Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Series "Bhāvayāmi" National festival of Music & Dance 2014 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm onwards on 3rd, 4th & 5th September 2014


Time : 7:00 pm onwards Add to Calendar 03-09-2014 19:00:00 05-09-2014 21:00:00 68 Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Series "Bhāvayāmi" National festival of Music & Dance 2014 Event Page : http://goo.gl/j2FFWW Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free Passes available at Natya Tarangini (Saket), united colours of Benetton outlets and Sruthi (C.P)

Contact : 29565540/29565245

Venue : Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Series "Bhāvayāmi" National festival of Music and Dance 2014. 

Schedule : 

3rd September :
Yamini Reddy & group - Kuchipudi Dance
Born to the legendary Kuchipudi exponents, Padmabhushan awardees has got dance in inheritance from her parents. Dance comes naturally to Yamini Reddy as swimming 
Raja and Radha Reddy in 1982, Yamini She is a multi-faceted personality. Endowed with a sculpted figure, a perfect face and scintillating grace, a very captivating presence with the right aptitude for rhythm and expressions, Yamini Reddy has in abundance all that it takes to be a first rate danseuse. A rising star on the classical dance horizon Yamini has toured the United Kingdom. France, the United States and Dubai. In Dublin, the Mayor of Dublin presented her with the golden key to the city after watching her captivating Kuchipudi dance performance. She has been awarded 
the ‘YuvaRatna Award’ Youth Vocational Excellence award by the District Rotaract Organization, the Young Achievers award by FLO Delhi and Hyderabad, the ‘Devadasi National Award. Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by Sangeet Natak Akademi. Yamini was the first dancer ever to perform at the prestigious Wigmore Hall London in 2011. She has also participated in National and International Festivals. Her performance at the BRIC summit in Ekaterinburg, Russia was highly appreciated. Yamini’s talents are not limited to dance. She is also a budding choreographer; her production ‘Harmony’ along with modern dancer was liked by the audience and was invited to be performed at the prestigious Nishagandhi festival in Kerala. She has also authored a research

"SubraMania" - Fusion Band
SubraMania is the band featuring Bindu and Ambi Subramaniam. Their performances include
Fusion, Jazz,Pop-Rock and Indian music. They perform their own original material in addition well-known standards and classics.

About Bindu :
“Haunting”and“Hypnotic” are the two words most commonly used to describe BinduSubramaniam’s voice. Having been called an “assured young soprano,” she wrote her first song at seven and has been performing since the age of twelve. She has performed with her family, with her band, and as a soloist with orchestras. She has collaborated with Al Jarreau, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Ernie Watts, Larry Coryell and Corky Siegel among others. 

As a songwriter, Bindu has received Honourable Mentions at the 16th and 17th Annual Billboard Song Contests and was a Top 20 Finalist (Performance) at the 12th Annual Unisong International Song Contest (2009). Her debut solo album Surrender was released in 2011 and nominated for a GiMA. In 2012, she was named as one of 12 GenNext Achievers by Verve Magazine.

About Ambi :
Accolades sit lightly on the shoulders of Ambi Subramaniam, who at the age of 22 already has a number of major accomplishments under his belt. His greatest musical inspiration remains his father and guru Dr. L. Subramaniam, with whom he tours the world. Ambi was part of a special performance at the Gateway of India in 2003, featuring violin greats Dr. L. Subramaniam and Jean Luc Ponty. He also performed at an open-air millennium concert for over two hundred thousand people. He has performed at the Dussehra Festival at the Mysore Palace, the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, the Lincoln Centre out of Doors Festival, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. He has performed with the Orchestra Nationale du Lille, SinfoniaBaltica, Filharmonica du Stadt Sibiu, and the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.

4th September :
Abhimanyu & Vidha Lal - Kathak Duet 
Vidha Lal, a multi-facetedKathak exponent is a disciple and daughter-in-law of renowned guru and Sangeet Natak Akademy awardee Smt. Geetanjali Lal of Jaipur gharana. Vidha has emerged as a rising star in the field of Kathak. She is an empanelled artist of Indian council for cultural relations (ICCR) and ‘a’ graded artist from Delhi Doordarshan. Vidha has earned great acclaim in the media and from connoisseurs for her brilliant solo performances in India and abroad. She has received Sri Krishana Gana Sabha endowment award 2010, Chennai.

Made a Guinness world record for taking most numbers of Kathak spins (103) in one minute in 2011. Nrityajayantika award, 8thDevdasi National Award2013, KalpanaChawala excellence award 2013. Shri Jaidev Rashtriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2014 

Abhimanyu Lal -
Abhimanyu Lal, son and disciple of renowned guru Smt. Geetanjali lal is recognized as one of the most accomplished Kathak dancers. The splendour of his brilliant solo performance has earned 
him applause both in India and other parts of the world. Hailed as a bright star in the firmament 
of Kathak, Abhimanyu has received acclaim as a dazzling dancer by the media and connoisseurs of arts. He has been awarded Shri Krishana Gana Sabha endowment award and Nritya Jayantika award. He has performed at the highest level in India and abroad in many prestigious dance festivals like Sydney dance festival at Seymour centre-Australia 2014, 64th Indian republic day celebration in Dubai 2013, LondonOlympics 2012, Vienna, Graz, Singapore, Birmingham international dance festival, incredibleIndia @60 New York, India festival in Russia, Croatia, Oslo, Netherlands, Canada, Egypt, Switzerland, Fiji islands, Mauritius, reunion island, Seychelles, south Africa etc.

