Thanks to the festive music season in Chennai, it has helped us get rid of the fast pace of modern living and the busy clamour of Chennai. Come December, nay, November in the recent years, Chennai city buzzes with live concerts of young talents and trained stalwarts of Carnatic music at various destinations of music.
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While the boy was immersed in counting the beats, this gentleman in balcony too was engrossed in his own world. As the audience listened to Bombay Jayashri with rapt attention, this `older rasika’ was happily playing cards in his hand-held device.
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Sudha Ragunathan the vocalist will become a Sangitha Kalanidhi on January 1, 2014. Well before the start of her evening concert (on December 22, 2013), chairs were fully occupied at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.
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Sisters Ranjani and Gayatri gave a fascinating recital at the Mecca of Carnatic Music, the Music Academy, on Christmas evening (December 25, 2013). Their music is always vibrant, and they sing each and every item of the concert - be it a tough Dikshithar kriti or the miscellaneous compositions at fag-end of the concert – with equal felicity.
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Nine eminent musicians have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award this year. From the field of Carnatic music, Aruna Sairam, Hyderabd brothers (D. Seshachari and D Raghavachari), Trichy Sankaran, and Thiruvizha Jayashankar have been chosen for this prestigious award.
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