Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Kuchipudi Dance Ballet on 18th July 2010

South Indian Cultural Association (SICA), Hyderabad cordially invites you to a grand "Kuchipudi Dance Ballet" on 18th July 2010 by Guru Smt. Maddali Usha Gayathri and her disciple from Nrithya Kinnera. The venue of the program is Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad. The program starts at 6:30 PM. Donor passes will be availble before the program at the venue. The details of the program are given below.

Nrithya Kinnera presents "Rukmini Satya"
Smt. Maddali Usha Gayathri: She was introduced to the stage at the age of four as a child dance prodigy under the tutelage of Sri Dayal Saran, who was a disciple of world famous Dance Maestro, Uday Shankar and has ever since performed all dance forms and has finally settled down to master the skills of Kuchipudi Dance form with the inspiration of Padmasri Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma.

She underwent training in Kathak dance under Sri Yadagiri, a disciple of the famous fold and Kathak exponent Sri Gopalraj Bhatt. She started takign basic training and formal introduction to the Kuchipudi Art form from Guri Sri Yeleswarapu Suryaprakasa Sarma.

She underwent specialized training in Nattuvangam from the well known Nattuvangam expert Smt. Kamal Rani of the famous dance institute Kalakshetra, Chennai. She was honoured for the best Nattuvangam by the college of Defence Manager in 2008. Presently she is a Research Scholar at the Hyderabad Central University working on 'Kalpas'.

As a well trained and talented artiste she has been presenting hundereds of performances of for the last three decades in different centeres in India and abroad. Many mythological themes like: Shivabhakta Markandeya, Rukmini Satya, Sri Alivelu Manga Charitham, Sir Goda Kalyanam, Yasoda Krishna, Alokaye Sri Balkrishnam are some of them.

"Rukmini Satya" is an absorbing and colourful Kuchipudi Dance Ballet on the comparitive charactereistics in the nature, emotion and devotion of Rukmini of Narayana Theertha and Satya of Siddendra Yogi. The concept, theme and choreography are by "Hamsa Awardee" Guri Smt. Maddali Usha Gayathri.

Though both Rukmini and Satya are true devotees of Lord Krishna, one's path is moulded by devotion while the other's is by desire. Though their parth is different, their goal is the same. This is the basic and main theme of the Dance Ballet "Rukmini Satya".

Monday, July 12, 2010

Carnatic Vocal Concert on 24th July, 2010

Kalasagaram is organizing a grand Carnatic concert on 24th July 2010. The details are as follows. All are welcome.

Program : Carnatic Vocal Concert by Shri Kyvalya Kumar Chilla
Instrumental Support: Shri R. Dinakar on Violin and Shri Burra Sriram on Mridangam
Date : 24th July 2010
Venue : Keys High School for Girls, Secunderabad
Time : 6:30 PM

About the Artist:
Kyvalya Kumar had his initial training in Carnatic music from Smt. K. Annapurna at Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Sangeetha Vidyalam, Vijayawada. Subsequently he came under the tutelage of 'Sangeeta Kala Tapaswi' Shri P.V.S. Seshaiah sastry, Retd. Pricipal of Govt. College of Music & Dance, Hyderabad. Presently he is taking advanced training under Smt. Lalitha Siva KUmar, Daughter-in-law of Smt. D.K. Pattammal, Chennai.

Kyvalya Kumar is a Diploma holder with distinction in Carnatic music, apart from Technical Teachers Certification given by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. He won gold medal in Annamacharya Sankeetana competitions conducted by T.T.D. in 2001. He was given scholarship from 2002-2004 by the Central Govt. He is a 'B' grade artiste of AIR, Hyderabad. Kyvala Kumar performed at various important sabhas at Vizag, Vijayawada, Warangal, Khammam, Kakinada and Hyderabad. He has given concerts at Thyagaraja Vidwat Samajam and Brahmagana Sabha at Chennai. He has also sung for the TTD SVBC Channal, Hyderabad. Endowed with a vibrant voice, his music is steeped in pure classicism.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Ph.D. Gyaan


