Raga Sudha Rasa music festival from tomorrow

The Raga Sudha Rasa, a national music festival, organised by Mani Krishnaswami Academy will be held from February 10 to 15, said Academy Secretary P Nithyananda Rao.

In memory of Pejawar seer late Vishweshatheertha Swami, a musical concert will be organised by the students of Nada Saraswathi Vidyalaya at Dhyana Mandira of Sharada Vidyalaya on February 10 at 4.25 pm, he added.

The festival will be inaugurated by Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swami. Close associates of Pejawar seer K Vishnumurthy Acharya, Subrahmanya Hebbar Perampalli, Nadaswara experts Annu Devadiga and Lingappa Sherigar will be felicitated. Nadaswara and Veena recitals by Nagesh A Bappanadu and Y G Srilatha will be held at 6 pm on February 10.

On February 11, flute recital by Pranav will be held at 5 pm and a concert by Archana and Samanvi will be held at 6 pm. On February 12, violin by C S Chinmayi and Hrishika Kedage will be held at 5 pm and concert by Athreya Krishna at 6 pm. On February 13, Maddale, Mridanga-Kanjira concert by Krishnaprakash Ulithaya, Nikshith T Puttur and Balakrishna Hosamane will be held at 4 pm. Hindustani Bansuri concert by Anil Kumar at 5 pm and a musical concert by Prajna Adiga at 6 pm will be also held.

Yuva Kalamani award will be presented to Shreya Kolathaya on February 14 at Dharmasthala. M K Muthumani annual award will be presented to Sunada Krishna by Mani Krishnaswami Foundation, Chennai; Eshwarayya Samsmarana Prashasthi to Nagesh A Bappanadu and ‘Hiriya Sadhaka Sanmana’ on K U Raghavendra Rao.