Come December and there is a great amount of buzz in Chennai Shabas. It is that time of the year when music flows non-stop in the city. The December Festival is truly a piece of tradition that still has strong roots in the city. Started by The Music Academy in chennai way back in 1929, it has indeed come a long way. For the informed, there are carnatic concerts all through the month till early January.
If you are into carnatic music (or even Bharatnatyam for that matter) then this is one festival that you cannot afford to miss. This is simply the best time to catch the who-is-who of the carnatic music in the city. People from all over the world travel to Chennai at this time of the year to get their share of carnatic music. The festival has a following and people even plan their personal trips to the city to coincide with the music festival.
If you need more information about the festival and the schedules, you can find them here. The following sites have a good compilation of all the concerts in the various sabhas.
KutcheriBuzz provides Sabha wise and artist wise categorization along with search.
This blog provides date wise information.
Information about the sabhas can be found here.
With lot of sabhas getting converted to marriage halls and cinema halls due to lack of patronage and with the rapid westernization that is going on, it is heartening to see that this music festival is still going on. I only hope that this festival and the tradition associated with it grows stronger in the years to come.
Let the "Kutcheri's" begin.
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