TOMORROW’S

HIGHLIGHTS V O L U M E 2 : I S S U E 1 D E C . 1 , 2 0 1 0

• Jaya TV Margazhi
Maha Utsavam at
Chettinad Vidyashram
- 6.30 pm 'Ganesha
Charanam' - Nithyas-
The season’s special
ree Mahadevan
Dec. 1 is the date, the newspaper Here are our picks: Raghul (Violin), Umayalpuram
• Kartik Fine Arts - At supplements in Chennai, carries Dec.2 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: Mali (Mridangam)
Narada Gana Sabha - advertisements of the schedules Dec. 19 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
of concerts in various venues 7.00 p.m. - 'Rasa Dhara' - Indian
at 10 am - G. Ramana-
Fusion Music by T.V. 4.30 p.m. – Sri Ragam (Story in
than - Saxophone
Gopalakrishnan and group concert) – concept, voice and
• Naadha Brahmam at Dec. 12 - Bharat Kalachar : veena by Jayanthi Kumaresh,
P.S. Highet Sec. Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal),
6.45 pm - Madhuvanthi Arun - M.D. Pallavi (Hindustani),
School - 6.45 pm -
Bharatanrithyam, Anil Srinivasan - Pramath Kiran (Percussion),
T.V.Sankaranarayana
Piano, Navin Iyer - Flute Shadroch Solomon (Keyboard)
n - Vocal
Dec. 11 - Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Dec. 20 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
• Carnatica’s Samar- Utsavam at Chettinad Vid-
yashram: 4.30 p.m. – Madurai T.N. Se-
panam festival at held during December every shagopalan (Vocal) & U. Shrinivas
Arkay Convention year. 6.30 p.m. - 'Bharathi Moovar' - (Mandolin) – Seshu & Seenu –
Centre, Mylapore at Sanjay Subrahmanyan - remem-
And this day's supplement be- Voice and String), Zakir Hussain
7.00pm - Parur Quar- bers Kavikunjara Bharathi, Maz-
comes the pocket calendar for (Tabla), Guruvayur Dorai
tet - havai Chidambara Bharathi &
many concert hoppers for the (Mridangam)
M.S. Anantharaman, Suddhananda Bharathi
entire December. Dec. 26 - Music academy Mini
M.A.Sundaresan,
A keen reading of the schedules Dec. 17 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Hall - Lecdem
M.A.Krishnaswamy &
Parur Ananthakrish- gives us an interesting mix, inno- 9.30 a.m. – M.Chandrasekharan – 8.05 am - 8.50 am - M.S.
nan Violin vative presentations, experimen- Vocal & Violin renders Padhams Gopalakrishnan and Dr. Nar-
tal themes and some unbelievable and Javali (T.Jeyammal Style), mada : Gamaka-s in Hindusthani
and exciting events. Vocal Support – Sumitra Rangas- and Carnatic Music
wamy. G. Bharathi (Abhinaya), R.
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Bombay
Sisters C. Lalitha and C. Saroja :
Tyagaraja’s popular krti-s in rare
Bhavan’s Music Festival raga-s and rare krti-s in popular
raga-s.
The first of the season's festival Natarajan, vocalist and teacher Dec. 29 - Sri Parthasarathy
was inaugurated at Bharatiya Chenglepet Ranganathan and Swami Sabha at Vidya Bharathi,
Want to share info Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. mridangam vidwan Guruvayur Mylapore - Lecdem
with us? Vocalists Sudha Ragunathan and Dorai.
8.30 a.m. - 'Techniques of trans-
T.M. Krishna were honoured An interesting painting exhibition lating vocal music into violin' by
Mail to with awards instituted in mem- by H. N. Suresh on Rasi & Nak- R.K. Sriramkumar
chennaiseason@gmail.com ory of industrialist and arts pa- shatra on the lobby in the up-
tron P. Obul Reddy and stairs. For more details visit :
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P.Gnanamba this year at Bhavan. Bhavan’s concerts are free. The
Bhavan felicitated three senior entire schedule is on
vidvans - Clarinet maestro A.K.C. chennaidecemberseason.com Please turnover for photos of
Bhavan’s inauguration >>>
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Samarpanam - thematic interactive music festival

Carnatica, an organisation and music website, is host-
ing an interactive thematic music festival from Dec. 1
to 8.
The events are held at a new hall opened recently in
Mylapore area.
True to the theme 'interactive' there is a Sangeetha
Sarchai' every day at 4 p.m. which will be a lec-dem
followed by discussions with veterans in various sub-
jects in music
On the opening day, musicians O.S. Thiagarajan and
R.K. Srikantan performed at this cozy hall.
Arkay Convention Centre is at Oms Lakshana,
3rdFloor, Royapettah High Road, Above Jainsons Senior vocalist R.K. Srikantan - R.S. Ramakant - Sriram
Showroom, next to Bombay Halwa House, Mylapore. Parasuram - Srimushnam Raja Rao performing on the first day
of Carnatica’s Samarpanam festival

u g ur a l da y
Concerts by the pond Sho t a t B ha va n’ s i n
a
Kalakshetra, the legendary arts centre from December 21 to 31 at 5 pm to 6
has thought of a different ambiance for pm.
performances.
The concerts are free and open to all.
They have created a pond
around which granite steps
and mandapams are con-
structed. Landscaping is
done to bring about a feel
of a pond in a traditional
village.
The pond is named as
Padma Pushkarini after the
dynamic founder member
of Kalakshetra, Dr. D.
Padmasini.
A concert by Schedule of Padma pushkarini concerts - http://
T.M.Krishna was held www.chennaidecemberseason.com/2010/11/concerts-by-
on Nov. 29, to mark pond.html
the opening of Padma
Pushkarini for the season.
Do drop by the pond, it is worth an
Concerts by young artistes are lined up

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