Ayaan Ali Khan – Sarod Recital
“Ayaan already shows some of his father's authority" - The New York Times (Carnegie Hall Concert)

Ayaan Ali Khan represents the seventh generation of a musical lineage known as the SeniaBangash School. The younger son and disciple of the Sarod Titan Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan stepped into the world of music and the Sarod, at a very early age, with confidence, clarity, consistency and technical mastery that he learnt at his father's knee. Over the years today, Ayaan has carved out a special niche for himself in the world of music. His approach, vision and versatility make him an icon for the youth in the music industry. His contribution in making the Sarod a cross-over instrument in a variety of genres has projected him as an artist of high repute.z

Ayaan has been performing concerts in India and world –wide, since he gave his solo debut at the age of eight. He has given many other solo performances and also assisted his illustrious father at concerts all over the world.

Ayaan has won the hearts of music lovers both in India and abroad. He made his UK debut in 1989 and US Debut in 1991 at the Asia Society in New York. From 1997 onwards Ayaan as performed regularly at the Carnegie Hall and Smithsonian in the US, Palais Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Chicago Symphony Center, ESPLANADE in Singapore, Summer Arts Festival in Seattle, Edinburgh Music Festival and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Ayaan made his debut tour in Australia early this year. He has also played concerts at the WOMAD Festival in Adelaide and New Plymouth, World Beat Festival in Brisbane WOMAD Rivermead Festival in UK, and the Opera House in Sydney. Ayaan performed at St. James Palace in July 1997 for the Temenos Academy and has also collaborated with the noted Cellist Mathew Barley of UK at the Royal Festival Hall in 2002. In July 2002, Ayaan conducted a workshop for the National Youth Orchestra of UK with Matthew Barley which followed by a concert with the NYO. In 2000, Ayaan joined his father at the Dalai Lama’s Sacred Music Festival inauguration in New Delhi. Over the years Ayaan has been a regular performer at Konzerthaus in Vienna, - Symphony Hall in Birmingham, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Recital Hall, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,Centre d`ArtContemporain, Geneva and the UN International Labour Organisation auditorium, Geneva.

5th September :
Bhavana Reddy - Kuchipudi Dancer
Bhavana Reddy is an acclaimed Kuchipudi Dancer and Singer-Songwriter. She was declared a dancing prodigy at age 7, performing for audiences and touring USA, Canada, Europe, UAE and South East Asia. From performing dance for International Prime Ministers to the Prince of Wales to performing for prestigious festivals such as Khajuraho, Konark, Sadler’s Wells Festival (London) to singing for Hollywood movie, Fox Entertainment's JoyRide 3, music and dance truly runs through Bhavana’s 
central core.

At 16, Telugu Cultural Association in Austin Texas felicitated Bhavana for her dedication and contribution towards the art of Kuchipudi dance and at 19; she was awarded 'International Achievement Award 2009' by International Women of Congress in New Delhi, India. But her talents don’t stop right there.

In early 2014, Bhavana released her self-produced debut EP "Tangled In Emotions" recorded and mixed by John Would (Fiona Apple, Iggy Pop) & mastered by Reuben Cohen (Slumdog Millionaire, Game of Thrones). Her EP topped charts at #2 in KAOS Radio Station Washington and Aggie Radio Utah, #3 at KGAR California and WGSU New York, #5 on UMSL (St. Louis), WMUH (Philadelphia) and WRST (Wisconsin) and is played in over 40 stations in USA, Canada, India and Australia.

She is a finalist in ‘2014 International Songwriting Competition’ USA and received honourable mention in the ‘Unsigned Only’ Completion, USA for her popular hit ‘Smells Like Rain’. The EP debuted at #19 on the CMJ radio music charts and she received the highest review in Music Connection Magazine's, rave reviews in USA’s 2ndAquarian Weekly (NY/NJ) and India’s top publications Times Of India, Hindustan Times, India Today Magazine, etc.

Bhavana’s music is an interesting blend of Indian concept of melodies blended with western harmonies held together by a string of poetry. She is creating an exotic neo-psychedelic vibe being compared to a melting pot of eastern & western genres with hints of Fiona Apple, Dead Can Dance largest daily–The Daily News (McKeesport), The and Led Zeppelin. Her performances are visually in sync with theatrical/story telling nature of Kuchipudi dance. As a whole, Bhavana's music plays with the essence of rich Indian heritage in a language known to you.

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Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Series "Bhāvayāmi" National festival of Music & Dance 2014 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm onwards on 3rd, 4th & 5th September 2014 Natya Tarangini presents Parampara Series "Bhāvayāmi" National festival of Music & Dance 2014 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7pm onwards on 3rd, 4th & 5th September 2014 Reviewed by Delhi Events on Friday, September 05, 2014 Rating: 5

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