The Global GNB Birth Centenary Celebrations on from today till January 10 at Narada Gana Sabha, will see several veteran performers taking the stage.
On January 7, 5 p.m., Sriram Gangadharan will present a recital. Guests of honour Lalit Mansingh, former foreign secretary, Government of India, and cinematographer-director Rajiv Menon will address the gathering. The day will conclude with a concert by Sudha Ragunathan.
Sangeetha Sivakumar will sing on January 8, 5 p.m. The guest of honour that day is the princess of Mysore Deepa Malini Devi. Begum Parveen Sultana will present a Hindustani recital.
The two concerts scheduled for January 9 are Kanyakumari's violin symphony at 5 p.m. and a jugalbandi by N. Ramani and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia at 7 p.m. The guest of honour will be the Maharana of Udaipur Sriji Arvind Singhji Mewar.
On Sunday, January 10, 8 a.m., Sri Raja Rajeswari will be taken on a ceremonial procession with well-known musicians rendering GNB songs. A symposium on ‘GNB, his genius and his contribution ot Carnatic music' will be held at 9.30 a.m. At 5 p.m., Bhushani Kalyanaraman will present a concert and at 7 p.m., the spotlight will be on Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan. The guest of honour will be the Gaekwad of Baroda Ranjit Singhji.
On all the days, excerpts from a documentary on the legendary singer-composer will be screened at 6 p.m. The MC is Nirmala Seshadri.
