N.J. Nandini showed why song selection matters too
1 year, 2 months ago

N.J. Nandini showed why song selection matters too

The Hindu  

Trivandrum N.J. Nandini presented a well-planned two-hour recital at The Music Academy. Beginning with Ambujam Krishna’s ‘Iniyaagilum ninai’ in Purvikalyani, Nandini consistently demonstrated clarity in sangatis in all the pieces she performed. Even her selection of phrase for swarakalpana in Tyagaraja’s ‘Samajavaragamana’ proved to be engaging – she centred her swaras on the phrase ‘Murali vaadana’ in the charanam landing the final swara with a neat kanakku. Nandini presented some lesser-heard Swati Tirunal kritis – ‘Gangeya vasanadhara’ in Hameerkalyani and ‘Satatam tavaka’ in Karahapriya. Nandini’s niraval was at ‘mama hridi vaasanisham madhusudanam shaure’ in the charanam.

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Sangeeta Katti Kulkarni will perform at Ekatvam Holi Music Fest 2025
1 week, 3 days ago

Sangeeta Katti Kulkarni will perform at Ekatvam Holi Music Fest 2025

The Hindu  

The Ekatvam Holi Music Fest 2025, will feature an all-women line-up, showcasing artistes such as H Amritha Shenoy, Debopriya Chatterjee, Suchismita, Kalpana Kishore, Shreya Kolathaya, Sreeja Rajendran, Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan, Sangeeta Katti Kulkarni and Kanchana sisters. “Singing at Ekatvam, which also celebrates Holi is apt as we have seven colours of a rainbow and seven notes of the music, making …

Sanjay Subrahmanyan once again showcases his love for Tamil
2 months, 1 week ago

Sanjay Subrahmanyan once again showcases his love for Tamil

The Hindu  

Sanjay Subrahmanyan is, perhaps, the only Carnatic musician who shares the list of songs for each kutcheri beforehand. Sanjay’s concert at Tamil Isai Sangam featured a mix of popular and less-heard compositions including a Ragam Tanam Pallavi. If Sanjay inserted a bit of ‘Maarubalka’ at the end of the alapana, Varadharajan went in for ‘Kaana vendamo’. The pallavi was an …

Mahathi’s ode to Tamil language and culture
2 months, 1 week ago

Mahathi’s ode to Tamil language and culture

The Hindu  

S. Mahathi’s performance at the Tamil Isai Sangam was rooted in reverence for Tamil musical traditions. Mahathi had curated a songlist of compositions by Tamil composers and saints — she began with an elegant rendition of ‘Vallabhai nayaka’, a varnam in Mohana Kalyani, composed by Lalgudi Jayaraman. The concert’s progression brought a distinct shift with Ramalinga Adigalar’s Tiruvarutpa, with the …

The beauty of Dikshitar’s Nayaki kriti
2 months, 1 week ago

The beauty of Dikshitar’s Nayaki kriti

The Hindu  

Singing for Naada Inbam, Nisha Rajagopalan moved one immensely in the niraval at the pallavi, ‘Mohana rama mukhajitha soma’ in Mohanam. Nisha came up with a well-crafted elaboration of Natakapriya in which she rendered Mysore Vasudevachar’s ‘Ithi samayamu brova rada’. The highlight of the concert was Nisha’s singing of ‘Ranganayakam bhavaye’. Nisha commenced her concert with ‘Parakela nannu paripaalimpa’ by …

How some ragas in Kathakali evoke specific emotions and serve dramatic purposes
3 months ago

How some ragas in Kathakali evoke specific emotions and serve dramatic purposes

The Hindu  

Day 9 of the academic sessions at The Music Academy started off with a captivating lec dem by Nedumbally Ram Mohan and Meera Ram Mohan on ‘Abhinaya Sangeetam of Kathakali: The Blend of Raga and Bhava’. Amrita Murali on different compositional forms The second session featured a lec dem by vidushi Amrita Murali on ‘Raga’s changing nature across compositional forms’. …

