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CLEVELAND TYAGARAJA ARADHANA

    

The much-awaited Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana is just round the corner! This is a landmark year for the festival committee, as they will be celebrating their silver jubilee. Fulfilling expectations, a mega-festival has been scheduled featuring over 25 concerts within a span of 10 days, between March 30, 2002 and April 7, 2002. Giants in the Carnatic music field such as Smt. T Mukta, Dr. N Ramani, T N Seshagopalan, T V Gopalakrishnan, Trichur Ramachandran, Tiruvengadu Jayaraman, Chitravina Ravikiran as well as popular stars like Sudha Raghunathan, P Unnikrishnan and Sanjay Subramaniam will be some of the key participants. Another attraction this year is the dance performance by Smt. Vijayanthimala Bali, a veteran Bharatanatyam exponent.

It is the usual practice of the Aradhana Committee to recognise the services of musicians, organisers and volunteers on this occasion and this year is no different. Smt. Mukta will receive the title of Sangeeta Ratnakara, while Dr. N Ramani will be honoured with Seva Ratna. Other awards include Nritya Ratnakara on Smt. Vijayanthimala Bali, Kala Seva Mani on Dr. M V Raman and Nritya Seva Mani on Smt. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan. Twenty-five teachers from North America will also be recognised for their contributions towards promoting Carnatic music. Here is the schedule for the festival.

    
Saturday, March 30, 2002 at Waejten Concert Hall, CSU, 2001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115

7 am: Prayer and worship

8 am: Bhajans by children

8.45 am: Group rendition of Tyagaraja's Pancharatna krits by musicians

10 - 3 pm: Individual singing

4 pm: T Mukta (Vocal), Kiranavali (Vocal support), N Ravikiran (Chitravina) and Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: Awards Ceremony

7 pm: Dr. N Ramani and 25 disciples (Flute), S Varadarajan & Srikant Venkataraman (Violin), Srimushnam V Raja Rao, Bangalore H S Sudhindra & Ram Sriram (Mridangam), Cleveland R Balasubramaniam & Karthik Venkataraman (Khanjira), Ravi Balasubramaniam and Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Sunday, March 31, 2002 at University Center Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam)

12.30 pm: Rajeswari Satish (Vocal), Sandhya Srinath (Violin), P K Swaminathan (Mridangam)

1.45 pm: Prize Distribution

2 pm: Dr. Omanakutti Nair (Vocal), K S Rashmi (Vocal support), Attukal Balasubramanian (Violin), Vyppin Satish (Mridangam)

5 pm: Srikanth Chari, Raja Sivamani & Akhilesh Sista (Vina trio), Poovalur Srinivasan & Shubha Chandramouli (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: Dance recital - Vijayantimala Bali (Venue: Cleveland Museum of Art)

Monday, April 1, 2002 at University Centre Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Lec-dem and workshop on Vocal music led by Chitravina N Ravikiran

1 pm: Sailesh Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Jayanth Balasubramaniam (Mridangam)

2.15 pm: Prashant Radhakrishnan (Saxophone), Jaysankar Balan (Violin), Bala Srinath (Mridangam)

3.30 pm: B Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Poovalur Srinivasan (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: Sanjay Subramaniam (Vocal), R K Sriramkumar (Violin), K Arun Prakash (Mridangam)

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at University Centre Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Lec-dem and workshop on Layam led by Prof. Trichy Sankaran

1 pm: Vasundhara Rajagopal (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam)

3.45 pm: Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), R K Sriramkumar (Violin), Vinod Seetaraman (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: Raji Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at University Centre Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Lec-dem and workshop on Alapana, Neraval and Pallavi led by Sanjay Subramaniam

1 pm: Shankar Srinivas (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Toronto Gowrishankar (Mridangam)

3.45 pm: Tiruvengadu Jayaraman (Vocal), S Varadarajan (Violin), Ramnad Raghavan (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: Neyveli Santanagopalan (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam)

Thursday, April 4, 2002 at University Centre Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Lec-dem on The Operatic compositions of Tyagaraja, led by Geetha Bennett

1 pm: Padma Sandilyan (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Bangalore H S Sudhindra (Mridangam), Karthik Venkataraman (Khanjira)

3.45 pm: R Jayanthi (Vina), B Ranjani (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam)

6.30 pm: T M Krishna (Vocal), S Varadarajan (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Friday, April 5, 2002 at Siva-Vishnu Temple

9 am: Lec-dem by visiting artistes on Melakarta Ragas - MC: Vasundhara Rajagopal

1 pm: Madurai Sundar (Vocal), B Gayatri (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam)

3.45 pm: Srimushnam Raja Rao (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), Ravi Balasubramaniam (Khanjira)

6.30 pm: Trichur Ramachandran (Vocal), S Varadarajan (Violin), Ramnad Raghavan (Mridangam), Cleveland Balasubramaniam (Khanjira)

Saturday, April 6, 2002 at Main Class Auditorium, CSU

9 am: Chitravina N Ravikiran (Vocal - Shataragamalika Pallavi), B Gayatri (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai & Rohan Krishnamurthy (Mridangam)

12.30 pm: Salem Sriram (Vocal), Jayshankar Balan (Violin), Delhi Srinivasan (Mridangam)

1.45 pm: T V Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), S Varadarajan (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

4.45 pm: Vani Satish (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Bangalore H S Sudhindra (Mridangam)

6 pm: P Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Srikanth Venkataraman (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Ravi Balasubramaniam (Ghatam)

Sunday, April 7, 2002 at Main Class Auditorium, CSU

9 am: R K Srikantan (Vocal), Ramakanth (Vocal support), S Varadarajan (Violin), Bangalore H S Sudhindra (Mridangam)

12.30 pm: Satish Rao (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Vinod Seetaraman (Mridangam), Karthik Venkataraman (Khanjira)

1.45 pm: Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), Jayshankar Balan (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

4.45 pm: Asha Ramesh (Vocal), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (mridangam), Ravi Balasubramaniam (Ghatam)

6 pm: T N Seshagopalan (Vocal), Delhi Sundararajan (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam)

    

Posted on March 7th, 2002

   
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