Star-studded Ramanavami music season from April 6 in Bengaluru

The Ramanavami music season at Old Fort High School, Chamarajpet, opens on April 6 this year. As always, it brings together a galaxy of well-known musicians.

Now in its 87th edition, the Sree Ramanavami Global Music festival is regarded as one of India’s most iconic music festivals, and promises a rich feast of classical music. It lasts nearly a month, with the main concerts beginning at 6.30 pm. The festival concludes on May 2.

Malladi Brothers, Mysore Vijay Surya and Sandeep Narayan perform on the inaugural day, a Sunday, when the celebrations begin at 8.30 am.

Mandolin U Rajesh and Jayateerth Mevundi (Hindustani vocal) perform together on April 7. The line-up includes S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, M S Subbulakshmi’s great grandchildren (April 8), Kumaresh R and Jayanthi Kumaresh (April 10), Ranjani and Gayatri (April 13), Sudha Raghunathan (April 14), Shivasri Skandaprasad (April 16), Praveen and Shadaj Godkhindi (April 17), Vishwamohan Bhatt and Mysore Manjunath (April 19), Spoorthy Rao (April 21). Vidyabhushana (April 23), Bhargavi Venkatram and H K Venkatram (April 24),

For three days in a row, Hindustani music is on the cards, with vocal music by Venkatesh Kumar (April 25), and sitar by Niladri Kumar (April 26) and Shahid Parvez (April 27). Violinists Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath play on May 1.

The festival is hosted by the Sree Ramaseva Mandali Ramaseva Celebrations Trust, which puts up a special pandal for the annual music festival on the grounds of Old Fort High School in Chamarajpet.

Look up full schedule on ramanavami.org