G. Ravikiran’s RTP in pitch-perfect Pantuvarali stood out
3 months ago

G. Ravikiran’s RTP in pitch-perfect Pantuvarali stood out

The Hindu  

A musician derives greater joy if he or she can also enjoy the music while performing. ‘Neerajakshi’ rendered in Ati-Vilamba kala was bright but one is not sure the tactic serves well in a two-and-half-hour concert. ‘Sadasivam upasmahe’ by Dikshitar was also a tad slower but sparkling sangathis and an impressive niraval at the madhyamakala lines of ‘purana purusham’ added …

Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma
3 months, 1 week ago

Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma

The Hindu  

Gayathri Vibhavari is a young talent good at both playing the violin and singing. Gayathri started her concert with a shloka on Saraswathi in Saraswathi raga before singing her first kriti ‘Gopalaka pahimam anisham’ by Swati Tirunal. The next kriti in Purvikalyani ‘Gnanamosaga’ shone the spotlight on violinist Sivateja, who established the raga right from the start. Next came Muthaiah …

Ashwath Narayanan presents a classy Kamboji at The Music Academy’s December music festival
3 months, 1 week ago

Ashwath Narayanan presents a classy Kamboji at The Music Academy’s December music festival

The Hindu  

Ashwath Narayanan is a musician with impeccable tutelage, good voice range and dynamics and respect for tradition. The kriti is a masterpiece in Khanda Chapu and Ashwath’s patantara allegiance took the concert to a good high. ‘Jambupathe’ was a good idea to stoke in some serenity, but the execution skipped the emotive weight and the vilamba kala mastery Dikshitar presents …

The appeal of a tune and its ability to cross genres
3 months, 1 week ago

The appeal of a tune and its ability to cross genres

The Hindu  

The first lec-dem of Day 2, titled ‘Encapsulating a Raga: Varnamettu’, was presented by Sangita Kala Acharya Ritha Rajan. She illustrated how traditional folk tunes naturally evolved into art music, citing examples like ‘Villnai otta’ and ‘Valli Kannavan’, with recorded clips of renditions by V.V. She demonstrated its adaptability with examples from other genres, such as ‘Vatapi Ganapathim’ in Hamsadhwani, …

A. Kanyakumari and Vittal Rangan presented a delightful string theory
3 months, 1 week ago

A. Kanyakumari and Vittal Rangan presented a delightful string theory

The Hindu  

On a rainy evening, there was a downpour of melody as violin vidushi A. Kanyakumari and her disciple B. Vittal Rangan, drenched rasikas in their nuanced and aesthetic music. In perfect sync, the guru-sishya duo commenced the concert, for Kartik Fine Arts, evoking bhakti rasa with ‘Karimukha varadha’, a GNB composition in raga Nattai. This was followed by an alapana …

Aishwarya enthrals music lovers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aishwarya enthrals music lovers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath enthralled music lovers with her mellifluous rendition at the 57th annual festival of music, dance and drama of Kalasagaram. She started with Swathi Thirnal’s ‘Sumasayaka’ in Karnataka Kapi with ragamalika swaras followed by the Thyagaraja krithi ‘Tulasi Dalamulache’ in Mayamalavagowla raga with crisp kalpana swaras. Before a beautiful Varali raga alapana, she sang the ‘Sanatana Parama Pavana’ …

Hamzini Vytheeshwaran’s choice of kritis and well-nuanced alapanas stood out in her concert
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hamzini Vytheeshwaran’s choice of kritis and well-nuanced alapanas stood out in her concert

The Hindu  

Hamzini Vytheeshwaran, a disciple of Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, sings with a reasonable measure of depth. Hamzini commenced her concert with the popular Thodi varnam, ‘Era napai’ in Adi tala, rendered in two speeds. The next surprise was an exposition of Chandrajyoti raga alapana, preceding the Tyagaraja composition ‘Baagayanayya’ in Adi tala, which is more appropriately sung in Deshadi talam. The …

