Chennai Music Season
This section show news in the music season
Late mridangam vidwan Karaikudi Mani will be remembered at this annual music meet he used to host during the December Season.
This time, the event is at Arkay Centre, Luz on Sunday, Dec.15. 10.00am onwards, till 1 p.m.
Some may vote for the Musiri House in Alwarpet, which does not hist a fest for the Season but will have a chamber concert – one is held every month here.
The Sargam Choir led by Sudha Raja presented songs of Subramania Bharathi at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore on December 11 morning.
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, leading vocalist, seems on cloud nine following the release of a song he has sung for composer-director Ilaiyaraja for the film ‘Vidulai – 2’ ; Sanjay has been talking about this experience too.
Sangita Kalanidhi-designate T. M. Krishna has just launched an online video series where artistes and scholars who made good use of the library of The Music Academy (some 90 years old now) share their experiences.
Margazhi Matram is an inclusive festival featuring artistes with disabilities, cross-culture, NRI/PIO artists, folk artists and
blurring across cultures, abilities and disciplines.
Even as Cyclone Fengal raged off the coast of Puducherry and Mylapore shut for the evening on Saturday, Novmber 30, at least 50-odd rasikas sat inside the main auditorium of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, listened to the vocal music of the Malladi Brothers and gave the artistes a standing ovation.
Mridangam vidwan Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam was decorated with the Mudhra Award of Excellence at the launch of Mudhra’s annual music festival of the December Season at a venue in T. Nagar.
An actor and a Carnatic music artiste have joined hands with a few others to feed Mylapore hawkers who have bad days at monsoon time.
The 20th edition of Parallel Music Festival organised by the Rotary Club of Madras Coromandel is on December 2, 4 pm onwards at the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall of The Music Academy. Artiste T. M. Krishna is the guest of honour.
