Bengalooru Habba 2007 - Sathya on the 4th Dec'07 at Gayana Samaja.

It was a good oppurtunity for Sathya to have performed for Bungalooru Habba 2007 and he performed at the Gayana Samaj on the 4th Dec'07 along with M. Rajeev on Violin, Thilaisthanam Suriyanaryanan on Mrudhangam and Sri Thirukannapuram J Sowrirajan on Ghatam, Morsing & Konnakol. Sathya started off with Hamsadwani varnam and did raga alapanas for Suddha Dhanyasi, Keeravani, PoorviKalyani and Aberi. Sathya & Rajeev's alapana presentation was well appreciated and so was the kalpana swaras for Hamsadwani varnam, Atana, Poorvikalyani and Aberi krithis. Both Suriyanarayanan and Sowrirajan were enhancing the concert with their rhythm and the thani was earmarked with all the three talents of Sowrirajan coming out with great timing. The concert ended with Bagyadhalakshmi in Madhyamavathi.

There were couple of young audience who wanted to watch Sathya's finger movements and were asked to come and sit behind him for almost half the concert. It was nice to see interest shown by these kids in our traditional music even though, they were in Carnatic on Keyboard concert. One of the organisors who was present gave Sathya and the team compliments with a likely assurance of a concept concert next year. Indeed this says about the success of the presentation. The details of the pieces presented were as follows:

01. Varnam - Hamsadwani -Adhi
02. SriMahaganapathim - Atana - Adhi
03. Narayanan - SudhaDhanyasi - Kandachaapu
04. Balasarasamurali - Keeravani - Adhi
05. Gyanamusakaradha - PoorviKalyani - Rupakam
06. Bajare Manasa - Aberi - Adhi
07. Sarasamuki - GowdaMalhar - Adhi
08. Karedhare - Janasamohini - Adhi
09. Kuraionrumillai - Raagamalika - Adhi
10. Bagyadhalakshmi - Madhyamavathi - Adhi

Here is the link for the sample track http://tinyurl.com/2fl8zl

A good start for the December 2007 Music Festival

It was indeed a great start for Sathya - 1st Dec'07 at Bharat Kalachar for the December Music festival 2007 with a well presented Jugalbandhi with B. Ananthakrishnan - Hindustani vocal, S.J. Arjun Ganesh on Mrudhangam and N. Sundar on Tabla. The team presented 5 pieces in all starting with Hamsadwani followed by Dharbari & Dharbari Kaanada, Yaman & Kalyani, Dhanashree Thillana and rounded off with BagyadhalakshmiBaramma. They presented with both of them taking part in each number without crossing their boundaries and did not perform any individual number. It was also due to the time factor as the concert started little behind the schedule due to the prize distribution function.

Sathya was performing Carnatic on Keyboard and also backed up Ananthakrishnan's Hindustani with Harmonium tone. This in particular was much appreciated as he did not mix up any where. Ananthakrishnan laid hands on the violin for Hamsadwani. The following excerpts form the speeches of Dr. Mrs. YGP and Mr YG Mahendra gives an over all view of the concert.

Pls listen to the tracks and the speech which are not edited except that the order of speech is changed to Mrs YGP, Mr YGM and then self. Mrs YGP appreciated the prowess of Sathya to play both Carnatic while being in lead and back up for Hindustani without mixing. She was all praise for Ananthakrishnan's ability to sing Hindustani vocal as generally he is know as a good violin artist in the music circle. The efforts of Arjun Ganesh and Sundar was also appreciated by her. However she felt that the two artist were too good in their genre of music and it was probably not good to take it in a mixed form. She preferred to see them perform individual concert and this probably is in itself a great success for the artist. She did say that while she prefers to listen them individually, their efforts on date was commendable.

Mr YG Mahendra mentioned that he liked the concept and was in praise for both the artist. Mr YGM was all praise for their excellent control and not mixing up any where any time. He wished them all success and asked them to continue doing this concept maintaining their un mixed presentation keeping their domain clear. He also indicated that to satisfy Mrs YGP two individual concerts would be given next year.