C.V.P. Sastry’s concert brought forth Balamuralikrishna’s ability to challenge dominant narratives with his compositions
1 year, 8 months ago

C.V.P. Sastry’s concert brought forth Balamuralikrishna’s ability to challenge dominant narratives with his compositions

The Hindu  

On the occasion of vidwan M. Balamuralikrishna’s 93rd birth anniversary, Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha organised a concert by Chivukula Venkata Pery Sastry. Sastry and Krishna presented a neat delineation of the raga in their alapana preceding the kriti ‘Mahaneeya madhura murte’. ‘Nee daya rada’, another composition by Balamuralikrishna, set to Adi tala, was energetically rendered with niraval and kalpanaswaras at the …

Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert

The Hindu  

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan’s vocal concert, as part of Hamsadhwani founder R. Ramachandran’s birth centenary celebrations, brimmed with energy. Held on Tamil New Year’s day, the performance included a variety of Tamil works — from Avvaiyar’s ‘Vakkundam’ in Ritigowla as a prelude to ‘Tatvamariaya tarama’ by Papanasam Sivan to the concluding Thiruppugazh. Sriranjani took up the rare raga Jyothiswaroopini for detailing and …

Jayant impressed with his sprightly Amritavarshini
2 years, 2 months ago

Jayant impressed with his sprightly Amritavarshini

The Hindu  

Jayant brings a meditative feel to his music by using the longer bass and double bass flutes besides playing the main regular-sized bamboo flute prominently during his concerts. Since the sahitya couched in the compositions has a special appeal, his playing style appealed to the rasikas of Carnatic music at the TAG Centrefor Brahma Gana Sabha. And, when Jayant rendered …

Nisha Rajagopalan makes an impact with her Varali raga alapana
2 years, 2 months ago

Nisha Rajagopalan makes an impact with her Varali raga alapana

The Hindu  

With a voice that negotiates curves with ease, Nisha Rajagopalan lit her concert up with ragas that shone further with her involuntary loops. Syama Sastri’s ‘Parvati ninnune’ in the lesser-heard Kalgada came second, with sangatis proceeding nicely on predictable lines. The singer’s nasal notes steered a vocal-violin rally in Semmangudi spirit.. Varali, as sub-main, opened with a bold alapana journeying …

Aditya Prakash: A voice with enough promise
2 years, 2 months ago

Aditya Prakash: A voice with enough promise

The Hindu  

In his concert, Aditya Prakash brought his grounding in Carnatic music to the fore despite being a part of international musical projects. Sowkhya bhava that reigned supreme during his rendition of ‘Swara raga sudha’, continued during the swarakalpana too. ‘Sogasu juda tarama’ set the mood for Aditya’s Varali raga exploration, followed by the violinist’s equally impressive interpretation. The niraval/swaras at …

K. Gayatri brought out the best shades of Kamboji
2 years, 3 months ago

K. Gayatri brought out the best shades of Kamboji

The Hindu  

The vocal recital by K. Gayatri was full of energy. Gayatri’s niraval and swaras at ‘Nee padambujame sada’ carried well the sahitya and raga bhava. Gayatri’s sonorous voice, which is capable of traversing the different sthayis with ease, brought out the best shades of this raga. She sang Papanasam Sivan’s magnificent ‘Aadum deivam arulvai’ and the extended niraval and swarakalpana …

A colourful portrait of ragas by Sikkil Gurucharan
2 years, 3 months ago

A colourful portrait of ragas by Sikkil Gurucharan

The Hindu  

Smart choice of ragas and kritis, careful distribution of time, keeping the raga treatises and swarakalpana under control and avoiding over indulgence — all these contribute to the success of a concert. With his vocal cords in fine form, Gurucharan opened the performance with the ghana raga Adi tala varnam, ‘Chalamela jesevura’ by Vinjamoori Varadaraja Iyengar. The raga’s splendour could …

