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*     MIT Sangam and the New England Hindu Temple 
*                      present
*          A Grand Carnatic Violin Recital by
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*               Sri. Mysore M. NAGARAJ & 
*               Sri. Mysore M. MANJUNATH
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*                    accompanied by
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*       Sri. Tiruvarur Bhaktavathsalam on Mridangam
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*          SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1997 at 6:00 PM
*     Wong Auditorium, Tang Center (Building E51), MIT
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*              Tickets Available at the Door
*              Regular - $12;  Student - $10
*(SANGAM members and all Graduate Students get $2 discount)
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The Carnatic music tradition is an ancient one, claiming a 
continuity with over 2000 years of Indian history. Associated 
with southern India, it is a style with rich intellectual and 
aesthetic foundations that can also be appreciated on many levels 
by the professional, the amateur, the student, and the completely 
uninitiated. While in Carnatic music the human voice is considered 
to be the defining instrument, it has a rich instrumental tradition 
as well. The violin, an instrument familiar to western audiences, 
was easily adopted into the Carnatic tradition over 200 years ago 
and now has evolved its own distinctively Indian style of playing:
played while seated on the stage with the scroll resting on the 
player's foot. Come and hear these great artists perform in this 
rich tradition.
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The Artists:

Sri. Nagaraj and Sri. Manjunath are the sons and disciples of the
well-known violinist Sri. S. Mahadevappo of Mysore. Sri. Nagaraj
gave his concert at the age of 11 and  Sri. Manjunath at the age of
9.  Following their debut, their ascent was meteoric.  This
talented duo have been giving violin concerts all over the world. 
These duets have won widespread approbation and have come to stay
as they represent the best of traditional classicism combined with
exciting innovation.  

Sri. Bakthavathsalam received his training from his maternal uncle
Sri. Tiruvarur Krishnamurthy, a noted Mridanga vidwan of AIR,
Pondicherry.  Having started performing at the age of 9,  Sri.
Bakthavathsalam has accompanied all the top ranking artists in
India and abroad.  He has received several titles including
"Kalaimamni" from Tamil Nadu Government and "Mridanga Vadhya Mani"
from Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.

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For information and directions to Wong, please see our events page:
     http://web.mit.edu/sangam/www/events.html/

or feel free to contact:

     Srikanth Vedantam: srikanth@mit.edu
     S. Venkataraman:  617-647-9522, venkat@aspentec.com
     Anand K. Iyer:  617-647-7637, iyer@prtm.com
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A useful site to begin your exposure to the Classical Music 
Traditions of the Indian Subcontinent is:
     http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~boppe/MUSIC/music.html
Start with the "Introduction to Indian Classical Music" and
then move on to the other primers if you want to get introduced
to the technical details.

(This event is partially funded by the MIT Graduate Student Council.)