proudly presents a

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Pallavi of the Capital District
proudly presents a
CARNATIC CLASSICAL VOCAL CONCERT
Sangeetha Sivakumar
MRIDANGAM Ganesh Sankaranarayanan
VIOLIN K.V.S.Vinay
Saturday, May 1st 2010, 600 P.M at BioTech
Auditorium - RPI, Troy, NY
Members Students-free, Non-members - 10
For more information
M. Krishnamoorthy 518-273-6624 Thiyagarajan
Subramanian 518-831-9430
Lakshmi Ravichandran 518-373-9123 Sudharsana
Srinivasan 518-372-1248
See overleaf for Bio-Data of artists and
Directions.
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About the Artists Sangeetha Sivakumar is among
the popular musicians in the carnatic music
field. While residing in Kochi, she started
learning music at the tender age of 9, from Sri
K.P. Vasu of Calicut. Her father S.M. Sivakumar
was one of the founders of the music organisation
in Kochi - Rasikapriya. This gave her the
opportunity to hear many stalwarts of Indian
classical music and interact with many. In 1987,
she moved from Kochi to Chennai and became the
disciple of the famous vocalist, Smt Charumathi
Ramachandran. She has been regularly performing
in various Sabhas in Chennai and all over India,
and in the prestigious Margazhi music festival
conducted in Chennai every year. Sangeetha has a
mellifluous, resonant voice and her command over
the technical aspects of carnatic music is highly
appreciated by musicians, critics and rasikas
alike. She is an upholder of the
G.N.Balasubramaniam bani. Her music is known for
its crispness, clarity of thought and
presentation. She has the great capacity of being
extremely creative within the bounds of tradition
and classicism. K.V.S.Vinay hails from a
musical family. He is the grandson of Sangeetha
Kalanidhi late Sri T.K. Jayarama Iyer, eminent
violinist and father of orchestration of Indian
music. Born and raised in Delhi, Vinay had his
initial training from Mrs. Vanaja Aravamuthan and
subsequently trained under late Sri V.
Janakiraman and his uncle Sri Kovai B.
Dakshinamurthy. A concert performer for over 20
years, Vinay has had the privilege of
accompanying several leading musicians and also
performing as a successful solo artiste. He has
featured on national radio and TV in India and
has won many awards including an Indian
government scholarship for training in music. He
is a B-high graded artiste of the All India
Radio. Since moving to the US, Vinay has had the
opportunity to perform with eminent India and US
based artistes in leading sabhas across the
country. He has also had the opportunity to
collaborate with Boston based World Jazz groups
Natraj and Bangalore. Vinay has a PhD in
economics and lives and works in the Boston area.
Ganesh Sankaranarayanan started learning
mridangam at the age of ten from the renowned
guru Sangita Kala Acharya Sri Kumbakonam Rajappa
Iyer in Chennai, India. He has given many
performances in Chennai and Chidamabaram before
moving to US in 2000. Since then, he has
accompanied several artists in US. He is
currently undergoing advanced training under M.
Lakshman a senior disciple of Palghat Sri T.R.
Rajamani. Ganesh has also learned carnatic vocal
music from his mother Smt. Saraswathy
Sankaranarayanan. With his knowledge in vocal
music, he seeks to provide a sensitive and
sahityam-based accompaniment. Ganesh is a
research scientist at the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. DIRECTIONS TO - BioTech Center,
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TROY, NY. From
I-87 take exit 7 for route 7E this becomes
Hoosick St. Take right at the 4th light onto15th
street. Go through 3 signal lights and under a
walk-bridge. BioTech Center is after the RPI
Playhouse and before Academy Hall. You can park
at the visitors parking lot on the left, soon
after the walk-bridge. Parking is also available
in the Academy Hall parking lot, in addition to
street parking on 15th street.