Kicks off the 14th Year of Mikeless Kutcheri at Nageswara Rao Park
14 year old Manaswini
Sathyanarayanan, student of Smt. Neeraja Badrinath presented a lively Mikeless
Kutcheri on Sunday (Feb 3) morning between 7am and 8am at the chess square of
the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore. The Kutcheri marked the beginning of
the 14th year of the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park.
Accompanied on the Violin by Parur Ananthalakshmi and on
the Mirudangam by Punnur T. R. Arvind Kaushik, Manaswini presented
compositions that included Muthuswami
Dikshitar’s Ekambresa Nayike (Karnatika Suddha Saveri/Adi), Arunachala
Nadham (Saranga / Rupakam) and Gopika Manoharam (Mohanam/ Adi), Thyagarajar’s
Makelara (Ravichandrika/ Deshadi) and Sri Arunagirinaathar’s Muthai Tharu (Thiruppugazh/
Shanmugapriya).
Launched in February 2006, the idea of the Sunday
Kutcheri in the Park, that takes place on the first Sunday of every month, is
to provide opportunities to young budding talent aged below 15 years to present
in front of an informal park audience amidst chirping birds and falling leaves.
Mikes and speakers are not used at the Kutcheri in the Park. Over 1300 children
have been part of the Kutcheri in the Park series.
Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the
artistes to present the Mikeless Kutcheri. For details, email: sundaykutcheri@sundaramfinance.in
