The Music Academy will host its 78th annual music conference and festival from December 19, 2004 to January 4, 2005. The 'Sadas' will be held on January 4.
The title of 'Sangita Kalanidhi' will be conferred on senior mridangist Vellore G. Ramabhadran.
The 'Sangita Kalacharya' will be awarded to vocalist Rukmani Rajagopalan and Bharatanatyam dance guru V.P. Dhananjayan. The T.T.K. award will be presented to jalatarangam artiste Anayampatti S. Ganesan and Mumbai based vocalist Balamani.
The festival will be inaugurated by Justice K.S. Bakthavatsalam, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai.
The inaugural dance concert features Aishwarya Nityanand of Bangalore. Aishwarya, a disciple of Bangalore based Radha Sridhar, was the winner at the Spirit of Youth festival 2003, of The Music Academy.
The music conference, featuring lec-dems will be held from Dec. 20.
The 16-day fest will feature a daylong programme, as in the previous years, from 8 am to 9 pm daily.
The concert schedule of The Music Academy will be up on this website soon. Keep a tab here.
Madras High Court allows Committee of The Music Academy to function
(dated December 16, 11am IST)
The Music Academy's fest is being held following the Madras High Court's order, which has allowed The Music Academy's Executive committee to continue with its functions.
Chief Justice Markandey Katju and Justice N.V. Balasubramaniam passed interim orders on a writ appeal from the Academy, on Dec. 14.
Accordingly, the Executive Committee of The Music Academy can continue to manage its affairs.
(Earlier, the District Registrar of Societies (Central) had ruled that The Music Academy's executive committee cease functioning as it lacked legal sanctity. Last year, the Madras High Court allowed the functioning of the excecutive committee only to hold the music festival. And the committee elected in June 2001 ceased to exist from June 2004).
Contact, The Music Academy at Ph: 28112231 / 28115162.