Charulatha Chandrasekar began her Naadhabrahmam concert on a promising note
2 years, 3 months ago

Charulatha Chandrasekar began her Naadhabrahmam concert on a promising note

The Hindu  

Charulatha Chandrasekar’s veena recital in Naadhabrahmam’s 21st year concert series established that musical expertise is independent of age. Gopalakrishna Bharati’s fast moving ‘Sababathikku veru deivam’ in Abhogi, with brisk swarakalpana, was followed by a precise and sober raga essay of Sahana for Tyagaraja’s ‘E vasudha nivanti daivamu’. Here too, Charulatha embellished the kriti with swaras at ‘Dasa varada tyagaraja hrudaya.’ …

Krishna impresses with his presentation of kritis and raga essays
2 years, 3 months ago

Krishna impresses with his presentation of kritis and raga essays

The Hindu  

Krishna offered a sumptuous fare keeping intact all the necessary classical elements in his kutcheri. A fleeting touch of Darbar led to Tyagaraja’s ‘Yochana kamala’ with a catchy chittaswaram and a precise swara sequence. Subbaraya Sastri’s Yadukula Kamboji oeuvre ‘Ninnu sevinchina’ came as a smooth interlude with its classically structured chittaswaram and sahityam. Krishna’s raga essay was quite expressive with …

Aditya Madhavan’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma
2 years, 8 months ago

Aditya Madhavan’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma

The Hindu  

Aditya Madhavan’s recent concert for Madhuradhwani and Aanmajothi was aesthetic from the word go. Connoisseur’s delight Aditya Madhavan’s extensive Begada alapana for Muthuswami Dikhitar’s ‘Tyagarajaya namaste’ was a connoisseur’s delight. Another gem of a composition in this concert was Tiruvarur Ramaswamy Pillai’s ‘Sree Kamakshi Katakshi’ on the Goddess of Vedapuri in Tamil Nadu. This composition is attributed to Subbaraya Sastri …

K. Gayatri’s bhava-rich Varali
3 years, 2 months ago

K. Gayatri’s bhava-rich Varali

The Hindu  

The new generation of vocalists has been groomed to deliver a high standard in many aspects — voice management, repertoire, manodharma, subtle embellishments, and strong self-belief. Gayatri began her line-up with Tyagaraja’s Kovur Pancharatna kriti, ‘Eevasudha ni vanti’, in Sahana. The Varali raga alapana that followed took a more bhava course with its characteristic karvais presented in good measure by …

Vivek Sadasivam displayed fine aptitude in raga sancharas
3 years, 2 months ago

Vivek Sadasivam displayed fine aptitude in raga sancharas

The Hindu  

Vivek Sadasivam deserves compliments for his confident approach to manodharma in raga alapana and in the display of swarakalpana. While his Thodi alapana was full of grace, his swara phrases for the Kannada raga kriti with variations in nadai had zest and speed. After a brief sketch of Kannada raga, he took up Muthuswami Dikshitar's rarely heard creation 'Palayamam parvatheesa'. …

A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan
3 years, 2 months ago

A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan

The Hindu  

Sudha Ragunathan’s concert for the Music Academy relied on her famed presentation mantra and delivery style. ‘Enraikku siva kripai varumo’ in misra chapu and a dominant upper octave structure served as the booster to recoup her voice fluency. Mysore Sadasiva Rao’s ‘Saketha nagaranatha’ in rupakam is a unique kriti with a vibrant madhyama kala course and even a durita sprint …

Vishnudev K.S.: At his creative best
3 years, 2 months ago

Vishnudev K.S.: At his creative best

The Hindu  

Listening to Vishnudev K.S. In his concert at Bhavan, he began with a refreshing ‘Saketha nikethana’ by Tyagaraja in Kannada with madhyamakala swaras at the pallavi lines set to Rupaka tala. Tyagaraja's ‘Makelara vicharamu’ in Ravichandrika was quick and precise, and an expansive Saveri kriti ‘Devi pavane’, one of Swati Tirunal’s Navaratri compositions, followed. Vishnudev did not disappoint with his …

