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NirmalaRajasekar
Dec 31, 20241 min read
Ringing in the New Year with 3 Musical Events: Jan 1, 2025
HIGH NOTES - ALL WOMEN CONCERT - AWARD FUNCTION Thank you for a year of love, support and care. 2024 was filled with music, including the...
NirmalaRajasekar
Sep 10, 20241 min read
100 Strings On Tour
The 100 Strings national US tour is on the road! Vid. Nirmala Rajasekar (veena), with her tour partners Vid. Sandip Chatterjee (santoor),...
NirmalaRajasekar
May 21, 20243 min read
Saraswathi Veena in Spring 2024: From B (Bentonville) to C (Cannes)!
What an amazing journey it has been with the Saraswathi veena over these past 4 months! In early March, I performed at the Momentary, an...
NirmalaRajasekar
May 16, 20231 min read
2023 AP Anderson Award
Nirmala is honored to be the recipient of this year's AP Anderson Award from the Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota. The AP Anderson...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Looking ahead
It was a beautiful blessing to celebrate my Guru's centenary at Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego's three-day festival from April 8-10,...
NirmalaRajasekar
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Elemental Spirit - World Premiere
Thank you to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Prof. Kris Tjornehoj for making this a reality! Today, March 3rd, 2022 at 7.30...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jan 30, 20222 min read
When it rained, it poured
From the Mangala Margazhi program in December 2021, L to R: Sri Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam), Sri Guruprasad (ghatam), and Sri...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jun 13, 20212 min read
Honoured to Receive the "Kalaimamani" Award
On February 17, 2021, I was watching the premiere of my concert dedicated to the Gurus. My cell phone was turned off. Suddenly, our...
NirmalaRajasekar
Nov 10, 20202 min read
The new normal
Greetings! 2020 has been quite the year for all of us - a year to remember and reflect. Travelling to the US on Feb 29 2020, after being...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jan 18, 20201 min read
Greetings from Chennai - Happy 2020
Dear Friends, Warm welcome to 2020 and to my website! It's been a wonderful Season 2019 and already 17 days have passed in a blur in the...
NirmalaRajasekar
Sep 29, 20191 min read
September 2019
An exciting last few months one reason being the ascending of the sacred space of performance by Kum Samyukhtha Shankar who presented a...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jul 3, 20191 min read
July 2019
'Veena Gaanam 2019' at the Cleveland Aradhana on April 22 2019 was an extraordinary event. For the first time in 43 years of the Aradhana...
NirmalaRajasekar
Oct 20, 20181 min read
October 2018 - 'Maithree: the Music of Friendship'
A week away from the D-Day the launch of our new album 'Maithree the Music of Friendship'. Exciting times ahead. A dream now closer to...
NirmalaRajasekar
Apr 9, 20182 min read
April 2018
Greetings! Thanks for the gentle nudge dear friend-that the blog needs updating :) yes its been way too long since the last post. A lot...
NirmalaRajasekar
Jun 19, 20171 min read
June 2017
Already into more than half of year 2017 and I am again amazed by how the time has flown - and what a fulfilling first half it has been...
NirmalaRajasekar
Apr 12, 20162 min read
April 2016
Thank you to all of you for your love and affection, for letting me know that you are with me on my journey via this blog. December,...
NirmalaRajasekar
Dec 10, 20151 min read
December 2015... with love from Namma Singara Chennai
8 months since the last time I wrote here. First time for many things... first time reporting from Chennai, first experience of a deluge...
NirmalaRajasekar
Apr 27, 20151 min read
April 2015 (Almost May!)
Spring time again-- Time to enjoy the blessing of good weather and new beginnings. The past few months have seen a trip South Dakota and...
NirmalaRajasekar
Dec 8, 20141 min read
December 2014
It's been six months since my last post and I am surprised... again!! Where has the time gone? Looking back - from a trip to India to...
NirmalaRajasekar
Nov 19, 20131 min read
November 2013
It has been a mixed bag these past few months. Returning after the tour of Australia and Singapore organized by Swara Laya Fine Arts...
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