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EVENTS
 Ananya's dance fest for young artistes
Music fest in Bangalore
World Dance Day celebration / Bangalore
Dance Fair / Bangalore
Rama navami music concerts at Bangalore
Ramanavami music concerts at Koramangala, Bangalore
Celebrating love through music in Bangalore
Bharat Sangeet Utsav / Bangalore
Aanandaa Festival
Ananya's dance fest for young artistes
Ananya, the Bangalore-based arts centre, is hosting a two days dance fest on May 24 and 25 at Bharathiya Vidya Bhawan, Race Course Road, Bangalore.
On May 24, dancers Ujwal (Kuchipudi), Shweta Krishna (Odissi) and Aishwarya Nithyananda (Bharatanatyam ) will perform.
On May 25, the performances are by Mridula Anand (Kathak), Navami Arun (Mohiniattam) and Shivaranjani (Bharatanatyam).
The programmes start at 6 p.m.
You can contact Ananya at 080-23440409. Its office and performance space is in Malleswaram.
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Music fest in Bangalore
The 37th Bhagavath Sri Shankara Jayanthi and Music Fest of Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust in Bangalore is hosting a music fest from May 5 to 11.
The fest is on at Sri Vani Education Centre, (4th Main, 2nd Stage, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore-10.)
Vidwan R K Padmanabha is the president of this fest.
Various mandalis will perform at the venue in the morning while the main concerts are in the evening.
The artistes who will perform include Shubhamangala Raghunandan (vocal), M K Pranesh and Praveen Godkindi (flute), Chaitra Raghunandan (vocal), K. Subhaganga (vocal), Geetha Ramanand and Revathi Murthy (veena duet), Sweetha Venkatesh (vocal), Vidya Bhushana (vocal), R Archana (vocal), S R Vinay Sharva (vocal), Sahana Ramachandra (vocal) and Amrutha Venkatesh (vocal).
On the final day, the Sri Sankara jayanthi sangeethothsava is at 8 a.m. and at 11 a.m., Karthik Hebbar makes a multimedia presentation on 'Sri Thyagaraja's Life and Bhakthi'.In the evening, vidwan R K Padmanabha will be honoured with the 'Kalabhhoshana' title.
The vidwan will then perform at the 6.30 p.m. concert.
The Trust had also conducted music competitions for junior artistes and music students and the best will be given prizes at the fest.
The Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust address is - 101, Kirloskar Colony, behind Avani Shankar Mutt, Bangalore-86. Phone - 040-2359 1723.
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World Dance Day celebration / Bangalore
Chidambara Sabha Natana Yajna is an offering through dance by well known dancers and dance students
from various dance schools on World Dance Day to be held in Bangalore.
The event will be held on May 1, 2008 from 7 am to 9 am.
At Ravindra Kala Kshetra, J. C. Road, Bangalore.
As many as 30 dancers will pay their tribute in sessions of 10 minutes and 20 minutes.
There are also academic sessions by eminent dancers, dance gurus and critics on various aspects of
dance.
Indian and Nigerian folk dances will also be presented on this ocassion.
The valedictory will be held at the same venue at 6.30 pm.
For more info on the event contact by email to futureofdance@hotmail.com
Phone number: (0) 98456 98089
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Dance Fair / Bangalore
This is a different event for the arts enthusiasts.
A Fair - Dance Fair, the first of its kind in India, organised by the kuchipudi dancer Vyjayanthi Kashi and her Shambhavi School of Dance.
The arts community gets an opportunity to display their dance works, artworks, brochures, books, albums, dance ornaments, dance costumes, instruments and any thing related to dance.
Dance Jathre, as the fair is called will be held on June 7 and 8, 2008
Venue: Chitrakala Parishad, Kumara Krupa, Bangalore.
For more information and to rent stalls contact: futureofdance@hotmail.com
Website: www.schoolofkuchipudi.com
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Rama navami music concerts at Bangalore
Vamshi Academy of Music Trust and Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Seca Samithi Trust conduct Sri Ramanavami music festival from April 11 to 14.
Concerts will be held at 6 pm on all the days.
April 11 - P. Rama and P. Chandrika - Vocal duet
April 12 - Geetha Ramanand and Revathy Murthy - Veena duet
April 13 - B. K. Anantha Ram and Master Amith A Nadig - Flute duet
April 14 - Tejaswini Shashibhushan - Vocal
The concerts will be held at Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple at 1 A, SVK Layout, Basaweswara Nagar, Bangalore.
