Parampara in Mumbai – December 1, 2007

Prof. T. N. Krishnan, his sister Dr. N. Rajam, and brother Pt. Narayan Ganesh respectfully present Parampara - an unique family event with three generations of performing musicians, dedicated to the memory of their father and guru, the late Vidwan Shri A. Narayana Iyer, for his extraordinary contribution to Indian classical music.

At 6PM on December 1st, 2007 at The Fine Arts Cultural Center, Sivaswami Auditorium, Fine Arts Chowk, Chembur Mumbai.

Justice B. N. Shrikrishna (Retd, Supreme Court) and Shri V. Shankar (Educationist and President, Shanmukhananda Fine Arts) will be distinguished guests of the event.


The program for the evening will include:

• Unveiling of portrait of Vidwan A. Narayana Iyer
• Release of a documentary on Vidwan A. Narayana Iyer
• Performances by:
• Ragini and Nandini Shankar (Hindustani Violin Duet)
• Indra Ramani and Sangeeta Shankar (Carnatic Violin Duet)
• Shankar Devraj (Vocal Ghazal)
• Viji Natarajan, Sriram Krishnan, and Vinu Natarajan (Carnatic Violin Trio)
• Kala Ramnath and Narayan Ganesh (Hindustani Violin and Sarod)
• T. N. Krishnan and N. Rajam (Jugalbandhi Violin)
• Grand Team Finale

Accompanied by:

• T. S. Nandakumar (Mridangam)
• Mukundraj Deo (Tabla)
• Bombay R. Venkatesh (Morsing)
• Vinayak Netke (Tabla)
• Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
• Shankar Laxmanan (Ghatam)

Raaga Vision Podcast - Swara raaga sudha

The next episode of the Raaga Vision podcast is now available for download at Podbazaar. Or you can click the play button in the player below:


Duration: 26m 14s, size: 12MB.

This episode includes Saint Tyagaraja's composition swara raaga sudha in the raaga sankarabharanam and adi taala.

Prof. T. N. Krishnan is joined by his son, Sriram Krishnan, on the Violin, and Lakshmanan on the Mridangam.

We hope you enjoy the series and will contribute generously to Sankara Nethralaya's noble efforts.

Raaga Vision - San Diego Concert Details

The Raaga Vision concert in San Diego is on Saturday, August 11 2007 at 6PM. It's being held at The Hojel Auditorium of the Institute of the Americas. The address and contact phone for the auditorium is 10111 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, phone: 858-453-5560.

Apparently, Google Maps and Mapquest don't have the correct location for the hall, so here's a link with the correct map and directions [pdf].

Additionally, you can contact the following people for more information:

• Dr. Vachaspathi Palakodeti (858) 509 1811
• Mr. C.M Venkatachalam (858) 748 4752
• Mr. Ram Krishnamurthy (858) 549 4463
• Mr. Ram Avvaru (858) 668-0963
• Mr. Shekhar Viswanathan (858) 638 0744
• Mr. Raj Sundaresan (858) 869-5520

Raaga Vision Podcast - Maha Ganapatim

We're delighted to present live recordings of Raga Vision, Prof. T.N.Krishnan's benefit concert series for Sankara Nethralaya as a podcast on Podbazaar.com. The first episode is the composition Maha Ganapatim by Muttuswamy Dikshitar, recorded live at the concert at Memphis, TN on August 4th, 2007.

Or download the MP3 (duration: 17m 47s, size: 8.1MB).

Prof. T. N. Krishnan is joined by Sriram Krishnan on the Violin, and Lakshmanan on the Mridangam.

We hope you enjoy the series and will contribute generously to Sankara Nethralaya's noble efforts.

Raaga Vision - Concerts for Sankara Nethralaya

We are delighted to announce that Prof. T.N. Krishnan will be performing in 10 major US cities in August and September 2007. These concerts are organized under the banner of Sankara Nethralaya, and are aimed at raising awareness and support for their wonderful work.

The program dates are as follows:

• Saturday, August 4 2007 - Memphis, TN
• Saturday, August 11 2007 - San Diego, CA
• Saturday, August 18 2007 - Atlanta, GA
• Friday, August 24 2007 - Phoenix, AZ
• Sunday, August 26 2007 - Houston, TX
• Saturday, September 1 2007 - Dallas, TX
• Friday, September 7 2007 - Buffalo, NY
• Saturday, September 22 2007 - Chicago, IL
• Saturday, September 29 2007 - Washington DC
• Sunday, September 30 2007 - San Francisco, CA

For more information please contact the local organizers listed at the Sankara Nethralaya site.

Inauguration

The inauguration of the Foundation was held on January 1, 2005 8:45 AM at Chettinad Vidyashram's Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, MRC Nagar, Chennai 600 028.

Sri M. Krishnaswamy Vice President, Federation of Andhra Pradesh Sabhas will preside Sri Mohan Parasaran Additional Solicitor General of India will inaugurate Felicitations by: Violin maestro Prof. M. S. Anantharaman Mridangam maestro Prof. T. V. Gopalakrishnan Eminent composer & musicologist Dr. V. V. Srivatsa The inauguration will be followed by a special New Year's Day concert at 10:00am Violin Trio Sri T. N. Krishnan Smt Viji Krishnan-Natarajan Sri Sriram Krishnan Mridangam Kalaimamani Sri Tiruvaroor Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam Kalaimamani Sri Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Programme sponsored by LANCOR GESCO Properties Limited Invitations available at: Lancor Gesco Properties Limited “Sivasakthi”, 61 G.N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Chennai. Phone: 28154616