Carnatica's Rasika Forum

Dear fellow rasikas,

Carnatica is happy to announce "SAMARPANAM", a mini music festival from Dec. 1 - 7, 2006 featuring senior, reputed artistes. I can safely say that most serious music lovers would treat this as a "DO NOT MISS" event!

I will post more details soon, but here are a few highlights:
* RK Srikantan with Umayalpuram Sivaraman (Dec. 4th)
* Manakkal Rangarajan with M Chandrasekaran and Vellore Ramabhadran (Dec. 1st)
* OS Tyagarajan (Dec. 2nd)
* Alleppey Venkatesan (Dec. 3rd)
* TN Krishnan & Viji Krishnan (Dec. 5th)
* Rama Ravi (Dec. 6th)
* Suguna Purushottaman & Suguna Varadachari (Duet) (Dec. 7th)

Venue will be the Tattvaloka Auditorium on Eldams Road. The festival is dedicated to 108 legendary artistes. There will also be multimedia presentations on past masters, picture exhibits, clips from vintage recordings, panel discussions on weekends and so on.... Watch this space for more details!

Mark your calendars and hope to see you all there!!

Update on the series, as promised:

Carnatica in association with SRUTI Magazine presents
SAMARPANAM – A festival of Vintage Carnatic Music
Dedicated to 108 Legendary Artistes
Tattvaloka, Eldams Road, Chennai

Friday, Dec. 1st 2006

• 4.00 pm – Inauguration & CD release
• 4.15 pm – Gems of the Semmangudi Tradition by disciples of Vidwan Shri. V. Subrahmaniam
• 6.15 pm – Manakkal Shri. S. Rangarajan (Vocal), Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore Shri. G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam)

Saturday, Dec. 2nd 2006

• 10.00 am – Tribute to Legends (Aduio-Visual presentation)
• 4.15 pm – Kum. Amrita Venkatesh (Vocal), Kandadevi Shri. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Trivandrum Shri. Rajagopal (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Shri. O. S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Violin), Guruvayur Shri. Dorai (Mridangam)

Sunday, Dec. 3rd 2006

• 10.00 am – Panel Discussion & Open House: What is a ‘BANI’? (Panelists: Sangita Kala Acharya Shri. P. S. Narayanaswami, Dr. Ritha Rajan, Dr. Sriram Parasuram, Smt. Gowri Ramnarayan)
• 4.15 pm – Smt. Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Vocal), R. Ambikaprasad (Violin), Shri. N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Gems of the Ariyakudi Tradition: Alleppey Shri. P. Venkatesan (Vocal), Shri. M. A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Srimushnam Shri. V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Shri. B. Sreesundarkumar (Khanjira)

Monday, Dec. 4th 2006

• 4.15 pm – Trichy Shri. V. Pradeepkumar (Vocal), Shri. R. Sathishkumar (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shri. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. R. K. Srikantan (Vocal), Rudrapatnam Shri. R. S. Ramakanth (Vocal Support), Nagai Shri. Muralidharan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri. B. Sreesundarkumar (Khanjira)

Tuesday, Dec. 5th 2006

• 4.15 pm – Kum. Bhairavi & Kum. Malavi (Vocal), Melakaveri Shri. Thyagarajan (Violin), Erode Shri. Nagarajan (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. T. N. Krishnan & Smt. Viji Krishnan Natarajan (Violin Duet), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Vaikkom Shri. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Wednesday, Dec. 6th 2006

• 4.15 pm – Kum. K. Gayathri (Vocal), Shri. S. P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Smt. Rama Ravi (Vocal), Smt. Nandita Ravi (Vocal Support), Shri. R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Mannarkoil Shri. J. Balaji (Mridangam)

Thursday, Dec. 7th 2006

• 4.15 pm – Kum. Snigdha Venkataramani - Delhi (Vocal), Karaikal Shri. S. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shri. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
• 5.45 pm – Tribute to Legends
• 6.15 pm – Sangeeta Choodamani Smt. Suguna Purushottaman & Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal Duet), Smt. Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Melakaveri Shri. K. Balaji (Mridangam)

ALL ARE WELCOME!

