A prominent Carnatic classical vocalist, his captivating voice, clarity in diction, uncompromising adherence of tradition and unique style has evoked unqualified approbation of all listeners. A disciple of Sri.S.Rajam and Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy, he is an A-grade All India Radio artist, he is an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Govt of India. He has performed in USA, UK, Germany, France, Holland, Austria, Singapore and Malaysia. He has been training students in India and abroad. He has conducted workshops, given lectures on music in different countries, contributed articles on music to various publications and conducted music appreciation programs.
Ramprasadh has composed music for documentary films, cassettes and dance productions. Kosmic Music, Music Today, HMV, Times Music, Amutham Inc of USA, Lahari, Sangeetha have also released his audio albums
He has been awarded with the titles Asthaana Vidwaan of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram ; Ganakala Shree of the Karnataka Ganakala Parishath, Naada Vallabha ; Gayana Gandharva ; Ganakala Visharada and Youth Excellence Award from Rotary Club of Madras. He has also received Best Vocalist Awards from Music Academy, Krishna Gana Sabha and Indian Fine Arts Society in successive years.
A Cost Accountant, Lawyer and Masters in Music by qualification, he has chosen music as his profession and is married to Indira Kadambi, a well known Bharatanatyam artiste with whom he has established Ambalam, Centre for Performing Arts in Chennai..
A mega event called Naada Vaibhavam was organized in city recently- Organized by AOL and sponsored by Marg Brindavan
Below is an extract from THE HINDU’s report…
On a pleasant Sunday evening, several thousand people were witness to a heavy downpour of divine rhythm and mellifluous music. ‘Naadha Vaibhavam’ presented by The Art of Living and MARG Brindavan lived upto its name.
It was announced that a total of 5,700 artists were on stage.
It included 347 instrumentalists playing the mridangam, violin, ghatam, flute and veena. Among those on stage, nearly 3,000 were from Chennai and the rest from other parts of Tamil Nadu and also from Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and even Maharashtra, according to volunteers.
The evening began with prayer songs ‘Vinayaka Vishwadhara’ and ‘Jaya Jaya Durge Ma’ that were sung by volunteers and also by the audience. Compositions by eminent musicians in Sanksrit, Telugu and Tamil were rendered on stage. Each of the songs was led by senior artists such as T.K. Govinda Rao, P.S. Narayanaswami, Suguna Varadachari, G.S. Mani, Suguna Purushothaman, Allepey Venkatesan, O.S. Thyagarajan and Trichur Ramachandran.
The thani aavardhanam by mridangists Tiruchi Sankaran and K.V. Prasad received tremendous applause.
Come February 2011 and you can be part of Bryan Adams’ live rock concert. The Canadian-born singer-lyricist and Grammy winning rock star will begin his India tour from Pune on February 11. Around 30,000 music enthusiasts will attend ‘Bryan Adams Live’ at Amanora Park town, a first integrated township coming up at Hadapsar.
Other cities that the singer would visit are New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengalooru and Hyderabad. He will perform in Mumbai on February 12.
Unfortunately Chennai is not on his agenda and Chennaites will be missing the action
The singer has garnered top 10 hits worldwide, earned nominations for three academy awards and five Golden Globes. Some of his hit numbers include Summer Of 69, Run To You, 18 Till I Die and Everything I Do.
“Saadhak Band” is going to give their performance on 29th October 2010 at Kyra theatre Bangalore. They are the people’s band who is constituted of the people, who have been selected by the people and who pledge to make music for the people. The amount of respect and love that they have achieved from the people, they promise to stand up to it and give people a nu-age sound that is bound to get them in the groove and keep them bonded to their roots of Indian Classical and folk.
Hailing from different regions of India, the versatility of their music has its own definition resulting in a fusion of desi+beats.
The signature style has been appreciated and acknowledged by the masses. This fact has been proven by the publicity and fan-following of their compositions aired so far. “The album in the making will have full colours, bringing out the best in us, standing true to our name SAADHAK!” Said The band.
The Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) to be held from September 21st to September 30th at NCPA Mumbai. It is the country’s first fully professional Orchestra formed by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai on August 2006, offering series concerts in Mumbai over the course of two seasons each year, in September and February. The orchestra has also begun to tour nationally and to take music into communities in order to entertain new and young audiences around India.
The orchestra’s Indian players represent the finest local musical talent, and their presence in the SOI provides a solid foundation for the future of orchestral playing in India. The orchestra has launched a number of initiatives to build on this local talent, including the introduction of the Suzuki Method of instrumental teaching into schools in Mumbai.
The Gala will feature excerpts from Phantom of the Opera, SunsetBoulevard, Evita and a complete performance of the Requiem, and will be held on September 23 and September 24, at 7 pm at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA.
Noted singer Jagjit Singh will be performing live in Chennai next month.
Block your dates, 3rd October for the Jagjit Singh live concert.
Venue is Venkata Subba Rao Concert Hall, Lady Andal School, Harrington Road, Chennai – 600 031
Time : 6.00 p.m.
The event is sponsored by Marg ProperTies
Be there
Profile:
Jagjit Singh (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: जगजीत सिंह, Urdu: جگجیت سنگھ) (born February 8, 1941) is a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. Popularly known as “The Ghazal King” he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh, in 1970′s and 80′s, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music.
Grammy-nominated record producer and electronic dance music pioneer, DJ Sasha, is all set to rock the house in Bengaluru.
As part of the Burn Energy Drink DJ Sasha India Tour, Sasha will perform at The EZone Club in Bengaluru at 7 PM on May 7th, after shows previously at Delhi and Mumbai.
Smirnoff will be hosting a series of live performances this may… If you enjoy partying and happen to be in Mumbai, Delhi or Bengaluru, you do not want to miss this.
Cosmic Gate performance schedule:
On 7th May, the performance will be at the Grand Hotel, New Delhi
On 8th May, at Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai and on 9th May it will be at e-zone, Bangalore.
Call callezee for any information related to these cities
