Shruthilayam Academy

Shruthilayam's Interview with Mr & Mrs Dhananjayan

V. P. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan senior disciples of the legendary Smt. Rukmini Devi are the proud reciepients of the Padma Bhushan award 2009.

Not only are the duo great artists but also wonderful human beings and role models for the entire world.

Words shall fall short for describing her contributions to humankind and Performing arts.

A fine human being and truly a role model for generations to come.

Read Her Profile

Shruthilayam's Interview with Smt. Devika

Thyagaraja Desciples

By Hari Santhanam

(Senior student Shruthilayam Academy)

Smt. Vani Ganapthy's Interview in RAVE MAGAZINE

http://www.raveindia.com/article.asp?ArtID=221

Natyanjali Dance Festival 

http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/20090130/Natyanjali2009.asp

Aksharam CD release by the legends Ganesh and Kumaresh

A few Good Books  on Bharatnatyam

          Bharatanatyam : How to…/Jayalakshmi Eshwar. 

• Dhananjayan on Indian Classical Dance/V.P. Dhananjayan
• Hastha Prayogaah : Vocabulary of Hand Gestures in Bharatanatyam (with Audio CD and Instructional DVD)/Jayalakshmi Eshwar.  
• Understanding Bharata Natyam/Mrinalini Sarabhai.  

Shri. Shivkumar is a violinist. He began violin training in 1983 at the Secunderabad Music College under the guidance of Sri Peri Sreeramamurthy (his primary guru), a top violinist in Hyderabad proficient in all the major styles of violin playing.

Shri. Shivkumar has completed a certificate course in music and continued music training with Smt T. Rukmini , a famous violinist in Madras during his studies at IIT.

He has also been mentored by vocalists (late) Shri M N Subramanium of the Semmangudi school and Shri BRC Iyengaar of the Ariyakudi school. He has performed several concerts in USA, primarily as a violin accompanist.

Shri. Shivkumar had also the golden opportunity to accompany visiting artists like Chitraveena Ravikiran, Prof. T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Prof. T. R. Subramanium, P.N. Krishnamurthy and Ashok Ramani.

   

Srividya Sriram started learning carnatic Vocal from the tender age of 4 from Smt Kamakshi Balasubramanyam (a senior disciple of Late Shri Kolkata Krishnamurthy) in Kolkata.

Srividya is also an accomplished violinist. She has learnt violin from Smt Vasantha Kannan (disciple of Sri Lalgudi G Jayaraman) and has performed widelyin Singapore.

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Sriram Natarajan who is Srividya's husband is also an accomplished vocalist and violinist.He is a disciple of Smt Kamakshi Balasubramanyam and Smt Vasantha Kannan for vocal and violin respectively.He has given full time concerts in all the leading associations in India and Singapore.

Their daughter Shraddha only three  years old can already identify ragams by simply listening to the Keerthanams. A musical genius in the making.

Read full coverage in Adyar Times

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           Dr. Allyn Miner

performs for Shruthilayam's Winter Festival 2008.

A wonderful person who has always been a great inspiration for Shruthilayam.

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 V.R. Devika

A fine human being who apart from being the student of the legends Dhananjayans she  has also persued her studies in Gandhian philosophy.

Get to Know her

Therapy Through Arts Program 

WHO IS A GURU?

http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/articles/id/spiritualresearch/spiritualscience/guru

/A wonderful site dedicated to Carnatic Music, Dance, Yoga, Tamil Plays and Vedas

http://www.kalakendra.com/

The legend Shri. Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan passed away on SEP 8th, in Chennai at a city hospital. He was 73 years.

A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND

SHRI.KUNNAKUDI

By :

Ashraya Ananthanarayanan

   Aradhana Around the

    world- Experience it

          Ashraya  

    Ananthanarayanan

Performance for Cancer Research Foundation

I am very grateful to Smt. Vani Ganapathy for her valuable advice.

Soujanya a desciple of Adyar K.Lakshman, Nagamani Rao is a true believer of passing on knowledge to the upcoming generations. She performed at the Winter festival with Senator Stewart Greenleaf as the Chief Guest.