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Tyagaraja Festival Is On
In Delhi
CHENNAI, 24 Feb 2008: The four-day Tyagaraja music festival
of Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha began in New Delhi on February
23. The festival is organized in association with the Andhra
Pradesh Bhawan. The festival will last till February 26. Eminent
Carnatic musicians from Chennai are giving vocal recitals, comprising
mainly Tyagaraja kritis.
N. Murali, Managing Director of The Hindu and President of the
Music Academy, Chennai, inaugurated the festival. A portrait
of Saint Tyagaraja was also unveiled on the occasion.
AWARDEES: The awardees this year include Nada
Kalanidhi Vedavalli, Natya Ratna Kalanidhi Narayanan, Nada Bhushanam
Malladi Brothers and Radha Venkatachalam, Natya Ilavarasi Meenakshi
Chittaranjan and Rajeswari Sainath, Delhi Yuva Kalakar P.B.
Kannakumar (vocal), V.S.K. Annadorai (violin), Chandrasekharan
(mridangam) and Janhavi Rajaraman (dance).
VOCAL CONCERTS: The opening day saw the Malladi
Brothers give a vocal recital. On Sunday, a panel discussion
on traditions in music and dance was held. R. Vedavalli, Kalanidhi
Narayanan, Leela Venkataraman, Radha Venkatachalam, Bombay Jayshree,
Meenakshi Chittaranjan, Rajeswari Sainath, Subha Ganesan were
among the participants. On Sunday evening, Subha Ganesan sang.
This was followed by a vocal concert by Bombay Jayshree Ramnath.
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