Gone are the days when Carnatic music, Dance and other major art forms were offered as optional activities at Schools. Some forward looking schools are starting to include these art forms as part of their regular curriculum and this is a welcome change. Out of my personal experience of going [...]
To complement quality training in Indian classical performing arts training, especially, Karnatic Vocal and Bharathanatyam by leading performers and guidance by stalwarts, eAmbalam has a specialized wellness resource wing to cater to the students and performers of the artistic genres. Regular sessions are conducted with these specialists. Yoga at [...]
SaMaaGaMa 2013 was a great learning for all of us at eAmbalam. We were extremely satisfied that we got under privileged school children interact with stalwarts during workshops. Our efforts were also reinforced by the participation of some members of the community in workshops and concerts. A more wholehearted response [...]
SaMaaGaMa – Chennai’s first unique outdoor festival of FREE interactive workshops and performances is hosted annually by eAmbalam. We had two editions consecutively in the years 2011 & 2012.For all details of the resoundingly successful event, please visit www.samaagama.org In this season of Navarathri, dedicated to the energy of the [...]
Srujana says “I am pursuing my passion in Carnatic music since I was 8 years old. Currently, I am teaching and pursuing my degree in Carnatic music from Sri Tyagaraja College of Music & Dance, Ram Koti, Hyderabad. I am immensely proud of my parents who supported me to pursue [...]
Lakshminarayanan was a Karnatic musician from Thamizh Nadu and a student of the famous singer T.K.Rangachari. Inheriting truly the `paathaanthara’ and style of T.K.Rangachari, through `Gurukulavasam,’ Vairamangalam was also inspired and influenced by Ariyakkudi, GNB, Semmangudi and Rajarathnam Pillai. He was also motivated during his formative years by the classical tunes of M. K. Thyagaraja [...]
Pudukode Krishnamurthy is a disciple of Palakkad Rama Bhagavathar. He was a Karnatic musician and and spent a few years at Delhi during the 1940s where he taught music and performed for All India Radio. Krishnamurthy served as professor of music at various institutions such as Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palakkad, Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram Kalakshetra, Chennai. In 1978, Pudukode Krishnamurthy joined [...]
Prof. D Pasupathi (Former Principal, Sri Venkateswara College of Music, Tirupati and former Vice Principal, Kalakshetra) is a music composer without any sort of contemporary compromising attitude, and a musician who is not touched by the modern approach to Karnatic music. His long tutelage under experts such as Mysore Vasudhevachar and Papanasam [...]
VENKATESHACHAR (b. 1933) and SESHAGIRIACHAR (b. 1935 – 1985) The Bellary Brothers duo is Venkateshachar and Seshagiriachar. Their father Raghavendrachar hailed from a family of Pauranikas – discoursers on ancient spiritual lore. Raghavendrachar was a musician with pedagogic talents and was Music Teacher, Queen Mary’s College, Madras and was later [...]
Born at the sacred birth place of the Trinity, Thiruvarur, T.V.Namasivayam had his tutelage under his father Veedividangan Pillai, whose name will remind the reader of the Monument of Dhharma, Manu Needhi Cholan. Later he got specialized training under the Senior of the Madhurai Brothers and Thirupambaram Swaminathha Pillai, the [...]
