tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62314652011-12-14T19:06:10.253-08:00<b>How very little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing</b>Arun Natarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033351852183790895noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231465.post-58175413202103768782008-09-20T00:20:00.000-07:002008-09-20T00:22:42.820-07:00

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I typically find theme concerts (especially, ones featuring compositions of a single composer) quite boring. However, I enjoyed the recent (painfully short) concert by T.M.Krishna on Goddess Sharada. Why? I guess Krishna's regular concerts are becoming slightly too predictable in terms of raga and keertana choice.

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Ram has a much needed - and well updated - blogfocused on the Carnatic Music scene in Chennai (where else? :-). Especially since Sangeetham.com has gone silent.Hope he is able to keep up the great start.

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At a recent concert by T.M.Krishna, my mother remarked sadly that there were so few artistes today of the calibre of TMK. I protested pointing out that there is Sanjay Subramanian (eventhough he seems to be singing very rarely these days outside of the December season), O.S.Thiagarajan and upcoming artistes like Sikkil Gurucharan.But she has a point. There is no one else quite like TMK.A few days

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I was traveling so much during the first 20 days of December that I couldn't attend too many concerts this music season. (Even this guy managed to attend more concerts than me.) However, falling back on my vast experience as a rasika, I decided to focus on quality rather than quantity.I attended three concerts of T.M. Krishna - with his concert at Kalarasana on Dec.26 being the pick of the

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I just came out of your concert in Smt.Sivagami Petchi Auditorium at Mylapore. I have been a vivid follower of carnatic music and one of your thousands of rasikas.... Today, even I found it difficult to focus (to listen of course) due to the poor mike arrangements and amazed as to how were you able to focus and sing wonderfully. I congratulate you for giving us your best (though not your all

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They sing beautifully. But talk too much to each other during their concerts. They can talk and appreciate each other's singing at home. No need to do that in front of paying audiences. Since both R and G sing well and share the load almost equally - compared to other duos (like the Hyderabad Brothers and Malladi Brothers) where one person tends to dominate - they need to co-ordinate more

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I tuned in to Shruti, the 24-hour Carnatic Music channel on WorldSpace Satellite radio, for the first time last night (September 23). I'm so glad Carnatic Music is back on WorldSpace - it's the main reason that I use Worldspace. (It seems the channel was launched on September 20. Looks like I missed it for 3 days ;-( ) With Gandharv going 100% Hindustani and even KL Radio knocking off its great

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Sikkil Gurucharan : A Promising Young Artiste Concerts that are devoted to a particular composer tend to be slightly boring. But there was none of that in Sikkil Gurucharan's "Sri Purandaradasa Day" concert (organized by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha) on Saturday, March 20, 2004. There was never-a-dull-moment in the concert for the rather small (150 or so) audience at the Mylapore Fine Arts Club

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Kanyakumari & Co.'s marathon musical effort brings rain to Chennai? Noted violinist A. Kanyakumari, with a team of Ninety women artistes, performed a 12-hour musical recital at Chennai's Kapaleeshwarar Temple on Saturday, December 20. Their cause: praying for rains. Click Here to read a news item about the performance featured in The Hindu. Less than a week before this musical effort, a

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Why Odomos is an ideal sponsor for a leading Sabha It is interesting to notice public sector petrol retail giants like Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil Corp. listed among the main sponsors of leading Sabhas in Chennai. Interesting, since I can't see a direct business benefit for these companies from these sponsorships. Silk Saree and Fixed Deposit companies may get some good branding benefits.

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The rise and rise of Sanjay I attended 5 concerts of Sanjay Subramaniam during the December 2003 season. COMMON FEATURES of these concerts: 1. Variety (Rishabapriya, Madhyamavati, Charukesi, Hari Khamboji were the main ragas that he sang) 2. Hard work (also called Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi) 3. Zest for the art (also called "sreshtai" by some folks) Things that were NOT COMMON to these concerts:

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