The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Transcending borders with their musical talent

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Monday, Jul 24, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Transcending borders with their musical talent

Staff Reporter

Musicians from the State will participate in international music conferences later this month Musicians from State to participate in international music conferences

MUSIC MAGIC: (From left) B. Rajashekar; Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna; L. Bhimachar and B. Druvaraj who will be participating in the International Jew's Harp festival in Amsterdam on July 29.

BANGALORE: Music and fashion seek to establish a communication of aesthetics that is far removed from any political connotations.

They can bind relationships even beyond the mental and geographical barriers of a sub-continent. They are forms of art that have been recognised for their aversion to borders of any kind. Such a communication is pure and simplistic in its approach.

To prove that harmony can cross borders, musicians from Karnataka will participate in international music conferences being held abroad later this month.

While violin maestro Mysore Manjunath has been invited to perform at the International Violin conference to be held in Sandiego, U.S. in the last week of July, a group of four musicians who form the `Morching Tarang' ensemble have been invited to perform at the 5th international Jew's Harp festival at Amsterdam, Netherlands, to be held from July 28 to 30.

Mysore Manjunath, who is the only violinist from India to perform in this week-long violin conference, is a faculty member at the Fine Arts College, University of Mysore. He is one of the 22 violinists from across the world representing 22 different styles of music, who will present violin concerts and present papers. Over 400 violinists, including Mark Conor, Rushad Eggleston, Johny Gimble and Sara Caswell, from across the world are likely to participate in the event.

For the record, Mysore Manjunath and another violinist Mysore Nagaraj recently returned from their violin concert tour of the U.S. and Europe. They performed in about 24 concerts at various U.S. organisations, including American Arts Council, University of Oregon, Portland Congregational Church and Power Theatre.

Morching Tarang, a morching (Jew's Harp) ensemble from the city will perform in the International Jew's Harp festival being organised by the International Jew's Harp Society at Amsterdam on July 29. The troupe, which is leaving Bangalore on July 26, comprises L. Bhimachar (morching); his sons B. Druvaraj (mridangam) and B. Rajashekar (morching)' and daughter Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (morching).

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