Contact phone no. 93430 45285
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Ramanavami music concerts at Koramangala, Bangalore
Ramaseva Mandali at Koramangala has organised music concerts on the occasion of Rama navami from April 14 to 22, 2008.
The concerts will be held at Indian Cultural Heritage Academy , 6th Block , Koramangala, Bangalore.
Every evening from 6.30pm
The schedule of concerts is as follows:
April 14 : Dr. Arundhati - Vocal
April 15 : D. Balakrishna and V. Vamshidar - Veena - Flute Duet
April 16 : Shankaran Namboodri - Vocal
April 17 : S. Seshagiri Rao and Usha - Violin Duet
April 18 : S. Shankar and S.Ramani - Vocal Duet
April 19 : Lalitha Madhav - Vocal
April 20 : Mahathi - Vocal
April 21 : Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
April 22 : Kasturi Rangan - Vocal
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Celebrating love through music in Bangalore
Young vocalist Manasi Prasad will present a special concert to celebrate the universal emotion of love.
Taking inspiration from the universal theme, ‘Olave Jeevana Saakshaatkara’ will be a Carnatic classical music concert conceptualised by Manasi Prasad. This concert will be in the format of a traditional Carnatic music concert, but with the theme of all compositions reflecting love of one sort or another.
She will be using a stage specially set for the theme and mood lighting.
The event will be at R.V. Dental College Auditorium, JP Nagar, Bangalore. On Feb. 17, 2008. At 6 pm.
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Bharat Sangeet Utsav / Bangalore
Carnatica Archival Centre for music and dance, Bangalore has organised a festival of Indian classical music and dance, Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2008, in Bangalore from February 7 to 10.
On the inaugural day, a concert Raga Fantasy, a confluence of Carnatic and Hindustani sangeet by veena artiste Suma Sudhindra and flutist Praveen Godkhindi will be held at 4.45 pm.
At Christ College auditorium, Bangalore.
Carnatic musicians Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi, Sikkil Gurucharan, Charulatha Ramanujan, Cheluvaraju, Sukanya Ramgopal, Manasi Prasad, R. K. Srikantan, R. S. Ramakanth, Prof. V. V. Subrahmanyam, V. V. S. Murari, Mastar Akash, Gayathri Venkataraghavan will be performing in the festival. Hindustani classical musicians Begum Parveen Sultana, Vishwa Mohan Bhat, Ashwini Bhide Deshpande and Ravindra Yavagal are also featured at this festival.
The second day performances will be held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, the third day events at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan auditorium and the fourth day programmes will be held at Purandara Bhavana in Indira Nagar, Bangalore.
More details can be had from phone number (0)94440-18270 or (0) 98807-32309
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Aanandaa Festival
The annual thematic music and dance festival in Bangalore, Aanandaa Festival will be on from Jan. 13 to 19, 2008.
The concerts will be held at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K. R. Road, Bangalore. There will be multimedia presentations on the theme of each days's concert.
The schedule of concerts is as followes:
Jan. 13 - 5 pm : Janani Iyer, Bharatanatyam followed by Mandolin concert by U. Srinivas. Theme: Compositions of Thyagaraja.
Jan. 14 at 10 am : Compositions of Mysore Vasudevachar - vocal concert by R. K. Srikantan.
At 6.30 pm : Compositions of Syama Sastri - vocal concert by Nithyasree Mahadevan.
Jan. 15 at 6.30 pm : Veena - Venu - Violin by H. K. venkataram, Ashwin Anand and G. Ravikiran featuring seven composers.
Jan. 16 at 6.30 pm - Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar - vocal concert by Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan.
Jan. 17 at 6.30 pm - Compositions of Purandara Dasa - vocal concert by Saralaya Sisters.
Jan. 18 at 6.30 pm - Compositions of Swati Tirunal - vocal concert by Malladi Brothers.
Jan. 19 at 5 pm Bharatanatyam ensemble by Mudrika Foundation choreographed by guru Minal Prabhu.
At 6.30 pm - Compositions of Muthuswamy Dikshitar - vocal concert by T. M. Krishna.
Admission to the concerts is free.
For more details, visit http://www.aanandaa.com or call 080 - 4128 9549
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