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Ashwath Narayanan presents a classy Kamboji at The Music Academy’s December music festival
3 weeks, 2 days 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 …

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Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert
1 year, 8 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 …

Tamil Raga Sriranjani Kala Swaras
H.V. Srivatsan: Keeping alive the KVN bani
1 year, 11 months ago

H.V. Srivatsan: Keeping alive the KVN bani

The Hindu  

The guru-sishya relationship is the pivot around which music is carried forward to the next generation. The vocalist chose to render Swati Tirunal’s Navarathri kriti, ‘Devi jagad janani.’ The extensive niraval and swaraprastara were at the anupallavi, ‘Devamakuta mani.’ Mridangam exponent Trichur Narendran offered a powerful, yet aesthetic thani. Srivatsan commenced the concert with the Chaya Tarangini composition by Tyagaraja, …

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Nisha Rajagopalan makes an impact with her Varali raga alapana
2 years 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 …

Hemalatha Nisha Varali Raga
Aishwarya Shankar and Keerthana bring alive their Patantharam
2 years, 11 months ago

Aishwarya Shankar and Keerthana bring alive their Patantharam

The Hindu  

A stimulating ‘Undedi ramudu’ was Aishwarya Shankar’s opening kriti in Harikamboji, a sampoorna raga, which J.B. Keerthana took up as the centrepiece for her concert at the same venue six days later. As her main piece, Keerthana took up ‘Muruga thirumal’, penned by Thanjavur Shankara Iyer, another of Sunder’s gurus. The Harikamboji alapana made clear Keerthana’s penchant for unfurling the …

Aishwarya Raga Keerthana Musiri Harikamboji
A well-balanced concert by Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma
3 years 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 …

Ranganatha Sharma
An elaborate Kamboji by Shruthi S. Bhat
3 years ago

An elaborate Kamboji by Shruthi S. Bhat

The Hindu  

Shruthi S. Bhat’s concert for Naada Inbam stood out for its poise and finesse. The Kamboji raga had dignity and emotive character, in line with the kriti, Tyagaraja’s ‘Marimari ninne’, one that’s rarely heard these days. Shruthi took up the charanam line, ‘Karunato Dhruvanikedhu’ for niraval and swaraprastara. Shruthi then took up the prolific Mysore Vasudevachar’s popular Sunadavinodini piece, ‘Devadi …

Shruthi
EDAM’s five-day music festival in Kochi featured seasoned and young musicians
3 years, 10 months ago

EDAM’s five-day music festival in Kochi featured seasoned and young musicians

The Hindu  

A five-day Carnatic music festival was held in Kochi, the first of its kind in the city after the pandemic outbreak and lockdown. This was especially evident for the first line niraval renditions for ‘Kana vendamo’ in Sriranjani and the Tyagaraja masterpiece ‘Jagadanandakaraka’ in Natta raga. The famed ‘Samyamakannorudyanam’ from the second day of Nalacharitham in Poorvikalyani raga went well …

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Veena Venkatramani: Concert sans gimmick
5 years ago

Veena Venkatramani: Concert sans gimmick

The Hindu  

Watching young Veena Venkataramani on the frets gives one the hope that the appeal for the instrument has risen in the current scenario. When she was nine, Veena started learning the veena from A. Champakavalli, and then from her guru’s prime disciple, Jayasri Jayaraj Krishnan. The Tyagaraja kriti on Mother Tulasi, ‘Amma Ravamma’ was preceded by a melodious, serene delineation …

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Ramakrishnan Murthy: A thinking musician
5 years ago

Ramakrishnan Murthy: A thinking musician

The Hindu  

It is, indeed, gratifying to note that Ramakrishnan Murthy, who has gained immense popularity, keeps his creative energy under tight leash through his musical wisdom. Recipient of ‘Isai Peroli’ title from the organisation this year, Ramakrishnan Murthy justified it in every way with his performance. It was followed by Syama Sastri’s Ritigowla composition, ‘Ninnuvina marigalada.’ Here, Murthy embellished the kriti …

Murthy Ramakrishnan Murthy Kriti Sri
Reputed musicians performed at National Music Festival in Palakkad
5 years, 1 month ago

Reputed musicians performed at National Music Festival in Palakkad

The Hindu  

Leading artistes enthralled music aficionados at the 11th National Music Festival in Palakkad. ‘Vanajakshi’, a varnam in Kalyani, and Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s ‘Sri Maha Ganapathi ravathumam’ in Gowla, which were the opening pieces, were suffixed with fine swaras. The niraval and the imaginative manodharma swaras in the Tyagaraja kriti ‘Dasarathe’ were the best part of the recital. Niraval and well-conceived swaras …

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