Wednesday, March 16, 2011

AIR Concert on March 16, 2011 - A Dream Come True Moment

Yes it is one of the best days in our life with a concert in All India Radio! What a great bonus with Sri V. V. Ravi on Violin and Sri Papanasam Kumar one of the senior vidwans of AIR enhancing this first of its kind AIR broadcast of Carnatic concert on Keyboard! Sathya is really blessed and so is the family! It is indeed a Proud moment and a Joyful Day which we can never forget!

We as family would like to thank one and all who were all responsible for having the instrument recognised by AIR from the respective Minister in the Union Ministry to Local AIR Station people, Blessings of all his gurus, wishes of well wishers and his own efforts!

It was so nice of Sri Tee Vee Gee, a leading uploader of Sangeethapriya to have recorded the concert and also upload it in his folder sooner the concert was over. Thanks to Sri Diwakar and also Mr Raman of Koratur also to have recorded the concert and forwarded the same. It is blessings and wishes like this, which has taken the instrument and the artist to the level they are in!  

The link is follows:  
  
Sathya performed the following: 
  1. Siddhi Vinayagam – Samaram – Rupakam – Dikshidar
  2. Dinamani VAmsa – Harikamboji – Adi – Tyagaraja
  3. Thillana – Brindhavani – Adi – Dr. Balamuralikrishna
Please listen to the tracks,  if possible and forward your feedback.  We once again thank you all for the support, wishes and Blessings to Sathya.

Monday, March 14, 2011

2011 March 13 - Concert at Periyava Padhugai Temple - Mylapore


Sathya performed a concert and for the first time he tried performing on a Harmonium!


It was indeed a divine atmosphere Sathya performed for the second time in Maha Periyava's Padhugai Temple located in PS Sivaswamy Salai. This time enhanced by Sri SP Ananthapadmanabha on violin, Sri Delhi Raja Subramaniam on Mrudhangam and Sri Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & Morsing. Sri. Murugan made the audio arrangements.

Sathya thought of trying Harmonium and as we were searching for one his friend Sri Harikrishnan's family was contacted through Sri Keerthivasan - a Mrudhaga vidwan and thanks to that family, Sathya could perform on Harmonium. Just an attempt and hope he also pursues this also! I feel the performance is asking me to think on this line!

Audio tracks of this concert can be listened / downloaded from the link
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Great News - History in the making!

It is indeed a great news that "All India Radio" will be broadcasting a Carnatic concert on Keyboard for the first time on the March 16, 2011! Yes it will be broadcast in FM Gold Radio Channel which can be listened in 102.3 mhz from 11:30 am for 30 mts. It will be a history made with this concert and looks like Sathya will be part of the history as he is scheduled to do this concert. A long awaited dream which will become a reality!!

I request one and all to tune in to AIR on March 16th 2011 and also forward all your opinion to AIR and if possible to us also. This will be a great source of encouragement to Sathya!!!

January 22, 2011 Concert at Kakinada

This was indeed one of the special concerts with local state artists in AP after a long time with M. Sathyanarayanansarma on Violin, Mandapakkam Ravi on Mrudangama and Hanumantha Rao on Ghatam



The concert went very well with large audience presence and appreciation coming to the team in a big way. Here is a clipping probably for the first time taken in the side view as the camera was positioned on the stage! Sathya presented a mix of different composers and the ragas & krithis selected along with the way presented by him was very much appreciated by the enhancement artists. The greatness of the Mrudhangam vidwan was that he also informed many of is friends, dear & near to see the link in youtube! 

The interesting thing in this concert was that as we reached Kakinada  and was met by a volunteer of teh sabha, he asked Sathya to perform Sriranjani as main and also wanted a krithi in Sivaranjani. To our surprise we could not recollect any krtihi Sathya was familiar with and an idea came to me! I asked Sathya if he could play the bhajan Krishna Bajo Krishna Bajo set to a different raga in Sivaranjani and he immediately accepted it as a good idea and executed it on stage with no real hesitation! The person who asked for it was thrilled on hearing this bhajan and praised him so much! The secret of winning the heart of rasikas is very important and  will help artists like Sathya a long way!!
The list of krithis rendered are as follows:

