The event was inaugurated with Lighting of the lamp by Ms.Jayashree Varadarajan and had a medley of songs/dances on Vasudevachar’s compositions, interspersed with informative pieces about his life’s journey narrated by the anchor Mahathi Srinath
An event of Classical music was organised by KBC Arts at the Auditorium of Mahalakshmi temple, London, to celebrate the life and works of Padma Bhushan Mysore Vasudevachar (1865-1961), the 20th century musician/composer who wrote about 200 compositions mostly in Telugu and Sanskrit. Most of his compositions were in praise of Lord Rama.
This is the 15th event by KBC Arts which holds musical events with a focus on a specific poet/Composer (The previous being Homages to Annamacharya, Ramdasa, M.S.Subbulakshmi, Balamuralikrishna, Narayana Theertha, Purandaradasa, Papanasam Sivan, Swati Tirunal, Oothukadu Kavi, Subramania Bharati, Meerabai, Balajim Bhaje Hum, Tulsidas/Ramdas/Surdas and Muthiah Bhagavatar).
The event was inaugurated with Lighting of the lamp by Ms.Jayashree Varadarajan and had a medley of songs/dances on Vasudevachar’s compositions, interspersed with informative pieces about his life’s journey narrated by the anchor Mahathi Srinath.
In all 15 items were presented by 50 artistes. Captivating dances were performed by Devananda Bibiraj, Ananya Sriram and Students of Liya Earath, Jeyaverni Jaganathan (PonSita School of Dance), Shruti Sriram (SanskritiUK).
The mellifluous performances of Dhriti, Mahathi Srinath, Asritha Devarakonda, Shruti Sriram, Divya Kasturi were mesmerising. The performances of Ainkaran Sivaaji on the Violin and Pramod Rudrapatna Prasanna Kumar on the Veena had the audience spell-bound.
The performers were accompanied on the Mridangam by a well-known professional Vijeyerajah Mylvaganam.
The successful program was enjoyed by a packed house of audience appreciative of the focussed efforts by the artistes and organisers.
Mrs Geetha Kaza, who conceptualised the event, thanked the performers, the team members and the audience. Photographs and videos were by Councillor Aaditya Kaza (Kaza Clicks).
