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A – Raga CDs des Monats (12/12): Frauen in der indisch klassischen Musik – Vokalistinnen (No. 1)

Posted by ElJay Arem (IMC OnAir) on December 22, 2012

Im 19./20. Jahrhundert hat die indisch klassische Musik, im Besonderen die nordindische Klassik (Hindustani) einen spürbaren Wandel erfahren. War sie als höfische Kunst der Arbeitsplatz der Kurtisanen (s.g. Tawaifs), hat sich die indische Klassik zu einer anerkannten Kunstform entwickelt, die von jungen Mädchen und Frauen aus angesehenen Familien erlernt und als Beruf ausgeübt wird.

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23. Dezember 2012 – 23:00-23:58 Uhr (05:00-05:58 pm EST) @ Radio FRO (A)
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Die Hindustani-Musik stand im frühen indischen Mittelalter besonders unter persischen Einfluss. Im 16. Jahrhundert versprach eine Patronage am Hofe der Großmogule den Kunstschaffenden und Artisten Wohlstand. Viele junge Mädchen wurden in den darstellenden Künsten ausgebildet. Dazu gehörten der Kathak-Tanz und die indische Klassik, die Literatur mit Poesieformen wie den Ghazals und Thumris.

Die Thumri-Form ist ein Genre der leichten Klassik, häufig zum Hori-Fest, dem Frühlingsfest der Farben gesungen. Ursprünglich wurden die Thumri-s mit viel emotionalem Ausdruck durch Gestiken und Gesichtsmimiken – Abhinaya – ausgedrückt. In der weiteren Entwicklung verschwand diese Darstellungsform, die dem indischen Tanz vorbehalten blieb. Die Sängerinnen wichen dafür auf rein stimmliche Improvisationsformen ohne Lyrik aus, die sogenannten Bol-Banav-Ki Thumris.

Am 29. August 2009 wurde der Dokumentarfilm „Rasoolan Bai – Das andere Lied“ (original: The other Song) im Bangalore International Centre (Bangalore) der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Rasoolan Bai (1902-1974) aus Varanasi bildete zusammen mit Begum Akthar (1914-1974), Badi Moti Bai von Benares und Siddheswari Devi (1907-1976) das Quartett der Gesangsköniginnen.

Von dem Rebell Gangubai Hangal (Gaanewali) wurden die geschlechterspezifischen Barrieren in der nordindischen Klassik durchbrochen. Gangubai wird auch als der „Vater des Khayals“ bezeichnet, dem modernen Gesangsstil der Hindustani-Musik. Als die Sängerin Gangubai Hangal, im Alter von 97 Jahren, im Juli 2009 nach langer Krankheit verstarb, wurden Stimmen laut, die bekundeten, dass die Ära der Frauenpower in der indisch klassischen Musik zu Ende sei.

Rasoolan
Bai
Begum
Akthar
Badi
Moti Bai
Siddheswari
Devi
Gangubai
Hangal
Hangal with young daughter Krishna in the 1930s

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Nach unserem westlichen Verständnis existiert auch ein verklärtes Frauenbild des ewig weiblich Göttlichen: Schon in der epischen Zeit gab es keine religiöse Handlung ohne Beteiligung der Frauen. Mit den Ashtanayikas, den acht Heroinnen zeigt sich ein Frauenbild, das wir noch heute in Indien antreffen.

In der südindischen Klassik (Carnatic) war die Ausübung der Kunst besonders den Mitgliedern der Brahmanen, eine Art Priesterschaft vorbehalten. Frauen hatten es schwer, auf die Bühne zu gelangen und sich mit ihrer Musik öffentlich zu zeigen. In den Anfängen der Phonoindustrie fanden Frauen für Schallplattenaufnahmen kaum männliche Begleiter.

Unter dem Einfluss der hinduistischen Mythen trifft man in Indian auf die Meinung, dass sich das Dreigestirn der Göttinen, Durga, Lakshmi und Saraswati den Menschen als Avatare in Gestalt der Gesangsvirtuosinnen DK Pattammal (1919-2009), MS Subbalakshmi (1916-2004) und ML Vasanthakumari (1928 – 1990) offenbarte.
Ihre Ankunft beendete die männliche Dominanz in der südindischen Klassik. Es begann eine Ära des Göttliche, der Kreativität und Innovation innerhalb der Grenzen traditioneller Werte.

Es waren Künstlerinnen, die ganz in der Musik aufgingen, nicht des Erfolges, noch des Ruhmes oder des Geldes wegen. Diese Frauen waren MeisterInnen des MultiTaskings, erfüllten vielerlei Aufgaben in unterschiedlichsten Rollen, als Mütter, Ehefrauen, Geschwister, Lehrer oder Grossmütter.

