Traditional arts for the next generation
Dear friends – As many might’ve known, we have been going through a challenging year and closed most sections of our academy last year. With the completion of ‘Margazhi in Singapore’ – our swan song, we would up operations of…
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SYAMA is happy to be involved in the pilot project of a sacred music performance by children supported by our artistic director Ramkumar on the 17th January 2021 at the Stamford Arts Centre. The event was attended by over 70…
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Though I was a volunteer usher at the event, I could not resist myself getting involved in the music and dance that surrounded me on the evening of 19th December 2020 at the ‘Margazhi in Singapore’ event organized by SYAMA…
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For practitioners of Carnatic music, mastery of manodharma is a sought after but elusive thing. Manodharma lies in the liminal space between structure and freedom, learned action and spontaneity, and somehow distills the essence of a raga at all points…
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Join us on Sunday or Monday by making prior appointment.
SYAMA will be conducting the first ever augmented reality based Carnatic concert. In this series, we are making use of technology for performers to see all rasikas virtually in an auditorium seating. We expect this will give them an experience…
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SYAMA organized and recorded an orchestra of 8 children playing Veena, Violin, Mridangam and Tabla. Some of our students also recorded short Carnatic music videos. Lookout for more details on our FB and Insta pages.
As a tribute to Singapore’s 55th National day, we bring a Veena ensemble of Shabir’s ‘Singai naadu’. Hope you will like it.
Margazhi is the Tamil month that is dedicated to traditional music and dance in Chennai, the epicenter for Carnatic music and Bharathanatyam. During this time music performers and conneisseurs from various countries visit ‘sabhas’ in Chennai. ‘Rasikas’ briskly hopping from…
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