Exclusive Chamber Concert by Ranjani Sivakumar
Sunday, 14th July 2024|3:45 pm EDT
| $30.00Ranjani Sivakumar – vocal
Jaishankar Balan – violin
Athrey Nadhan – mridangam
FREE FOR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS
Ranjani Sivakumar, is a classical musician whose music draws attention – for its aesthetics, quality of voice, finely calibrated style and a truthful expression with it.
A Grade A artiste with the All India Radio, music, has been her best teacher and she is thankful for having had the opportunity to travel far and wide with it, thereby enriching her life experience.
Grateful to her Gurus
- Sangeeta Kalaacharya Smt Seetha Narayanan
- Late Sri NS Srinivasan
- Late Sri Chetalapati Balasubramaniam
- And Isai Peroli Smt Dr. Pantula Rama who mould her, she continues her training with steadfast dedication.
Ranjani believes that, “Breadth, adds as much zest to life as does depth.”
She has sung soulful melodies, for cinemas like Pelli Choopulu, Mental Madilo, Thippara Meesam.
Her collaborative projects:
- “raga and yoga” – a detox for the five senses
- “tana bana”
- “Triobroma” – storytelling and music
have received a lot attention and appreciation.
She engages with children, musically, by being a part of an outdoor camp called “Cast Away”.She also teaches at the Jiddu Krishnamoorti school – “Shibumi” in Bengaluru and Amar Chitra Katha in Hyderabad.
A former techie from TCS, she has the opportunity to combine her software skills and music to work with Apple Inc on their music platform. She also works as technical writer for the company Wavemaker.
Jaishankar Balan hails from a family of musicians. He started his music training from the age of 6 and was under the guidance of Smt Alamelu Subramanian and Shri T.S.Krishnaswamy in Bombay.
He has worked and performed along with all major stalwarts in the present musical arena , including T.N.Seshagopalan, Dr Yesudas, Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy, Ravi Kiran and several others.
He was invited to perform along with Dr. Yesudas at the United Nations in Paris for the last UN meeting of the century. He is a graded artist of AIR and Doordarshan and has represented India in major cultural festivals including Festival of India in Russia and Middle East.
In 2009, he received the very coveted Best Teacher Award at the Cleveland Aaradhana Festival.
He holds a Masters in Computer Science and as MBA in International Finance and is settled in Michigan.
Athrey Nadhan from Chicago, IL started learning the art of playing the Mridangam at the age of five and is currently undergoing advanced training from the esteemed professional, Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao in Chennai, India. Athrey has performed in over 350 concerts across North America and India, accompanying several leading musicians including Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, and Vittal Ramamoorthy, among many others. Athrey also has learned Carnatic vocal music from B.U. Ganesh Prasad and is a Software Engineer at Apple in Raleigh, North Carolina.