>--------------------------------- > India Cultural Association > PO Box 91066, Portland OR 97291 > > presents > > Veena Concert > > by > > Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan accompanied by Sri. Mali on >Mridangam > > At Evans Auditorium, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW >Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219-7899 > > Sat, May 15th 1999 at 7.00 PM > > Tickets: ICA Members: $7 for Adults, Non-members: $9 for >Adults (plus service charge at outlets) > Free admission for children ages 10 and under. Tickets on >the day of the concert and at door: $12 for Adults. > Tickets available and at FASTIXX (Fred Meyer and Music >Millennium). For Telephone tickets sales, call 224-8499. > > Tickets also available at: > India Direct, 16205 NW Bethany Ct., Suite 110, Beaverton >97006 and at > Srider's Emporium, 11945 SW Pacific Hwy., #216 & 240. Tigard >Shopping Center, Tigard 97223. > > You can support the ICA and become members at this event, >(membership valid until Aug. 2000) and the tickets will be at member prices >for this event. To become members, visit our web site at >http://www.easystreet.com/~abk/ica/ <http://www.easystreet.com/~abk/ica/> . >ICA thanks NATYA and Swagat for their support. > > Artists: > > Kalaimamani Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan > > Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan is a virtuoso on veena and a >leading exponent of the Karaikudi Style. She began learning music at the age >of four and gave her first concert a few years later with her Guru, the >legendary Karaikudi Sri. Samabasiva Iyer in 1940. She has received numerous >awards nationally and internationally in recognition of her extraordinary >talent. As a premier exponent of Carnatic music on veena, she has given >hundreds of concerts over the years in major cities of India. Smt. >Ranganayaki Rajagopaln taught veena at the Music Academy, Chennai, India >from 1978 to 1988. In 1974, she was conferred the title of Veena Visarada by >Dr. Rukmini Arundale. Later in 1979, the Government of Tamil Nadu awarded >her the title of Kalaimamani. Her concert tours in France, Belgium and >Holland have been very successful. Smt. Rajagopalan was in U.S. in 1993 at >the Amherst College, MA where she was teaching Carnatic music and Veena. She >has performed concerts in major cities of U.S including a scintillating >performance at the Thyagaraja Aradhana in Cleveland, OH. > > Umayalpuram Sri. J. Mali > > Sri. Umayalpuram Mali is a dynamic young Mridangam player. >He learned Mridangam from Sri. Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer and later from >Padmashri Sri. Umayalpuram Sivaraman. He is a grade "A" artist of All India >Radio. He has accompanied all leading carnatic musicians and has won several >awards including the Sir Henry Cowell Award from Music Academy, Chennai. >Sri. Mali accompanied Veena Virtuoso Dr. S. Balachandar in 1989 and Smt. >Ranganayaki Rajagopalan during her France tour in 1991. In Spring 1998 he >accompanied Sri. Trichur Ramachandran during his U.S tour. > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
