The Observer, April 14, 2006
Volume XXXVIII, Issue 24
Cultural festival to be held at Cleveland State
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Music Festival has grown to its present status as one of the premier music events in Cleveland by attracting a large number of participants as well as attendees from the entire North American continent.
This year the festival begins at 8 a.m. tomorrow with the singing of the Pancharatha Krithis and will continue until Sunday, April 23. The festival is held at Cleveland State University and is free and open to the public.
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, now celebrating its 29th year, is the largest Indian classical music festival in North America. It was first celebrated in 1978 and has grown to a week-long festival with more than 2000 attendees.
This year, the Aradhana committee plans on having over 45 concert performances by musicians from India as well as artists across North America. In addition, the festival features a series of lectures, workshops, and demonstrations for visiting patrons and students.
A variety of concerts will be performed featuring a number of musical instruments including the veena, mridangam, tabla, kanjira, tambura, flute, sitar, gottuvadyam, violin, and sarangi.
There is a special dance performance at the Aradhana featuring Sujatha Srinivasan (Bharathanrithyam) and her students. For more information about the schedule go to http://www.aradhana.org/schedule.html.
