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Recreating treasures of the past
Yazh, mayuri, the darbu… Sangita Vadyalaya’s mission is to reconstruct ancient musical instruments.

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Music

MUSIC ACADEMY
Fluent flow of manodharma
It was a grand veena recital with choice compositions.

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MUSIC ACADEMY
Expansive Thodi sans gimmicks
Subha Ganesan rendered a deluge of ragas, sung with great involvement.

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MUSIC ACADEMY
Crystal clear prayogas
Neela Ramgopal’s colourful, gratifying expansion of Shanmukhapriya had all the distinctive features of the raga woven with confidence.

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MUSIC ACADEMY
Calm and delicate Dhanyasi
Nisha Rajagopal’s Khambodi had class and depth, with appropriate azhutham.

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KARTIK FINE ARTS
Aggressive
It was a light fare marked by aggressive outbursts that O.S.Arun offered. The alapana of Hamsanadham, unusually of a long duration, was full of throaty akara and ukara phrases, inclined towards the Hindusthani. Even more pathetic was his ...

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HAMSADHWANI
Clipped phrasings, absolute harmony
Srimathi Brahmanandam and Anuradha Sridhar lived up to the Lalgudi reputation; Kalpana Venkat’s musical imagery could not get translated completely.

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MUSIC ACADEMY
Pacy alapana
With a good voice , Gayatri Girish should settle for a bhava-rich presentation.

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SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA
Aesthetic grace, focussed approach
While Raji Gopalakrishnan’s concert was properly timed and neatly executed, Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath’s swara korvais flowed with confidence and clarity.

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BHARAT KALACHAR
Sparks of imagination
T. M. Krishna’s swaras bore the unmistakeable stamp of his guru, Semmangudi.

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MYLAPORE FINE ARTS CLUB
Voice glides with the frets
The voice and veena synchronised in every sangati, every turn and twist of the melody.

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BRAHMA GANA SABHA
Interpretation akin to that of MLV
With total sruti suddham and the voice in full flow, listening became rewarding.

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BRAHMA GANA SABHA
Winsome foursome
U.P. Raju and Nagamani paid full justice to the raga, and the percussionists seemed to vie with the main artistes throughout the concert.

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NARADA GANA SABHA
A new concert-experience
TVG’s extensive research on voice culture surfaced unobtrusively.

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Music matters
Does the violin accompanist repeat every little turn of the phrase sung by the vocalist or the main artiste? As the singer keeps moving with his raga, his previous sangati is played by the violinist; the listener needs to be able to follow ...

Dance

NARADA GANA SABHA
Perfect synchronisation
Intricate footwork and kaleidoscopic precision marked the group event.

Personality

MY FESTIVAL -- NEDUNURI KRISHNAMOORTHY
Festival has brought global recognition

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