43rd Annual Festival 2012
Culture A variety of performances and felicitations of stalwarts marked
the annual festival of music and dance.
The Visakha Music Academy's 43rd six-day annual festival of music and dance treated Vizag to a rich fare at Kalabharati. With seasoned artistes dishing out varied delights of classical music and dance, it was truly an extravaganza in classicism.
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The event commenced with a Carnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi by redoubtable Sriram Parasuram and Anooradha Sriram. It was an aural feast of exceptional relish ladling out the charms of both the styles.Kolanka Saikumar on violin, Sanatan Goswami on harmonium, P. Satish Kumar on mridangam, and Amit Bhushanon tabla lent commendable support. ClickFor Reviews Click for Photos |
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On the second day city-based violin maestro Mutnuri Srinivasa Narasimha Murthy, who was honoured with the academy's Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu award on this occasion. His music was rich in content and emotional in appeal.With his wife Pantula Ramaon supporting violin, he was at his evocative best all through. Redolent with sparkling classicism and a pure one at that, his RTP in raga Mohana testified his cascading manodharma.V.V. Ramanamurthy on mridangam and M Haribabuon ghatam lent good support.Click For Reviews Click for Photos |
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Chennai-based Gayathri Venkataraghavan's vocal concert on the third day was vibrant all through.Her full-throated singing was pleasant experience for the audience.Mysore Srikanthan on Violin, Manojsiva on Mridangam and KV Gopalakrishnanon KanjeeraClick For Reviews Click for Photos |
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On the fourth day Neyveli Santhana Gopalan was honoured with the academy's Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Puraskar. Santhana Gopalan sang with gusto so that his presentation of chosen items stood out for its aesthetic appeal. He was ably accompanied by MSN Murthy on violin, G Ganapathyraman on mridangam and Chandrasekhara Sarmaon Ghatam,ClickFor Reviews Click for Photos |
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Maestro Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna presented the Akademy's prestigious Natya Kala Sagara award to Bharatanatyam exponent Dr Saraswathi of Chennai.and felicitated her on a warm note.Chennai-based Aswani Viswanath and Narendra Kumar presented a scintillating Bharatanatyam performance taking up the compositions of Dr.Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna for the theme.ClickFor Reviews Click for Photos |
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On the sixth day, a lively 'Layaalayam' a percussion Ensemble by Vankayala Venkata Ramanamurthyand his team capped the event.ClickFor Reviews Click for Photos |
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