When two or more veena players get together to present a kutcheri, and when they use the arrangement to their advantage, the concert becomes a pleasant exercise.  Iyer Brothers, Ramnath and Gopinath, presented a well-planned concert at Kartik Fine Arts’ Margazhi festival 2024. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M The Iyer Brothers — Ramnath Iyer and Gopinath Iyer — excelled in planning and presentation at their recent concert for Kartik Fine Arts. They were accompanied by Chidambaram S.

Vocalist C.V.P Sastry with K.V. Krishna (violin), Burra Sriram (mridangam) and Sainath (ghatam) performing at Raga Sudha hall, Chennai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran On the occasion of vidwan M. Balamuralikrishna’s 93rd birth anniversary, Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha organised a concert by Chivukula Venkata Pery Sastry. The concert particularly showcased Balamuralikrishna’s contributions as a prolific modern-day composer. Beginning with a bright well-paced rendering

At a recent festival, Mudhra featured some young artistes, who presented Tamil compositions. Akshay Padmanabhan, along with his team of musicians comprising Chidambaram Badrinath on the violin, N.C. Bharadwaj on the mridangam and Venkatramanan on the kanjira took up a diverse set of songs that encompassed a wide range of Tamil composers across time periods — starting with Kulashekara Azhwar and Kambar to vaggeyakaras like Prof. T.R. Subramaniam.  Akshay Padmanabhan with Chida