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This twelvemonth marks the 250th commencement day of Muthuswami Dikshitar, the youngest of the Carnatic euphony trinity alongside Tyagaraja and Shyama Shastri. To comemmorate the occasion, the RK Srikantan Trust is releasing a monograph connected the Navagraha kritis of Dikshitar.
These are a acceptable of 9 compositions the composer dedicated to celestial bodies, each with a circumstantial raga and tala. The monograph volition beryllium released during the yearly Sankranti Music Festival of the RK Srikantan Trust which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
According to vocalist Ramakanth Srikantan, managing trustee and lad of RK Srikantan, “We are celebrating 3 milestones this year: my begetter RK Srikantan’s 106th birth anniversary, Dikshitar’s 250th birth day and the Trust turning 30.“
“These Navagraha kritis person peculiar notation to the composer’s vaggeyakara elements (poet-composers who unites euphony and words) and are the highlight of this year’s inaugural programme. RK Srikantan utilized to thatch these kritis connected Akashavani successful the 70’s during his show, ‘Gaana Vihara.’ It became rather fashionable with classical euphony lovers and stayed connected aerial for 2 decades.”
The monograph volition beryllium released by S Ahalya, vice chancellor, Karnataka Sanskrit University connected January 14 successful the beingness of his holiness Swayamprakasha Sachidananda Saraswati Mahaswamiji of Hariharapura.
The four-day Sankranti Annual Music Fest volition diagnostic 15 concerts and a Harikatha programme. Two yearly awards from the Trust volition besides beryllium fixed that day. The Srikantashankaraa volition beryllium bestowed connected 82-year-old violin maestro VV Subrahmanyam for his beingness achievements, portion the Shaankaradwaita Tatvagna volition beryllium conferred connected 98-year-old Dhali Narasimha Bhat, who has penned 15 books connected The Veda.
The awardees
Ramakanth says, “My begetter and I would bask VV Subbrahmanyam’s violin accompaniment and cherished the philharmonic rapport that extended beyond the stage. The maestro has worked crossed generations, accompanying stalwarts specified arsenic Chembai, Ariyakudi, Semmangudi and MS Subbulakshmi, arsenic good arsenic present-day musicians.”
Dhali Narasimha Bhat | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Subrahmanyam who was calved successful Wadakkanchery adjacent Kochi successful Kerala, moved to Chennai arsenic a 15-year-old and is known contiguous for his Hindustani shyli of presenting concerts. “He accompanied MS Subbulakshmi arsenic a violinist during the United Nations Day celebrations successful New York successful 1966,” says Ramakanth.
Subrahmanyam established Nadabrahmam, a centre for probe and teaching wherever helium is inactive active.
Yajur Veda expert, Dhali Narasimha Bhat, was calved successful 1927 successful Bengaluru, to a household of Vedic pundits, and was tutored by his begetter and guru Dhali Bheema Bhattaru. Bhattaru and his member were some Vedic pundits who served arsenic asthana vidwans of the Mysore Palace during Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s rule.
Now settled successful Hosakerehalli, Narasimha Bhat has been teaching The Veda for the past 7 decades and galore of his books are portion of the program astatine galore Sanskrit universities successful India. This Karnataka Rajyothsava and Veda Vyasa Prashasti awardee has collected and preserved past manuscripts of Vedic lit and inactive tutors students.
The festival volition diagnostic euphony by Ashok Kumar connected the nadaswara and vocalist Vaishnavi Ramdas connected January 14; vocalists Archana Murali, Jayamangala Krishnan, the Kanchana Sisters, Maharajapuram Srinivasan, and veena subordinate Prashanth Iyengar volition execute connected January 15; determination volition beryllium a vocal rendition by S Shankar and a harikatha presumption by Mohan Kumar connected January 16, and vocalists Abhijith and Sriram Shastry, and flautist Vamshidhar will execute connected January 17.
The Sankranti Music Festival by the RK Srikantan Trust volition instrumentality spot from January 14 to 17 astatine Seva Sadan, Malleswaram. Entry free. Call 94484 68192 for programme details
