JAGRUTAM Folk Rock Band Launch -31st Dec 2011-7.45pm-National College Grounds,Basavangudi,Bangalore

I need all your presence. Come and Support our Young Minds:)

Kum.Nisha.K.Merta (Disciple of Guru.Dr.Suparna Venkatesh) Rangapravesha- 31st Dec 2011-6.15pm-Seva sadan,Bangalore

The Ohio State University(OSU) Alumni Meet -Dec 2011 -1st Time in Bangalore

                



The Ohio University Alumni meet in Bangalore on Dec 11th 2011




For the first time in Bangalore, We had an Ohio state univeristy alumni meet . Dec 11th 2011, Sunday Le MERIDIEN We were 10 folks present there.We had discussed about investment-Entrepreneurship-Funding for innovators-community college-education system change. It was great!




Here is a picture of the Attendees with the name in the order of appearance ( from Right to left)


Thiyagarajakumar,Director,KalaAnantarupah Group- Ph.D  Mime and Theatre  -QREM-Specialize in the Creation of Leadership Stage through arts training and management Program Concept


Rama Subramaniam,Chairman of the Board-Biopure Health care(P) Limited -Master degree in industrial Engineering


Vinod (Vinny) K.Gupta- Chairman,OBR Innovation & Commercialization Task Force,University System of Ohio


Anup Nair -Management Consulting-Accenture-Master in Management


Kanish Gupta,Director,Mercury Enterprises -Master in Management


Amitabh Satyam-Leader,Global Coc for Telecom Media and Entertainment-IBM India Private Limited-Master in Engineering and Management


Vamsi Varanasi-Project Manager-CEO Office,Acropetal Technologies Ltd-Master in Management


Ashwini Desai,Worked as Financial Head in MNC- Master in management.


Saurabh Kumar Johri, VP-Strategic Planning,Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt.Ltd-Master in Management


Mrs.Saurabh Kumar Johri, Director, Designer unit-master in design




Thanks for your time and support.


Please keep in touch - kalaanantarupah@gmail.com / kmedialabs@gmail.com






Cheers....
Thiyagarajakumar BTech,MBA,MBL,SAP,PMP,PH.D

Virtual Dance Orchestra

The Virtual Orchestra is a multi-modal system architecture based on complex 3D sound environment processing and acompact user interface. The system architecture supports high performance sound content for VR applications, and the user controls the performance with a magnetically tracked handheld device.


Leadership stage through arts-Dance-music 
Virtual dance-orchester with Marion Dill, Kazue Ikeda, Angelo Della Iacono, Sipho Manesh, Arthur Staedli




One of the most exciting and rich experiences in the real world is music and all that surrounds it. A music performance—be it a classical music concert performed by a symphonic orchestra or a rock concert—always conveys a range of experiences. Music stimulates multiple senses at once. We hear and feel the sound vibrations in our bodies, and watching the performance complements the experience. As a result, we end up jumping, dancing, or discreetly following the rhythm with our arms or feet.


The objective of our work is to give music amateurs the opportunity to conduct a group of musicians and produce a new kind of multimedia experience. To explore this idea, we developed a semi-immersive virtual reality (VR) system, based on a large projection screen,designed to create an entertaining multimedia experience for nonexpert users. We decided to implement a music performance simulator, a VR system where several virtual characters play different musical instruments and adapt their performance according to the user's instructions.


Although we pay special attention to the realism of the scenario's visual representation, animating the musicians, and the music they produce (3D sound rendering), the conducting interface doesn't try to accurately reproduce the complex interaction of conducting an orchestra. This is left as future work. We provide an interface that partially captures the expressivity of users' gestures without forcing them to perform a specific conducting pattern.








For Details/Show Booking (India )
KalaAnantarupah
kmedialabs@gmail.com / leadershipstages@gmail.com

Bharatanatyam performance

KalaAnantarupah Media Labs - Leadership Stage Dreams 


Bharatanatyam performance 


For Show Booking / Details
KalaAnantarupah Media Labs
email:- kmedialabs@gmail.com

Memories of Madras – An ode to Sampradaya by Chitra Swaminathan, The Hindu

O.S. Thyagarajan on the enduring appeal of Margazhi, the simplicity of vidwans and why he made the city his home

My journey from the national to the cultural capital was not about traversing geographical distance, it was a voyage of self-discovery, an artistic expedition but more importantly, it was a travel back in time to soak in the sampradaya of Carnatic music.