A small video clipping of the presentation: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g1ocjQvdlUY

The audio tracks links are as follows:

01 http://www.esnips.com/doc/abf4a80a-08b4-485e-b5af-68f9a5c63ef6/01_Hamsadwani

02 http://www.esnips.com/doc/a5b9d0ec-b71e-453c-9258-bdc65b770661/02_Dharbari_and_DharbariKaanada

03 http://www.esnips.com/doc/3ec28999-a080-4ef1-9498-1936fcd488ab/03_Yaman_and_Kalyani

04 http://www.esnips.com/doc/c5ee2b63-bddb-4fca-8a98-ad834f1bc5ad/04_Speech_By_Mrs-YGP_Mr-YGMahendra_and_Krishnababu

05 http://www.esnips.com/doc/bd391979-7fba-4eb7-8ac6-7614c62f3f3e/05_Thillana_Geethadhunuku_Dhanashree

06 http://www.esnips.com/doc/91298203-b2a7-469b-9523-a4cf61e622d4/06_BhagyadhalakshmiBaramma_Bowliand_Madhyamavathi

Looking forward to audience strength like this in all the season concerts in all and for Sathya's in particular.

Honoured to be in Chenniyil Thiruvaiyaru 2007 and Chennaionline

Pls visit this link in chennaionline for a comprehensive Music festival schedule of Sathya

http://chennaionline.com/music/Carnaticmusic/Nov07/11music51.asp

Also pls Visit this link

http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/chennaiyil_thiruvaiyaru/sathyanarayanan.asp

and the Bangalore Habba Festival details in

http://www.bengalooruhabba.com/carnatic.html

Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha, Bheemavaram - 02 Nov'07

This was a concert of a great achievement for Sathya as he received almost more than Rs 1000/- in cash from the audience as gift which was handed over to him after the thani. The special mention was the ragamalika kalpanaswaram Sathya and Rajeev on Violin performed for the krithi Marubalka on Sriranjani. Sathya took up 8 ragas - Charukesi, Hamsanadham, Hamsadwani, Brindhavana Saranga, Kalyani, Keeravani and Mohanam apart from Sriranjani and elaborated swarams on each raga. Later he completed the aruthi with phrases of all the ragas and this indeed was the highlight of the concert. It was also the first attempt and Rajeev did a great presentation of his skills too in this.

Being student of Kalaimamani Kum. A. Kanyakumari were happy to present the daughter of Bheevaram's own composition - a Thillana on ragam Sindhu Bhairavi to end the concert. The audience turn out was really great and made us think why we are unable to see this kind of turn out in our centers. Sri Rangasi, the PR person for the sabha was so much impressed on seeing Sathya play and practice in the morning, coordinated with the famous D.N.R. Arts College were Sathya was felicitated in the presence of a large audience of students, teachers and the Top officials of the College including the Principal. It was indeed a unscheduled programme and it was just the Almighty's grace Sathya got this honor. Sathya performing utsavasambradhayakrithis with different ragas and thalas was much appreciated too.

Thillaisthanam Sri R. Suriyanarayanan (recently was conferred as Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Muth) was at his best throughout. His presentation looked as if he is always at his best when he performs for Sathya. Yuvakalabharathi Sri J. Sowrirajan showed his prowess on Kanjeera, Ghatam, Morsing & Konnakol and excelled in all the departments. The thani avardhanam attracted special applause. The team also stole the audience's heart with their presentation of Ramanamavali to finish the concert which made every one participate by singing along. Log on to http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com for his personal views on this trip.

The list of concerts performed are:

01. Mallari - GamberaNatai - Adi (S)
02. Vathapi - Hamsadwani - Adi (AC - R, N & S)
03. Guruleka - GowriManohari - Kandachapu
04. Entharomahanubhavulu - Sri - Adi (AS)
05. TheliyaledhuRama - Dhenuka - Adi
06. Krishnanee - Yamankalyan - Misrachapu (AC)
07. Vasudevayeni - Kalyani - Adi (R & S)
08. UtsavaSambradhaya Krithis - Ragamalika & Thalamalika
09. Marubalka - Sriranjani - Adi (AC, R, N & Swararagamalika)
10. Nanatibadhuku - Revathy - Adi (AC)
11. Sai Bhajan - Dharbari Kannada (AC)
12. Brahmamokate - Bowli - Ekam (AC)
13. Thillana - Sindhubhairavi - Adi
14. Raghupath Ragava Rajaram

Mahalingapuram Iyyapan Temple concert 30 Oct '07

This was the third of the back to back concerts with one more to to go on 31st Oct'07. Due to rain i think the audience turn out was less but this did not hamper Sathya and his team performance as it turned out as a great concert. The truth is one of the Archagas came and said he would make sure this team performs again next year during NOV-DEC festival instead of this period were the audience turn out normally is less due to the rain factor.

