'Gayatri Sangeetha Vidvanmani'
'Talamani'

MNL

DR.Mandapaka Nagalakshmi
rich in melody and aesthetics


Lecturer in Mridangam,
M.R.Government College of Music & Dance.
Vizianagaram - 535 002.
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

  94403 64476,   96037 71025
mridangalakshmi@gmail.com

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Concerts/Performances

  1. First Public Performance in 1979
  2. Regular Artist in AIR, Visakhapatnam since 1988 - ‘A’ Grade 2012
  3. More than 3000 concerts in various Sabhas in INDIA and ABROAD
  4. Accompanied on Mridangam for devotional songs in Private Albums of Padmasri S. P. Bala Subrahmanyam and Smt. S. Janaki and others
  5. Accompanied on Mridangam in the concert of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna garu
  6. Participating in the Spic Macay Programmes of The Central Government in various Educational Institutions to create awareness on Music
  7. " Spirit of Unity Concert for Universal Integration - Puttaparthi " organized by Bharat Cultural Integration Committee, Chennai; in the presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Garu - 1995

Special Programmes

    TAALAVAADYA KACHERIES with all Percussion Instruments in Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Annavaram, Hyderabad and Nadaneerajanam - SVBC - Tirupathi etc.,

International Performances

    Concerts at Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Cleveland, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Youngstown etc., in US

In the city of Tamilnadu/Chennai (Music Academy, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Sri Narada Gana Sabha, Parthasaradhi sabha, Bharat Kalachar, Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Hamsadhwani, Mylapore Fine Arts, Sruthi Laya Seva Trust, Asthika Samajam, Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha) & in the cities of Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa, Jharkhand, New Delhi, Chattisgarh, Gujarath, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra etc.,

Major Cities and Devasthanams in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

  1. Visakhapatnam  :  Visakha Music Academy, Vijaya Tyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha, Tyagaraja Aradhana Trust, Visakha Music & Dance Academy etc.,
  2. Vijayawada  :  Kanaka Durga Kala Samithi, Swara Jhari, Sangeeta Sanmandali, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu Aaradhana Trust
  3. Hyderabad  :  Raja Rajeswari Gana Sabha, Andhra Music Academy, Vignana Samithi, Saptaswara Cultural Association, Nadabharathi Organization, Tyagaraja Gana Sabha, Kinnera Art Theatres

Devasthanams and Ashrams

  1. Arasavalli, Annavaram, Bhadrachalam, Simhachalam, Tirupathi, Basara, Kanhi, Sringari, Ontimitta etc.,
  2. Sri Venkateswara Devasthanam – Coimbattore
  3. Sri Swaminathaswami Seva Samaj – New Delhi
  4. Sri Datta peetham – Mysore in the presence of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji
  5. Prasanthi Nilayam – Puttaparthi in the presence of Sri Sathya Sai baba
  6. Sri Ramakrishna Ashram – Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Bapatla
  7. Anandavanam – Bheemunipatnam in the presence of Sri K. Sivananda Murthy
  8. Art of Living – Bangalore in the presence of Sri Ravi Sankarji
  9. Arabindo Ashram – Pondicherry
  10. Sri Yogi Narayana Math – Sri kshetra Kaiwara, Karnataka
    Vocal  : 
    Dr.Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao, Sistla Rajasekharam, Pemmaraju Suryarao, Dr.Tadepalli Lokanatha Sarma, Kotipalli Surya Prakasha Rao, P.V.S.Seshaiah Sastry, M.L.Narasimham, Tirupati Ramanuja Suri, Trichur Brothers, Bombay Sisters, Hyderabad Sisters, Prof.Nagamani Srinath, Dr.M.S.Sheela, Dr.R.A.Ramamani, Dr.Vijaya Lakshmi Subrahmanyam, Suguna Purushothaman, Anuradha Krishna Murthy, Prof.Rama, Dr.Pantula Rama, Manda Sudha Rani, Arundhati Sarkar, Jaya Pasupathi, Geeta Raja Sekhar, Prema Rama Murthy, Sangeetha Sivakumar, Dr. Baby Sreeram, Radha Bhaskar, Prof.Mandapaka Sarada and others.
    Violin : 
    Dwaram Durga Prasada Rao, Ivaturi Vijayeswar Rao, Dwaram Manorama, Dwaram Satyanarayana, A.Kanyakumari, D.Surya Prabha, Tirupathi Ponnarao and Tipurathi Ramanuja Suri and others
    Veena  : 
    Ayyagari Syam sundar, M.Jogulamba, Dr.Saraswathi Vasudev, Dr.R.Madhuri Devi, Modigondan Ramesh and others
    Flute  : 
    Prof.Prapancham Sitaram, Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, Dr. Jayaprada Rama Murty and others.
    Gotu Vadyam  : 
    Eemani Lalitha Krishna.
    Mandolin  : 
    Smt. U.P.Nagamani and Mandolin Sisters
    Guitar  : 
    Sri Nikkil Joshi

Interviews in Print Media  : 

  • Telugu: Eenadu, Andhrajyothi, Andhra Prabha, Vaartha, Andhra Bhoomi, Times, Sakshi
  • Tamil: Dinathanthi
  • Malayalam: Mathrubhumi
  • Oriya: Sambad, Samaj
  • Kannada: Udayavani, PRAJAVAANI
  • English: Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu, Times of India, Hense INDIA

Interviews in Electronic Media  : 

  • "Metro Mahila"
  • "Allari Keratam" - Rainbow F.M. Radio
  • "Special Focus" - TV 9
  • "Sign off Story" - Vanitha TV
  • "Special Story" – NTV
  • "Special Story" - Bhakti Channel
  • "Special Story" - Bhakti Channel
  • "Good Morning Andhra Pradesh"- Saakshi
  • "Aakaasamu lo Sagam - Praveena" – HMTV
  • “Endaro Mahanubhavulu” – SVBC

Interviews in Magazines  : 

  • America lo Bharateeyulu - U.S.A
  • Sruthi International Music Magazine; Ganakala; Layamani Layam; Kala Ravi

Brodcasts

AIR - Visakhapatnam & Vijayawada in local programmes and South Zone hookup and National and Sangeetha Sammelan programmes

Telecasts

  1. Doordarshan - Hyderabad, Bhakti and SVBC – Tirupathi, ETV Kannada, Overseas and other Local channels
  2. Southzone hookup and National programmes
  3. MAA TV – Paadalani Undi” as a Judge
  4. Accompanied on Mridangam in the Serial “Vishwaksenudu” in Saptagiri Doordarshan, directed by Sadguru Sri K. Sivananda Murthy under the Music Direction of Sri P. V. S. Seshaiah Sastry.
  5. Accompanied on Mridangam for a concert in ‘Star Mahila’ 500th episode function, ETV Kannada in Mysore.

Articles for News Papers

  • Vaartha
  • Andhra Bhoomi
  • Leader
  • Kala Ravi
  • Vanijya Vani
  • Bhakti Samacharam