01. Varnam - Valaji - Adi- Lalgudi Jayaraman
02. Raghunayaka - Hamsadwani - Adi- Tyagaraja (S)
03. Ramachandram Bhavayami - Vasantha - Rupakam-Dikshidar(R)
04. Karunajudu - Sri - Adi - Shyama
05. Marivere-Lathangi-Kandachapu-Patnam Subramanya Iyer(S)
06. Brahmakatigina - Mukari - Adi - Annamaya
07. Kavave Kanyakumari - Sahana - Misrachapu - Dr. BMK
      (audience choice of Raga) (R)
08. Marubalka - Sriranjani - Adi - Tyagaraja (R, S, TH)
09. BajareGopalam - Hindolam - Adi - SadhasivaBrahmendrar
10. Ramachandra ra ra-Shankarabaranam-Tisranadai-Annamaya
11. Bhajan - Sivaranjani - Ekam
12. Thillana - Madhuvanthi - Adi - Lalgudi
R - Raga Aalapana, S- Kalpanaswaram, TH- Thaniavarthanam

January 13, 2011 - Nadasudha Concert

With SP Ananthapadmanabha - Violiin, Trivandrum V Balaji - Mrudhangam, Chandrasekarasharma - Ghatam the team was ably enhanced with Balaji - Nithya Audio - on PA System at Sri Ganapathy Sachidananda Hall, Velachery for Nadasudha on the 13th January'11.The team presented the following and had a good audience turnout. The krithi Neelothpalambikayam is one of the rare krithis performed on stage and thanks to Mr N. Balsubramanian, President of the sabha, Sathya took up and presented in a satisfying manner. The details of other krtihis are:

01_Varnam_Sahana_Adi
02_Gananayakam_Poornashadjam_Adi_Dikshidar [S]
03_Neelothpalambikayam_Poorvaaula_Rupakam_Dikshidar
04_Manasulonima_Varamu_Adi_Tyagaraja [R, S]
05_MurugaMuruga_Saveri_Misrachapu_Thooran
06_NeevadaNeeGana_Saranga_Kandachapu_Tyagaraja [S]
07_DinamaniVamsa_HariKamboji_Adi_Tyagaraja [R, N, S, T]
08_SrichakrarajaSimhasaneswari_Ragamalika_Adi
09_Thillana_Paras_Adi_Lalgudi
S - Kalpanaswaram, R - Raga aalapana, N - Niraval, T - Thani avarthanam


You can see the video clipping of this concert here above and can also log on to www.sangeethamshare.org and listen to the tracks of this concert vide serial number 056 under the up-loader name Sathya (Keyboard)

January 09, 2011 - Concert for IIT Music Club under Youth Festival

As part of the 2011 Youth Music festival Sathya performed in IIT for their Music Club for the first time and incidentally this has come on All India Radio giving the recognition for the instrument! May be it is a coincidence! The team comprised of M. Rajeev on Violin, Sumesh Narayanan on Mrudhangam and Sunilkumar on Kanjeera. The PA system was of great order and all this ensured that the concert reached the knowledgeable audience in the right manner.


Sathya started the concert with Dr. Balamuralikrishna's varnam in the ragam Shanmugapriya and as this was his first concert in IIT Youth Fest decided to do a small lec-dem on the usage of the gadget's in the instrument in producing the nuances of Carnatic  music! The idea was Rajeev to take up a raga and Sathya to present same on the keyboard and  leaving the judgment to the audience regarding the level Sathya could match! Here Prof. Narendran was present and he suggested to take up all gana ragas namely Bhairavi, Kalyani, Kamboji, Thodi, and Sankarabaranam. The fact is that after the concert Prof. Narendran has got good impression on Sathya and he is already a good well wisher now to him! A great personal milestone for Sathya to have won the heart of a good Vainika and a knowledgeable person! The details of other krithis are as follows and when time permit please do give a view and forward your thoughts!

01 Varnam_Shanmugapriya_Adi_BMK
02 SriMahaganapathim_Gowla_Misrachapu [S]
03 Sugunamule_Chakravagam_Rupakam_Tyagaraja [R]
04 RamanukkuMannanMudi_Hindolam_Adi_SeerkazhiArunachalakavirayar [S]

05 Mokshamugalada_Saramathy_Adi_Tyagaraja
06 Lecdem-on-ragastructure-Bhairavi, Kalyani, Kamboji,
      Thodi and Sankarabaranam
07 Tholijenma_Bilahari_Kandachapu_Tyagaraja [S]
08 RagamalikaMallari_Gambeeranatai_Gaula_Arabhi_Varali_Sri_MisraTriputa [R, S, T]
09 KandenKanden_Bagyashree_Tisranadai_Arunachalakavi
10 Bhajan_Vasanthi_Ekam
11 Thillana_Desh_Adi_Lalgudi
12 Mangalam_VazhiyaSenthamizh

S - Kalpanaswaram, R - Raga aalapana, T - Thani avarthanam

You can also log on to www.sangeethamshare.org and listen to the tracks of this concert vide serial number 055 under the up-loader name Sathya (Keyboard)