Wednesday, April 8, 2015

VIDYABHUSHANA - MUSIC CONCERT

Wednesday, 8th April 2015
SheshadriPura College, Bengaluru

Concert in progress
Another evening well spent attending music concert of Naadoja Dr Vidyabhushana at Sheshadripuram, Namma Bengaluru.
Vidyabhushana is a vocalist from Karnataka. He sings devotional songs, chiefly Haridasa compositions, and carnatic classical music.He has hundreds of albums to his credit, mainly devotional songs in Kannada and has given many concerts all over the world. His first album was the extremely popular "Dasara Padagalu" and the 100th - "Tanu Ninnadu Jivana Ninnadu". Performing for more than 20 years, he has traveled to many countries including a successful tour across the length and breadth of USA in 1999., He was honoured with the title of Sangeetha Vidya Nidhi in 1994. He was also honoured the Doctorate by Hampi University. Sri Vidyabhushana began to learn music when yet very young, from his father late Sri Govindacharya, and for several years was an ardent disciple of Sri B. V. Narayana Aithal of Udupi. In the later years he got training from the famous musician, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri R.K.Srikantan and then from the well known exponent T V Gopalaksrishnan.

FELICITATIONS
He continues his constructive activities in music, and the spread of devotion and service to the community through "Bhakti Bharathi Prathistana", a trust for which he is the founder trustee. This trust conducts extensive musical programs to commemorate Shri Purandara Dasara Aradhana and other events. Presently he is constructing "Purandarashrama" in Bangalore.
He is a native of Dakshina Kannada district. He lives with his wife and two kids in Bangalore. He was the pontiff of Kukke Subramanya Mutt before becoming a full-time singer.
At the Sri Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi, Vidyabhushana was honoured for his 25 years of performances, without a break at the samithi. “When I started singing for the samithi, I used to see only sand around the college premises where people sat and listened even for four hours at a stretch. The ambience and open-air cool breeze has always been inviting,” says Vidyabhushana, who holds a Doctorate in ‘Haridaasa Haadugalalli Sangeetha,’ from the Hampi University.

after the concert....
written on Thursday 9th April2015


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