Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A song in age of three !!



Tirujnana Sambandhar composed his first song in age three !!

listen to the song thodudaiya sevian ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OT2RCgAvVA&feature=related


Sambandar is one of the 63 Nayanmar, 'heroes', who were active between the 7th and 13th centuries in south India. They left an extensive body of poetic work in Tamil which made a major contribution to the popularisation of Hinduism.

According to the legend, the saint Sambandar lived in the 8th century in the small town of Sirkali, in the very south of India. It is told that he already met Shiva in his childhood. Sambandar is said to have received the gift of seeing Shiva with his own eyes and composing hymns in his honour. With Shiva's help, he also performed many miracles.

Sambandar's hymns are testimony to profound piety. He venerated Shiva and his female companions with limitless devotion. Sambandar lost himself to Shiva, for Shiva had stolen his heart. At one moment Sambandar could be shaken with fear, at the next in deep ecstasy. He trembled and cried, danced and sang. Such intensely emotional religious devotion is what gives this poet his mystical quality.

Sambandar's hymns are sung to this day in all the Shaivite temples of south India. They were incorporated into the standard temple liturgy. Through his songs, Sambandar connects people and gods beyond the borders of time and place.



Monday, January 9, 2012

A R Rahman or ABDUL RAHMAN









A R Rahman introduced as Abdul Rahman

please visit the link

A very rare interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1STKiZnB_Ps&feature=related

NAADAvidyaaLAYAM this month's programme


Let’s keep our Music alive

NAADAvidyaaLAYAM

SangeethaSatsangam,the musical get together

on all second Saturdays

Programme schedule of this month

On 14th January 2012@4.30pm to 8.30pm

Venue: Tanjavur Ammaveed(Mithranikethan City Centre),

Gate next to Arumana Hospital, West Fort,

Thiruvananthapuram

Sessions:

1 : Abhyasam- Practice (SwaraSadhakam)
2 : Anubhavam- Carnatic Music Concert
(Veena)

3.SahaBhojanam- Light refreshment
4 : Abhyasanam- Demonstration
5 : AnuSandhaanam - Follow-up discussion and interaction

Theme of the month:

Discovering the moods of Hindustani Ragas in Carnatic Music

Musician: Veena Maestro Sri. Ananthapadmanabhan

Mridangam : Sri.Mavelikkara Rajeev

Ghatam : Adichallur അനില്‍കുമാര്‍


Participation is free.

You are cordially invited. Sharp time schedule will be followed . So we request you to reach before time to avoid missing of celestial moods.

For Details contact : 9447374646

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Believe it or not !!!!!!! Amazing !!!!


Ustad Salamat Ali khan in his 10 with his father!!! Amazing !!!!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzmWskePHLM&feature=related




Born in1934, in the heartland of Punjab at Shamchaurasi, district Hoshiarpur, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan belonged to a family of traditional musicians representing the Shamchaurasi gharana. It is claimed that the gharana was founded in the 16th century by Mian Chand Khan and Mian Suraj Khan who were contemporaries of Mian Tansen at the court of Mughal emperor Akbar. Prior to the emergence of Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan as exponents of khayal, the gharana specialised in the dhrupad form of singing and was particularly renowned for its tradition of duet performances known as jugalbandi. Mian Karim Bukhsh Majzoob, Ustad Ahmed Ali Khan, Ustad Niaz Hussain Shami, and Salamat Ali Khan’s father Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan were some of the illustrious members of the Shamchaurasi gharana.