Ghatam Karthick’s HeArtbeat ensemble celebrates silver jubilee

The HeArtbeat Cultural Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary on November 14, 2024, at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mylapore, starting at 6:00 pm.

Padma Bhushan awardee and Grammy Award Winner Sri. T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Special Guests: Padma Shri awardee Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and P. Unnikrishnan, singer.

There will be a presentation “Silver Hearts” – a special composition by Ghatam Karthick, with notation transcribed by Philippe Macnab-Séguin
International Ensemble, featuring performances by:

Philippe Macnab-Séguin (Guitar) – Canada
Lev Loftus (Marimba & Riq) – Israel
Gal Raviv Loftus (French Horn) – Israel
David Eggert (Cello) – Germany
Pablo Lapidusas (Piano) – Portugal
Fabio Bergamini (Latin Percussion) – Brazil
Panagiotis Andreou (Bass Guitar) – USA
Sharon Petrov (Drums) – Israel
Mili Vizcaino (Voice) – Spain

This will be followed by a presentation of the “Sahrudaya” Awards to Veena Vidwan Kannan Balakrishnan and Mandolin Vidwan U.P. Raju

Heartbeat Ensemble Concert will be at 7:30 pm with Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam, Konnakkol, Vocal), U.P. Raju (Mandolin), V.G. Vigneswar (Keyboard), Sarvesh Karthick (Mridangam & Handsonic), N. Sundar (Morsing & Tabla).
The performance will feature ‘Little Hearts, students of Sweta Balasubramaniam from the Samagana School of Carnatic Music.

The event is open to all.