P & T - Ayyanar College of music
Purandara and Thyagaraja Aradhana was organized by Ayyanar College of music this week. All 5 days, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, there was music program by kids, students and reputed musicians. I did my bit of singing on Saturday by singing 'mArubalka..' in Sriranjani.
I was really impressed with performances of kids. Few kids sang really well which shows how good their guru-s have trained. On Friday, 5 kids performed on the mridangam - Interesting thing to note was that each mridangam was tuned to one note of Mohana - 'sa' , 'ri', 'ga', 'pa' and 'dha'. All kids were in the age of 7-10.
Sunday's program started with 'oonchya vritthi' - a procession by reciting songs. Later, there was felicitation to 3 artists. Pancharatna recital was the main part of the day. More than 600 people, including artists and music lovers joined the group singing. Lunch was served to all after this.
It was my first Aaradhana program in India since 2002. I loved every bit of it. Meeting many artists after a long time was a good treat. Also, I was introduced to few new/upcoming budding talent. Not to forget the blessings of all the elder musicians!
Ayyanar College of music really did a wonderful work in bringing in all the support and co-operation of music lovers and musicians. Vid. Anoor Dattathreya Sharma and Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, the pillars of Ayyanar college, are instrumental in carrying the mantle of their musician father, Late Vid. Anoor Ramakrishna.
I was really impressed with performances of kids. Few kids sang really well which shows how good their guru-s have trained. On Friday, 5 kids performed on the mridangam - Interesting thing to note was that each mridangam was tuned to one note of Mohana - 'sa' , 'ri', 'ga', 'pa' and 'dha'. All kids were in the age of 7-10.
Sunday's program started with 'oonchya vritthi' - a procession by reciting songs. Later, there was felicitation to 3 artists. Pancharatna recital was the main part of the day. More than 600 people, including artists and music lovers joined the group singing. Lunch was served to all after this.
It was my first Aaradhana program in India since 2002. I loved every bit of it. Meeting many artists after a long time was a good treat. Also, I was introduced to few new/upcoming budding talent. Not to forget the blessings of all the elder musicians!
Ayyanar College of music really did a wonderful work in bringing in all the support and co-operation of music lovers and musicians. Vid. Anoor Dattathreya Sharma and Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, the pillars of Ayyanar college, are instrumental in carrying the mantle of their musician father, Late Vid. Anoor Ramakrishna.
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