News: Shodhan Prasad
Dubai, Sep 30: Chirantana, an organization that was formed 19 years ago, working in the field of dance and music in Davangere, Karnataka have scheduled to host an international dance and music festival 'Vishwa Samskruti Utsava' in Dubai on October 11 at Credence Auditorium, Al Quoz, Dubai.
As per Deepa N Rao, founder president of Chirantana Academy, their institute had organized more than 300 programmes of dance and music festivals so far. Eminent personalities like late Maya Rao, Guru Shyamala Bhave, Pandit Nagaraj Hawaldar, Dr S P Balasubramanyam, Pandit Praveen Godkindi, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vidwan Kadri Gopalnath, Vidwan Anur Shivu and team’s ‘Laya Lahari, Usha Uthup, Nirupama Rajendra, Sangeetha Katti, Praveen D Rao, Pandit Kaivalya Kumara Gurav, Yashwanth Sardeshpande, Late Master Hiranaiah, Kirloskar Sathya, Sihi Kahi Chandru and team and many more artistes from all over India have performed with their teams in Davangere in the programmes conducted by Chirantana.
More than 10,000 Students have learnt Keyboard, Guitar, Violin, Tabla, Karnatic Vocal, Hindustani Vocal, Flute, Light music, Veena, Kathak and Bharatanatyam in the last 19 years in Chirantana. “We have also invited artistes from UK and Sri Lanka to perform in Davanagere. Our students have given performances on various art forums in Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah, Singapore, Sri Lanka and London. They were appreciated by eminent audience and art critics,” says Deepa Rao.
In the upcoming International Dance and Music Festival in Dubai, which will be held on October 11, Chirantana are bringing in about 100 artistes from India with the aim of promoting Indian folk artistes from rural areas, who will add more colors to the programme.
All are welcome to witness the unique event.