Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music
on Sep 18th, 2013 | 0 comments
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
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music
on Sep 18th, 2013 | 0 comments
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
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music
on Sep 18th, 2013 | 0 comments
Born in a musical family, of Mahalingam Pillai and Seethalakshmi Ammal at Thanjavur, Thanjavur M. Theagarajan inherited the expertise and legacy of his great grandfather (bharatanatyam) and grandfather (mridangam), who were both asthana vidwans at Baroda and his father, a leading mridanga vidwan. Theagarajan
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Guest Blog
on Aug 21st, 2013 | 0 comments
My understanding of online Carnatic music classes was that it is all about Skype. When I looked up the Kalpavriksha Online College of Arts site, I was in for a pleasant surprise. Here was one portal which has taken e-learning of performing arts, especially music to the next level. I was very impressed
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Guest Blog
on Aug 20th, 2013 | 0 comments
eAmbalam’s Online College of Music, Dance and Yoga, the world’s first online college of Indian classical music and dance with yoga said one listing on an internet search engine. When one types the phrase ‘Online Bharatanatyam classes’ into a search engine on the internet, it throws up some
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