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News related to the music activities from around the sabhas during 'December Season'.
M S Gopalakrishnan passes away
Celebrated violinist M S Gopalakrishnan passed away this morning at about 2 a.m. He was admitted to a local hospital on Wednesday afternoon when he suffered the effects of breathlessness. He was 82. .
Gentle Cascades of Music in Small Hall . .
If you have been following the concert schedules of various sabhas during the season, you would not have missed the distinct feature of Naada Inbam. .
Comparing Carnatic, European music
Parallel Strings will be the last in the "parallels" series that pianist and composer Anil Srinivasan organised for this season. .
Notes on Lec-dems by two vidwans
Posted here are short notes on two recent Lec-Dems. One by Prof S R Janakiraman on Dec.22 at Music Academy and the other by R.K. Srikantan on Dec.23 at Narada Gana Sabha. .
Who is a Musicologist?
Scholar and writer B. M. Sundaram's lecture for Sri Parthasarathi Swami Sabha at a Mylapore hall on Dec.20 was on ' Musicology'. .
Honour for Suguna Purushothaman
The eminent musician and musicologist Suguna Purushothaman will be conferred Sangeetha Kalaratna award given annually for academic contributions made during the morning sessions. .
Musiri Chamber Concerts: unique atmosphere
The fringe events that take place during the season have a charm of their own. The chamber music concerts held at what used to be the residence of Musiri Subramania Iyer in Alwarpet is probably the best space to listen to music - warm, neat, personal. .
Tribute to seven Carnatic music composers
Mudhra presented a unique programme titled "Saptharathnangal – a tribute to seven Karnatic music composers" by Dr. Radha Bhaskar. .
Big evening for Trichur Ramachandran
This was the big, big evening for Trichur V. Ramachandran, senior vocalist. He was the star at the opening evening of The Music Academy this Dec.15 when the chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa inaugurated the Academy's 86th Conference and Concerts. .
PSN's book ' Arutpa Amudham' focus at Mudhra fest
The opening evening of Mudhra's festival on Friday, Dec. 7 had something worthwhile to offer - the release of a book titled ' Arutpa Amudham', songs of the Ramalinga Adigalar, tuned and notated by senior vidwan P S Narayanaswamy. .
