Yuva Bharati Winner at the Khajuraho Festival in 1996
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Ranjani Ramakrishnan (VIOLIN) Ranjani is the disciple of her mother Seetha Ramakrishnan. Ranjani won the prestigious Pt. Vishwanathdev Sharma Award and was also a Yuva Bharati winner at the Khajuraho Festival in 1996. Ranjani is a grade 'A artist Presents with AIR and Doordarshan. She has accompanied a number of Solitaire - Bharatnatyam Recital eminent and senior artistes. She also regularly accompanies Alarmel By Valli for her dance performances, in India and abroad. Shruti Abhishek and Meghah Vuppalapaty Followed by Divya Devaguptapu ‘s B Charles(LIGHTS AND STAGE MANAGER) Bhavanubhuti – Celebrating Kshetraya Charles is a sensitive Lighting and Stage director who works with several eminent dancers and theater artistes in Chennai. September 16 2017, 4:00 pm Mission Center of Performing Arts , Santa Clara , CA www.yuvabharati.org OUR NEXT CONCERT 1. Pushpanjali By Shruti and Meghah Talam: Adi Ragam : Gambheera Nattai Concept / Choreography: Smt. Janani Narayanan Sabda Manjari 2. Siva Sloka and Mallari By Shruti Talam: Adi Ragam : Hamir Kalyani , Nattai Concept / Choreography: Shri Vaibhav Arekar 3. Ranjani Mala By Meghah Talam: Adi Ragam : Ragamalika Composer: Tanjavur Shankara Iyer Concept / Choreography: Smt. Rukmini Vijayakumar 4. Ardhanariswara By Shruti Talam: Rupakam Ragam : Kumudakria Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar Concept / Choreography: Shri Vaibhav Arekar 5. Varnam- Swani Unnaiye Naan Megayum Nambinene By Meghah Talam: Adi Ragam : Reethigowla Composer: Vaidevelu Pillai Concept / Choreography: Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan 6. Ninda Stuti By Shruti Talam: Rupakam Ragam : Suruti Composer: Marimuthu Pillai Concept / Choreography: Shri Vaibhav Arekar Master's in Biotechnology and currently works at a Cancer diagnostics start-up in Menlo Park. 7. Thillana By Shruti Talam: Adi Ragam : Revati Shruti Abhishek Composer: Maduari N Krishnan Concept / Choreography: Shri Vaibhav Arekar Shruti is a Graduate in Performing Arts in Bharatanatyam with a Distinction from Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyala, Mumbai. She is Intermission started learning from Guru Smt Roshini Singhi and is currently training under Shri Vaibhav Arekar, founder of Sankhya Dance Creations. She is a Bhavanubuthi By Divya Devaguptapu – Celebrating Kshetragna through music, dance and poetry. part of NavaDanceTheatre in San Francisco. bhAvAnubhUti is a celebration of expression (bhavam) steeped in classicism Divya Devaguptapu - a unique one-of- a-kind, soulful presentation featuring some of the finest Divya had her training from Gurus, Smt. Minal Prabhu and world exponents of Music & Dance from South India. Several artistic minds renowned dancing couple, ‘The Dhananjayans’. Her legacy stems from collaborate in this production to present padams - poems written by the strong grounding in tradition of the illustrious Kalakshetra. Divya is Kshetragna (1 7th Century Poet) which are known for their rich melodic and also an Engineer with a Masters in Electrical Engineering. Divya poetic import. Kshetragna used love (shringara) as a vehicle for his mystic currently divides her time between USA and India and is establishing and transcendental communion with the Lord Muvvagopala. These rare herself as a professional performer and choreographer. padams depict human life in all its dimensions and speak of various moods of love and devotion through madhura-bhakti (divine love). Savita Narasimhan (VOCALS) Padams are traditionally sung in a very soulful genre of melody that has been Known for her sensitive and sophisticated musicianship, she performs popularized by Legendary Musicians T Brinda - T Mukta and Dancer T regularly at leading sabhas in Chennai and around the world. She has Balasaraswathi. The music set by leading South Indian vocalist Dr. Sowmya been a disciple of Chitravina Ravikiran. Savita has absorbed the (direct disciple of T Mukta and a torchbearer of the padam tradition), is a intricacies and musicality of padam singing from her Guru Ravikiran. unique combination of her lineage and her personal intellectual signature that reflects the special mood of each piece. She is an A Grade artist at AIR. She is a founding member of Just Us Repertory, theater group and has sung for their productions. She has Set against the backdrop of a specially created mural by noted artist & several albums to her credit. She has received awards from the cartoonist of The Hindu Keshav Venkataraghavan, the various emotions of Madras Music Academy, Krishna Gana Sabha and Kalki padams come alive through music & dance Krishnamurthy. J Vaidyanathan (MRIDANGAM PERCUSSION) Artists He hails from a Family of Great Musicians. He is the son of legendary Meghah Vuppulapaty musician D K Jayaraman and nephew of D K Pattammal. He is the Meghah completed her initial training in Bharatanatyam under Smt.Dipi disciple of Dr.T K Murthy. Vaidyanathan has accompanied all the Bhat in Gujarat, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in great stalwarts of Carnatic music in concerts and he is the youngest Bharatanatyam through the Gujarat Board of Music and Dance and percussionist to get the prestigious Kalaimaamani award from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. She is currently a student of Smt. Janani Government of Tamil Nadu, India. Narayanan, artistic director of Nrityakalya Dance Company. She has a .