KFAC Music Course by Sri.Rama Varma 10,11,12th Sept. 2016

Karnataka Fine Arts Council, Bengaluru - Announcing Course 1.

Karnataka Fine Arts Council, (KFAC) constituted by 10 leading music sabhas of Bangalore, including Nadasurabhi,   is pleased to launch its first music course by a renowned guru, in its  ongoing effort to spread and support Indian Classical Music and Dance.

Details are as follows:

Guru: Sri. Rama Varma

Venue and Course Management, Ananya, 91/2, 4th Main, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru-3.

Course Content: A Selection from the Compositions of Maharaja Swathi Tirunal , M.D.Ramanathan, Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna, Annamacharya, Purandaradasa, Bhadrachala Ramadasa,  Kaiwara Amara Nareyana and others as the course develops.

Dates and timing:

10^th, 11^th and 12^th September 2016.

From 5 PM

Duration: 2.5 to 3 hours / day

Course fee per participant is Rs.2,000 payable in cash to Dr.Raghavendra, Ananya, Bengaluru or NEFT bank transfer in advance. Registration will be confirmed only on receipt of payment. There can be no refund of fees after registration.

For payment to KFAC by NEFT:

Account Name : Karnataka Fine Arts Council

Account type : Savings

Account no : 0403101205196

IFSC code : CNRB0000403

Bank : Canara Bank

Branch : Basavanagudi, Bangalore

Candidates , once fees is paid by cash or transferred by NEFT, may kindly send the following information by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or phone +91 9980991110

Name of Candidate, Age, Address, Phone no., Mobile no., Email address and how they came to know about the course.

No. of students: 25 only on first come first served basis.

Last date for registrations : 1^st September 2016 or as soon as the seats are filled up, whichever is earlier.

Minimum Student Qualification:  Must have learnt up to keerthanai level.

Venue of Course:

Ananya Sabhangana, 91/2, 4th Main, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru-3

Co-ordinator:

Dr. Raghavendra, Ananya, 91/2 , 4^th Main, Malleswaram, Bengaluru.3.

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Note: Upcoming Courses under KFAC.

Announcement and registration for these courses will be done separately closer to the date.

2^nd Course: Guru: Sri.Rama Varma- Venue: Outer Ring Road/Sarjapur Road junction- managed by Ranjani Fine Arts. Dates : 15^th and 16^th October 2016

3^rd Course: Guru: Dr.T.S.Sathyavathi- Venue: Banashankari- managed by Sree Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira. Dates: 10^th, 11^th and 12^th December 2016.

4^th Course: Guru: Sri.Rama Varma- Venue: Koramangala- managed by Nadasurabhi. Date: In January/ February and will be decided as soon as the calendar is ready to find out the holidays. Will be for 3 days.  Dates will be finalised in consultation with the guru.

About Sri.Rama Varma

Prince Rama Varma, a member of the Royal Family of Travancore, is a direct descendant of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma and Raja Ravi Varma.  Falling in love with music at an early age, Sri.Rama Varma studied music first with Prof.Vechoor Hariharasubramania Iyer for 14 years, until his demise in 1994. At present he is undergoing training under Sangeethakalanidhi Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna and has gone on to become one of his foremost disciples. Besides vocal music, Sri.Rama Varma is also an eminent vainika He studied veena under Trivandrum Sri. R.Venkataraman for five years before joining Sri. K.S.Narayanaswamy, who taught him until his demise.        

 Teacher: Fluent in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil and French, Varma is well read and has travelled widely and uses inputs from walks of life other than music too to enrich his art. His music is noted for its strict adherence to tradition coupled with his own charming brand of creativity. He specializes in taking classes and giving lecture demonstrations about various aspects of music to much appreciation and delight from his students and members of the public. He believes in making his lectures entertaining and his concerts informative.  

 Organiser:   During the past decade he has proved himself to be an organizer of merit by organizing a week long festival of South Indian and North Indian Classical Music which is open to the public, at the palace of his ancestor Maharaja Swathi Thirunal in Trivandrum from the 6th till the 12th of January every year. He proved his dynamism as an organizer and visionary yet again recently by spearheading the move to allow women inside the Navarathri Mandapam, both as performers and as listeners too, breaking more than three centuries of that tradition. He is a indeed a worthy descendent of his illustrious predecessor Maharaja Swathi Thirunal who is described as the 

“Prince among musicians and a Musician among Princes”