When Carnatic Rithvik’s musicians Ritja and his wife and classical dancers Shweta Prachande sat to create production that talked about the beauty of the earth, a composition that appeared in their minds was Malayalam poet o n v Kurup ‘Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham’.
They took a few lines of what was considered one of the hardest legendary funeral works for this planet to comfortably about what he believed was the end that would soon occur in the hands of mankind.
While some people might consider this to succumb to the idea of a young artist couple to be contemplated, it’s actually, the wake up call from the inertia of what is called the musician Bombay Jayashri Ramnath “population that is not moved after a pandemic”.
“For me, it looks like we have learned a little of the toughest lessons we experienced in several times,” he said.
That is why, when we step into that year when our senses crave the miracle of art to convince us about better times, this classical musician reminds us that the way to get there and remain responsible to ourselves and to one- The only planet we can call home.
Rithvik and Shweta are one of the 21 artists from all over the country who are filming shows from ecologically significant spaces in India for a digital cinematic festival for four months of classic Indian music and dance called Blue Planet.
This has been curated by the first edition of art and arranged to be launched around the world on December 17 at Shaale.com.
Percussionist Praveen Sparsh, T M Krishna, Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath and Brindha Manickavasa, who also participated in the event, shot in the village of Anganba in Tuensang, Nagaland, where green work and holistic conservation practices have set promising examples.
Recently, the first edition of the edition of releasing a promo video called ‘Highway Bhairavi’, an impromptu jammed session was shot by a group in a small hamlet on the road called children, after their journey was disturbed due to road repairs.
“We did conduct recipes and live with tribal communities that their lives are rooted in their land ecology.
Their agricultural practice is in conjunction with this way of life and their warmth reflects this philosophy,” said Praveen.
“Naturally, the concert held in the city as long as Margazhi occurs in a cultural framework that functions like a bubble.
When we take this experience to a distant place, in the midst of nature, coming to serve a completely new purpose,” he said.
Devina Dutt, Co-Founder and First Edition Art Director, said ecology not just catching phrases for them.
“We have worked closely with NGOs, sustainability and social justice groups to weave voices from the community in the series,” he said.
“We opened fire on the Anjuna pond in Goa with Ramakrishnan Murthy and Urur-Olcott Kuppam vocalist with Malladi Brothers.” Bombay Jayashri, which is an ambassador of the Indian Earth Day network and one of the artists collaborating for the song ‘Dharti MA’, was released to mark the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day last year, never stopped abandoning the needs of both the worldwide climate, AndherBackyard Withcampaignstemby Use plastic single use at Kutcheris.
In May, he joined his son Amrit, along with Kaushiki Chakraborty and his son Rishith, to serve Ode to Indian Rivers; Concepts that are put together by composers based in the US Kanniksiswaran.
This year, he once again reminded organizers, customers and artists to be sensitive.
“I remember the time when I could walk from Mylapore Fine Arts to Narada Gana Sabha and Music Academy.
When the Margazhi season is involvement with thousands of people, changes that we all have along with remain aware of our extraordinary consumption and lifestyle choices,” he said.
When the Praveen couple and the Karnatik violin player Shreya Devnath decided to release his first single in September, he knew it would be an extension of whom he was a girl who was kept by tides and the flow of nature.
Single, ‘Kaatre’, only that; A song about a little girl talking freely with wind and river in a charming animated video by Visual Artist Susha.
“As a species, we believe we need to protect nature, because of the understanding that we are only a small part of the whole big,” Shreya said.
“I feel a musician gives us the freedom to express ourselves as we want.
This gives us the ability to connect with people widely, without self-assessment or self-truth, intimately, even when not one-to-one.
This is strong.
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Margazhi, let’s sing Earth’s song
