It is rarer occasion to see four classical styles in one day in Sydney. Whilst some bemoan that this is too much dance in a day, for many others it is slowly becoming a Madhuram Academy of Performing Arts [MAPA]…
Category: Sumi’s Musings
Thaaimai – A celebration of Motherhood
Samarpana School of Dance brings Thaaimai – a celebration of motherhood on
5th May 2018 at 6:30pm
Bryan Brown Theatre
Cnr of Richard and Chapel Rd
Bankstown at 6:30pm
To Book Tickets : Call 0431 897 473 or 0420 483 044
Lalgudi Duo
Lalgudi Duo by Shanta Sampath Pallavi’s concert of Lalgudi duo Sri G.J.R Krishnan and Smt Vijayalakshmi on the Violins accompanied by Sangeetha Kalanidhi Prof Trichy Sankaran on Mridangam on 4th March 2018 was well received by a packed house…
Priya Murali Sweet n Spirited
Priya Murali successfully completed her arangetram recently. She was proclaimed to be the first full fledged student of Samskriti School of Dance, who commenced learning Bharathanatyam from its initial stages to rise up to the level of being able to…
Forge – Annalouise Paul
A new iteration of a solo contemporary-flamenco work FORGE will be presented at Parramasala Festival on Saturday 10 March 2018. Now being realised as a full-length version (previously 30 mins) with gorgeous Sephardi vocals by Helen Rivero, co-composition by Marianthe Loucataris and Peter…
Nagaraj Hegde – Hindustani Flute
The Vedanta Centre of Sydney is happy to organize a bansuri (flute) recital by Sri Nagaraj Hegde—a Hindustani classical flutist—on Friday, 16 March 2018 at 7:30 pm after the regular evening aratrikam at 7:00 pm. Nagaraj was born into…
Pallavi – GJR Krishnan and V Krishnan
The son and daughter of the legendary Lalgudi Jayaraman – GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi Krishnan – the torch bearers of his style and genius are here this weekend in Sydney.
We present an excerpt of one of the most celebrated and well loved, if not dealt with Raga Thodi of the Carnatic system of music below. The ragam comprises of a full minor scale of seven notes. The oscillations between the notes presents innumerable opportunities for musicians to develop a landscape as they extemporise. A must for all musicians who would love to see how this western instrument has been adapted to this genre of music by geniuses past leaving a heritage that we can all be proud of today.