Q. What motivates you to continue doing Ph.D.?
Ans. Hope of graduation someday and coffee.

Q. What demotivates?
Ans. Fear of discontinuing due to frustration and mess food.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Carnatic Vocal Concerts by Smt. Ranjani Sivakumar

Smt. Ranjani Sivakumar, an AIR artist, is performing the following Carnatic vocal concerts in Hyderabad. All are invited.
  • 14th March 2010
    • Venue: Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Devasthanam, Opp. Sudarshan 35mm theatre, RTC X Roads, Hyderabad
    • Time: 6:00 pm
    • Accompanists: Violin - Sri Pavan Singh, Mridangam - Sri Burra Sriram
  • 17th March 2010
    • Venue: Sri Tyagaraja Gana Sabha, Chikkadpally, Hyderabad
    • Time: 6:30 pm
    • Accompanists: Violin - Smt Radhika, Mridangam - Sri Srinivasa Gopalan
  • 23rd March 2010
    • Venue: Ramalayam, Near Shilparamam, opp Satyam bldg, Kondapur, Hyderabad
    • Time: 6:00 pm
    • Accompanists: Violin - Sri Oruganti Rajashekar, Mridangam - Sri Shyam Kumar

96th Jayanthi Celebrations of "Sangeetha Ksheera Sagara" Late Sri Uppalapati Ankaiah garu

96th Jayanthi Celebrations of "Sangeetha Ksheera Sagara" Late Sri Uppalapati Ankaiah Garu will take place from 15th March to 18th March 2010 at Sri Kala Subba Rao Kala Vedika in Sri Thyagaraya Gana Sabha premises daily from 6:30 PM. All are cordially invited for the event. The program is as follows:
  • 15th March 2010: Carnatic Vocal by Dr. Tadepalli Loka Nadha Sarma garu
    • Vocal Support: Sri "Nihal" (K.V.Srinivas) Garu (Noted Music Composer, Music Director.& Playback Artiste)
    • Violin: Sri Mangalampalli Surya Deepthi Garu ("A" Grade Staff Artist, Akashwani, Hyderabad)
    • Mridangam: Sri Nemani Somayajulu Garu ("A" Grade Staff Artist, Akashwani, Hyderabad)
    • Morsing: Sri P. Srinivasa Gopalan Garu ("A" Grade Artist, Akashwani)
  • 16th March 2010: Carnatic Vocal by Kumari Kasturi Kamala Deepthi
    • Violin: Sri Bhatti Pawan Singh Garu (Graded Artist, Akashwani, Hyderabad)
    • Mridangam: Sri K. Srinivasa Rao Garu (Graded Artist, Akashwani, Hyderabad)
  • 17th March, 2010: Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Ranjani Siva Kumar garu
    • Voilin: Smt. Radhika Srinivasan Garu
    • Mridangam: Sri P. Srinivasa Gopalan Garu ("A" Grade Artist, Akashwani, Hyderabad)
  • 18th March 2010: Carnatic Vocal by Chi. Kumari Karthika Anagha
    • Violin: Sri Oruganti Rajasekhar Garu (Graded Artist, Akashwani, Hydeabad)
    • Mridangam: Sri T. P. Balasubrahmanyam Garu
A brief biography of "Sangeetha Ksheera Sagara" Late Sri Uppalapati Ankaiah garu in telugu can be read from here (will post a translation soon). Also found some rare pictures of Ankaiah garu here.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Kalasagaram Annual Youth Festival of Dance - 2010

Kalasagaram is organizing a three-day annual youth festival of dance. Programs start everyday at 6:30 PM at Keys High School for Girls, Secunderabad. All are invited. Contact number: 2773175.

