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Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:34 AM IST
Chennai:
Eminent violinist M Lalitha presented Gethuvadhyam in her series of thematic multimedia presentation, `MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN DIVINITY’, in Chennai on June 24, 2014.
Under the production grant, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, violinist M Lalitha, Senior Violinist, Musician & Fulbright Fellow, (of the Duo M. Nandini), presents a series of episodes on `Musical Instruments in Divinity’- a thematic Multimedia presentation featuring different instruments each month.
The first episode featured the instrument `Vina’ while the second was on `Venu’. This month on Tuesday, June 24th 2014, the instrument featured was the rare instrument `Gethuvadyam - Jhallari’ at the Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore from 6.30 p.m.
K Ayyanar, Regional Officer, Indian council for Cultural Relations, Chennai, was the Chief Guest while senior vainika exponent, Kalaimamani P Vasanth Kumar, Committee Member, The Madras Music Academy, was the Guest of Honour.
Lalitha dealt with the history, evolution of the instrument, mythological, sculptural evidence, its usage in temple rituals, similarities in global musical cultures, references in literature and in musical compositions.
There was a special performance of Lalitha and Nandini, accompanied by Avudayarkoil H Subramaniam on the Gethuvadyam assisted by his student, S Subramaniam, and a solo performance of the instrument.
