Carnatica Presents
BHARAT SANGEET UTSAV 2006
Nov. 1st - 9th, 2006

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Presents a galaxy of legends, star musicians & emerging talent in an extensive 9-day music & dance fest!

BHARAT SANGEET UTSAV 2006

NARADA GANA SABHA, Alwarpet, Chennai

Wednesday, Nov. 1st

• 4.15 pm – Mangala Isai: Seshampatti Shri. Sivalingam & Party (Nadaswaram)

• 5.30 pm – Inauguration. Guests of Honour: Shri. Durai Murugan (Minister for Public Works, Govt. of Tamil Nadu), Shri. N. Murali (Managing Director, The Hindu & President, Music Academy). Felicitation for Madurai Sri. T. N. Seshagopalan by Alleppey Shri. Venkatesan and conferring title "Bharat Sangeet Samrat". Release of CD (Excerpts from live concerts of Shri. T. N. Seshagopalan accompanied by Ramanathapuram Shri. C. S. Murugabhoopathy)

• 6.30 pm – Thematic Concert on Compositions of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi: Padmabhushan Madurai Shri. T. N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Guruvayur Shri. Dorai (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)
   

Thursday, Nov. 2nd 2006

• 3.00 pm – Shri. M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), Smt. Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Trivandrum Shri. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Shri. B. Sreesundar Kumar (Khanjira)

• 4.45 pm – Sikkil Shri. Gurucharan (Vocal), Shri.V. L. Kumar (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore Shri. G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam)

• 7.00 pm – Jugalbandhi: Lalgudi Shri. G. J. R. Krishnan (Violin), Shri. Gaurav Mazumdar (Sitar), Tanjore Shri. Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Shri. Vishwanath Nakhod (Tabla)
   

Friday, Nov. 3rd 2006

• 3.00 pm – Kum. Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal), Shri. V. Sanjeev (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shri. Sivakumar (Mridangam)

• 5.00 pm – Smt. S. Sowmya (Vocal), Mysore Shri. Srikanth (Violin), Shri. J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)

• 7.15 pm – Shri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Shri. S. Varadarajan (Violin), Shri. K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Shri. K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)
   

Saturday, Nov. 4th 2006

• 10.00 am – Symposium & Open House: The Future of Carnatic Music. Panelists: Sangita Kala Acharya Shri. P. S. Narayanaswamy, Dr.Sriram Parasuram, Smt. Sulochana Pattabhiraman, Dr. Radha Bhaskar, Shri. Pakkirisamy Bharati, Shri. R. Krishnaswamy, Shri. S. M. Kulkarni

• 3.00 pm – Smt. Sumitra Vasudev (Vocal), Shri. R. Sathish Kumar (Violin), Nellai Shri. Balaji (Mridangam)

• 5.00 pm – Shri. T. M. Krishna (Vocal), Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri. B. Sreesundar Kumar (Khanjira)

• 7.15 pm – Kathakali – Kuchelavrittam by Kalamandalam Harikrishnan & Party
   

Sunday, Nov. 5th 2006

• 10.00 am – Raganubhava: The Splendor of Raga Todi. Panelists: Dr. V. V. Srivatsa, Smt. Suguna Purushottaman, Shri. V. Subrahmaniam, Shri. T. M. Krishna followed by "Todi ka Prakaar", a thematic concert on Hindustani Todi by Dr. Sriram Parasuram.

• 3.00 pm – Kum. Manasi Prasad (Vocal), Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (Violin), Shri. R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)

• 5.00 pm – Shri. Ajit Kadkade & Party (Abhangs & Devotionals)

• 7.15 pm – Bharatanatyam by Shobhana with Kum. Shubasri Ramachandran (Special Vocal)
   

Monday, Nov. 6th 2006

• 3.00 pm – Master K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Tillaisthanam Shri. Suryanarayanan (Mridangam), Thirukannapuram Shri. J. Sourirajan (Morsing)

• 5.00 pm – Shri. N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Narayanan (Mridangam)

• 7.15 pm – Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayatri (Vocal), Kum. Charumati Raghuraman (Violin), Shri. K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Shri. K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)
   

Tuesday, Nov. 7th 2006

• 3.00 pm – Shri. T. V. Ramprasadh (Vocal), Shri. V. V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Srimushnam Shri. V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Shri. E. M. Subrahmanyam (Ghatam), Srirangam Shri. Kannan (Morsing)

• 5.00 pm – Malladi Brothers: Shri. Sreeramprasad & Shri. Ravikumar (Vocal), Shri. M. A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam), Shri. V. Suresh (Ghatam)

• 7.15 pm – Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasaraya Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
   

Wednesday, Nov. 8th 2006

• 3.00 pm – Mambalam Sisters: Chitra & Vijayalakshmi (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shri. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Shri. K. S. Rangachari (Khanjira)

• 5.00 pm – Shri. Ronu Majumdar (Hindustani Flute), Shri. Durga Prasad (Pakhawaj), Shri. Vishwanath Nakhod (Tabla)

• 7.15 pm – Shri. Sanjeev Abhyankar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasaraya Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Vishwanath Nakhod (Tabla)
   

Thursday, Nov. 9th 2006

• 3.00 pm – Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Akkarai Kum. Shubhalakshmi (Violin), Shri. N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Shri. N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

• 5.00 pm – Special Fusion Concert: Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. N. Ramani & Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K. Sivaraman with Neyveli Shri. Radhakrishnan (Double Violin) & Shri. N. Amrit (Khanjira)

• 6.30 pm – Valedictory function

• 7.00 pm – Sangeeta Upanyasam on Bhadrachalam Ramadas: Smt. Vishakha Hari & Party
   

ALL ARE WELCOME!

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