#KeliClassicalRhythmFestival2020
(This festival will present Mattannur Sreeraj the young genius performer who has imbibed an exclusive artistry of the tradition of Thayambaka. In this festival Sreeraj will unveil the evolution of Thayambaka through 3 performances show casing 3 indigenous Rhythm patterns)
February 28,29 and March 2020, Mumbai: The primary focus of Keli festival is to preserve the classical and traditional art forms of India through live performances and awareness programs keeping their authenticity intact. In this edition, Keli is presenting Mattannur Sreeraj the young and exclusively talented contemporary Thayambaka performer. He will be leading this festival and through this festival he will be unveiling the evolution of the art form of Thayambaka through three marvellous concerts playing three different indigenous rhythm patterns .
Mattannur Sreeraj is a contemporary genius performer. He follows an aesthetic with an insight that the classical base of art form is neither boundaries nor limiting factors of any art forms but are guidelines like the tracks of a running competition. Talent and improvisation are the factors that contemporises the art form. That is how an artist becomes the responsible torch bearer of a tradition. He has the huge responsibility to safe guard the purity of its classical base, contemporise the media and ensure that it’s never a play for the gallery but a process of elevating the audience to the artistic height of the art form.
"Art defines an era, making sure ours isn’t forgotten.'' This is the art ethics that Keli follows in each and every project. For this particular project, Keli chooses an exclusive genius in Thayambaka tradition who will unveil the evolution of Thayambaka through 3 different performances of Thayambaka which has marked 3 phases of the history of Thayambaka by the legend Mattannur Sreeraj who addresses the art form on its classical base with progressive vision of aesthetics. " says Festival Director, Ramachandran K.
The project consists of 12 artists. The project will be led by the the genius Mattannur Sreeraj. What more? The young talented artist who has been active in this field from the last 3 decades in his life span of 38 years towards the art of Thayambaka will be felicitated by presenting him the Keerthimudra (The traditional golden brooch of appreciation). Another talented artist Chirakkal Nitheesh will be felicitated with the promising artist of the year award in the inaugural ceremony of the Keli festival.
Festival Details:
Day 1 Day & Date -Friday, 28th Feb 2020 Concert: Thayambaka in adantha kooru( 7 beat cycle) By Mattannur Sreeraj and group Venue: Y.B.Chavan Centre Time: 6.45 PM
Day 2 In association with TTFAC Anusakthi Nagar Day & Date - Saturday, 29th Feb 2020 Concert: Thayambaka in Panchari and Chamba kooru( 6 and 5 beat cycle)By Mattannur Sreeraj and group Venue:Ground in Anushakthi Nagar Time: 6.30 PM
Day 3 Day & Date - Sunday, 1st Mar 2020 Story: Thayambaka in Adantha and Cembatakooru( 7 and 8 beat cycle) By Mattannur Sreeraj and group Venue: Terna auditorium, Nerul Time: 7.00 PM
Free entry passes will be available at the venues 3 days prior to the festival.
About Keli KELI is a Mumbai based Charitable organization striving to preserve, develop and propagate the classical cultural heritage of India, many of which are now on the verge of extinction. Keli has been active in this field from the last 28 years and during this period, has successfully handled a number of important projects in furtherance of its objectives. The annual Keli festivals, structured thematically every year, are well known to artists and art lovers of the City and has earned the organization a significant place in the cultural life of Mumbai.
Rhythm From times immemorial, as rhythm and music evolved all over the world, rhythm accompanied music. But in the case of Kerala it was the other way round. Here rhythm ingested music, and orchestrated a different aural art tradition through highly developed rhythm-structures generating many rhythm ensembles. Quite clearly, these ensembles are the most sophisticated and perhaps the oldest percussion marvels in the world. Thayambaka, is one such unique Percussion performance in this genre that Kerala has contributed to world music and rhythm.
Thayambaka Chenda is a traditional drum of Kerala. Chenda has two sides, one treble side and one bass side. Thayambaka is a solo rhythm performance usually performed on the Chenda. Thayambaka consists of a chief drummer, an associate and 10-12 accompanying drummers and cymbal players. Thayambaka performance starts with a slow tempo displaying the tonal purity of beats. Then the Thayambaka enters the next phase show casing the structural beauty of its rhythm pattern. Gradually it enters the next stage of a mid tempo. Then the performance progresses into a Faster tempo finally culminating into a vigorous, fastest, thrilling and scintillating finale. Double Thayambaka is a more vigorous version of Thayambaka in which the ensemble will be led by two chief percussionists. Ramachandran- Festival Director, Keli ramk.keli@gmail.com
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