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By SAT News Desk
MELBOURNE, 7 March 2021: In a jam-packed beautiful Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, it was a classical treat, wrapped up as a ‘triple bill of premiers’. Three exceptionally enchanting presentations could be anyone’s envy. Musical work, New Homes, by Hari Sivanesan in the style structure of a Western quartet laced with the Carnatic genre, featuring the Sarod, Taus, Veena, and Double Bass mesmerized the audience. The ambiance of music and different shades of colorful lighting weaved magic on the stage. On stage, ancient musical instruments, no doubt, remain a treasure to be enjoyed and loved.
Climate change is a universal concern. Act two by Uthra Vijay talks of Mother Earth and climate change, brought together voice, percussion, and instrumentals. They worked across the four movements in a unique blend. One cannot comprehend it unless you are there to see it.
Act three, a screen version of an Indian folktale, deals with climate change and violence against women with spoken word, sound, and movement. The Flowering Tea is the culmination of “South Asian Arts Pathways”, a program for exceptional classically-trained artists from Melbourne’s South East region to professionalize and develop new work. Over eight months, they mentored by renowned local and international artists including Shreya Devnath, Veena Basavarajaiah, and Natesha Somasundaram. The film is well done and will definitely attract true believers.
Those who made it possible – Sarod: Rahul Bhattacharya; Taus: Bimal Singh; Veena: Hari Sivanesan; Double Bass: Rohan Dasika; Choir: Uthra Vijay, Subhashini Vaidhyanathan, Swarnalakshmi Sankarmahadevan, Nandini Venkat Subramoney, Manisha Jothin, Akhila Pokkuluri, Swaathi Subramaniam and Janani Ganeshan and
South Asian Arts Pathways: Arpitha Shastry, Devinya Kugathas, Eashaa Swaminathan, Ishaana Sood,
Keshav Ramachandran, Kirshan Sabeshkumar, Maiyuren Srikumar, Shyam Srinivas and Siddarth Murali Manohar.
The effort was supported by Creative Victoria, Multicultural Arts Victoria, City of Dandenong, and Bunjil Place.