Before settling down in Madras, every year I would gladly leave behind the biting winters of Delhi to enjoy the misty Margazhi air, take part in the annual music celebrations and witness the largest gathering of rasikas here. You may be busy performing through the year, but Margazhi kutcheris have always had a special appeal and flavour.


The Season then meant a few prominent sabhas, many restful sessions of music and relaxed and discerning listeners who savoured and analysed every note. The audience knew what to expect from each vidwan, who had remarkably distinctive styles. They had some compositions and ragas as their specialities… rather a concert trademark. There was an unspoken understanding between stalwarts; they would never tread into each other's area of specialisation.


Mention Karaharapriya ragam or ‘Chakani Raja' and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer immediately came to mind. Listeners flocked to hear Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar's rendition of ‘Sree Subrahmanya Namaste'. Rasikas could never have enough of Madurai Mani Iyer's ‘Sarasa Sama Dhana' in Kapi Narayani while ‘Radha Sametha Krishna' in Yaman was a favourite of G.N. Balasubramaniam.
Artistes performed only when invited. Seeking opportunities was unheard of. They chose the time and date of their kutcheri. Their concert calendars were never crammed. And they ensured there was enough time between performances to unwind and prepare.


Hearing these musical giants meant free lessons on aesthetic sensibilities and developing a sound understanding of the various aspects of this classical art. There was mutual respect and admiration among the old-world artistes, who when not performing could be seen sitting among the first few rows at kutcheris of their contemporaries or sometimes would even come to listen to a promising youngster.


Apart from hard initial training under my father O.V. Subramaniam, Tiger Varadachariar and Tanjore Ponniah Pillai, it was the valuable guidance, encouragement and support of generous masters such as Lalgudi Jayaraman and T.M. Thygarajan that earned me the reputation of a musician with undiluted values. They approached teaching in a holistic manner. It was not just about preparing students for stage performances. Vadyars ensured understanding the art in its totality and groomed thinking musicians.


The legends of the past remain so because of their vidwat, sense of dignity and a modest vision. I have seen Madurai Mani Iyer going to a kutcheri sitting in amattu vandi with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Pazhani Subramania Pillai walking behind. Umayalpuram Sivaraman once arrived for a concert lugging his mridangam in a cycle rickshaw. The most touching moment was when at a Music Academy concert, M.S. Anantharaman put down his violin as a mark of appreciation after I sang a Bhairavi piece. It was heartening when many of the acclaimed names accompanied me on stage — Lalgudi Jayaraman, Palghat Raghu,


Trichy Sankaran, M.S. Gopalakrishnan, M.S. Anantharaman and Karaikudi Mani. They even took time out to help me embellish my music with their valuable inputs. Lalgudi sir would invite me home for long discussions. Such was their involvement and large-heartedness.


At one of my initial concerts at Krishna Gana Sabha as part of their talent promotion series, I was highly-appreciated for my rendition of ‘Nidhi chaala sukhama' in Kalyani ragam and also for some of my GNB-inspired technical flourishes. A landmark concert, it proved to be a turning point in my career as other sabhas took notice of this and invited me to perform. I owe it to the late Yagnaraman, the secretary of Krishna Gana Sabha, who after hearing me on the radio, called me in Delhi and offered me a prestigious platform.


The experience was overwhelming. Heart is where art is — with each passing year I became eager to shift base and I finally did. To sing to audiences in Madras, hear stalwarts and imbibe from their music — this is the sotthu(treasure) I have earned.


I remember
It was a concert organised for a small audience by my French friends in Pondicherry. The venue was bustling with people when I arrived. The miffed security man stopped me at the gate and said I could stand at the entrance if I wanted to hear the music. Later, when he came to know I was the performing artiste, he could not hide his embarrassment.


BIO Born on April 3, 1947, is known for his adherence to tradition and unalloyed classicism. He had his early training from his musician-father O.V. Subramaniam and from legendary artistes Tiger Varadachariar and Tanjore Ponniah Pillai. A top grade artiste of the All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has been performing across the country and abroad. His vidwat has been recognised with awards from cultural organisations.

Courtesy :- The Hindu

Lions Club International honored our Director Thiyagarajakumar with their Lifetime Achiever Award -2011 for his outstanding contributions,community service through loyal,fatithful, and unselfish effort resulting to take our young talents to leadership stage through his research in the field of leadership Stage through arts program.