Ilaiyaraaja tribute event in Thiruvananthapuram
A progressive group, Arivu Chamoogam, is organizing a tribute event in Thiruvananthapuram to celebrate musician Ilaiyaraaja's 50-year career. The event will feature performances and a collective listening session of his recent western classical symphony.
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Cultural events celebrating iconic figures in regional music highlight the intersection of art and social justice movements.
Arivu Chamoogam, a progressive group from Tamil Nadu dealing with issues of social justice, will be organising Sangeetha Perumkanavu, a tribute event to musician Ilaiyaraaja to celebrate the landmark of 50 years as a music composer. The event to be organised at the Press Club Hall here on July 4 at 4 p.m. will have talks, performances by musicians and collective listening of First movement of valiant, a western classical symphony composed by Ilaiyaraaja earlier this year. Musician Ishaan Dev, Achuthsankar S. Nair, vice-chairperson of Kerala State Higher Education Council, and actor Joby will be chief guests at the event.
This is a straightforward announcement of a cultural event.
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