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Carnatica is deeply honoured to be
collaborating with legendary Mridangam vidwan, Sangita Kalanidhi
Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman on various projects aimed at propagation
of Carnatic Music. Sri. Sivaraman has evinced interest in documenting the
features of his distinctive style of percussion, accompanying young and
upcoming artistes to encourage them on the lines of great masters of the past
and in leading regular 'Layanubhava' sessions on the lines of our popular raga
appreciation series ('Raganubhava').
Carnatica is also releasing a few
new music albums on CD & DVD this week. The DVDs include
a group rendition of the
Ghana Raga Pancharatnas, featuring a group of young and upcoming
musicians. Another one is a live recording of a lecture-concert by
musicologist Prof. S. R. Janakiraman on “Ekaika Kriti Ragas”. Smt.
Sowmya’s popular live video recording of Bharatiyar compositions is also
being released in DVD format. Other releases include ‘Sangeetarpanam’ by
Carnatica Brothers (Shashikiran & Ganesh), Shyama Shastri compositions by
veteran musician A. Sundaresan (disciple of Ramnad Krishnan and guru of
popular vocalist Gayathri Venkataraghavan) and 'Hamsanadam' (featuring
Sikkil Gurucharan, Nisha Rajagopal & Trichy Pradeepkumar), a
collection of compositions by Dr. Natarajan Subramanian. Another new release
is a keyboard recital by talented 9-year old Baby Sushmita, a student
of the Carnatica Gurukulam. She has dedicated her effort in aid of Sankara
Nethralaya, Chennai.
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