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Kalakruthi School of Music

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Glen Waverley Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.kalakruthi.com.au

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25.01.2022 Dear All, Please find the link to my Interview on M4 TV. The gorgeous Shyama Sasitharan with her insights into Australian Arts has led me on to a meaningful chat. Let me have your comments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZI0yCP1a1c&feature=youtu.be

25.01.2022 Dear Students Please consult with me and register here.

22.01.2022 One year ago-Kalakruthis Shubhra Mahotsav- Share your memories!

21.01.2022 Mere Vatan ke Logon! Tears will well up in your eyes!

21.01.2022 Well done Ananya

21.01.2022 Proud to see ii year old Janaki reach such incredible milestones!

20.01.2022 My mothers students reminiscing on her 13th Anniversary Sometimes it is hard for me to speak and rave about my mother and what a great Veena artiste she was- it is therefore so good to see her students talk about her greatness I dedicate my OAM in her memory and my Grandmother who also passed away on the same date but 15 years today

18.01.2022 Another young Kalakruthi student took up the challenge! Proud of you Janaki Easwar Divya Anoop!

16.01.2022 Our most beloved guru Shobha Sekhar has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia by the Governor General and Chancellor of the Order of Australia today morning. We have put together a short video and her acceptance speech. Students of Kalakruthi School of Music are indeed proud of our Guru- her expertise and humanitarian efforts.... Please post your comments below and show your solidarity , love and tribute to a worthy recipient. Words of Shloka Shubham Karoti Kalyaannam-Aarogyam Dhana-Sampadaa | Shatru-Buddhi-Vinaashaaya Diipa-Jyotir-Namostute || Meaning: 1: (Salutations to the Light of the Lamp) Which Brings Auspiciousness, Health and Prosperity, 2: Which Destroys Inimical Feelings; Salutations to the Light of the Lamp.

13.01.2022 Art came to her as a choice in life and she turned her life into art Shobha Sekhar, recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia takes us on her musical... journey Read more at: https://bit.ly/2YzCQ9c Kalakruthi School of Music Sanchita Abrol #Carnaticmusic #CarnaticMusicMelbourne #CarnaticMusicAustralia

13.01.2022 Watch Kalakruthi students speak about their music education

12.01.2022 Heres my shot at the #PaltaChallenge by Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty ji. I have done this #challenge at 200bpm Thank you Guru. Shobha Sekhar Aunty (Kalakrut...hi School of Music) Thank you Kaushiki Chakraborty Ji #9yearOld #paltachallenge #PALTA #carnatic #rahulvellal #200bpm #kaushikichakraborty #kalakruthi #devyiyer #devanjanaIyer #indianclassical #paltachallange

12.01.2022 Dear All, Please listen to the lec-dem by Dr Sumathi, Secretary of Music Academy, Chennai. It is indeed very educative.

12.01.2022 Happy and honoured to be part of this GLobal initiative.

10.01.2022 Listen to our Guru speaking from her heart!

10.01.2022 Wow! One of my multi-faceted students winning International acclaim! Well done Deepa!

09.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/VakrathundaVinayagar/videos/1050581558763709/

08.01.2022 Dear All My Humble offering for Kumbabhisekam, My vocal concert at 8 to 9 pm. You amy listen live at the Temple or through the links below. Temple Facebook Lin...k https://www.facebook.com/VakrathundaVinayagar/ Temple YouTube link See more

08.01.2022 Kathak Danseuse #Sanchitha Abrol has painted a beautiful canvas of my musical journey! Thanks to Tony Sethi and Amandeep Sethi for the cover story on Gday Indai

07.01.2022 Dear All Kalakruthi Students, Find yourself in the photo published today in one of Indias esteemed newspapers The Hindu-in their Friday Review.

