SPICMACAY to conduct ‘Naadbedh’ reality TV show on classical music

SPICMACAY to conduct ‘Naadbedh’ reality TV show on classical music

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jun 29, 2013: SPICMACAY will organize a national competition of classic music ‘Naadbhed’ with the support of Doordarshan and the same would be aired across the country, informed SPICMACAY State Secretary Srihari.

Addressing the press meet held at Press Club on June 29, Saturday, he said that SPICMACAY which is a nonprofit and non political voluntary movement in association with Doordarshan is planning to host a serious reality show on classical music to inculcate an interest in classical music among youth and to encourage and reward the best practitioner amongst them.

He also said that Naadbhed or Naad Vismay will give a platform for the children who have been deprived of opportunities  to participate in TV reality show telecast  in channels that has attracted public.

SPICMACAY feels that a similar platform can be used for promoting and popularizing our classical arts. This show will help to popularize competition in classical music and in  taking classical music into every house, he said.

SPICMACAY  and Doordarshan will produce the programme taking on board great masters of Indian Classical music as judges like Prof T N Krishnan, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Begum Parveen Sultana, Vid T V
Shankaranarayanan, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Vidhushi Vedavalli, Vidwan  RK Srikanthan.

The interested participants from across the state country can participate for the regional rounds of competition at Doordarshan’s 20 regional Kendras with quarter finals being conducted at Kolkata for Hindustani music contestants with judges from Sangeet Research Academy and at Chennai for Carnatic music contestants with judges from Madras Music Academy. The final round will be in Delhi. The aim with this initiative is to promote and popularize  classical music all over the country. The show will be hosted by Shabhana Azmi.

The contestants can bag awards in six categories like Vidwan  M S Subbalaxmi Yuvapuraskar for Carnatic Vocal, Vidwan Sheikh Chinna Maulana Yuvapuraskar for Carnatic Instrumental, Vid Phalghat Mani Aiyar Yuvapuraskar for Accompanist, Pt Bhimsen Joshi Yuvapuraskar for Hindustani Vocal, Pt Ravishankar Yuvapuraskar for Hindustani instrumental and Ustad Allah Rakha Yuvapuraskar for Hindustani accompanist.

In each category the winner will get Rs 3 lakhs as cash awards. One mega winner in each form, Hindustani and Carnatic music will win Rs One million each.

Mangalore Akashvani chief Dr Vasanth Kumar Perla, SPICMACAY  state advisor Dr S G Mayya, Naadbhed programme organisor Vidya Harish were present.