Sathya with his uncle Embar S. Kannan at Madurai Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam 20 Sep'08

Sathya received one of the best compliments after a concert performance, from Embar S. Kannan - his uncle, who was with Sathya enhancing the concert with Thillaisthanam R. Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and S. Hariharasubramanian on the Ghatam. Appreciation was not only for the presentation but also for the list of krithis selected apart from the fact that this one of the fisrt concert Sathya was performing without his father (myself) being present on stage. (May be a blessing too!)

I received call from Sri Balu, who was instrumental for this concert arrangement with Sri Dasaratha Raja of Rajapalayam. Mr Balu informed that the audience present in good number were so happy on the performance of Sathya and team. He said being first time a keyboard concert was being presented in the Samajam, they were little apprehensive but the performance had got the best appreciation of one and all present. They now look forward to Sathya being featured on regular basis.

The only disappointment was that the Transcend recorder which is normally used in all Sathya's concert failed and so audio was not recorded. H/ever thanks to Sathya's mother, clippings of video are available and you can view same in the following link.

The list of krithis rendered are as follows:

01. Varnam - Natakurinji - Adi 02. Sri Mahaganapathim - Gowla - Misrachapu [S] 03. Paripalayamam - Reethigowla - Rupakam [R & S] 04. Balasarasamurali - Keeravani - Adi 05. Meenakshi - Poorvikalyani - Adi [R & S] 06. Venkatachalanilayam - Sindhubhairavi - Adi
07. Medley with Kavadi sindhu
08. Thirupugazh - Shanmugapriya - Misrachapu
09. Sri. Lalgudi's Thillana - Desh - Adi
10. Mangalam

Concert at Srigeri Sharadhambal Temple - 14th Sep'08

It was indeed a great oppurtunity for Sathya to perform in front of the His Holiness Acharya of Sankara Math, Sringeri during his puja on the 14th Sep'08 morning. With Vittalarangan on Violin Sathya performed two krithis, Guruleka Yetuvanti in Gowri Manohari - as dedication to the Gurus followed by Nammam Sharadhey - Hamsadwani dedicating to the Goddess Sharadhambal. After replying in negative when one of the sadhus asked if Sathya knew to play a bhajan on Sringeri Math, Sathya learnt it on the spot from the Sadhu and Sri Prabhakar Rao and performed it too! The Sadhu was taken by surprise and praised Sathya for this great attempt which came out very well. Both the children were blessed by Acharya personally and it was one of the great moments for the artists, thanks to Sri Prabhakar Rao, Sharadha Sasthriya Sangetha Sabha who had organised a concert same evening at the Temple premises in the Pravachana Mandira the same evening.

The concert started with a Mallari in GambeeraNattai set to Adi thalam with kalpanaswaram. This was followed by raga alapana on Hamsadwani for the krithi Vathapi. The kalpanaswaram was performed on the veechu i.e. Hamsadwani poojithey he-rambam- a first time attempt by Sathya and presented well by the team of Vittalarangan on Violin on Violin and Sri. M. R. Srikrishnan on the Mrudhangam. Hariharasubramaniam who had a long journey of almost 20 hours from Palani to Sringeri reached and just got on to the stage and was as brisk as the others through out the concert! A perfect endurance test which he came out with flying colors. The large audience were present all throughout and appreciated the efforts of all the artists for their excellent performance inspite of the fact that they were jamming together for the first time.The raga alapanas and kalpanaswarams were matched with great rendition by both Sathya and Vittalarangan & Srikrishnan and Hariharasubramaniam excelled in their thani. It was one of the best concerts presented by Sathya and his team.

The audio link recorded [from the speaker] of the concert is http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/020_Sringeri_Concert_14Sep2008/

Yopu can log on to: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=649E704D4CE78BDB for video clippings

The list of songs performed are as under:
01.Mallari_Gambeeranatai - Adi [Swaram]
02.VathapiGanapathim - Hamsadwani_Adi [R & S]
03.SaraswathiNamosthuthey - Saraswathi_Rupakam [OR & S]
04.Yarerangana - Hindolam - Adi [R][Audience request]
05.Ramarama - Vasantha - Adi-Thisranadai [S]
06.KrishnaneBegane - YamanKalyan - Misrachapu
07.Santhanamanjari - Santhanamanjari - Adi [R & S]
08.Raghuvamsasudha - Kathanakudhukalam - Adi
09.Swarajathi-Kamakshi - Bhairavi - Misrachapu
10.Marugelara - Jayanthasri - Adi[Audience request]
11.KamakshiNatho - Begada - Adi [R & S with thani]
12.Thirupugazh - Shanmugapriya - Misrachapu[Audience request]
13.Kum.A.Kanyakumari's - Thillana - Sindhubhairavi - Adi
14.Bhajan - followed by Mangalam

Looking forward to concerts like this and more from Sathya & team always.

Concert at Vidhya Vinayagar Temple, Nellore 04 Sep'08

Public concerts are always challenging as we get the complete attention of the audience and you are expected to give your best to the satisfaction of them. Well a real difficult task which however Sathya & his team of Pakala Jayaprakash on Violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & Morsing managed well and won the hearts of a large aucience who had turned out to listen to this concert.