A well-balanced concert by Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma
3 years, 3 months ago

A well-balanced concert by Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma

The Hindu  

Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma’s concert was pleasing not just for his selection of ragas and compositions but also in how he balanced the concert between the various songs. Ranganatha Sharma provided a poignant niraval at ‘Samayamu juchi delpu vaarevaro’, embellishing it with a few rounds of kalpanaswaras. Ranganatha Sharma offered a powerful alapana of Kalyani, with Tyagaraja’s ‘Endugo nee manasu’ as …

Girijashankar Sundaresan’s inspiring Kamboji
3 years, 3 months ago

Girijashankar Sundaresan’s inspiring Kamboji

The Hindu  

Kamboji is known to offer immense scope for elaborate elucidation, a reason why musicians often include this rakti raga in concerts. Girijashankar Sundaresan opted for it while performing recently at Kedaram’s three-day festival at Ragasudha hall, effortlessly bringing out its emotional shades through voice modulation. Girijashankar chose Tyagaraja’s ‘O Rangasayee’ where the composer beckons the god. A rare Dikshitar kriti …

100th episode of Kanyakumari’s ekaika raga series
3 years, 4 months ago

100th episode of Kanyakumari’s ekaika raga series

The Hindu  

In December 2019, violinist A. Kanyakumari began showcasing Tyagaraja’s ekaika raga kritis on the violin, releasing one every Friday on her Facebook handle. Recently, a ticketed online programme, ‘Shatha ekaika raga vaibhavam’, organised by Singapore-based organisations Chethas and Apsaras Arts Dance Company, celebrated the rendition of the 100th kriti. The 100th kriti, the highlight of the event, was ‘Nagumomu’ in …

Vidya Kalyanaraman’s concert was themed on Devi kritis
3 years, 5 months ago

Vidya Kalyanaraman’s concert was themed on Devi kritis

The Hindu  

After almost 16 months, it felt nice to sit in an auditorium and listen to a kutcheri. Vidya Kalyanaraman’s concert at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Navaratri music festival brought alive the delightful experience that a live performance can be. Even though Kalyani raga and Pallavi Gopala Iyer’s ‘Needu charana pankajamule’ were technically the centrepiece, a refreshingly rendered Kedaragowla alapana followed by …

A vocal touch to the veena
5 years ago

A vocal touch to the veena

The Hindu  

Bengaluru-based Ramana Balachandran, 17, who had learnt to identify ragas as a toddler and had claimed in an interview that the veena chose him, came down to Hyderabad for an instrumental concert organised by Sri Karthikeya Gana Sabha recently. Currently training under his musician father Balachandran, Ramana lends distinctness to his veena concerts with an appealing vocal touch. In times …

Adherence to tradition marked Tyagaraja Aradhana in Coimbatore
5 years, 2 months ago

Adherence to tradition marked Tyagaraja Aradhana in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Music buffs were in for a rich aural treat at the 66th year celebration of Tyagabrahma Gananjali that took place at Kikani Vidya Mandir, Coimbatore. The raga alapana of Sankarabharanam for the kriti, ‘Etudanilachite’ was marked by picturesque prayogas and karvais softened by melodic graces. The opening ‘Maakelera’ with swaras setting the tone of the session was followed by a …

Rich array of songs on the veena by Nithyasree
5 years, 2 months ago

Rich array of songs on the veena by Nithyasree

The Hindu  

It is good to see many instrumental kutcheris featured at the City’s sabhas this season. Chennai Fine Arts at Srinivasa Sastri Hall at Mylapore, featured Dr. Nithyasree’s veena recital in the afternoon. Nithyasree dealt with Purvikalyani raga essay for ‘Jnanamosaga rada’ of Tyagaraja. The other notable pieces were ‘Brocheva revare’ in Sriranjani, ‘Vandanamu’ in Sahana, ‘Bogindrasayeenam’ in Kuntalavarali, ‘Muruganin maru …

