Flyleaf BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2015 Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. —Plato We feel privileged to be supporting a project It is to be expected that our selection will of the scale and scope of the Centre of Indian not meet with universal agreement. The absence Music Experience or IME—India’s first interactive of great masters like Nikhil Banerjee and Vilayat music museum, located in the Brigade Millennium Khan (sitar), Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (violin), enclave in Bangalore. Last year, in celebration of S. Balachander and Chitti Babu (veena), Pannalal this association, our calendar featured famous Ghosh (flute), Sultan Khan (sarangi), Allah Rakha paintings relating to Indian (tabla)—among a host of music. Brigade Calendar 2015 others—will be felt. The year is based on the same theme, has too few months, Indian except this time the paintings classical music too many have been specially created virtuosos. for us by Bangalore’s well- Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, known artist, Chandranath Bismillah Khan’s beloved shehnai—which he called Begum—was gifted to who features in this the Centre of Indian Music Experience Trust by the maestro’s family. It will Acharya. be on permanent display at the IME, Brigade Millennium, Bangalore. calendar, once said, “If The daunting task of selecting 12 artistes you practice for ten years, you may begin to from a pantheon of greats was made possible please yourself, after 20 years you may become a by defining our focus very early on. We then performer and please the audience, after 30 years narrowed our theme to great artistes and their you may please even your guru, but you must instruments, with equal representation to both practice for many more years before you finally Hindustani and Karnatak traditions. We narrowed become a true artiste—then you may please even the filter further: to maestros of the past, no more God”. with us, who are credited with raising their art We believe the twelve artistes you will see in and their instruments to new heights. the following pages do just that. BRIGADE GROUP We wish you a happy & prosperous 2015 For a better quality of life, upgrade to Brigade January—Front BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2015 USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN, SHEHNAI Chandranath Acharya | The Brigade Collection M T W T F S S January 2015 1 2 3 4 ID-MEELAD 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FULL MOON 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MAKARA SANKRANTHI 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NEW MOON NEW MOON BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 26 27 28 29 30 31 upgrade to Brigade REPUBLIC DAY January—Back BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2015 Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) • Shehnai • At the age of six, Bismillah occasions, to a classical instrument that reached “the realms of high art and Khan became a disciple of his uncle, a shehnai player attached to Varanasi’s raga”, could command the concert stage and touch a global audience. He was Vishwanath Temple. It was the start of a musical journey that would make invited to perform at Delhi’s Red Fort on the eve of India’s Independence—a Bismillah Khan one of the most respected classical musicians of his time. It tradition that continued every year until his death. He was awarded the country’s would also reposition the shehnai from an instrument played mainly at social highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. The Many Worlds of Brigade Group We first entered the real estate sector in 1986, with an ownership office building in Bengaluru. The 14-storey Brigade Towers was then the tallest building constructed by a private developer in Bengaluru. It became such an established landmark that many people believed Brigade Road took its name from Brigade Towers, instead of the other way round. Now, nearly 30 years later Changing times and expectations are reflected in our buildings and services, growth and diversification. Now in our 29th year of operations, Brigade Group is considered one of the leading property developers in South India, with a stable and confident business model. And in the process of successfully negotiating changing conditions, we have evolved to embrace many fascinating and different worlds. We have a presence in a variety of domains—residential, commercial, hospitality, retail and education. Our projects extend across Bengaluru, Chennai, Chikkamagaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mangaluru and Mysuru. To date, we have completed over 150 buildings and, in the process, have earned important certifications, won prestigious awards and created urban landmarks. The Brigade Organisation We are headquartered at the iconic World Trade Center Bangalore in the Brigade Gateway enclave (both of which, incidentally, we VIEW OF WORLD TRADE CENTER BANGALORE, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS OF BRIGADE GROUP created). We have branch offices in several cities in South India, and representative offices in Dubai and the USA. Our operations are managed by a team of ‘Brigadiers’—currently numbering over Wall of Honour 2014 1500—and a national and international network of professional One of India’s Best Companies to Work For 2014 by Economic Times and Great associates across domains, services and specialisations. We work Place to Work Institute, for the fourth consecutive year • Brigade Group, One in a state-of-the-art environment supported by ERP, follow best of Bangalore’s Hot 50 Brands by Paul Writer, Bangalore Brand Summit 2014 practices of HR management and employ modern construction • Brigade Crescent, Ultra Luxury Apartment Project of the Year in CBD Limits, technology. Bangalore and Brigade Horizon, Luxury Apartment Project of the Year, Mysore Looking beyond business horizons at the Silicon India Bangalore Real Estate Awards 2014 • Realty Plus Excellence In 2003, we set up a not-for-profit trust, Brigade Foundation, through Awards 2014: World Trade Center Bangalore @ Brigade Gateway, Commercial which we could work in the broad areas of education, health and Property of the Year; Brigade Group, Developer of the Year–Commercial for community development. We have also put into motion a series Brigade Magnum; Brigade Lakefront’s ‘WALK’ Campaign won 3 awards: of initiatives and activities that bring us closer to the community Innovative Marketing Concept of the Year; OOH Marketing Campaign of the around us. Year; Print Campaign of the Year • Brigade Rubix, Best Architectural Design– Commercial, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) Awards 2014 • M. R. Jaishankar, CMD, Brigade Group, conferred the Construction Week India Toll free: 1800 102 9977 [email protected] BrigadeGroup.com Hall of Fame Award in recognition of his extraordinary work in the real estate sector Holidays / Festivals in January: B—Brigade S—State C—Central R—Restricted RB—Restricted in Brigade 1 1 New Year’s Day (RB); 10 Second Saturday (S); 15 Makara Sankranthi/Pongal (S, B); 26 Republic Day (C, S, B); 28 Sri Madhava Navami (R) ©BRIGADE GROUP February—Front BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2015 T. N. RAJARATHINAM PILLAI, NADASWARAM Chandranath Acharya | The Brigade Collection M T W T F S S February 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FULL MOON 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 MAHA SHIVARATRI NEW MOON BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 23 24 25 26 27 28 upgrade to Brigade February—Back BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2015 T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai (1898-1956) • Nadaswaram (or Nagaswaram) pipe, longer than its predecessor, for greater musical power and integrity; he • What Bismillah Khan was to the shehnai in Hindustani classical music, also changed the traditional position in which the nadaswaram was played from T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai was to the nadaswaram in the Karnatak tradition. He standing to sitting. He seized upon the idea of a tambura sruti for nadaswaram gave nadaswaram and tavil players the status of respected musicians. He earned and was the first to play the nadaswaram to the accompaniment of the violin, the title Nadaswara Chakravarthi and is credited with bringing fundamental mridangam, and tambura. change and innovation to both his instrument and art. 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