Now, Carnatic Idol – Music reality show in Carnatic Music

Last updated on: October 21, 2007 at 3:07 am by Desh Kapoor

Now, Carnatic Idol – Music reality show in Carnatic Music 2007-10-21T03:07:17-05:00 Desh Kapoor

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After the fantastic success of Indian Idol (finals got 20 million votes) and Saregamapa (finals got 100 million votes) – now, there is a Carnatic Idol – called Carnatic Idol 2007 on Carnatica. It being held on a experimental basis but next year even the Indian living in the US and Canada will be targeted. Here are the details:

Criteria for participation: anybody who has learnt Carnatic music for a minimum of five years with a repertoire of at least 30 kritis, who can sing alapana, neraval and kalpana swaras (vocal and instrumental) and who have the ability to play solo and accompaniment, can participate in the contest. Besides, there is no age limit.

Submission results: The best will be selected for live rounds to be held on the October 27 and 28.

Finals: The finals will be held at Narada Gana Sabha on November 10 in front of the panel of eminent judges. There will also be public polling.

Jury consists of eminent personalities such as T N Krishnan, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, R K Srikantan, N Ramani, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, S R Janakiraman, T V Gopalakrishnan, R Vedavalli, Guruvayur Dorai, Srimushnam Raja Rao and Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, to name a few.

The brand icons for Carnatic Idol 2007 are Sudha Ragunathan, Aruna Sairam, Chitravina Ravikiran, S Sowmya, Bombay Jayashree, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Nityashree Mahadevan, T M Krishna, and O S Arun.

Award: The winning artists and accompanists will receive cash awards. Carnatica will also take care of one year of their career promotion which also includes tours abroad. The winners will get to perform in a major sabha during the Margazhi festival this year and also will have an album released.

Carnatica has bigger plans for next year, Shashikiran says. “This year is only the beginning; it’s experimental. From next year, it will be a global show. We will do it in the US next year as there are many talented singers there.”

How to participate: Vocalists and instrumentalists can send in a recording containing ragam, neraval and swaram in any song of their choice with tracks not exceeding a maximum duration of six minutes, either by post or email. The audio track as attachment in MP3 format can either be emailed or send as MP3 or as an audio CD to Carnatic Idol Jury Box, 13, Krishnabai Steeet, First floor, Gokulam Colony, T Nagar, Chennai 600 017 before October 21.

….for more details see Rediff

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