Sampradaya 2009

It is here!!!!
A day long musical feast dedicated to the compositions of Muthuswami Dikshitar featuring eminent musical personalities including MS Sheela, RK Padmanabha, TS Sathyavathi and others.
The day would begin at 9 am with a group rendition of Dikshitar's Nottu Swara compositions led by eminent Guru Smt Rupa Sridhar and her disciples. It would be followed by group rendition of Dikshitar kritis by prominent musicians such as MS Sheela, RK Padmanabha and TS Sathyavathi.
There would also be two lecture demonstrations on the Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini by V Sriram and Prof RS Jayalakshmi.
The day would come to an end with a concert by TM Krishna and party.
Please find the invite below.
It would be an honour if rasikas and students attend this event and contribute towards its success!!!

Results of Dikshitar Kritis Competition

Here are the winners of Dikshitar Kritis competition:

Srinidhi Koushik - 1st place

Thanmayee Krishnamurthy - 2nd place

Sridevi Koushik - 3rd place

The following participants receive merit certificates for their promising performance:

Anjali Sriram

M A Madhuvanthi

Sanjay Nag B R

Nandhitha U N

Anjana P Rao

Sushma Sharma

Arun Nayak

Padmashri M Rao

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Prizes and certificates will be given away at Sampradaya festival on 10 May 2009. Winners will be contacted with details. 

Thanks to all participants for the co-operation. Hope to see you all at Sampradaya 09! 

Overwhelming Response - Entries Closed

There has been a tremendous response for the competition.
The number of entries has far exceeded our expectations!!!!
Due to this overwhelming response, only entries received upto (and including) 15th April 2009 would be considered.
If your entry was accepted you would have got a response to your email from the Sampradaya Team. In case you have not got a reply, it implies that your entry has not been accepted - the only reason being that it was received after April 15th which was the last date advertised.
Watch this space for updates on the timings and rules and regulations...

Clarifications about the Competition

There have been a few queries about the competition.
Here are a few clarifications:

• There would be no accompanists required.
  
• There would be an electronic tambura present at the venue for the convenience of all participants.
• The maximum time per candidate is 15 minutes depending on the discretion of the judges.

Dikshitar Kritis Competition

As part of Sampradaya, we are conducting a competition of Muthuswami Dikshitar's kritis.
The details and rules are below:

• Participants must be less than (or equal) to 30 years of age
• Each participant must send a list of five Dikshitar kritis.
• Participants must be able to sing alapana, neraval and swarams in each of the kritis listed by them.
• Each participant may be given approximately 15 minutes depending on the discretion of the judges.
• There would be a preliminary round on April 26th (Sunday) at the Ananya Sabhangana, Ananya, 4th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore.
  
• Based on the discretion of the Judges, selected candidates would be shortlisted for the finals. The date for the finals would be announced later.
• Participants must send in their list of kritis along with their full name, postal address and email address to this email address: ananya.sampradaya@gmail.com
• Last date for sending in your applications is April 15th, 2009.
• The decision of the Judges would be final and binding on all participants.

Please reply to this blog post or email us for any doubts or clarifications.

Coordinators,
Ananya Sampradaya.

Ravi Kiran
Srimatha

Tentative Schedule - Sampradaya 2009

Tentative Schedule for Sampradaya
Date: May 10th, 2009, Sunday
Venue: Bangalore Gayana Samaja

1. 9 am - Inauguration
2. 9:30 am - Nottu Swaras by Children
3. 10:15 am - Smt MS Sheela & disciples
4. 11:15 am - Talk by Sri V Sriram on the writing of the SSP
5. 12:15 pm - Sri RK Padmanabha & disciples
   
6. 1 pm - Lunch Break
7. 2 pm - Youth Group
   
8. 3 pm - Talk by Smt RS Jayalakshmi on Gamakas in the SSP
9. 4 pm - Smt TS Sathyavathi & disciples
   
10. 5 pm - Concert by Competition Prize Winner 1
11. 5:45 pm - Concert by Competition Prize Winner 2
12. 6:30 pm - Sri TM Krishna & party

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Ananya Sampradaya 2009

Sampradaya is a unique festival being organised by Ananya on May 10th 2009 at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja.
The theme of the festival this year is the magnum opus Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini with specific focus on compositions of Muthuswami Dikshitar.
The Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini is one of the most relevant musical texts of the 20th century authored by Subbarama Dikshitar who was the grandson of Baluswami Dikshitar, the brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar. It was a mammoth effort first published in Telugu in 1905, comprising around 225 kritis of Muthuswami Dikshitar along with compositions of other composers such as Thyagaraja, Shyama Shastry, Krishnaswamy Ayya, etc.
The significance of the Pradarshini lies in the fact that it is one of the very few musical texts laying great emphasis on the practical aspects of music such as gamakas. It contains one of the most comprehensive and practical demonstrations of the various types of gamakas used in carnatic music.
Ananya undertook the daunting task of translating this text into Kannada under the able authorship of Sri Anandarama Udupa with editorial inputs from Late Sri S K Ramachandra Rao.
Ananya Sampradaya 2009 is a day long musical festival intended to celebrate this monumental occassion. There are various events planned for the day - including group singing of Dikshitar's composiitons, quiz contests, multimedia presentations, etc.
Watch this space for more info.....