IACRF INC

Apr – May 2010

Violin – Vittal Ramamoorthy

Mridhangam – Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan

Morsing – Surendar

Jun 2010

Violin : HN Bhaskar

Mridangam : N. Manoj Siva

Gangira : Anirudh Athreya

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The world-renowned,sensational Padma Bhushan Padma Sri Alarmel Valli

In a bharatanatyam ballet:

THE FORGOTTEN SEED

With live orchestra from India:

C.K. Vasudevan. Nattuvangam (voice & cymbals)

Nandini Sharma Anand, Vocal

Saktivel Murugananthan, Mridangam

Natarajan Sigamani, Violin

Lighting, Murugan

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009, 3 PM

Venue:

Montgomery High School auditorium

1016 Route 601

Skillman, New Jersey 08558-2119

Tickets:

Reserved Seating:

$50 ; $35 at door (3 for $100 if paid for in advance)

Other Seating (Unreserved):

$25 at door (5 for $100 in advance);

Seniors and students: $20 at door ($15 in advance)

To order tickets, please send a check to IACRF INC.,15 Lenox Street, Edison, NJ 08817

or e-mail Vallidance@aol.com, or call:

Bargavi Sundararajan  (732) 819 0773

Rajam Ramanathan    (732) 422 6830

Pushkala Venkat       (609) 275 9192

Lakshmi Visweswaran   (732) 548 9401

Sahasra Sambamoorthi  (732) 580 2093 (for credit card purchases)

Online ticketing is available through www.navatman.org /tickets.  This program is supported by Navatman organization, a tax-exempt nonprofit association furthering  South Asian performing arts.

Fall 2009 – October & November 2009

Sanjay Subramanyam – Vocal

S. Varadharajan – Violin

Neyveli B. Venkatesh – Mridangam

Sanjay Subramanyan Travel Details – Fall 2009

TV Sankaranarayanan – Vocal

Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan – Vocal Support

Nagai Muralidharan – Violin

Sri Mushnam Rajarao – Mridangam

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T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayanan, born March 7, 1945) is an eminent and popular Carnatic vocalist (South Indian classical singer), known for his vibrant music that essentially stems from the style of his late uncle-guru, Madurai Mani Iyer.

Padma Bhushan Sankaranarayanan, a winner of the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award instituted by the Madras Music Academy, is particularly noted for the easy reach of his voice to the upper notes and colourful dilineation of the solphas (swaraprastaram).

Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan belongs to an illustrious family of Carnatic Classical Musicians. He is the son and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Padma Bhushan Shri. T V Sankaranarayanan the world renowned Carnatic Vocalist and is the grand nephew of the legendary Sangita Kalanidhi Ganakaladhara Shri. Madurai Mani Iyer. Mahadevan, with an innate gift of fine music has grown up in

an environment filled with music from childhood. He has had formal training under his father Shri. TVS and mother Smt. Vijayalakshmi, a brilliant musician and a Gold Medallist  MA in Music with an Outstanding Grade from the Madras University.

Mahadevan has been regularly giving able vocal support to his father all over India and has earned rave reviews praising his outstanding talent on stage. After debuting at Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, he has started performing his own concerts now. Mahadevan is a creative and versatile singer imbibing the best of tradition and the baani of his family with freshness and modernity. He sings with effervescence and energy with exceptional grip over raga and laya. He is also an ingenious composer with many compositions to his credit.

A graduate in Commerce, Mahadevan is currently pursuing his Masters in Commerce and an MBA in Finance along with his profession as a performing musician.

Nagai R.Muralidharan is  one of the Top Ranking Violin Artiste, who is the most sought after by all the leading lights of  Carnatic  Music. He initially learnt from his  mother  Smt.R.Komalavalli. Further training

in Violin was continued under the guidance  of   Sri R.S.Gopalakrishnan, a well known Violin Vidwan from Chennai.

