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| Inauguration |
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Hamsadhwani
was launched on 18th. August 1990
to cater to music lovers living in
Adyar Area of Chennai. The birth of
this cultural organization, its inauguration
by the Doyen of Carnatic Music, Sri
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, the blessings
it received from the great exponent
of Carnatic Music, Sangitha Kalanidhi
Smt. D.K. Pattammal, who lighted the
symbolic Kuthi Vilakku, all make us
proud. Hailed as a “child prodigy”
then by the former President Shri
R Venkataraman, Hamsadhwani today
is a mature cultural institution. |
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| Hamsadhwani has
been very fortunate that renowned
and distinguished maestros like
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Semmangudi Srinivasa
Iyer, Maharajapuram Santhanam not
only performed for us but also took
keen interest in our development.
During the 10th Annual festival,
Reliance Industries through “Only
Vimal” came up with a proposal
to hold, in partnership with Hamsadhwani,
performances of three top artists
from North India, Hari Prasad Chaurasia,
Ustad Rashid Khan and Pandit Ajoy
Chakravarthy and four artists of
renown from South, the grand old
lady D.K. Pattammal with three generations
from her family, Mandolin Srinivas,
folk artistes from Madurai University
and a Harikatha by Revathi Sankar
on Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbalakshmi. |
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very interesting development took
place some 12 years ago in the matter
of a unique music festival, the NRI
festival which is now an annual event
with us. An exclusive event, where
we give opportunity to talent abroad,
the main artist must be an NRI. What
started as an ‘experiment’
is now assuming great importance during
the Festival season. We have about
50 NRI concerts between 15th December
and New Year. The response is quite
satisfying with an audience of at
least 150 – 200. This is remarkable
when you consider that about 50 sabhas
in the city offer 3-4 concerts daily
during the December festival. Hamsadhwani
is indeed proud that we have not forgotten
our folks who have chosen to pursue
carreer abroad and do our country
proud. We help them to strengthen
their cultural links with India. |
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