Does it make sense to host long music festivals like the Sri Ramanavami ones in Bangalore? Must we host top-rung artistes, mostly from Chennai when opportunities must be given to local artistes on stage?
These are questions and issues that pop up again in the media as the 2016 edition of the music festival is about to take off.
'The Hindu' newspaper's Art & Culture section has a feature devoted to this theme and it it posts the opinions of many arts promoters in this city.
Ananya's Dr. Raghavendra is against the long-drawn festivals. And he favours concert space for local artistes than the famed ones. One mandali host says that people are keen to listen to top-rung artistes and want the mandali to host them in their locality.
This debate is not new. And it will rage for sometime. Though the schedules of many mandalis does list many Karnataka artistes.
Is there more to this debate then? An undercurrent that is evident?
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