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Spoorthi Rao impresses with her voice, but needs to adopt a balanced approach
5 days, 22 hours ago

Spoorthi Rao impresses with her voice, but needs to adopt a balanced approach

The Hindu  

Spoorthi Rao easily won the hearts of the audience with her rich and melodious voice that covered all the octaves up to the tara panchmam. The lower Madhya sthayi sancharas, which form the core of a raga alapana for Ranjani, were wound up within a couple of minutes and the foray to the Tara Shadjam made way for briga sangatis …

Concert Tara Raga Composition Niraval Ranjani Swaras
Why one cannot ignore T.M. Krishna’s musical explorations
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why one cannot ignore T.M. Krishna’s musical explorations

The Hindu  

The unpredictability is what makes a T.M. Just when one thought this was not enough of a deviation, Krishna next chose to explore the mandra sthayi with a round of swaras at ‘Enna’ in the pallavi. One of the pieces that Krishna chose to present was ‘Shubh sukh chain’, a Hindustani translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ whose …

Krishna
Jayanthi Kumaresh’s veena never fails to delight the audience
1 year, 2 months ago

Jayanthi Kumaresh’s veena never fails to delight the audience

The Hindu  

Clarity and technical prowess are the two words that come to mind when one witnesses a performance by senior veena vidushi Jayanthi Kumaresh. This was preceded by a brief yet clear outline of Mukhari for the timeless kriti ‘Enraikku shivakripai’, which was poignantly sung by KVN in several of his kutcheris. While her approach has transcended cultural boundaries and enhanced …

Raga Ragas Jayanthi
Bharat Sundar and team wow the audience
2 years, 1 month ago

Bharat Sundar and team wow the audience

The Hindu  

K. Bharat Sundar’s concert in the company of L. Ramakrishnan, Sumesh Narayanan and Anirudh Athreya, for Kartik Fine Arts, was a dynamic and excellent presentation by the young brigade. Bharat, this year’s ‘Isai Peroli’ awardee of Kartik Fine Arts, has had a steady and remarkable rise, because of his diligence and robust vocal prowess. There was a fairly lengthy niraval …

Bharat Swara Raga Bharat Sundar Team Wow
Kanyakumari goes by rasikas’ choice
4 years, 9 months ago

Kanyakumari goes by rasikas’ choice

The Hindu  

The violin concert of A. Kanyakumari for Nayaki at Abhirami Hall, Kotturpuram, had all the necessary features to make a concert engaging, entertaining and also exciting. Kanyakumari came up with an exquisite sketch of the raga before taking up ‘Sri Ganesha Charanam’ by Papanasam Sivan, appending it with a lively swara exchange with her disciple L. Ramakrishna. Obliging the audience, …

Concert Raga Kanyakumari Bhairavi