Started as a Violin accompanist and soloist, at the age of “Ten”. He  has  accompanied  many  eminent vidwans  like    ”Dr. Semmangudi SrinivasaIyer, Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna, D.K.Jeyaraman, K.V.Narayanasamy, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Dr.S.Balachander, Nedunoori Krishnamurthy, Madurai Somasundaram,T.R.Mahalingam,Dr.N.Ramani,T.V.SankaraNarayanan,Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan,Sanjay Subramanyan,UnniKrishnan” and  so  on…. He  has  performed  all  over  the countries  like   Malaysia,  Singapore,U.S.A, Australia, Canada and Middle East.

Music  Academy,  Chennai has  honoured  him with  Dr. Sir  Raja Annamalai  Chettiar  Memorial  Award  as  ”Talented  Musician” in the  year 1993 and  as   “Best  Senior  Violinist” in  the  year  1999. In  2003

Tamil  Nadu    Government   has   conferred   upon   him   the    Title  of “KALAIMAMANI” for his excellence in the Field of Carnatic Music and   also received “ARSHA  KALA  BHUSHANAM” with  the blessing   of   poojya swamiji dayananda saraswathi from Arsha Kala   Gurukulam Coimbatore 2007.In the year 2008, he was     awarded the  VIOLINIST OF THE YEAR  by Carnatica.In the year 2009, Maharajapuram Foundation honoured him by MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM MEMORIAL AWARD.

He  has established his  own  style   in  presentation of  Ragas, Kritis and in Swara Prastharas, rich in melody and scholaring. He Plays regularly in the Radio Sangeetha Sammelan concerts , on Doordharshan and  as  an  accompanist in several commercial CDs and cassettes. He has Served as Violinist in ALL INDIA RADIO Tirucharapalli from 1978 to 2003.He has established himself in the field of carnatic music for 40 years.

Sri Mushnam V Raja Rao hails from a family of musicians.His Gurus were his father Sri.S Venkataramana Rao and Kumbakonam Sri Rajappa Iyer. He has accompanied all the Top Ranking senior artistes for over forty years.He has travelled extensively in India,United States of America and other countries.

He has been conferred with many titles including the Kalaimamani by the State Government of Tamilnadu and Sangeetha Rathnakara by the Cleveland Aradhana Committee. He is one of the Top Ranking leading Mridangam Vidwan in the field of Carnatic music.He is also an accomplished vocalist and has to his credit of composing many Tillanas and other songs.

Dance: Pavithra Srinivasan

Featuring
Selected Tales from the Panchatantra

Where:
Sri Venkateswara Temple Auditorium
780 Old Farm Road
Bridgewater, NJ

When:
Sunday,  July 12th, 2009         3:00 PM

Brought to you by:
IACRF

Sponsor : $50

General Admission: $10

Contact:
www.iacrfinc.com

Bargavi Sundararajan       732.819.0773      IACRFINC@AOL.COM
Rajam Ramanathan           732.422.6830      Ramaraj2006@gmail.com
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On Saturday, May 23, 2009,  6 PM

At Sri Venkateswara Temple,
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

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“First Time Violin Duet in the US” featuring “VV Subrahmanyam and VVS Murari” accompanied by Tiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam on the mridangam.

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On Stage

Microphones
Beta 57A / SM57 or equivalent – 3 (2 Violins & 1 mrudangam right)
Beta 52A or equivalent -1 (mrudangam Left)
Short microphone stands – 4, incase of live tampura, we may need 1 more (if amplified)

We will bring our own Professional Mixer board from which output can be taken to the auditorium mixer. The output slot of the mixer board is XLR style, hence an XLR cable is required for the inhouse technician to take the output

On stage Feed back Monitor to be provided
On stage, power points to be provided. (5 power slots)

On Saturday, May 23, 2009, 2 PM

At Sri Venkateswara Temple,
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

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Vocal: Sikkil Gurucharan  (view profile)  / (View Bio) 

Violin: Nagai Sriram

Mridangam: Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan