Mridangam vidwan Arunprakash’s new musical venture
The HinduBho Shambo,’ a song from a Maharajapuram Santhanam album that hit the charts decades ago, still remains a hot favourite with musicians and audiences. Now, Krishnan’s son, K. Arunprakash, a well-known mridangam exponent and composer, is pushing the boundaries of the music he grew up with. About 30 years after R. Sundaravalli Ammal, a housewife-turned-composer, published her songs in the book Kaanada Kovilgal Kelaada Geethangal, Arunprakash is organising a concert featuring several musicians to relive some of her compositions. He composed music for more than 2,000 albums, Annamacharya kritis, Bharatiyar songs, and Maharajapuram Santhanam’s ‘Vandeham Sharanam,’ to mention just a few, that became big hits,” recalls Arunprakash. About his own composing, he says, “While my father’s music is a big inspiration, I listen to all kinds of music, Western, classical, film and so on.” Arun’s orchestra For the upcoming Sundaravalli Ammal event, Arunprakash’s orchestra has an interesting mix: Vignesh Ishwar and Aditya Madhavan, Sandeep Ramachandran, Sayee Rakshith and Madan Mohan, Mylai Karthikeyan, Sujith Naik, Charulatha Chandrasekar, and N. Guruprasad.
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