The team of Ananthakrishnan on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam, Harish on Kanjeera and Chandrasekarasharma on Ghatam were very happy to have got the oppurtunity to perform for the Guruvayurappan festival in Mahalingapuram Iyyappan temple and take the blessings of the almighty.

The list of songs performed:

01. Mallari - GambeeraNatai - Kandajathi Thiruputa thalam
02. Vathapi Ganapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi - (R, N & S)
03. Ramannau Brovara - Harikambodhi - Rupakam
04. Krishna nee - Yaman Kalyan - Misrachappu
05. Marugelara - Jayanthari - Adi
06. Pavanaguru - Hamsanandhi - Rupakam (R, N & S)
07. Alaipayudhey - Kanada - Adi
08. Thirupugazh - Shanmugapriya - Misrachapu
09. Jagadhodharaka - Kaapi - Adi
10. Raghuvamsasudha - Kadhanakudhugalam - Adi (S)
11. Sankarabaranam notes
12. Kuraionrum Illai - Ragamalika - Adi
13. Eswaramba - Sai Bhajan - Chakravagam - Ekam
14. Chandrasekara - Sindhubhairavi - Adi
15. Harivarasanam

A dream come true concert at Koothannoor Sarawathi Temple - 21st Oct'07

It was just a dream come true concert for Sathya as we never thought this will happen so soon! Thanks to Sri Jayaram of Koothanoor who had confirmed this concert way back in April'07 during a wedding reception concert, then we just thought it as another positive sign.

Playing infornt of Goddess Sarawathi - Veena Vahini - that too on the Vijayadhasami Day (630 - 845pm) was indeed a greatest blessing for Sathya and should be one of the best positive signs as it is a kind of blessing / recognition the instrument has got from the Goddess herself.

It was for the first time Sathya performed an elaborate raga alapana on ragam Saraswathi, a ragamalika alapana on ragam Aberi, Kalyani & Shanmugapriya for Nagumomu as requested by the audience followed by kalpanaswaras in ragamalika during the kurapu and aruthi. The team of Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Ravishankar - Mrudhangam and Sowrirajan - Kanjeera & Morsing appreciated Sathya for this great presentation and the audience were spell bound. The nadaswaram and Thavil vidwans of the temple were all praise for the effort of Sathya and appreciated the team's concert.

While Ananthakrishnan was his usual best through out the concert both Ravi shankar and Sowrirajan were performing together as if they were doing it on a every day basis with great understanding. The thani was very much appreciated.

The details of the songs performed are:

01. Vathapi Ganapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi (R, N & S)
02. Suryamoorthey - Sourastram - Druva Thalam
03. Saraswathy Namosthuthe - Saraswathi - Rupakam (R & S)
04. Kamakshi - Bhajan - Adi
05. Sadhimchane - Arabi - Adi (Audience request)
06. Janani - Bhairavi - M'chappu (R)

07. Bhuvaneswariye - Mohanakalyani - Adi
08. Jagajanani - Rathipathipriya - Adi
09. Nagumomu - Aberi - Adi (Ragamalika & S - audience choice)
10. Chandrasekara - Bhajan
11. Kurai onrum illai - Ragamalika - Adi
12. Thillana - Desh - Adi

Link for hearing the tracks recorded live http://tinyurl.com/2382cm

17 Oct ' 07- A concert that gave Sathya the title "VidwanMani"

It was a feeling of having to perform another good concert which turned out to be a title awarding concert. Thanks to the team of M Rajeev - Violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan - Mrudhangam, Hariharasharma - Kanjeera and Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam who along with Sathya presented a wonderful concert.