07.01.2022 Hi everyone! I'm performing a carnatic vocal concert tonight. Please come along to watch and support me!

06.01.2022 Happy 75th Star Birthday wishes to our Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani #karaikudimani Please enjoy listening to some of his masterpieces and the performers and well ...wishers with whom he has been interacting over many years. Thank you to all the contributors of the photos from various Chapters of Sruthi-Laya Kendra and Artists around the world. Audio Editing: Chelliah Kuganesan and Ravichandhira Guru Mani received his first national award at the age of 18 from the then President of India. In 1999 he accepted the national award from "Sangeeth Natak Academy". This was presented by the President of India at the time, K. R. Narayanan. In 1986, he started an ensemble, entitled Sruthi Laya, that combined melody and percussion. Three years later, he founded the Sruthi Laya Seva institution that opened centres at Chennai, Bangalore, Australia, London, US, and Canada. The impact of his collaboration with the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) under the leadership of Paul Grabowsky AO pianist, composer and producer and many other recipients of prestigious awards-the musicians and scholars over the past 30 years has been phenomenal. Dr Sandy Evans says "I am a Sydney based saxophonist, improviser, and composer. In 1996 I sat on stage in New Delhi as a member of the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) and heard Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani (Mani-Sir) perform a breathtaking Tani Avartanam with ghatam player T.V. Vasan. That was to be the first of many times I would experience the energy, imagination, intuition, intellect, virtuosity, tradition, innovation, warmth, and humanity of this renowned mridangam player. The AAOs collaboration with Mani-Sir is ongoing". At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, her composition Meetings at the Table of Time performed by members of the Australian Art Orchestra and the Sruthi Laya Ensemble won Performance of the Year and was nominated for Work of the Year Jazz. The distinguished team of musicians has been headhunted by many festival artistic directors around the globe to feature their collaborative creations. https://www.pressreader.com/india/the... https://www.thehindu.com/entertainmen... M4TV Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4_X... http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2018/09/... To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy Sruti 379 In Australia, a prime student of Guru Mani, Ravi M Ravichandhira OAM, who became his student in 1986 and his wife Narmatha Ravichandhira MA established Sruthi Laya Kendra (SLK) Aust Inc in 1992. Australia is proud to say that mega events in Australia have been made possible through multi-level partnerships and personal philanthropic funding. https://www.thehindu.com/society/hist... As part of the curriculum, Guru Mani provides invaluable guidance in preparing suitable artists from overseas to perform for the mridangam graduates who have worked hard and reached a reasonably high standard to play in a feature concert. With the immense cooperation of senior gurus and Carnatic musicians and dancers of Melbourne, Guru Mani inaugurated the Nandikeshwara Festival in Melbourne in 2017. He continues to inspire and enrich the Melbourne Trinity Festival by his participation in the grand congregational signing on several occasions and its feature performances. It is his greatness as a percussion maestro that made Eero Haemmeneimi of Finland Naada group dedicated four compositions in his name. His venture titled "Amrutham Fusion for Freedom" is an effort. Apart from that, he has also collaborated with Japanese musician John Kaizan Neptune to create an album named "Steps in Time". In this album, Guru Karaikudi Mani has created a unique synthesis of shakuhachi and Indian percussion. In 2008, Mani collaborated with Sarangan Sriranganathan and other Australian musicians in a Classical/ Fusion concert called "Unity in Diversity". In 2011, he played on Paul Simons album So Beautiful or So What. He founded a magazine entitled Layamani Layam. During the lockdown period, we feel the need to digitise, consolidate and share the posters and articles of the momentous events (we currently hold) for record. We have requested well wishers from Australia, UK, USA, Canada and India to supply photos or print media or videos of events that Mani sir has been a part of to include them in this album. So watch out for some more images A panchanadai percussion ensemble is posted on Utube with moving images. Credit notes: Chelliah Kuganesan, Thank you heaps for editing and enhancing the audio file. Audio file performers: Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani (Mridangam), G. Harishankar (Khanjira), T V Vasan (Ghatam), Srirangam S Kannan (Morsing) Various chapter heads of Sruthi-laya supplied their momentous photos for inclusion in this album. Further many Melbourne Artists, well wishers and photographers were kind enough to let us share their photography.

05.01.2022 The best interest evoked yet: Dear Smt. Shobha Sekar, Namaskaram.... I am a resident of Glenroy, originally from Chennai, India. I have a 10-month-old daughter. What I am going to tell here might make me sound crazy or like an over-enthusiastic mother. However, I just want to ensure that I support my daughter in every way possible. My little girl seems to be very much interested in Carnatic music. I am not exaggerating even though it is a little early to know for sure. I am not sure if it is natural for such a little girl to prefer listening to Pancharathna keerthanai, thillana and other great renditions over a nursery rhyme. Every day she listens to concerts on YouTube and enjoys every little nuance of the renditions. When she listens to a song repeatedly, she even starts to get excited and tries mimicking when the aalapanai starts. I would like to help her pursue her interest here. I know this is very early, but I know a few friends of mine from music families back home who started learning music at a very early age. I would like to know at what age would you start accepting shishyas. Meanwhile, it would be great if you can tell me if there is anything I can do to keep her interest ignited.

04.01.2022 One year --Kalakruthi celebrates 25 years --Kalakruthi students-- What a performance and we will continue to keep the flame --passion for the best of art forms-ignited!

04.01.2022 DAY 2-Shubhra Mahotsav-

04.01.2022 Janaki and Kaushik! Talented and creative along with the photographer/cinematographer Anoop Divakaran

04.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0bYsdGGips&t=8s

03.01.2022 My Best Mothers Day gift from Kalakruthi Family. Message from Dhirendra Naganur. Thank you so much. Makes my job feel So good! If there is a first world and t...he first mother its you, Shobhaji as a Guru and mother for Vaidehi. Not in this birth for many births to come, we remain indebted to you for all the knowledge, care and affection you have unconditionally showered on our daughter. It was always challenging to bring up children in this western world and Lord Almighty sent you as His guide, nourisher and wellwisher. It has been a long time pending to have you all for a nice feast at our house and hope with restrictions easing, we will have it soon. You are and will remain a great inspiration for Vaidehi to tread a path as you and serve the community as a divine offering at Lord Almightys Lotus feet. Thanking you for your kind words and praying for divine health and happiness for you and all your family.

03.01.2022 WOW on Indian TV news channel!

02.01.2022 On my most revered Gurus 92 Birthday! Words cannot express my gratitude to this maestro who mentored me. https://www.youtube.com/watch

02.01.2022 In conversation with Shobha Sekhar - Founder and Artistic Director Kalakruthi School of Indian Classical Music. Watch The Icon Saturday 5.30 pm. Only on M4 TV Australia! #M4tv #Australia #TheIcon #ShobhaSekhar #Kalakruthi #ClassicalMusic

01.01.2022 Revised schedule: Shobha -- Indian Standard Time-- Saturday 3 October-- 10.25 50 11.00 AM Vikram KAnagraj- Sunday 4 October - 8 to 8.15 AM Vaidehi Naganur-- Monday 5 October- 6 to 6.15 PM