This time the eminent dance gurus have gathered together to pay their tributes to the veteran vioinist Lalgudi Jayaraman - as a composer. His compositions are sung on the music concert platforms. They suit to the dance performances as well.
Lalgudi, as he is popularly called by his fans, is well known for his varnams and tillanas. His operatic ballet 'Jaya Jaya Devi' is unique in so far as it is a composition completely from lyrics to music, by the composer himself. It was performed all over USA and Canada under the auspices of the Cleveland Cultural Alliance and in several cities in India.
Lalgudi Jayaraman recently won a national award as a music composer for the film 'Shringaram'.
Eminent dance gurus are coming together to perform 'Lalgudi Margam' on October 22, 2007. At the Music Academy, Chennai.
It has been called 'Lalgudi Margam', because the compositions being featured on this evening run the gamut from Pushpanjali to Thillana - all compositions of Shri.Lalgudi Jayaraman.
The Gurus / Schools who are offering this tribute are (in the order of their presentation that evening), The Narasimhacharis, Professor Sudha Rani Raghupathi's 'Shree Bharatalaya', Smt.Chitra Visweswaran's 'Chidambaram', Smt.Rhadha's 'Pushpanjali', The Dhananjayans and Kalakshetra, Chennai.
The event is organised by Tamil Maiyam, a non-profit organisation based in Mylapore, Chennai.
Invitations can be collected from Tamil Maiyam office no.68, I Floor, Luz Church Road, (Opp. Rangachari Cloth Store), Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004, Tel.: 24994344
This time the eminent dance gurus have gathered together to pay their tributes to the veteran vioinist Lalgudi Jayaraman - as a composer. His compositions are sung on the music concert platforms. They suit to the dance performances as well.
