Ajay presents Sunday Kutcheri

14year old Ajay Parameshwaran, a class 9 student of Vidya Mandir, presented a lively Mikeless Kutcheri this Sunday morning (6 April) at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.

Ajay, who is learning music from Guru Smt. Jayasree Jayaraaj, was accompanied on the Mridangam by R. Kishore and on the Violin by Parur Ananthalakshmi. Ajay’s compositions included Mahaganapthim (Naattai), Swaminathena (Brindavana Saranga), Mani Uoopura Dhari ( Neelambari)and Jaalandhara (Valajji). The idea behind the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park is to promote young musical talent aged below 15years and to provide them with a launch pad. The focus has been on developing this as a platform for young ‘unsung’ children and to help them shed their inhibitions and give them the confidence to move up to the next level. Started in February 2006, over 850 children have presented Kutcheri in the Park in the last eight years. Mikes and Speakers are not used in the Sunday Kutcheri as the belief has been that it would bring out the best in the children if they performed without the help of mikes and speakers. Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes. To register for the audition: email sundaykutcheri@gmail.com