Sruti & The Music Forum - LecDem Mela 2019

This year's theme for the lecDem mela jointly hosted by Sruti magazine and The Music Forum is Vadya Sammelan, that will trace the origin, history and intricacies of musical instruments.

The lecdems will be held on Dec. 7 and 8, 2019.
Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004

The sessions are open to all and admission is free.

Schedule:

Dec. 7, 2019
9.00 a.m. - Inauguration & Presentation of Endowment Scholarships
9.30 a.m.   Haridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel - Insight into mangala vadyams: Tavil & Nagaswaram
11.30 a.m. - Dr. S. Sunder - References to instruments in treatises & compositions
Break
4.30 p.m. - Patri Satishkumar - Myriad facets of mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Carnatic violin and the Lalgudi bani

Dec. 8, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh - The voice of veena
11.30 a.m. - S. Karthick, K.V. Gopalakrishnan, N. Sundar - Layavadya Trayam (Enhancing role of Ghatam, Khanjira and morsing)
Break
4.30 p.m. -The state of instrumental music - Panel discussion by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, Kannan Balakrishnan, M. Lalitha & M. Nandini, B.S. Purushotham. Moderated by S. Janaki, Editor-in-Chief, Sruti magazine
6.30 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram - Vadya & Voice: A two-way street