Manda Sudharani’s concert was engaging and erudite
5 years, 2 months ago

Manda Sudharani’s concert was engaging and erudite

The Hindu  

Manda Sudharani’s vocal recital stood out for sheer diligence and musical excellence. The extension and swaraprasthara were taken up on the anupallavi line ‘Pudamisuta sahayudai.’ Her swara suite was not built up frantically, but care was taken to structure every strand differently. After the tanam, the pallavi went as ‘Samagana swaroopini vani hamsavinodhini ambuja lochani.’ The swara section was well-knitted. …

Celebration of raga and rhythm
5 years, 4 months ago

Celebration of raga and rhythm

The Hindu  

Classical performances stood out among the programmes held as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Chetana group in Thrissur. ‘Jaya jaya Ganapathy’, the opening number, a composition of Ganapathy Sachidananda in Hamsadwani and Adi, was noteworthy for the flashes of swara that covered three sthayis. The drut was set to Ek Taal and the bandish ‘Jamuna jaal bharan nahi …

Manoranjitham’s Gokulashtami-Navaratri concerts add to the festive cheer
5 years, 5 months ago

Manoranjitham’s Gokulashtami-Navaratri concerts add to the festive cheer

The Hindu  

The vocal recital of A.S. Murali featured by Sree Ayyappan Puja Sangham on the opening day had all the ingredients that make a concert lively and brisk. His alapanas of Kharaharapriya for the kriti, ‘Appan avadharitha kathamrutham’ and Thodi for ‘Sree Krishnam bhaja maanasa’ were mature renditions strengthened by traditional pidis. Aiswarya’s raga alapanas of Purvikalyani for the kriti, ‘Anandanatamaaduvar …

Noteworthy recitals
6 years, 5 months ago

Noteworthy recitals

The Hindu  

A nagaswaram duet and a vocal concert were programmes presented in Thrissur as part of Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan – 2018 in Thrissur. One hour is hardly sufficient for any classical music recital, but V Ramesh and V Subramaniam and Balamani Eswar proved their virtuosity within the prescribed time. A janya raga of the 27th mela Sarasangi, it was brought to …

Fine talent on display
6 years, 9 months ago

Fine talent on display

The Hindu  

The platinum jubilee celebrations of Koodiyattam maestro P.K.G Nambiar’s career in Thrissur was marked by two solo performances. Sangeeth’s histrionic dexterity was on display as he commenced with ‘panchangam’ and ‘kama saram’, segments typical of the hero while looking at the heroine. Classical steps Sithara Balakrishnan, a student of Kavalam Narayana Panicker’s Sopanam repertoire of Mohiniyattam, presented four pieces of …

Manasi Prasad’s delightful vocal
9 years ago

Manasi Prasad’s delightful vocal

The Hindu  

Sri Kartikeya Gana Sabha held a ‘Pancharatna goshsti ganam’ and a vocal recital in the evening of Bengaluru-based Manasi Prasad at its newly found venue Kowtha Swarajya Vihar, Padmarao Nagar. Manasi opened her concert with Thodi raga varnam traversing through two speeds, displaying her vocal verve and range. Reethigowla was the first raga Manasi dealt with in detail for the …

Rama Varma's concert departed from the regular format to present a variety of compositions.
9 years, 1 month ago

Rama Varma's concert departed from the regular format to present a variety of compositions.

