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
TV Sankaranarayanan – Vocal
Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan – Vocal Support
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Sri Mushnam Rajarao – Mridangam
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.
On Saturday, May 23, 2009
At Sri Venkateswara Temple,
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey
11:00 am: Concert by Master Sathyanarayanan (details)
2:00 pm : Vocal Concert by Sikkil Gurucharan (details)
6:00 pm: First time Violin Duet in US : VV Subrahmanyam and VVS Murari (details)
TICKETS:
All day pass for all concerts : $30
Single Concert : $15 per person
Further Information:
Bargavi Sundararajan : 732 819 0773 Rajam Ramanathan : 732 422 6830
To order your tickets, send email to: IACRFINC@AOL.COM
Musicard holders: please contact www.CMANA.ORG
“First Time Violin Duet in the US” featuring “VV Subrahmanyam and VVS Murari” accompanied by Tiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam on the mridangam.
Click here for Sri. VV Subrahmanyam Bio
Click here for Sri. VVS Murari Bio
Click here for Tiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam Bio
For more details.. contact Bargavi : iacrfinc@aol.com
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)
Vocal: Sikkil Gurucharan (view profile) / (View Bio)
Violin: Nagai Sriram
Mridangam: Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Master Sathyanarayanan on Keyboard (view profile)
Also check out his recent Video
Violin: Embar S. Kannan
Mridangam: Poongulam Subramaniam
of South America, United States of America and Canada
30 Aug. 2008: Bogota, Columbia. Concierto Sábado 30 a las 7: 00 pm. Salón Mutis Colsubsidio de la Calle 26. Cel: +300 4096844.
02 Aug. 2008: Concert in Cali, Columbia at CaliTearo, Carrera 12, 4-51, Tel:+8938790. 07.30pm. $45.000. Taller (workshop) 1 and 2 Sep. 2008. $105.000. organised by Academia Maria Sanford.
05 Sep. 2008: San Antonio, USA.
07 Sep. 2008: Samskriti Society for Indian performing Arts, Houston presents Rama Vaidyanathan at Chinmaya Prabha, 10353 Synott Road , Sugar Land, Texas 77478. Call:+call 281-265-2787. 06.00pm. Free Show for the benefit of art lovers.
09 Sep. 2008: Performance at the University of Houston.
19 Sep.2008: Performance at The Hindu Temple of Birmingham, Alabama.
21 Sep. 2008: Portland, USA PCPA Dolores Winningstad Theater. Tickets: $16.75 & $21.75. +$2 ticketing fee. Tickets at PCPA & TicketMaster outlets
26 Sep. 2008: Rochester, USA. Indian Community Centre, 2171, Monroe-Wayne Country Line Road, Macedon. 08.00pm
27 Sep. 2008: International Tamil Centre, 89 Tennyson Drive, Nanuet, New York 10954. Tel:+(845) 623-6510
28 Sep. 2008: San Jose, USA at 05.00pm. Presented by Abhinaya Dance Company, 3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara, CA 95051
04 Oct. 2008: Madisson, Wisconsin, USA. Mills Hall, 455 North Park St. 6.30pm. Free Concert organised by Indian Graduate Students Association.
10 Oct. 2008: Sampradaya presents Rama Vaidyanathan in Kalangan series, World of South Asian Arts. 62 Orchard Park Blvd, Toronto ON M4L 3E2. Tel/Fax:+416-361-9447
11 Oct. 2008: Ottawa, Canada. ‘Shringara Trayi’ Dance production in collaboration with noted art historian, Dr. Harsha Dehejia and music by GS Rajan. Premiere show. Venue: Canadian Museum of civilization. Presented by Carleton University on the occasion of the inauguration of Centre for Hindu studies.
hosted jointly by IACRF INC. & CMANA INC.
accompanied by
H.N. Bhaskar Violin,
Delhi Sairam Mridangam
at Hickman Hall, Rutgers University, 89 George St., New Brunswick, New Jersey
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008, 3 PM
Tickets: $50 front row, $15 in advance; $20 at door
For tkts, please email: IACRFINC.@AOL.COM, or call Bargavi Sundararajan 732 819-0773; Rajam Ramanathan 732 422 6830; www.IACRFINC.COM
Indo American Cultural and Religious Foundation Inc ! IACRF Inc is committed to promote Indian Culture by involving itself with the Indian Community both in North America and India. IACRF Inc strives to bring it’s patrons, quality programs of music, dance and theater drama, three of the many facets of performing arts. Started in the year 1994, IACRF Inc promotes Cultural Programs by bringing great talented artists from India. Within a short span of time IACRF Inc has grown up substantially due to overwhelming support of our patrons and audience. In addition, IACRF also promotes local talents and artists by organizing music days, talent exhibition days and anniversaries.
President : Mrs.Bargavi Sundararajan
Co-ordinator : Mr.P.Ramanathan