About Hamsadhwani
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About Hamsadhwani
Hamsadhwani is an association based in Indiranagar, Adyar in Chennai for encouraging the spreading of Music, Dance, Drama and other forms of Performing Arts. This group is for members of Hamsadhwani, NRI members, all Artists and performers, and other lovers of Music, Dance, Drama and other Performing Arts, who wish to interact between themselves.
Hamsadhwani has a vision for the future. The list is long but we may mention a few here:
- To help scholars, vidwans, social workers who may not have means during their last years.
- To offer scholarships to boys and girls who are less fortunate, to pursue art and the like.
- To have a two way traffic between the two systems of music. Our vidwans to perform before predomintaly North Indian audience up North and Ustads and Pundits to perform in Chennai.
- To foster Harikatha, Nadaswaram, folk music and art.
- To have more debates etc. on various subjects of public interest, not merely music.
- To assist NRI’s and others to foster classical music abroad. To establish contact with Universities and Cultural organizations abroad.
Hamsadhwani today has an enlightened membership of over 1,500, drawn from all sections of society. The organisation holds Carnatic music concerts by renowned vidwans (maestros) and young talented artists. With the belief that fostering professionalism among promising youth is of paramount importance, it encourages youngsters by giving them a platform and an audience for an hour or more. Hamsadhwani conducts its megavanza, every January to April, cornering the attention of rasikas (music lovers) and musicians.
Office Bearers of Hamsadhwani
Mohan Parasaran
Patron in Chief
Ramnath S Mani
M. Murali
Vice President
Rachna Anoop Kumar
Vice President
V.V. Sundaram
Vice President
P.R.K.B. Srinivasan Deviah
Vice President
R. Sundar
Secretary
T.R. Gopalan
Secretary
K.V. Narayan
Secretary
M. Radhakrishnan
Asst. Secretary
N. Ramakrishnan
Treasurer
M.K. Chakravarthi
Committee Member
S.V. Sankaran
Committee Member
Prema Sadasivam
Committee Member
Aparna Gopalakrishnan
Committee Member