
The Bombay Sisters recently toured Mexico and here are the notes they brought for KutcheriBuzz readers.
Sarada Hoffman, celebrated dance guru of the Kalakshetra tradition, was the chief guest at the function held in Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, to confer the Nritya Choodamani title on dancer Urmila Sathyanarayanan. Below are extracts of the speech she delivered at this function.
Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan and Dr. Subhashni Parthasarthy, mother and daughter, are Carnatic vocalists. The duo plan to organise a series of monthly concerts called 'Thyagaraja Ragaratna Malika' at different places in Madras, where either of the duo will render compositions of Thyagaraja in all the ragas the composer handled.
Madras based Carnatic vocalist Geetha Raja and Hindusthani singer Sandhya Kathavate have been jamming up together of late, presenting interesting jugalbandhis. They recently performed for a Madras sabha and the show evoked a good response from the Madras' rasikas. Geetha shares her thoughts with KutcheriBuzz - here below is her personal account.