Last November, Candlelight Concerts made its debut throughout Margazhi pageant in Chennai, identified for its inclusion in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for Music.
Candlelight Concerts, helmed by Live Your City, has until date hosted over 20 reveals in Chennai. And now, it’s gearing up for one more stellar efficiency. Titled ‘Candlelight Shruthilaya — Tribute to Carnatic Legends’, it is going to characteristic flautist J.A. Jayant and can be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on August 22 (5.30 p.m.).
Candlelight Concerts, because the title suggests, is thought for its candlelit atmosphere. “We provide a quiet, focused and contemplative space lit by LED candles,” shares Pranjal Begwani, group lead (India), Candlelight.
Talking concerning the show, Jayanth says, “One’s music is often influenced by the ambience. Hence, it’s important to curate Carnatic concerts in beautiful spaces, which offer a visual appeal. It impacts the way the audience absorbs, understands and reacts to the music — from an upbeat Khamboji and a powerful Thodi to a lilting Behag. This concert will be an experience unlike any other.”
J.A. Jayanth
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According to Pranjal, “The city’s musical identity is respected worldwide, and in this space, our aim is not to compete with traditional forms, but to complement them with a new and distinctive format. Collaborating with Jayanth for Candlelight’s first-ever Carnatic-themed concert worldwide reflects our commitment to showcase local talent, whose music bridges the classical and the contemporary.”
The group has labored with Jayant twice — he started 2025 with a Candlelight Concert on the Museum Theatre, Egmore, alongside his fusion band, Hues and Harmony (Indian Bamboo Flute Project), and adopted it up with one other set of reveals in May.
Jayant says the viewers can anticipate a correct Carnatic live performance with well-known and uncommon kritis. “There will also be an unexpected twist, which I hope the audience enjoys,” says Jayanth.
The live performance contains two units: Carnatic, the place Jayant will carry out with Bharadwaj adopted by “A tribute to A.R. Rahman’ (8 p.m.), that includes V.G. Vigneshwar on the keyboard and Praveen Narayan on the tabla.
Tickets on LiveYourCity.