List of 108 legends

1. Alattur Sivasubramnia Iyer
2. Alattur Srinivasa Iyer
3. Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
4. B. V. Raman
5. B. V. Lakshmanan
6. Bangalore Nagaratnamma
7. Bidaram Krishnappa
8. Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal
9. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
10. Chitti Babu
11. Chittoor Subramania Pillai
12. D. K. Jayaraman
13. Devakottai Narayana Iyengar
14. Dindigul S. P. Natarajan
15. Dr. S. Ramanathan
16. Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu
17. Emani Sankara Sastri
18. G. Harisankar
19. G. N. Balasubramanian
20. Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar
21. Gottuvadyam Sakharama Rao
22. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar
23. K. S. Narayanaswamy
24. K. V. Narayanaswamy
25. Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
26. Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
27. Karukurichi P. Arunachalam
28. Konerirajapuram Vaidyanatha Iyer
29. Kumbhakonam Rajamanikkam Pillai
30. M. A. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavatar
31. M. D. Ramanathan
32. M. L. Vasantakumari
33. M. M. Dandapani Desigar
34. M. S. Subbulakshmi
35. Madras Lalitangi
36. Madurai Mani Iyer
37. Madurai N. Krishnan
38. Madurai Pushpavanam
39. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu
40. Madurai Somasundaram
41. Madurai Srirangam Iyengar
42. Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan
43. Maharajapuram V. Santhanam
44. Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
45. Malaikottai Govindaswamy Pillai
46. Mani Krishnaswamy
47. Mannargudi Savitri Ammal
48. Manpoondia Pillai
49. Maruttuvakudi Rajagopala Iyer
50. Mayavaram Govindaraja Pillai
51. Mayavaram Rajam
52. Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
53. Musiri Subramania Iyer
54. Mysore T. Chowdiah
55. Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar
56. Mysore Vasudevachar
57. N. C. Vasantakokilam
58. Namagiripettai K. Krishnan
59. Palghat Mani Iyer
60. Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
61. Papa Venkataramiah
62. Papanasam Sivan
63. Parur Sundaram Iyer
64. Pazhani M. Subramania Pillai
65. Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
66. Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai
67. Pudukode Krishnamurthy
68. R. K. Venkatarama Sastri
69. Rajam Pushpavanam
70. Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy
71. Ramnad Krishnan
72. S. Balachander
73. S. G. Kittappa
74. Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao
75. Sattur A. G. Subramanyam
76. Semmangudi Srinivasier
77. Sethalapati Balasubramaniam
78. Sheikh Chinna Moulana Sahib
79. Sirgazhi Govindarajan
80. T. Balasaraswati
81. T. Brinda
82. T. Jayammal
83. T. K. Rangachari
84. T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai
85. T. R. Mahalingam
86. T. V. Namasivayam
87. T. Viswanathan
88. Tanjavur K. P. Sivanandam
89. Tanjavur Upendran
90. Tanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer
91. Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman
92. Tiger K. Varadachariar
93. Tirukkodikaval Krishna Iyer
94. Tiruppamburam Swaminatha Pillai
95. Tirupparkadal Veeraraghavan
96. Tiruvidaimarudur Veerusami Pillai
97. Tiruvizhimizhalai Brothers
98. Titte Krishna Iyengar
99. Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma
100. Umayalpuram Kothandarama Iyer
101. V. Nagarajan
102. V. Sethuramiah
103. V. V. Sadagopan
104. Valangiman Shanmukhasundaram Pillai
105. Vedaranyam Vedamurthy
106. Veena Dhanammal
107. Veena Seshanna
108. Voleti Venkateswarulu

[The daily presentations will feature short bios (with photographs if avbl) and short audio clips of these artistes. We will attempt to feature as many as possible out of these 108 names, in no particular order, over the seven days of the festival]

Carnatica is also pleased to announce that the following albums will be released during the course of this festival:

* Manakkal S. Rangarajan - Excerpts from live concerts
* Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Live concert recording with TN Krishnan & Palghat Mani Iyer
* Alleppey P. Venkatesan - Live concert recording, 1999

Rasikas can also look forward to a bunch of other releases from Carnatica over the course of the December music season in Chennai. There will be a mix of vintage live concerts of legenary artistes and recordings of popular stars. Stay tuned!

Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar album:
http://carnatica.net/shoppingarcade/Prd ... php?id=196

Manakkal Rangarajan album:
http://carnatica.net/shoppingarcade/Prd ... php?id=195