Johnny's Midnight goggles- A one -man operatic thriller

From Opera-Midnight Goggles

Mathew Sharp in "Johnny's Midnight Goggles" directed by Pete Wyer. At Vylopilli. Organised by British Council.

Nadaswaram Maestroes

From Drop Box

A function was organised at the Mascot Hotel to launch a website on the legendary Ambalapuzha brothers. (www.ambalapuzhabrothers.org). State Education Minister, MA Baby, Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Nedumudi Venu and other dignitaries were present. The function was followed by Nagaswaram recital by Thiruvizha Jayashankar.

Seetha Rajan at Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2010

From Sangeethotsavam2010

For a scholarly review of the concert please click here

Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna at Swati Sangeethotsavam 2010

From Sangeethotsavam2010

Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna, Mahadeva Sarma- violin, Dr.Babu -Mridangam, Udupi Srikanth- Ganjira, Dr.S.Karthick-Ghatam, Sai Subramaniam - morsing

Balasai flute at Sangeethothsavam

2nd Day of Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2010

From Sangeethotsavam2010

Balasai -flute, Sundaresan, violin, Mannargudi Easwar, Mridangam, Vaikkon Gopalakrishnan -ghatam, Payyanur govindaprasad - Morsing

Odissi by Nrityagram

From Odissi

The Soorya Festival moved into the penultimate module - Odissi Festival, which opened with a brilliant performance by Nrityagram, Bengaluru.
The piece de resistance was of course, the 'Ardhanareeswara'.

It was held at the Municipal 'Auditorium' . This was just a hall with a stage and some chairs thrown in. The ambience didn't do justice to the exquisite performance by the troupe. The loud cricket commentary from a TV in the next room and a sputtering power supply did not help either. This event was originally scheduled to be held at the Music College, Thycaud, which was a much viewer-friendly venue. Wonder why Soorya changed to this venue!

Sanjay Subramaniam at Swati Sangeethotsavam 2010 at Kuthiramalika

The Swati Sangeethotsavam 2010 got off to a fine start at the Kuthiramalika palace grounds in Trivandrum today. (6th Jan 2010). According to Prince Aswathi Rama Varma, the New Year for the Music Lovers of Trivandrum starts on 6th January with the Sangeethotsavam.

From Sangeethotsavam2010

Nishagandhi Festival 2010

The Nishagandhi Festival at the Open air auditorium in the Kanakakunnu Palace complex, will be inaugurated on Wednesday, 20th January. This year's programme includes, Kathak, Manipuri, Odissi, Bharathanatyam (by Alarmel Valli), Hindustani Jugalbandhi (Ustan Dilshad Khan and Begum Parveen Sultana) and Carnatic Percussion ensemble. The programme arranged by the Department of Tourism, Govt. of Kerala concludes on 26th January.

Some images from last year's Nishagandhi Festival can be seen by clicking here.

From Nishagandhi2009

Jugalbandhi

The Vyalopilli Samskrithi Bhavan in Nanthancode provides varied fare every month. The January programmes started with a Jugalbandhi - Maya Varma on Veena and Murali Menon on Sitar.