Varsha presents Sunday Kutcheri

As part of the monthly Sunday Kutcheri in the Park organised by Sundaram Finance, 14year old Varsha, a class X student of Chettinad Vidyashram, presented a lively vocal carnatic music performance this morning at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore. No mikes and speakers were used at the kutcheri. Varsha is learning music from Guru Mrs. Vasanthi Ravi.

Varsha presented compositions that included Oothukaadu Venkata Subbaiyar’s Sri Vignarajam Bhajae (Gambeera Nattai), Sri Muthuswamy Dikshithar’s Sri Kamakshi (Vasantha) and Kailasana Dhaena (Kambhoji), Thyagarajar’s Vasudevayani (Kalyani) and Jootha Murarae (Aarabhi), Papanasam Sivam’s Venkata Ramana (Lathangi) and Barathiyar’s Vande Maatharam (Ragamalika). Varsha was accompanied on the Violin by Parur Ananthalakshmi (Disciple of Parur M.S. Anatharaman) and on the Mirudangam by Master S.Sashank (Student of EVL Muthukumaran, disciple of Guru. Karaikudi Mani). S Ravindran, Sr. VP, Sundaram Finance was present on the occasion and presented certificates and mementos to the artistes.

Organised on the first Sunday of every morning between 7am and 8am, the idea behind the Kutcheri in the Park concept is to promote young musical talent aged below 15 years and to provide a launch pad for them. The focus of the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park has been on developing this as a platform for young ‘unsung’ children. Over 900 children have presented Kutcheri in the Park since the launch in February 2006. Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes for the monthly kutcheri. To register for the audition: email sundaykutcheri@sundaramfinance.in

Maithreyi presents Sunday Kutcheri

As part of the monthly Sunday Kutcheri in the Park organised by Sundaram Finance, 14year old Maithreyi presented a lively mikeless kutcheri this morning at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore. Maithreyi is learning music from Dr. Chitra Madhavan.

Accompanied on the Violin by S. Vignesh (Guru: Sri S Nagarajan) and on the Mridangam by Hari Vishwanathan (Guru: Ms Narmada Gopalakrishnan), Maithreyi presented compositions that included Thyagarajar’s Sri Ganapathinee ( Sourashtram/Adi) and Guru Leka ( Gowri Manohari/ Kanda Chapu), Muthuswamy Dikshithar’s Shankaram Abhirami ( Kamala Manohari / Roopakam) and Swarna Venkatesa Dikshithar’s Nee Inri (Ananda Bhairavi/Adi), Manila Meedhinil (Desh /Adi) and Ellorum Sugamai ( Madhyamavathi / Adi). P Viswanathan, Company Secretary, Sundaram Finance was present on the occasion and presented certificates and mementos to the artistes.

Organised on the first Sunday of every morning between 7am and 8am, the idea behind the Kutcheri in the Park concept is to promote young musical talent aged below 15 years and to provide a launch pad for them. The focus has been on developing this as a platform for young ‘unsung’ children. No mikes and speakers are used at the Kutcheri. Over 900 children have presented Kutcheri in the Park since its launch in February 2006. Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes for the monthly kutcheri. To register for the audition: email sundaykutcheri@sundaramfinance.in

Times of India features Sunday Kutcheri in the Park

Sunday Kutcheri in the Park enters 10th Year

The monthly Sunday Kutcheri in the Park organised by Sundaram Finance on the first Sunday of every month has entered the 10th Year. The idea behind the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park launched in February 2006 was to promote young musical talent aged below 15 years and to provide them with a launch pad. The focus has been on developing this as a platform for young ‘unsung’ children. To kick off the 10th year of the Kutcheri in the Park, 8 children aged below 15years from ‘Veenavadhini Sangita Sampradaya Trust’ presented a Group Mikeless Kutcheri on Sunday (Feb 1) morning at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.

The students are learning music from Sri. Jeyaraaj Krishnan & Smt Jayasri Jeyaraaj Krishnan, disciples of Late Sri. Anantharama Iyer & Sel. Champakavalli who are from the Sishya Parampara of Muthuswamy Dikshithar.

Accompanied on the Veena by H R Meenakshi, on the Violin by T V Sukanya and on the Mridangam by R Pranav, the students presented compositions that included Sree Guruguha ( Devakriya / Rupakam), Sree Ranganathan ( Poorna Chandrika / Adi), Maragadha Lingam ( Vasantha / Adi), Marukelara (Jayathasri / Adi) and Saroja Dala Nethri ( Sankarabaranam/ Adi). Present Nottu Swaram The students also presented ‘Nottu Swaram’, a master piece by Muthuswamy Dikshihar composed with Sanskrit Lyrics to Western melodies with the pitch intervals corresponding to that of the Sankarabaranam Ragam and a peppy Thalam.

K. Sankara Kumar, VP, Sundaram Finance presented certificates and mementos to the artistes. No mikes and speakers are used at the Kutcheri. Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes for the monthly kutcheri. To register for the audition: email sundaykutcheri@sundaramfinance.in

Sriranjani presents Mylapore Festival Kutcheri

As part of day 3 of the Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival 2015, Sriranjani Darbha (Guru: Smt Suguna Varadachari) presented a mikeless Kutcheri on Saturday morning at the Nageswara Rao Park.

Sriranjani presented songs that included Muthuswamy Dikshithar’s Sri Mathrubhootham ( Kannada/Misra Chapu), Thyagaraja’s Pattividu Varadu ( Manjari/ Adi) and Jayadeva Ashtapadhi’s Rathi Sukha Sare ( Desh/Adi)

carnatica gurukulam students present kutcheri in the park

Around 15 students of Carnatica Gurukulam (Guru: Smt Neeraja Badrinath) present the kutcheri in the park on the 2nd morning of the four day Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival 2015.

The children presented songs that included Namam Nalla Namam (Valaji), Sundara Moorthy (Amirthavarshini), Pooraya Mama Kamam (Bilahari) and Oruthi Maganai (Behag) TK Seshadri was present on the occasion and handed over certificates to the artistes.

Mikeless Kutcheri kicks off 13th Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival

17children present Thyagaraja’s Pancha Ratna Krithis

17 students of Ganamrudha Music School (Guru: Dr. Chitra Madhavan) kicked off the 13th Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival with a lively Group Kutcheri this morning at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore in front of a big crowd comprising of music connoisseurs and morning walkers. As a dedication to Sri Thyagaraja, the children presented Pancha Ratna Krithis that included Jagada Nanda Karaka (Nattai/Aadi), Dudu Kugula Nanne (Gowla / Aadi) and Kanaka Naruchira (Varali / Aadi). TT Srinivasaraghavan, MD, Sundaram Finance was present on the occasion and handed over the certificates and mementos to the artistes.