This concert was performed on the 17th Oct'07 for the 14th Year Navarathri festival conducted by Guruji SrilaSri Kamatchi Swamigal for Sri Kamakshi Kaingarya Trust & Sri Swarna Kameswari Seva Sangam - Nanganallur. Guruji was present throughout the concert and blessed the artists after the main krithi 'Devi Neeyethunai' on keeravani. Impressed by the performance of Sathya Guruji also decided to confer the title "VidwanMani" for his talents and it was indeed a pleasant shock for all of us. While getting titles itself is a great achievement, getting it during a performance for the first time in the forum is indeed a greater blessing. Guruji praised each and every artist highlighting all the positive points.

Starting with Kanada Ata Thala Varnam (being first attempt Sathya performed only one kalam) Sathya perform following krithis and impressed one and all. Rajeev was brilliant as usual and showed his class both in raga alapanas and kalpanaswarams. The percussion team indeed was remarkable through out the concert and excelled very much in the short but sweat thani. While every krithi was appreciated Keeravani & bhajans namely Chandrasekara and Kamatkshi (a Maestro Illayaraja's composition) received special applause from the audience.

Krithis performed:

01 Varnam - Kaanada - Ata thalam
02 Vathapi Ganapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi (R, N & S)
03 Budhamsra - Natakurinji - Misra Jampa thalam
04 Thayethipurasundari - SuddhaSaveri - Kandachapu (R)
05 Jagajanani - Rathipathipriya - Adi
06 Pakalaneelapadi - Karaharapriya - Misrachappu
07 Devineeye Thunai - Keeravani - Adi (R & S with Thani)
08 Srichankradhara - Ragamalika - Adi
09 Chandrasekara - Bhajan
10 Kamakshi - Bhajan - Maestro (Illayaraja's composition)
11 Karpagame - Madhyamavathi - Adi
12 Mangalam

R - Ragam, N - Niraval & S - Kalpanaswaram

Here is the audio link of the award presentation & few tracks of the concert

http://tinyurl.com/ysgl87

A memorable concert tour - Shimoga on the 10th Oct'07

Sathya was pleasantly surprised to be welcomed by the mist of Shimoga at around 6am in the morning when we reached Shimoga for his concert for Sri Vidya Ganapathi Seva Sangha - Shimoga.

The beauty of our Carnatic Sangeetham with the strong emphasis on Manodharma was brought very much in the lime light with all the artists on stage giving their 100% performing together for the first time. The concert had the best of energy levels right from the Navaragamalika Varnam till the end. Kudos to the person in-charge of PA system as he was highly attentive and kept a good balance of the audio output. The strength of the sabhas presence in this city was very much seen with a large audience and the way the officials were dealing every aspect of concert arrangements / management.

The enhancement artist namely Sri Mysore R Dayakar - Violin, Sri S.S. Ramanujam on Mrudhangam, Sri B.N. Chandramouli on Kanjeera and Sri V.S. Ramesh on Morsing were very encouraging and appreciative. All of them were very much involved and presented their skills in the best way which was vital for the richness of this concert presentation. Special mention about the audience who had been in large numbers and remained till the end of the concert to greet Sathya.

The list of songs performed included many kanada krithis and as per request of the sabha officials in the last minute Sathya performed RTP on Shanmugapriya with Ragamalika in kalpanaswara on Keeravani & Sarangatharangini.

Krithis preformed were:

01. Varnam - Navaragamalika - Adi
02. Gajavadhana - Hamsadwani - Adi - Purandaradasa (R & S)
03. Narayana - Sudha Dhanyasi - Kandachappu (R)
04. Budhamasra - Natakurinji - Misra Jampa
05. Pavanaguru - Hamsanandhi - Rupakam (R, N & S)
06. Thungatheeravirajam - Yamuna Kalyani - Adi - RajaGururajachar
07. Odibaraiya - Bhairavi - Adi - Purandaradasa (R & S)
08. Karedharebare Bahrathe - Janasamohini - Adi - Kamalesha Vitala
09. RTP - Shanmugapriya - Kandajathi Thriputa
10. Srirapthasayana - Bhajan - Dwajavanthi - Ekkam
11. Bagyadhalakshmi - Madhyamavathy - Adi
12. Thillana - Desh - Adi - Lalgudi Jayaraman
13. Mangalam.

Ps. R - Raga Alapana, N - Niraval & S - Kalpanaswara

Pallavi Sahityam : (Which was sung by Sathya after thanam)

Maal Marugani Muruganai Pani maname Ganame Dhiname Ninaidhdhidu.