  • 12th March 2010: Bharatanatyam by Kum. Jakkula Laxmi Pravalika (Disciple of Guru Sri V.S. Ramamoorthy & Guru Smt. Manjula Ramaswamy).
  • 13th March 2010: Bharatanatyam by Kum. Srikari S. Rao (Disciple of Guru Smt. Geetha Ganesan).
  • 14th March 2010: Bharatanatyam by Kum. Ashritha Vemuganti (Disciple of Guru Smt. Rajeswari Sainath).

I strongly urge everyone who can afford to take membership in Kalasagaram and patronage them. Membership can be obtained at the venue during the days of the program or from their office: Kalasagaram, A-4, Arsh Glory, 442, Street No. 10, East Nehru Nagar, Secunderabad - 500026. Phone: 27731775. Email: kalasagaram [at] gmail [dot] com.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sadasiva Brahmendra Compositions

Here is a collection of compositions of Sadasiva Brahmendra. The MP3 links are the directories where you can find the corresponding song.

SNo
Composition
Ragam
Talam
Lyrics
MP3
1.
Ananda Purna Bodhoham Sachchidananda
Shankarabharanam
Misra Chapu
Lyrics (Page 30)

2.
Ananda Purna Bodhoham Satatam
Madhyamavathi
Khanda Chapu
Lyrics

3.
Bhajare Gopalam
Hindolam
Adi
Lyrics
Hindolam1, Hindolam2
4.
Bhajare Raghuviram
Kalyani
Adi
Lyrics
Kalyani
5.
Bhajare Yadunatham
Peelu
Ragamalika
Adi
Lyrics
Peelu1, Peelu2
Ragamalika
6.
Brahmaivaham
Nadanamakriya
Adi
Lyrics
Nadanamakriya
7.
Bruhi Mukundethi
Gowla
Navaroju
Kurinji
Senchurutti
Adi
Lyrics
Gowla
Navaroju
Kurinji
Senchurutti
8.
Chetah Sreeramam
Dwijavanthi
Surathi
Adi

Lyrics
Dwijavanthi1, Dwijavanthi2
9.
Chinta Nasti Kila
Navroj
Adi
Lyrics

10.
Gayathi Vanamali
Gavathi
Yamuna Kalyani
Patdeep
Hamsadwani
Madhyamavathi
Misra Kapi
Adi
Lyrics
Gavathi
Yamuna Kalyani
Patdeep
Hamsadwani
Madhyamavathi
11.
Khelathi Brahmande
Sindhubhairavi
Adi
Lyrics
Sindhubhairavi
12.
Khelathi Mama Hrudaye
Atana
Sindhubhairavi
Adi
Lyrics
Atana
Sindhubhairavi
13.
Kridathi Vanamali
Sindhubhairavi
Adi
Lyrics

14.
Krishna Paahi
Madhyamavathi
Adi
Lyrics

15.
Manasa Sanchara ReSamaAdi
Lyrics
Sama1, Sama2
16.
Nahi Re Nahi Re
Gavathi
Bhimpalas
Mohana
Adi
Lyrics
Gavathi
Bhimpalas
17.
Pibare Rama Rasam
Ahi Bhairavi
Yamuna Kalyani
Revathi
Peelu
Chakravakam


Adi


Lyrics
Ahi Bhairavi
Yamuna Kalyani
Revathi
Peelu
Chakravakam
18.
Poorna Bodhoham
Kalyani
Adi
Lyrics

19.
Prativaram Varam
Thodi
Kambhoji
Adi
MisraChapu
Lyrics
Thodi
20.
Sarvam Brahmha Mayam
Mishra Sivaranjani
Madhuvanthi
Senchurutti
Adi
Lyrics
Mishra Sivaranjani
Madhuvanthi
21.
Smaravaram
Jog
Sindhubhairavi
Bahudari
Kapi
Adi
Lyrics
Jog
Sindhubhairavi
Bahudari
22.
Sthiratha Nahi Nahire
Amruthavarshini
Punnagavarali
Adi

Lyrics
Amruthavarshini
23.
Tatvat Jeevitham
Kiravani
Adi
Lyrics

24.
Tunga Taranga
Hamsadwani
Adi
Lyrics
Hamsadwani