First Keyboard performance at Sunday Kutcheri

The April edition of Sunday Kutcheri saw a key board performance for the first time.

Mahathi Kishore, a 5th Standard student in DAV Girls Senior Secondary School, Gopalapuram, presented a carnatic music performance on the keyboard on Sunday morning (6th April 2008). Mahathi has been learning to play the keyboard for the last 3 years. Her present guru in Carnatic keyboard is Mr. Martin.

She was accompanied on the Ghatam by Sri Ammangudi S Ramanarayan, a disciple of Sri Umayalapuram Sri. K. Sivaraman and on the Mridangam by Sri Madurai D Sundar, a disciple of Sri Umayalapuram Sri. K. Sivaraman.

S. Sivakumar, VP, Sundaram Finance presenting certificate and mementos to Mahitha Kishore.

Musical morning at Nageswara Rao Park

Ghatam Suresh's troupe perform at the Sunday Kutcheri
Walkers at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore, Madras had an enjoyable musical morning at on Sunday (5th March 2007). This time, in addition to the "dawn chorus" with which birds greet us every new day, they had the sweet carnatic music performance of 15 young children, belonging to Ghatam Suresh's troupe 'Sankruthi', to experience and applaud.

These talented artistes were accompanied by Sri Sankarnarayanan on the flute, Sri Sikkil Balu on the violin, Sri Kalyanaraman on the mridangam, Master Krishna and Master Prashanth on the Ghatam, Sri Muralidharan on the Congo and Sri Satyaraj on the keyboard.

Deccan Chronicle on Sunday Kutcheri

Senior Journalist, Chitra Mahesh, from the Chennai Chronicle makes an early morning trip to the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore to review the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park.

It turns out to be a rainy morning with the artiste performing in the drizzle.

Anjana and Saagarika at the mikeless Sunday Kutcheri

The first Sunday of February 2008 saw two 15 year olds, from two different schools, come together to present a vocal carnatic music performance. V. Anjana, studying in P S Senior Sec School, Mylapore and Saagarika Sridhar, studying in The Ashram School, performed at mikeless Sunday Kutcheri organized by Sundaram Finance at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.

Anjana and Saagarika have been learning music from Guru Prema Rangarajan.

They were accompanied on the Violin by Anupama Shankar and on the Mridangam by Kaushik Rajagopal.

T. T. Srinivasaraghavan, Managing Director, Sundaram Finance Ltd., was present on the occasion and presented certificates and mementos to the performing artistes.