City Kemp News
Nadasurabhi Cultural Association is organising Karnataka Vaibhava Festival -2015 to highlight the contribution of Karnataka to Carnatic Music.
Day 1: Saturday, Aug 15 at 4.15 pm
Venue: The Indian Heritage Academy Hall, Near Police Station, 6th Block, Koramangala.
Concert in association with Suswaralaya College of Music, Jayanagar
Vidwans Heramba K S and Hemanta K S- Flute Duet
Vidwan Shankar Rajan -Violin, Vidwan R.Adamya -Mridangam, Vidwan Phanindra Bhaskara – Ghatam.
Hailing from the mystic Kodagu district of Karnataka and born in an intensely musical family, the young twins Heramba and Hemanta have been nurturing their musical talent from a very young age. They are learning flute from Guru Mysore AV Prakash. They are also under the tutelage of Neyveli Santhanagopalan.
Some of the awards and prizes won are: Yuva Prathibha Puraskaram; 1st Prize in National level flute competition-Rajasthan; CCRT National scholarship; Prathibakanshi – Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore;Yuvalalashree award.
Day 2: Sunday, August 16 at 4.15 pm
Venue: The Indian Heritage Academy Hall, Near Police Station, 6th Block, Koramangala.
Swaramurthy V N Rao Centenary Celebration: A Special Concert
Sangeetha Kalaratna Prof. Mysore V Subramanya, Senior Music and Dance Critic will be the chief guest.
Vidwan Vivek Sadasivam -Vocal
Vidwan R.Achyuta Rao -Violin; Vidwan B.S.Prashanth – Mridangam; Vidwan R Karthik – Khanjira
Vivek Sadasivam is from a family of musicians. He is a disciple of senior Vidwan R N Thyagarajan.
Some of the awards and prizes won are: Won Ananya Pratibhe Award for ‘Best Vocalist’ in a festival conducted by Ananya; M S Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music by Shanmukhananda Fine Arts, Mumbai; Finalist of SPICMACAY ’NaadBhed’ competition in November 2013; Won AIR competition (Boy’s category) in 2009 and consequently became ‘B’ grade artist at AIR, Bangalore. Currently a ‘B high’ graded artiste; Awarded the title ‘Nadakishora’ by NadaBrahma Sangeetha Sabha, Mysore.
