Swathi Sangeethotsavam
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Rama Varma performing at Swathi Sangeethotsavam
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Dates | Every year from January 6 to January 12 |
Location(s) | Thiruvananthapuram, India |
Swathi Sangeethotsavam (Swathi Music Festival) is a week-long festival of music celebrating the compositions of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal. The festival is held from 6 to 12 January every year at the courtyard of Kuthira Malika, Trivandrum. It pays homage to Swati Tirunal by devoting the entire festival to his compositions.[1] The concerts are not ticketed. The festival is conducted by Rama Varma Maharaja of Travancore Trust under the helm of Prince Rama Varma.[2]
History
The Government of Kerala used to conduct the festival in Kuthiramalika in memory of Swathi Thirunal. In the late 90s they decided to hold it in different places all over Kerala. So they discontinued the festival at Kuthiramalika. In 2010 Rama Varma Maharaja took initiative to organize and continue the annual festival under the Travancore Trust.[3]
List of events
Year | Date | Headliners |
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2000 | Jan. 6–14 | |
2001[4] | Jan. 1–6 | |
2002[5] | Jan. 6–12 | |
2003[6] | Jan. 6–12 | |
2004[7] | Jan. 6–12 | Kudamaloor Janardanan, Mysore Manjunath, Bangalore Praveen, P. Unni Krishnan, |
2005[8] | Jan. 6–12 | Kudamaloor Janardanan , Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma ,Kiranavali Vidyashankar, Pantula Rama ,V.Vamanan, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, T. M. Krishna |
2006[9] | Jan. 6–14 | V.V. Subramanyam, Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Malladi Brothers,K. Omanakutty |
2007[10] | Jan. 6–14 | Sanjay Subrahmanyan, S.K.S. Hariharasubramanian,Sangeetha Sivakumar, T. M. Krishna,Trichy B. Sivakumar |
2008[11] | Jan. 6–13 | Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, G. J. R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi, Parasala B. Ponnammal |
2009[12] | Jan. 6–14 | Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Malladi Suri Babu, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Parasala Ponnammal, Prasanna Venkataraman |
2010[13] | Jan. 6–14 | Mavelikkara Subrahmanian, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Balasai, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Seetha Rajan and Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna |
2011[14] | Jan. 6–14 | Ajoy Chakraborty, violin duet by siblings S.R. Mahadeva Sharma and S.R. Rajashree, R.K. Padmanabha, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Amrutha Venkatesh |
2012[15] | Jan. 6–14 | Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Bangalore S. Shankar, Venkataramanan, Abhradita Banerjee, |
2013[16] | Jan. 4–13 | Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Ramakrishnan Murthy, Avaneeswaram S R Vinu, Venkataramanan, Debapriya Adhikary, O.S. Arun |
2014[17] | Jan. 4–13 | Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Prince Rama Varma, Amrutha Venkatesh, Parassala B. Ponnammal, Venkataramanan, T.V. Gopalakrishnan, S. Varadarajan(violin solo), Saurabh Kadgaonkar, O.S. Arun |
2015[18] | Jan. 4–15 |
Gallery
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Kuthiramalika.jpg
Kuthiramalika during Swathi Sangeethotsavam
See also
- List of Indian classical music festivals
- Chembai Sangeetholsavam
- Kuthira Malika
- Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram
References
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- ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Swathi-Music-Fest-Begins-Today/2014/01/04/article1981263.ece
- ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Swathi-Sangeethotsavam-from-Sunday/2015/01/03/article2600720.ece
External links
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