn something new. The Hanuma Jayanthi programme was a mixtureof both vocal and instrumental performances. The weeklong programme started with a scintillating flute recital by Chandankumar accompa- nied by Raghu on the violin and Renukaprasad on the mridanga The trio could lilt the spirit of the listeners with the choice of melodious ragas like Mohana and Kapi. The Mysore Sisters, Sindhu and Smillia, who presented a violin duel, showed a lot of prom- ise. Fhe only Hindustani recital in the programme by Ritisha, probably the youngest artiste in the group, was enjoyable. The festival concluded with a pleasing vocal recital by Vinay Sharma (Continued on Page 14) Karnataka's only English International Journal on music and dance mu min iiu id lllll III! IIU u GUN AGRAHl/FEBRUARY --2005 IIIHHHIIIII 1111 IUUU Editor General Karnataka Kata Sri Dr. M. Surya Prasad Vol. VII Issue 9 February— 2005 INSIDE: Calendar of Events Phone : 22253975 Associate Editors: Usha Kamath Ph : 25598886 K. Ramamurthy Rao, Mysore Ph : 0821-2371899 B. L. Manjula, Ph : 25519227 Chief Patrons :S.K. 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Young vocalist Joita Mandal’s soft and melodious recital. 3. Striking the right chords F Sontakke on his Hawaiin Guitar. eoj’D tones’ € edd0 ?drf ■ -Dj M -D ^ | Ot)Ot)23^jOci^dDa d,3OT).d tfeju adDdre’dja, csoa’raOTja’dja tscd as. ao. djao&FdTOo 4 ' t?dd;> ^od:> dd&oti sot d 0 doAeda cOT.daaJes* rtrfr fcsdd;> dido, alidad doAedrredorrcA, doAedrrcdd dadD - o doAedTOdOodtfe ddr&do did dad doAed Qj -D ’’dodo dod ” oft dorttfjad;> srasdoft oJ (J) uucOT^adoft dodtfrdi^ s^e&dddo. fcfftijj. $lf q a^f ;: < jgyS mtiiuii msmuTE of world cuirwfT^ VKflHna ? >4 \ Ha . 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The longevity of its effect on the mind weighs heavily in assessing its worth. The durability of today’s classical music is like the fabric which scarcely stands a single wash and is soon in tatters. As for the performer, the pleasure of the self is of so little consequence to him. How unselfish of him to live for and mind only the humour and happiness of his listeners! Your may often hear the description of a great’ recital in words such as “Now Mr.X took the stage and started by hurling down a lightning phrase from the taara sthayi”. Such has become the measure of a musician’s emi- nence. The audiences have been conditioned to that kind of music. Any other kind is termed as spineless, spiceless music. Never did a musician need an audience’s favour so badly as now. He will do anything to buy it. In the short, run, it may be a good policy to heed the receiving level of your audience, to cut your coat according to the cloth. 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