Great concert by a musical genius
Auckland music lovers witnessed a great concert by musical maestro Padma Vibhushan, Sangeetha Virinchi Dr Mangalampalli Bala Muralikrishna on October 2, 2009 at the Dorothy Winstone Centre.
The standing ovation given by the music lovers on the arrival of musical genius on to the stage tells us the respect he attained in the hearts of Indian art lovers. The evening’s concert was one of its kind and around 700 music lovers attended the concert with a curiosity that how this 79 year old Sangeetha Kalanidhi is going to mesmerize the crowd.
That’s what happened. It was superb. Spellbinding. Great at this age. This was the response by most music lovers.
An artist with an experience of more than 23,000 concerts worldwide knows the exact technique how to impress the audience. The variation in ragas and compositions gave a great feel about the concert.
He started the concert with his own composition “Sri Sakala Ganadhipa” in raga Arabhi followed by Akhilandeswari, Kaumari Gouri and Sundari nee divya roopamu (Main item of the evening) compositions of musical trinity Syama Sastry, Muthuswamy Deekshithar and Sri Tyagaraja.
In the second half he presented few keerthanas of Saint Purandara Dasa, Ramadas, Maharaja Swathi Thirunal, Narayana Theertha, and his own classic Thillana in ragam Kadanakutoohalam.
Many Indian organisations such as NZ Telugu Association, Auckland Indian Association, Bharatiya Samaj Charitable Trust, Academy of Fine Arts, Auckland Malayalee Samajam, Aiswarya Entertainments Ltd came forward to felicitate the artiste of the evening.
The main organiser of the event Sangeetha Bharathi music school has conferred the title “Sangeetha Virinchi” to Dr Bala Muralikrishna during the concert and released a souvenir on behalf of Auckland music lovers. The co-organiser Rasikas NZ has presented Life Time Achievement award to Dr BMK during this occasion.
He was aptly supported by the accompanists Peravali Jayabhaskar on the Mridangam and Ammula Satyavathi on the Violin. Kumari Vishnu Priya Mallela also supported him (Vocal) for few songs.
The Principal of Sangeetha Bharathi music school Mrs Padma Govardhan is a disciple of Dr Bala Muralikrishna and Aiswarya Entertainments Ltd has honoured Mrs. Govardhan with an award “Sincere Teacher” for her services to music in Auckland since last 11 years. It was presented by Dr BMK. Receiving an award from her own guru was a memorable occasion for Mrs Padma Govardhan.
Dr Bala Muralikrishna also performed in Wellington on October 3, 2009 evening which was organised by New Zealand Indian Fine Arts Society.
On October 4 evening Aiswarya Entertainment hosted a Dance and Music workshop by Dr Saraswathi (Dance) and Dr Bala Muralikrishna (music) which was attended by around 150 students. The dance workshop was coordinated by Mrs. Selvi Kumar of Narthanalayam.
Auckland music lovers witnessed a great concert by musical maestro Padma Vibhushan, Sangeetha Virinchi Dr Mangalampalli Bala Muralikrishna on October 2, 2009 at the Dorothy Winstone Centre. The standing ovation given by the music lovers on the arrival of musical genius on to the stage tells us...
Auckland music lovers witnessed a great concert by musical maestro Padma Vibhushan, Sangeetha Virinchi Dr Mangalampalli Bala Muralikrishna on October 2, 2009 at the Dorothy Winstone Centre.
The standing ovation given by the music lovers on the arrival of musical genius on to the stage tells us the respect he attained in the hearts of Indian art lovers. The evening’s concert was one of its kind and around 700 music lovers attended the concert with a curiosity that how this 79 year old Sangeetha Kalanidhi is going to mesmerize the crowd.
That’s what happened. It was superb. Spellbinding. Great at this age. This was the response by most music lovers.
An artist with an experience of more than 23,000 concerts worldwide knows the exact technique how to impress the audience. The variation in ragas and compositions gave a great feel about the concert.
He started the concert with his own composition “Sri Sakala Ganadhipa” in raga Arabhi followed by Akhilandeswari, Kaumari Gouri and Sundari nee divya roopamu (Main item of the evening) compositions of musical trinity Syama Sastry, Muthuswamy Deekshithar and Sri Tyagaraja.
In the second half he presented few keerthanas of Saint Purandara Dasa, Ramadas, Maharaja Swathi Thirunal, Narayana Theertha, and his own classic Thillana in ragam Kadanakutoohalam.
Many Indian organisations such as NZ Telugu Association, Auckland Indian Association, Bharatiya Samaj Charitable Trust, Academy of Fine Arts, Auckland Malayalee Samajam, Aiswarya Entertainments Ltd came forward to felicitate the artiste of the evening.
The main organiser of the event Sangeetha Bharathi music school has conferred the title “Sangeetha Virinchi” to Dr Bala Muralikrishna during the concert and released a souvenir on behalf of Auckland music lovers. The co-organiser Rasikas NZ has presented Life Time Achievement award to Dr BMK during this occasion.
He was aptly supported by the accompanists Peravali Jayabhaskar on the Mridangam and Ammula Satyavathi on the Violin. Kumari Vishnu Priya Mallela also supported him (Vocal) for few songs.
The Principal of Sangeetha Bharathi music school Mrs Padma Govardhan is a disciple of Dr Bala Muralikrishna and Aiswarya Entertainments Ltd has honoured Mrs. Govardhan with an award “Sincere Teacher” for her services to music in Auckland since last 11 years. It was presented by Dr BMK. Receiving an award from her own guru was a memorable occasion for Mrs Padma Govardhan.
Dr Bala Muralikrishna also performed in Wellington on October 3, 2009 evening which was organised by New Zealand Indian Fine Arts Society.
On October 4 evening Aiswarya Entertainment hosted a Dance and Music workshop by Dr Saraswathi (Dance) and Dr Bala Muralikrishna (music) which was attended by around 150 students. The dance workshop was coordinated by Mrs. Selvi Kumar of Narthanalayam.
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