Akademi award for Aruna Sairam, Prasanna Ramaswamy
The General Council of the Akademi has selected thirty eight (38) artistes (2 joint awards) from the fields of music, dance, theatre and puppetry for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards …
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Woman jumps off highrise office building, dies
A woman working in a firm located on Dr Radhakrishnan Salai jumped from the top floor and died on this campus on Monday morning. This was a case of suicide. …
Read MoreSix-day Dance Festival 2013 begins at MFAC
Starting today and until November 30, the 12th Natya Vizha or Dance Festival 2013 organized by Pushpaanjali Cultural Trust will take place at Mylapore.
Read MorePuducherry CM car hit by SUV on San Thome High Road
Police are investigating a accident case that took place on San Thome High Road late on Sunday. The car in which Puducherry chief minister Rangaswamy was travelling in, heading to …
Read MoreYoung Carnatic music artistes in limelight today perform at this fest
From November 26 to 29, The ARTery (an arts and culture magazine) will present the second edition of ‘Voices of Tomorrow’ – a music festival featuring some of the brightest …
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Titles for Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Ranjani-Gayathri
Mridangam vidwan Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam and Carnatic music vocalists, sisters Ranjani and Gayathri were decorated with awards on the opening evening of the arts festival of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. The UK’s …
Read MoreHead to Arkay Centre, Luz for Carnatic music
Madhuradhwani, a recent sabha promoted by the Arkay Centre in Luz just launched its own Music Festival and concerts will be on till Nov. 28, The Carnatica Brothers performed a …
Read MoreNew Deputy Commissioner of Police for Mylapore district
The Mylapore district has a new police officer at the top. A new officer in the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) has been posted last week and he …
Read MoreUpcoming Weekend Workshops
PADAM AND JAVALI WORKSHOP On November 23, a ‘padam and javali’ workshop is being arranged by Nadasangamam. The workshop is open to serious students of music and will be conducted …
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Chess Composer becomes FIDE Master
At the 56th World Congress of Chess Composition held at Bhatumi, Georgia during the last week of September, C.G.S Narayanan, an international chess composer, was awarded the title of FIDE …
Read MoreWeekend events: music, discourses, docu-film
NOVEMBER 23 Bhavan’s Cultural Festival 2013 begins with Sai Baba birthday celebrations (9 a.m.), vocal concerts by K. Gayatri (4.30 p.m.) and Nityasree Mahadevan (6.45 p.m.). At Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan …
Read MoreInternational conference on early intervention for special children
A four-day international conference on early intervention for children with mental retardation is on at Hotel Savera on RK Salai, Mylapore. Organised by Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children, this …
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