D.K. Pattammal
M.S. Subbalakshmi
M.L. Vasanthakumari

Während heute viele Künstler unterschiedlichste Identitäten gleichzeitig zu leben scheinen, waren Pattammal, Subbalakshmi und Vasanthakumari von einer einzigen Identität geleitet.

Die für Asien typische Präsenz und Funktion einer selbstlosen, göttlichen Liebe (Bhakti) war für diese Meisterinnen des Gesangs ihre Antriebskraft, um beständig auch grösste gesellschaftliche Widerstände bis zu ihrer künstlerischen Anerkennung zu überwinden.

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A – Raga CDs of the Months (12/12): Women in Indian Classics – Vocalists (serial no. 1)

Posted by ElJay Arem (IMC OnAir) on December 22, 2012

The Indian Classical Music – epecially the North Indian Classics (Hindustani) – experienced a noticeable change. Before it had been a courtly art part of the activities of the courtesans (Tawaifs). Indian Classics developed in the 19th and 20th centuryto an appreciative art form, which is learned by young girls and women from respected families and practiced as occupation.

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23rd December 2012 – 05:00-05:58 p.m. EST (11:00-11:58 p.m. CET) @ Radio FRO (A)
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The Hindustani music particularly stood in the early Indian Middle ages under Persian influence. A Patronage at the court of the Mughals in the 16th century promised the courtly arts and artists prosperity. Many young girls were trained in performing arts, the Kathak dance and Indian Classical Music, literature with poetry forms like the Ghazals and Thumris.

The Thumri form is a genre of the light classical music, frequently sung at the spring fest and to the colors of Hori celebration. Originally the Thumri-s were expressing emotional expressions by gestures and facial expressions (mimics), so called Abhinaya. In the further development this presentation form disappeared and remained for Indian dance. The singers switched over to purely vocal improvisation forms without lyrics, the so-called Bol Banav-Ki Thumris.

On 29 August 2009 the documentary film „Rasoolan Bai – The other song“ (Das andere Lied) had its show case in the Bangalore Internationally Centre (Bangalore). Rasoolan Bay (1902-1974) from Varanasi formed together with Badi Moti Bay of Benares, Siddheswari Devi (1907-1976) and Begum Akthar (1914-1974) the quartet of the singing queens.

The rebel Gangubai Hangal (Gaanewali) had broken the gender-specific barriers in North Indian Classics. Gangubai is called „the father of the Khayals “, the modern vocal style of Hindustani music. When the singer Gangubai Hangal died in July 2009 at the age of 97 years after long illness critical voices had been heard which manifested that the era of the woman power in Indian classical music came to its end.

Rasoolan
Bai
Begum
Akthar
Badi
Moti Bai
Siddheswari
Devi
Gangubai
Hangal
Hangal with young daughter Krishna in the 1930s

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In our Western understanding in India exist a transfigured woman picture of the eternally female divine: Already in the epical times no religious rituals were hold without participation of the women. With the Ashtanayikas, the eight heroins appear a woman picture till today we find in India.

In the South Indian Classics (Carnatic) the practice of the art was particularly reserved to the members of the Brahmins, a kind of priesthood. Women had it very difficult to attend the stage and appear with music in the public. In the beginnings of the phono industry women hardly found male companions for disc recordings.

Under the influence of the Hindu myths one can meet in Indian the opinion that the trinity of the goddesses, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati revealed themselfs to the humans as avatars in form of the singing virtuosos DK Pattammal (1919-2009), MS Subbalakshmi (1916-2004) and ML Vasanthakumari (1928 – 1990).

Their arrival terminated male dominance in South Indian classics. It began an era of the divine, creativity and innovation within the borders of traditional values.

They were artists, who completely got carried away in music, not because of success, fame or the money. These women were masters of multitasking, fulfilled various tasks in most different roles, as mothers, wives, sisters, teachers or grandmothers.

D.K. Pattammal
M.S. Subbalakshmi
M.L. Vasanthakumari

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While today many artists seem to live most different identities at the same time, Pattammal, Subbalakshmi and Vasanthakumari were led only by one identity.

Typical for Asia the presence and function of a selfless, divine love (Bhakti) was for these mistresses their driving power, in order to overcome steadily largest social discrimination up to their artistic acknowledgment.

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Madras Music Academy: part 2/3 of 86th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CONCERTS (15th Dec 2012 – 1st Jan 2013)

Posted by ElJay Arem (IMC OnAir) on December 22, 2012

86th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CONCERTS

musicfestival-2012

15th December 2012 to 1st January 2013

at the T.T.Krishnamachari Auditorium, The Music Academy Madras

86th Music Conference & Concerts: 21st December 2012 - Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal) , Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin) and Aswin Sridhaaran (Mridangam)

86th Music Conference & Concerts: 21st December 2012 – Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal) , Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin) and Aswin Sridhaaran (Mridangam)

Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established Music Academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called (and is still more commonly referred to as) Music Academy (Tamil: சங்கீத வித்வத் சபை,sangeetha vidhwadh sabai ).

