India, Dec. 3 -- 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan Music Concerts in Mysuru

Prasar Bharati and Ministry of Culture came together with the Director General, Akashvani, to present 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan at city's Ganabharathi auditorium on the 23rd of this month. The evening featured two concerts - a mridanga concert 'Mridanga Taranga' by city's well-known mridangist H.L. Shivashankar Swamy followed by a veena recital by the distinguished veena artiste of the city young Dr. S.V. Sahana.

The first of the two, 'Mridanga Taranga,' was a unique concept, a never-heard-before event with the mridanga as the main artiste. While several other artistes were also involved in the concert, mridanga took the centre stage as the primary melodic, ...