The season of music in Bangalore and around is indeed a festival. It is a time when artistes get the opportunity to perform every other evening and with an array of talents.
And opens windows to catch up too.
On our way back from the Mysore soiree, we get to know two Bangalore-based artistes better.
Violinist Ganesh Kumar has had two teaching stints in Singapore - with two arts organizations on the island nation. The one with SIFAS, says Kumar as we dine on 'set dosas' and roti-curry at a wayside diner, was good. The other with another arts body was hell. So he scurried back to Bangalore for good.
Kumar says he is now 'fifty-fifty' in his career - with teaching music and performing. "There are good concert opportunities so I prefer to be ready for them," he says.
Percussionist veteran Anoor and Halambi, ghatam artiste talk about the lessening invites from film studios for musicians today and hence, the loss of renumeration from one stream. "It's all digitized and tech-focussed so they don't need musicians," says Anoor.
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