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Raghul (Violin), Umayalpuram

Mali (Mridangam)

Dec. 19 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

4.30 p.m. Sri Ragam (Story in

concert) concept, voice andveena by Jayanthi Kumaresh,

Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal),

M.D. Pallavi (Hindustani),

Pramath Kiran (Percussion),

Shadroch Solomon (Keyboard)

Dec. 20 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

4.30 p.m. Madurai T.N. Se-

shagopalan (Vocal) & U. Shrinivas

(Mandolin) Seshu & Seenu

Voice and String), Zakir Hussain

(Tabla), Guruvayur Dorai

(Mridangam)

Dec. 26 - Music academy Mini

Hall - Lecdem

8.05 am - 8.50 am - M.S.

Gopalakrishnan and Dr. Nar-

mada : Gamaka-s in Hindusthani

and Carnatic Music

9.00 am - 10.00 am - Bombay

Sisters C. Lalitha and C. Saroja :

Tyagarajas popular krti-s in rare

raga-s and rare krti-s in popular

raga-s.

Dec. 29 - Sri Parthasarathy

Swami Sabha at Vidya Bharathi,

Mylapore - Lecdem

8.30 a.m. - 'Techniques of trans-

lating vocal music into violin' by

R.K. Sriramkumar

For more details visit :www.chennaidecemberseason.com

Dec. 1 is the date, the newspaper

supplements in Chennai, carries

advertisements of the schedules

of concerts in various venues

held during December every

year.

And this day's supplement be-

comes the pocket calendar for

many concert hoppers for theentire December.

A keen reading of the schedules

gives us an interesting mix, inno-

vative presentations, experimen-

tal themes and some unbelievable

and exciting events.

Here are our picks:

Dec.2 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan:

7.00 p.m. - 'Rasa Dhara' - Indian

Fusion Music by T.V.

Gopalakrishnan and group

Dec. 12 - Bharat Kalachar :

6.45 pm - Madhuvanthi Arun -

Bharatanrithyam, Anil Srinivasan -

Piano, Navin Iyer - Flute

Dec. 11 - Jaya TV Margazhi Maha

Utsavam at Chettinad Vid-

yashram:

6.30 p.m. - 'Bharathi Moovar' -

Sanjay Subrahmanyan - remem-

bers Kavikunjara Bharathi, Maz-

havai Chidambara Bharathi &

Suddhananda Bharathi

Dec. 17 - Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

9.30 a.m. M.Chandrasekharan

Vocal & Violin renders Padhams

and Javali (T.Jeyammal Style),

Vocal Support Sumitra Rangas-

wamy. G. Bharathi (Abhinaya), R.

The first of the season's festivalwas inaugurated at Bharatiya

Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore.

Vocalists Sudha Ragunathan and

T.M. Krishna were honoured

with awards instituted in mem-

ory of industrialist and arts pa-

tron P. Obul Reddy and

P.Gnanamba this year at Bhavan.

Bhavan felicitated three senior

vidvans - Clarinet maestro A.K.C.

Natarajan, vocalist and teacherChenglepet Ranganathan and

mridangam vidwan Guruvayur

Dorai.

An interesting painting exhibition

by H. N. Suresh on Rasi & Nak-

shatra on the lobby in the up-

stairs.

Bhavans concerts are free. The

entire schedule is on

chennaidecemberseason.com

The seasons special

Bhavans Music Festival

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

TOMORROWS

HIGHLIGHTS

Jaya TV Margazhi

Maha Utsavam at

Chettinad Vidyashram

- 6.30 pm 'Ganesha

Charanam' - Nithyas-

ree Mahadevan

Kartik Fine Arts - At

Narada Gana Sabha -

at 10 am - G. Ramana-

than - Saxophone

Naadha Brahmam at

P.S. Highet Sec.

School - 6.45 pm -

T.V.Sankaranarayana

n - Vocal

Carnaticas Samar-

panam festival at

Arkay Convention

Centre, Mylapore at

7.00pm - Parur Quar-

tet -

M.S. Anantharaman,

M.A.Sundaresan,

M.A.Krishnaswamy &

Parur Ananthakrish-

nan Violin

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from December 21 to 31 at 5 pm to 6

pm.

The concerts are free and open to all.

Do drop by the pond, it is worth an

Kalakshetra, the legendary arts centre

has thought of a different ambiance for

performances.

They have created a pond

around which granite steps

and mandapams are con-

structed. Landscaping isdone 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

T.M.Krishna was held

on Nov. 29, to mark

the opening of PadmaPushkarini for the season.

Concerts by young artistes are lined up

www. Chennaidecemberseason.com

Contact us: E-mail: chennaiseason@gmail.com

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 inMylapore 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

Showroom, next to Bombay Halwa House, Mylapore.

Concerts by the pond

Schedule of Padma pushkarini concerts - http://

www.chennaidecemberseason.com/2010/11/concerts-by-

pond.html

Senior vocalist R.K. Srikantan - R.S. Ramakant - Sriram

Parasuram - Srimushnam Raja Rao performing on the first day

of Carnaticas Samarpanam festival

Samarpanam - thematic interactive music festival

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