IACRF INC

Grand concert by Maharajapuram Ramachandran 

with Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan on Violin
Tanjore Sri R. Ramadas on Mridangam
 

Venue :
Sri Venkateswara Temple
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 2007 at  7:30 PM

TICKETS:  $15 per person
Seniors/Students $10

For tickets, please contact:   BY EMAIL: IACRFINC@AOL.COM or call:

Bargavi Sundararajan (732) 819-0773

Rajam Ramanathan   (732) 422-6830

Susheela Swaminathan (908) 575-8402

Maharajapuram Sri S. Ramachandran, the renowned Carnatic vocal musician is the heir to a great musical tradition. He had the unique privilege of being tutored by two extraordinary musical giants, his grandfather, Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer and his father, Maharajapuram Santhanam, and is 7th in the direct sishya parampara of Saint Thyagaraja. With such a strong foundation, it is not difficult for Ramachandran to earn a name for himself and he has established himself as the authentic custodian of the Maharajapuram style. His adherence to excellence and tradition has earned him many awards and titles such as Sangeetha Ratnakara, Isai Puyal, Isai Kalai Selvan, Sangeetha Samrat, Sangeetha Ganamani from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and Tamil Isai Vendar. In Aug 2007, he received the prestigious Sangeetha Chudamani award from the Krishna Gana Sabha of Chennai. Ramachandran is a grade A artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan and he is a member of the faculty of Fine Arts, Annamalai University.

The New Jersey State Theatre, in cooperation with IACRF INC and World Entertainment, is scheduled to present a jugalbandi between Carnatic and Hindustani music maestros,

Dr. Balamurali Krishna and Ajoy Chakrabarty

on

Saturday, September 22 at 7 pm

as part of the Discover Artistic India program.

The evening will also feature stunning performances in Indian classical dance by a group of visually challenged dancers from India. The audience is taken beyond the senses of sight and hearing. They will be bathed in an aura of colors that is experienced during the awakening of the chakras solar plexus; fragrance associated with each manifestation wafts in the air. Tantric images and mystical syllables will lead the spectator to a spiritual experience.

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