We are pleased to open the registration for Tyagaraja Aradhana 2013. Please read participation guidelines for complete details of categories, repeat performance and fees.
When : Saturday, 16th March 2013
Where: Hindu Center of Virginia, 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Time : 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Richmond Rasikas is proud to present the carnatic vocal concert of Sri. Bharat Sundar
on Sunday, November 4th at the Hindu Center of Virginia. The concert
is scheduled to start at 3.30 PM. Sri Bharat Sundar will be
accompanied bySri. B.U. Ganesh Prasad on the violin and Sri. Trivandrum V. Balaji on the mridangam.
Artist Bio: Sri. Bharat Sundar began his musical journey at the age of 6 under Smt. Gayathri Mahesh, a senior disciple of Sri. O.S. Thiagarajan. Under her rigorous coaching, he mastered the fundamentals and proceeded to become a disciple of Smt. Leelavathi Gopalakrishnan, a Vidushi disciple of Sri. T.S.Balu who is a direct disciple of none other than Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. G.N. Balasubramanian. Bharat Sundar won 1st prize in the All India Radio carnatic music competition held in 2006 and was recognized as a 'B' grade artist. He came under media spotlight when he won the popular Jaya TV Carnatic Idol competition in 2010 and has since grown a lot in popularity and is today a highly sought-after carnatic musician.
When:
Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Where:
Hindu Center of VA
6051 Springfield Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
For Tickets :
Call 804-372-7457 (or)
Email - richmondrasikas@gmail.com
The 2012 Great Composers Day schedule has been published. Please click on the link provided below to make a note of your allotted time window. We recommend that you arrive 1 hour before your time window begins to complete registration and particpation fee payment.
Event Schedule
Good luck to all of you and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday,October 13, 2012 at the Hindu Center of Virginia.
We are pleased to open the registration for Great Composers Day 2012. Please read participation guidelines for complete details of categories, repeat performance and fees.
When : Saturday, 13th October 2012
Where: Hindu Center of Virginia, 6051 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Time : 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM
Richmond Rasikas is proud to present the carnatic vocal concert of Sri. O.S. Thyagarajan on Friday, September 21st at the Hindu Center of Virginia. The concert is scheduled to start at 7.00 PM. Sri O.S. Thyagaran will be accompanied by Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan on the violin and Sri. Arjun Raghavan on the mridangam.
Sri O.S.Thyagarajan – the name says it all!! This great musician is a
classicist of traditional outfit who paints in glorious colours the fine
shades of raga, krithi and swara in his numerous concerts. He had his
earlier training under his father Sangeetha Bhooshanam O.V.Subramanian,
Padma Bhushan Lalgudi G. Jayaraman and Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.M.
Thyagarajan. An ‘A- Top’ graded artist of the All India Radio and of
Doordarshan, he has been giving a large number of concerts well
appreciated and relished. The Titles won by him are “Sangeetha
Choodamani” (Sri Krishna Gana Sabha), Sangeetha Kala Sagara
(Kalasagaram, Hyderabad), “Nada Gana Kala Praveena”, “Sangeetha
Samrajya” Madurai, “Nadha Booshanam” Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, and
New Delhi.
When:
Friday, September 21, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where:
Hindu Center of VA
6051 Springfield Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
For Tickets :
Call (804)372-7457(or)
Email - richmondrasikas@gmail.com
If you would like to know more about O.S Thyagarajan, please visit the following website:
Richmond Rasikas is proud to announce a Carnatic Nadhaswaram Concert concert by Shri S. Kasim & Shri. S. Babu, as part of their 2012 Spring Concert Series. The Nadhaswaram, is one of the most popular classical musical instruments in the South Indian culture and the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument. It is a wind instrument similar to the North Indian shehnai but larger, with a hardwood body and a large flaring bell made of wood or metal.
In South Indian Hindu culture, the nadhaswaram is considered to be very auspicious, and it is a key musical instrument played in almost all Hindu weddings and temples of the South Indian tradition. It is part of the family of instruments known as a Mangala Vadya (lit. mangala : auspicious, vadya:instrument). The instrument is usually played in pairs, and accompanied by a pair of drums called thavil.
When:
Sunday, May 20 th, 2012 at 3:00p.m
Where:
Hermitage High School
8301 Hungary Spring Road,
Henrico VA 23228
For Tickets :
Call (804)372-7457
Senior - 65 and above
Senior/Student - ID required
If you would like to know more about Shri S. Kasim & Shri. S. Babu, please visit the following websites
Richmond Rasikas is proud to announce a Carnatic vocal concert by P. Unnikrishnan, as part of their 2012 Spring Concert Series. P.Unnikrishnan is one of the most sought after Carnatic vocalists of today, has rendered concerts in all the prestigious Sabhas in India and is a regular at the Margazhi Maha Utsavam. He has received numerous titles and awards during his two decade old singing career, the most prominent of them being 'Kalaimamani' award instituted by the Tamil Nadu government. A unique trait that sets Unnikrishnan apart is his success in the field of playback singing as well, for which he received the national award.
When:
Friday, April 6 th, 2012 7:00p.m to 10:00p.m
Where:
Hermitage High School
8301 Hungary Spring Road,
Henrico VA 23228
For Tickets :
Call (804)372-7467
If you would like to know more about P.Unnikrishnan, please visit the following websites
Dear Rasikas, The 2012 Tyagaraja Aaradhana schedule has been published. Please click on the link provided below to make a note of your allotted time window. We recommend that you arrive 1 hour before your time window begins to complete registration and particpation fee payment.
