For the second year in a row, the Chennai chapter of the IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) has organised an online Navaratri celebration with a program each of the nine evenings of the festival. The first day will showcase the star of the series in the headliner event – a…
“We only hope that… art doesn’t suffer. We don’t want to lose good artistes or good art because of these concerns.” – Amritha Murali Kum. Amritha Murali‘s high technical competency in the art form is blanketed with life and soul. She says that though uncertainty is an indelible facet of…
“Her music is full of gnanam and sukha-bhavam. The high level of technical competency in her singing is most aesthetically presented,” says Bombay Jayashri. Doyen vocalist, and sought-after expert and teacher, Suguna Varadachari states, “Regardless of the ragam or the kalapramanam, she sings beautifully. It is only when songs are…
Anirudh Athreya, kanjira exponent, elicits copious appreciative comment from fellow artistes. Senior mridangam vidwan K. Arunprakash says, “He is a genuine team player, knowing how to enhance each of the other artistes on stage.” Vocalist and violinist Amritha Murali notes, “His sense of aesthetics, care and sensitivity towards his own…