December 15, 2010

A D A I LY F R E E N E W S PA P E R O N T H E M U S I C & D A N C E F E S T I VA L

Lec-dems for music rasikas

Lec-dems for music rasikas
Music Forum is organising a three day Lec Dem series for music
rasikas on December 19. 20 and 21 at TAG Center, Alwarpet.
Exponents like Vedavalli,.Pappu Venugopal Rao, S.
R.Janakiraman, Guruvayur Dorai, Suguna Purushothaman Seetha
Narayanan, Dr. Sunder, Shriram Parasuram, Chitravina N.
Ravikiran. Shriram Kumar and others will take part.
Admission is by prior registration only. For registration. contact
9381023173 or mail musicforum.chennai@gmail.com

Namasankeerthana Tarangams
Fest from Dec.17
Namasankeerthana Tarangams Fest
Sri Narayna Tirtha Swamigal Trust presents its 14th Mini Music
Festival of Namasankeerthana Tarangams of Pujyasri Narayana
Tirtha at Sringeri Pravachana Mandiram, R A Puram.
IT will be inaugurated on December 17 at 3.45 p.m.
A recital by Dr. Pantula Rama at 6.30 p.m and a musical discourse
by T Vijay Krishna Bhagavathar and T Balaji Bhagavathar at 8.30
p.m. follow.
On December 18 and 19 there are music programmes, Tarangam
singing and Unchavruthi/Radha Kalyanam.
For the programme schedule call 2493 6671.

Violin maestro M S Gopalakrishnan and dance guru Rhadha pose with the
titles and awards that they were presented by the Mylapore Fine Arts Club. All sabha schedules are posted on
The event took place on the opening evening of this sabha’s art festival
last weekend. Guests at the event are seen with the artistes.
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Music Academy Obit : K. S. Venkataraman, Veteran arts promoter and sabha manager K. S.
Venkataraman passed away on December 13 evening after a
season tickets prolonged illness. He was 67.

sold out
MFAC Secretary Venkataraman was the secretary of the well known Mylapore
Fine Arts Club (MFAC), a post he held for over three decades (
since 1974).
Select and limited KSV was ailing for sometime and was not seen at the sabha
for weeks. He could not attend the sabha’s December season
number of season tickets festival’s opening evening.
for concerts at The Music KSV took over the reigns of MFAC after its founder ‘Kartik’
Academy were sold out Rajagopal who established it moved on. He was a low-profile
hours after the box office sabha manager but kept an eagle’s eye on the affairs of the sabha
and spent the entire day on the campus during the ‘season’.
opened last weekend.
He could be straight and snappy when things became hot and
Rasikas who came in later he could be humorous and friendly when all was well, with
in the day had to return artistes, rasikas or people. And he could never be parted with the
home disappointed. betel leaves!
A majority of the tickets Through the highs and lows, KSV made sure the sabha’s
activities were managed well and MFAC was the preferred sabha
are set aside for the in the Mylapore area.
Academy’s members. The funeral was held on Tuesday morning. Later that
However, tickets will be evening, MFAC president Nalli Kuppuswamy led a short
A rasika walks past the portrait of KSV at condolence meeting. A garlanded portrait of KSV greeted rasikas
sold every morning in the The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Mylapore. at the gate. Perhaps the sabha can also provide a book in which
lobby from the day the fest
rasikas can record their tributes and anecdotes.
begins for the main The KSV family’s contact is - 2971 1919
concerts that are ticketed.
These will be limited in << Want to share a tribute note on KSV. Email it to
number. editor@kutcheribuzz.com >>