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How a good concert structure is half the battle won
5 days, 14 hours ago

How a good concert structure is half the battle won

The Hindu  

A concert structure has no written rules. Rithvik Raja’s concert for Mylapore Fine Arts Club swayed between excellent alapana and niraval moments and placid meander. The swarakalpana speed was reset midway at the 52nd minute of the concert, as Rithvik’s boat accelerated to its due speed. Vaidyanathan is adept at playing for a range of speeds, and is particularly impressive …

Concert Bhaskar Raga Rithvik
Ashwath Narayanan presents a classy Kamboji at The Music Academy’s December music festival
3 weeks, 1 day 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 …

Ashwath Kamboji Bhaktavatsalam Good Concerts
Vijay Siva offered a mixed musical bag
1 year, 11 months ago

Vijay Siva offered a mixed musical bag

The Hindu  

A purposeful career, shaped by good musical values and a sharply defined style, steered Vijay Siva’s concert to a satisfactory finale at the Indian Fine Arts Society. The opening pieces lacked conviction as Vijay Siva attempted kritis such as ‘Thera theeyaga rada’ and ‘Ikanaina’. ‘Jayathu gokula vasa’ in Adi 2 kalai, though not commonly heard, has an engaging structure and …

Vijay Siva Vijay Siva Chapu
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
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 …

Concert Raga Featured Seasoned
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 …

Music Kalyani Concert Palakkad Rama Kriti Raga