SMC Monthly Concert - April 2019
Dear Music Rasikas,
SMC would like to invite you with family and friends to our Monthly Concert - to be held on 27th April 2019 at the Dundas Community Centre, 21 Sturt Street, Telopea.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Vocal concert by Kum. Sindhu Narayana accompanied by Chi. Harish Ravindran on Mridangam and Kum. Agalya Pavalan on Violin.
05:10 PM - 07:10 PM: Flute concert by Smt. Devaki Vignesh accompanied by Sri. Sivakumar Sethupathi on Mridangam and Chi. Sanjay Ramaswamy on Violin.
Artiste Profiles:
Smt. Devaki Vignesh
Devaki has been learning music from a very young age from A K Karunakaran, late G Shanmuganantham and T P Jesudasan. She is an auditioned A grade artist of Srilanka national radio. She has participated in Thyagaraja Aradanais, Purandaradasar Aradanais, accompanied many dance concerts and has completed numerous kutcheris in both Sydney and Sri Lanka. Devaki is currently receiving advanced flute training from Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar. Devaki is a Chartered Accountant by profession.
Kum. Sindhu Narayana
Sindhu Narayana is a young and upcoming singer. Studying in year 11 Sindhu has been learning Carnatic classical vocal for last 8 years, with her first guru Abhirami Kannan and currently learning vocal from Smt. Prema Ananthakrishnan.Sindhu also has started learning violin from her guru Krantikiran Mudigonda since 2017.She has participated in solo and group singing in Purandara,Thyagaraja aradhanas, also given performances in Karpagavalli, Swathi thirunal, Sydney Music circle,Kanaka Namana, Shankara Jayanthi, Sydney Kannada school & Namadwar temple programs. Sindhu has given couple of short concerts in Sydney and Bangalore
Kum. Agalya Pavalan
Agalya Pavalan is a Year 12 student at Baulkham Hills High School. Her first and main musical discipline is the Carnatic style Violin, which she has been learning for over ten years under the tutelage of Sri Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda. Agalya also learns Carnatic Vocals from Smt. Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan. She trains Western Piano under the guidance of Mr Joseph Blackman. Outside of the musical field, Agalya has learnt Bharatanatyam for over 5 years with Smt Pathmaranjini Umashankar. She has a keen interest and pursues martial arts with a passion and has a Black belt in Taekwondo
Chi. Sanjay Ramaswamy
Sanjay Ramaswamy learns vocal music from Dr. M.S Ramanathan and from Sri Alepey Venkatesan. He was initiated into vocal music by Smt Radha Kalyan. He also plays the violin, having learnt it initially from Sri Nagaraj Iyer and then Sri Balaji Jagannadhan for over a decade. He is currently learning from Sri B U Ganesh Prasad. Sanjay has won many prizes in various musical competitions held in Sydney. He regularly accompanies musicians on the violin in the various music forums across Australia. Sanjay holds a dual Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of New South Wales
Sri. Harish Gopikan Ravindran
Harish initiated the art of mridangam at young age under the tutelage of Dr. Suresh Ramachandra in Auckland. He has been fortunate to pursue extensive training and has become a proud disciple of Vidwan Sri. Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi of Chennai. He had his Mridangam Arangetram in Sydney in 2017, alongside his sister Vishni on Veena, and was accompanied by eminent vidwans from Chennai. Harish is a regular performer in Sydney for carnatic concerts and bharathanatyam repertoires and has notably accompanied concerts overseas at prestigious sabhas and venues in Chennai, London, San Francisco and Auckland. Harish is also blessed to have accompanied many visiting artistes from Chennai.
Sri. Sivakumar Sethupathi
Siva had his training in mridangam under Guru Sri T.S. Janakiraman, a disciple of Sri Palani Subramania Pillai. He was a recipient of music scholarship awarded by the Centre For Cultural Resources and Training, Government of India. He is a sought-after mridangam artiste for Carnatic music programs, Bharatanatyam recitals and Sampradaya Bhajans in Australia. He has accompanied several leading artistes from India. Siva is a founding member of Sydney Bhajan Mandali.