Being a concert for Vinayagar Chaturthi, Sathya for the first part performed 4 Vinayagar krithis each followed by one other composition. His alapanas and kalpana swarams were matched well by Jayaprakash on violin. Suriyanarayanan and Hariharasubramanian were at their very best right from the word go and enhanced the concert in all the ways possible. as requested by the audience Sidhivinaagam in ragam Shanmugapirya set to Rupaka thalam was performed as the main krithi with ragamalika of bindhumalini and Kalyani performed both in alalpana & kalpanaswara

Dr Sainath, a leading Musicologist and Sri Suresh a famous vidwan of Nellore were also there almost for the entire concert and gave their impressions after the thani. They were very specific in appreciating Sathya's efforts on the nuances performed on the keyboard and also appreciated teh team for having a great coordination. Special thanks to Sri Balaji, Gurukal of the temple who had initiated this concert with the temple authority Mr Sankar. The way we were treated by Sri Sankar's family members only made us understand how they give importance to the phrase "Adithi Devo bhava". After the fifth song, many in the audience who were moved by Sathya's efforts, started giving him gifts in cash after each song and you find one young child doing the same above. A great blessing for the team.

These kind of cocnerts raise the confidence levels of every artist and yes Sathya now is looking forward to his trip to Sringeri for a concert on the 14th Sep'08 at the Sringeri Math and we are sure he will be blessed by the divine god and the Acharya Guru there.

The list of the krithis performed are as under with a link for you to listen to them:

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Concert at the Home Turf - Sri Ram Samajam - 28th Aug'08

After almost 3 years it was like coming to his home turf at the Sri Ram Samaj, Ayodhya Mandapam, West Mambalam for a concert on the 28th August'08. With the team of Karaikal Venkatasubramanian on Violin, SJ Arjun Ganesh on the Mrudhangam, HariharaSharma on Kanjeera and ChandrasekaraSharma on the Ghatam the concert was almost full of West Mambalamites both on stage (except Vekat from Adyar) and off the stage. Every artist was enjoying themselves and gave their best to make this a successful concert. Audience appreciated the list of krithis selected for the day and many who were listening to Sathya after a long time, appreciated the way Sathya has improved in his presentation over the period of three years from his last performance at the Samajam. The quality of the recording is not as great as expected but still you can listen to the tracks in the following link:

http://www.esnips.com/playlist/352d11b4-da65-402e-b8cd-cc94a6d30ae1

regret the electrical disturbance which you can hear very evidently. The list of krithis are as under:
01. Varnam - Hamsadwani - Adi
02. SriMahaGanapathey - Abogi - Kandachapu
03. Eramuni - Vakulabaranam - Misrachapu
04. Thulasibilva - Kedharagowla - Adi
05. Eshapahimam - Kalyani - Rupakam
06. Dinamanivamsa - Harikambodhi - Adi
07. MadumeikumKanne
08.. SarasaSamadhana - KaapiNarayanai - Adi
09. Vishamakarakannan
10. NadhamudiMelirukum_NallaPambe
11. SrichakrarajaSimhasaneswari - Raagamalika - Adi
12. Chandrasekara - Sindhubhairavi - Ekam
13. Geethathuniku - SwathiThirunal's Thillana - Dhanashree - Adi
14. Mangalam.

Special thanks to www.carnaticsangeetham.com Sri Pyarilal for his upload of Smt Aruna Sayeeram's MadumeikumKanna and Smt Sudha Ragunathan's Visamakarakannan in his youtube, with which Sathya listened and learnt these two songs specially to perform here in is home ground which loves these two numbers eternally.

"Eppadi Padinaro" series at Bangalore on 24th Aug'08

It was a concert in a divine atmosphere at "Sri Sringeri Sharada Math", Chamrajpet, Bangalore with Karaikal Venkatasubramanian on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & Morsing. After playing cricket almost for the whole day at his host's residence Sathya and team did give a good performance which was well acknowledged by very interested rasikas who had turned up in god numbers. There were many who were sitting outside the hall and it was also a pleasant experience to listen to music in that atmosphere filled with divinity. The hall had a good acoustic ambience and all went well with just an ordinary PA system, with the grace of the almighty!

It was a good team effort as every one sincerely contributed in their own might for the success of the concert which was felt with most of them staying back till the end of the concert. The list of krithis performed are as under and you can listen to the songs in the following link:
http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/019_Bangalore_SringeriMath_Concert_24Aug08/ 01- Varnam_Mohanam -Adi
02 - Pranamamyagam - Gowla [Swaram] - Adi
03 - NammammaSharadhey - Hamsadwani - Adi [Ragam & Swaram]
04 - Ninuvina - NavarasaKaanada - Rupakam
05 - Bharaiya - Vasantha - Adi - Purandharadasa
06 - Kannathandri - Kunthalavarali - Adi
07 - Samajavaragamana - Hindolam - Adi [Ragam - audience choice]
08 - KanduKandunee - Desh - Kandachapu
09 - Vitajalathura - Janaranjani - Adi
10 - Jagadhodharaka - Kaapi - Adi [Ragam & Swaram also audience choice]
11 - RadhasamedhaKrishna - YamanKalyan - Adi
12 - BagyadhalakshmiBaramma - Madhyamavathi - Adi [audience choice]
The experience of the trip in Sathya's view can be seen in the link http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html