New Delhi: Veena festival in capital from April 13

New Delhi, Apr 7: A four-day southern Veena festival will take place in the capital from April 13 which featuring prominent exponents of the instrument like Kalpakkam Swaminathan, Amini Kalyani and B Kannan.

The festival, organised jointly by the Veena Foundation of Delhi and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts will be held at the IGNCA, the Foundation Secretary General V Raghurama Aiyyar said.

Chairman Veena Foundation Dr L M Singhvi will give away the Veena Vadanatattwagna Award to noted Veena players Mr R Venkatraman of Thiruvananthapuram, Mr Aiyyar said.

Veena maestros Revathi Krishna and Saraswati Rajgopalan will also participate in the festival, he added.

UNI