Upcoming Program

Date:

Saturday, June 20th 2009

Time:

2:00 PM to 3:45 PM

Location:

Sanathana Dharma Kendra

Address:

897 Kifer Road, Suite 1, (inside RTS Building Complex)
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Phone:

(408) 481-9242

Map :

Map of 897 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5205

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Junior Veena Concert:	2.00 PM - 2.45 PM	Ranjini Bhagavan (Veena) A. Mahadevan (Mridangam)
Junior Veena Concert:	3.00 PM - 3.45 PM	Usha Srinivasan (Veena) Sekhar Sarukkai (Mridangam)

Ranjini Bhagavan (Veena)

Ranjini Bhagavan is a student of Smt. Geetha Iyer, Geetha Vidyalaya music school in Fremont. Smt. Geetha Iyer graduated with a Master’s Degree in Carnatic Music under the guidance of Dr. K. Omanakutty (Kerala University) and Professor G. Seethalakshmi (Swati Tirunal Sangeeta Academy). Smt.Geetha Iyer has given several performances on All India Radio and Doordarshan, Trivandrum. Ranjini started learning the Veena under Smt. Gnanambal in Bangalore and continued under the tutelage of Sri M.V.Krishnamurthy. After moving to the Bay area, Ranjini has been receiving Veena and vocal lessons from Smt. Geetha Iyer.

A. Mahadevan (Mridangam)

A. Mahadevan has been involved in practicing and promoting Indian music and arts for the past several years. He has provided percussion accompaniment on Mridangam, Tabla, and Mohrsing for several concerts, musical events, and dance productions. He had his training in Mridangam under Sri. N. Narayanan, and he considers all great artists and vidwans as his Maanaseeka gurus. Mridangam Maestro Srimushnam Raja Rao introduced Mahadevan to the art of playing the Mohrsing. He has provided Mohrsing accompaniment for several leading artists including Sangeetha Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, Trichur V. Ramachandran, Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath, Vasundra Rajagopal, Rama Ravi, Aruna Sairam, and leading Bay Area artists.

In various capacities, Mahadevan has been a patron of the Bay Area community cultural organization, South India Fine Arts (SIFA) for several years, and was its President during the year 1992-93. In 2004, Mahadevan was awarded the title of "Kala Seva Mani" by the Bhairavi Fine Arts Society during the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aaraadana music festival.

Usha Srinivasan (Veena)

Usha learns the veena from renowned Bay Area musician, Sri Srikanth Chary. She was introduced to the veena back in the dark ages when she was a young schoolgirl. Her first teacher was, All India Radio artist, Smt V.B.Neela Rai. Usha also learned for a year from Sri Emani Sankara Sastry.

Sekhar Sarukkai (Mridangam)

Sekhar Sarukkai learnt the art of playing mrudangam from vidwan T.A.S. Mani in Bangalore and has accompanied a number of artists in India and the US. He is a successful serial entrepreneur who has been resident in the bay area for a number of years, and enjoys teaching South Indian percussion.

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