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Mandolin Shrinivas to perform for Shakti Foundation

By Sudha Jagannathan

CHENNAI, 14 Feb 2008: Mandolin masters U. Shrinivas and U. Rajesh will share stage with Loy Mendonza of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy fame (keyboard) and Pete Lockett of London (percussion) to give a concert for Shakti Foundations' annual fund raiser 'Tamoghna'.

It will be a three-hour concert. It will happen on February 23, 2008 in Chennai. Shrinivas will anchor the event. The concert will feature compositions by Shrinivas. 'Srujana' in Sindhubhairavi and 'Sangamam' in Keeravani are among his own compositions.

The Foundation seeks to integrate differently abled people into the mainstream, using music as the medium. The proceeds of the concert will go to fund the purchase of medical equipment, which will be donated to the Adhiparashakti Medical and Research Hospital, some 90 km from Chennai. For details, contact: 91-44-26611213 or 09840438644.

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