Carnatic music lessons dvd
Radhakrishna has teamed up with the cream of Carnatic musicians, notably Dr.N.Ramani, T.V.Gopalakrishnan, T.K.Govindarao, T.N.Seshagopalan, O.S.Thiagarajan, Ravikiran, Kadri Gopalnath, etc. Radhakrishna holds Master’s Degree in Indian music with distinction. Later violin maestro, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri M.Chandrasekaran groomed him, honing his concert skills. Violin virtuoso Sri M.N.Ganesa Pillai took Radhakrishna under his wing for over a decade. Anandamani and simultaneously trained under Neyveli S.Vimala for violin. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013Admission:īorn in Andhra Pradesh and raised in Neyveli, Radhakrishna began his vocal stream of musical education at the age of eight under Sri C.S. Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. This I believe is my humble contribution to the World of Carnatic music, the music fraternity at large and World of Rhythm.Octo5 Comments Music Festival of India – Swarsudha – A Hindustani and Carnatic Music Jugalbandi This concert is in part sponsered by Texas Instruments, Inc. Khanthan and many other well wishers who helped me in getting this vision of mine off-the-ground. Sudhakar, my disciples who have worked on this project diligently, musicians who participated in the project - Sri. I would like to thank the Swathi team K.S. I have also agreed to present an unique concert during the launch where I present the art of mridangam playing for Namasankeerthanam, Harikatha, Carnatic music, Bharatanatyam, use of mridangam techniques in western drums and finally am playing with Roland Rhythm box, which is a road to perfect the art of playing the mridangam with a machine. You are most welcome to attend this event if you are in Chennai for the season. The launch of the DVD is being held at the Music Academy on Dec 8th 2008 and it's one of the most fulfilling moments of my career. I believe I have included in these DVDs almost everything that I have learnt from my great masters who I have seen, learnt and experienced all through my career over the last 60 years. I have broken it into 4 levels - Level1 - Beginner's guide, Level 2 - Advanced exercises and techniques for proficiency, Level 3 - Gaining expertise for solo renditions, Level 4 - Road to success in concerts( Vocal & instrumental music).
This project called Mridanga Cintamanih( A treasure trove of Rhythmic Lessons) is over 22 Hrs long! It has been captured in 7 DVDs. The editing in the studio of all the relevant portions that subsequently we did, was indeed a brilliant team work.The rain in Chennai over the last 15 days did not stop us from working 24x7 in getting this project right in time for the 2008 music season. We almost recorded for over 120 hours, day and night, with technicians, my disciples and the director S.B. We started with putting down in paper every aspect that everybody needed to know - right from basic lessons to accompaniment to concerts. It's been a mega project as I wanted to cover all aspects of mridangam techniques and playing. Very recently, the opportunity presented itself and I agreed to do a project with Swathi Soft Solutions. It is with this objective and intent, I have been waiting for the right opportunity to create learning DVDs. I strongly felt they have to see and learn, rather than just hear or read from books.
I have always felt the audio medium( normal music CDs) is necessarily not the best suited for this, for the simple reason that unlike vocal music, the students of mridangam have to see and understand fingering techniques which is a very key aspect of perfecting the art of mridangam playing. It's been my long cherished dream to share the nuances of mridangam playing and techniques that I had learnt from the great masters to the future generation.