Ramaa

Sangeetha Sambhrama is holding a dance and music fest titled 'Nirantharam' at three venues in Bangalore with the inaugural at Ravindra Kalakshetra on Feb.21, events at Seva Sadan hall in Malleswaram from 22 to 25 and the finale at the famed Chowdiah Hall on Feb.26.

Harini and Mala Seetharaman are the convenors of this fest and P. Ramaa is the managinf trustee of the arts body.

Artistes like Anuradha Vikrant and choreographer Veena Murthy Vijay, Kadri Gopalnath and A. Kanyakumari, B. K. Chandramouli and the Mookambika Talavadya School, T. N. Seshagopalan, Surya Rao and Dr. Vasundhara Doraiswamy, Suma Sudhindra with P. Ramaa and flutist Raghunandan jamming with a few others for a tala vadya concert, and a finale starring the Hyderabad Brothers and dancer Aiswarya Venkatesh are listed to perform.

On the final evening, the state governor will confer a title on senior guru and vocalist Nagamani Srinath. He will also release 2 CDs on devotional music sung by Ramaa with music by Raghunandan.

Ramaa, who trained under gurus like Nagamani Srinath and R. K. Sriukantan is a 'A' grade artiste of AIR, also sings for senior dancers and runs the arts organisation in Malleswararam.

'Sangeetha Sambhrama' is based at Kasturidharma Apts, 8th Main, 9th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003. Phone - 2336 2525.
E-mail - pramaa_20@yahoo.com