It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music Indian art form. It played a vital role in the revival of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam in 1930s when it faced near extinction due to a negative connotation caused by conservative societal standards. They also run a music school called the Teachers college of Carnatic Music which has many eminent musicians on its faculty. (Source: Wikipedia.org)

CONFERENCE SESSIONS :
December 16, 2012 to January 1, 2013 – DAILY FROM 8.00 A.M. TO 10.00 A.M.
AT THE KASTURI SRINIVASAN HALL

Concerts: 15th – 21st Dec (part 1) | 22nd – 28th Dec (part 2) | 29th Dec – 1st Jan (part 3)

22nd Decemeber 2012

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi (Veena)
Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal)
H.M. Smita (Violin)
Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

K. Gayatri (Vocal)
Dr. Nishandh Chandran (Violin)
R. Sankara Narayanan (Mridangam)
H. Prasanna (Ghatam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal)
Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin)
K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam)
B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Revathy Srinivasan (Veena)
Thanjavur R. Kumar (Mridangam)
K.S. Rangachari (Kanjira)

23rd Decemeber 2012

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Sangita Kalanidhi R. Vedavalli (Vocal)
Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin)
K. Arunprakash (Mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal)
Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin)
Sumesh S. Narayanan (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal)
R. Raghul (Violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
S. Krishna (Ghatam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

U. Shrinivas (Mandolin)
V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin)
Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam)
U.N. Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
V. Selvaganesh (Kanjira)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Kunnakkudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)
Pakala Ramadas (Violin)
R. Ramesh (Mridangam)
B.N. Chandramouli (Kanjira)

24th Decemeber 2012

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Trichur V. Ramachandran (Vocal)
M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin)
Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam)
V. Suresh (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

N. Anantha Narayanan (Veena)
Nirmal Narayan (Mridangam)
S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)
B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin)
S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
M.R. Gopinath (Violin)
Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam)
E.M. Subramanyam (Ghatam)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal)
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin)
Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam)
S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

25th January 2013

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Sangita Kalanidhi T.N. Krishnan, Viji Natarajan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio)
Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam)
Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

S.R. Maruthi Prasad (Vocal)
Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin)
Karra Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

G. Srikanth (Vocal)
Idappally Ajithkumar (Violin)
Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam)
Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar (Ghatam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin)
Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam)
Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Prema Rangarajan (Vocal)
Balu Raghuraman (Violin)
Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
Payyanur T. Govindaprasad (Moharsing)

26th January 2013

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

T. Rukmini (Violin Solo)
Assisted by Amritha Murali (Violin)
K.V. Prasad (Mridangam)
Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

Ranjani Guruprasad (Vocal)
V. Giridhari (Violin)
M. Sridhar (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

D.B. Aswin (Vocal)
Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin)
Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
Nerkunam S. Sankar (Kanjira)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam (Vocal)
B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin)
Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam)
D.V. Venkatasubramanyam (Ghatam)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Sanjay Subramanyan (Vocal)
S. Varadarajan (Violin)
Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam)
Tripoonithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

27th January 2013

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Rudrapatnam BrothersR.N. Thiyagarajan & R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal)
C.N. Chandra Sekaran (Violin)
V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam)
Thirukkannapuram J. Sowrirajan (Moharsing)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal)
K.J. Dileep (Violin)
S. Arvind (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

B. Sivakumar (Veena)
Valangaiman K. Thiagarajan (Mridangam)
Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal)
M.S.N. Murthy (Violin)
Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridangam)
Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravi Kumar (Vocal)
Embar S. Kannan (Violin)
K.V. Prasad (Mridangam)
Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)

28th January 2013

9.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.

Geetha Rajashekar (Vocal)
M.A. Krishnaswami (Violin)
Poongulam S. Subramanyan (Mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)

12 Noon – 1.30 p.m.

K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
Bombay V. Anand (Violin)
Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (Mridangam)

1.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

Dr. B. Balasubramanian (Vocal)
R. Ambika Prasad (Violin)
Ravi M. Ravichandhira (AUS) (Mridangam)

4.15 p.m. – 6.45 p.m.

Aruna Sairam (Vocal)
H.N. Bhaskar (Violin)
J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)
Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

Mysore M. Nagaraj & Mysore M. Manjunath (Violin Duet)
Sangita Kalanidhi UmayalpuramK. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Contact: 
The Music Academy, Madras
New No. 168 (Old No. 306), T.T.K. Road, 
Chennai – 600 014 
Phone : +91-44-2811 2231 / +91-44-2811 5162 
Fax : +91-44-4235 9362 
email : music@musicacademymadras.com
Web site: www.musicacademymadras.in

Madras Music Conference, 1986 (documentary)

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