The Hindu  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Some concerts are just to hear and some other to be cherished; the concert of renowned prince Rama Varma belongs to the latter and his recent concert at Boat View in Vysakhi Jala Vudyanavam Visakhapatnam is no exception. It was originally tuned in raga Sree by the author but redoubtable Chambai Vydyanath Bhagavatar did it in raga Yadukula Kombhoji …

With a little more care: N.J. Nandini
9 years, 2 months ago

With a little more care: N.J. Nandini

The Hindu  

N.J. Nandini’s concert for Charsur’s 72 Melakarta/ Raagaanga Raagams Festival was designed to keep a brisk momentum throughout. She gave a noteworthy sketch of 67th mela raga Sucharitra and offered Koteeswara Iyer’s ‘Velum Mayilume’. The other two mela ragas she opted for were Shadvithamargini through Thyagaraja’s ‘Pahi Rama Dootha’ and the main Harikhambodi through ‘Enduku Nirdaya’. There were hardly any …

A date with tradition
9 years, 2 months ago

A date with tradition

The Hindu  

Sisters Lalitha and Nandini carried on the tradition of performing on New Year's Day at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, just as their uncles, L. Vaidyanathan, L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar have done in the past. Known for playing swaras in different tempos, the sisters plunged into it from their opening number ‘Mooladhara moorthi,’ a Papanasam Sivan’s composition in Hamsadhwani. While …

Mudikondan S.N. Ramesh’s vibrant vocal rendition
9 years, 2 months ago

Mudikondan S.N. Ramesh’s vibrant vocal rendition

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD: Sri Kartikeya Gana Sabha invited Chennai-based prominent veena artiste Mudikondan S.N. Ramesh to present the late Duddu Venkata Seshamma memorial Endowment concert at Sri Gnana Saraswathi Temple Auditorium, Musheerabad. The kriti rendition was expressive and the swarakalpana played in two speeds was heightened by impressive support lent by percussionists. The final numbers of Mudikondan’s veena concert included a kriti …

Incredible repertiore
9 years, 3 months ago

Incredible repertiore

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD: SSS Bharati and Nada Bharati organised a vocal concert of B.Vaidyanathan at Swathi Hall, D.D. Vaidyanathan opened his concert with a prayer, Uma Maheshwara Sthothram set in raga Khamas and followed it with a rare number Chinni Krishna Dasu’s swarajathi Sambasiva Enave in fast tempo. Paraathpara of Papanasam Sivan in Vachaspathi that Vaidyanathan chose, was breezy number, incorporating neraval …

Musical treat
12 years, 5 months ago

Musical treat

The Hindu  

The annual music festival at the Navaratri Mandapam in Thiruvananthapuram begins on October 15. The compositions are ‘Devi jagajanani’ in Sankarabharanam, ‘Pahimam Sri Vageeswari’ in Kalyani, ‘Devi pavane’ in Saveri, ‘Bharathi mamava’ in Thodi, ‘Janani mamavameye’ in Bhairavi, ‘Saraoruhasana’ in Panthuvarali, ‘Janani pahi’ in Shudha Saveri, ‘Pahi janani’ in Nattakurinji and ‘Pahi parvatha nandini’ in Arabhi. Gopalakrishnan, Trichur V. Ramachandran, …

Festive treat of Swati kritis
15 years, 2 months ago

Festive treat of Swati kritis

The Hindu  

The annual week-long Swati Sangeetotsavam this year too was a celebration of the music of the royal composer Swati Tirunal. Beginning his vocal concert with the Kambhoji Ata tala varnam ‘Sarasijanabha,' he proceeded to sing it in different speeds before taking up a serene ‘Jaya Jaya Padmanabha' in Sarsangi. Then came a devout and elegant ‘Bhavathi Viswaso.,' a lovely piece …

Of memories, melodies and more…
15 years, 2 months ago

Of memories, melodies and more…

The Hindu  

At the lecture demonstrations at The Music Academy, various facets of Carnatic music were elaborated upon by scholars, musicians and musicologists. Balu said that there are many changes in ragas and talas and referred to Mudikondan Venkatrama Iyer’s article in The Music Academy Journal 1935. But compositions available in this raga are just a few; ‘ Brihadeeshwaram’ of Muthuswami Dikshitarfound …

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