Pls log on to http://tinyurl.com/2552q9 for the audio track of this concert

If you want to know the experience of Sathya of this trip log on to
http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com/

A review from a rasika of 26th Sep'07 concert

I am pleased to give below the review received froma rasika on the concert performance of Sathya on the 26th Sep'07. I sincerely thank her for the effort taken and the support extended inattending the concert.

Qte:
PROFESSIONAL TOUCH

Sathya went about his performance like clockwork and clearly exhibited true professionalism in Wednesday's concert(26.8.07) held at SGS sabha Kalyana Mandapam for 50-50 club. The crisp rendition of Varnam in Amrithavarshini provided a good start for the 2-hour long kutcheri. This was followed by the refreshing Guruleka Etuvanti a Thyagarajar krithi, the recital of which has become a rarity, these days. Sathya's interpretation of Ananda Bhairavi raga with an air of tranquility, was pleasing to the ears. Following the krithis in Darbar and Keeravani, Marukelara was played, on the lighter note. The fast paced swaras were handled with great dexterity and the pitch bend was aptly used in the right measure.

Siva Siva in Pantuvarali was embellished with skillfully woven swara patterns. These included more of sarvalaghu and less of kanakku swaras.The kuraipu swaram ushered in enthusiasm as the violinist's deft fingers equally matched it. The main raga for the day was Karaharapriya (Pakkani Nilabadi) which also featured the tani. The alapana was a flow of creativity. The korvai which sathya played with absolute ease revealed his laya control. The mrudangam , kanjira and ghatam artists presented the tani was a high level of experience. The concluding piece was a Madhyamavathi song.

Sathya's performance has indeed exposed the ingredients of classicism even in a digital instrument.

--------S.Lakshmi Priya

Unqte:

I am also pleased to give you a short duration video link of the day's performance.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zAMvOGo-New

26th September,2007 concert for 50 - 50 club in Chennai

It was a good evening as he was performing once again in a public concert for 50-50 Club at the SGS Sabha Wedding Hall premises on the 26th Sep'07. Knowing the audience taste and expectations Sathya had prepared for a list that at the end of the day was very much liked by the entire audience who had turned out in good number. Sathya had the team of M Rajeev on Violin, Thillaistanam R Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam, J Sowrirajan on Kanjeera and Chandrasekara Sharma on the ghatmam.

Sathya started off the concert with a varnam composed by Sri S. V. Seshadri on Lord Vigneswara in the ragam Amrudhavarshini (may be the sudden rain in Chennai is due to this varnam only) set to Adi thalam and concluded with a mangalam on Lord Vigneswara with a Papanasam Sivan composition - Vignavinayaka Moorthikku Mangalam in Madhyamavathi. While he did a good raga lapana for three kritis he did open always with a outline of teh raga for every krithi. This as well as his singing the first line of each pallvi was in for great praise.

Both Sathya and Rajeev proved their talents in alapanas and kalpanaprayogams and the team was appreciated by one and all. While the concert was scheduled for 150 mts got reduced due to their meeting and for this one of the rasikas said that the shortened concert was indeed a great success as like the T20 worldcup.

The song selection was welcomed very much by the audience and the kalaparamanams of the krithis rendered were getting special applause. Due to time constraint the percussion team gave a sweet and short thani in Misrachaapu krithi - Pakalanilapadi on Karaharapriya. He performed the last two raagamalikas on the request by the audience. It was indeed a good exposure for Sathya and the instrument in particular, as there were almost only senior citizen who had attended the concert and almost every one personally appreciated Sathya's efforts in bring out the nuances of Carnatic on Keyboard.

The song list is as follows:

01. Varnam - Amrudhavarshini - Adi - S V Seshadri
02. Guruleka - Gowri Manohari - K'chaapu - Tyagaraja (R & KS)
03. Ramanannu brovara - Harikambodhi - Rupakam - Tyagaraja
04. Balasarasamurali - Keeravani - Adi - Oothukadu Venkata kavi (R)
05. Marugelara - Jayanthasri - Adi - Tyagaraja
06. Marivere - Anandha Bhairavi - M'chaapu - Shyama (R)
07. Yochana - Dharbar - Adi
08. Siva Siva - Bunthuvarali - Adi - Tyagaraja (R & KS)
09. Ragasudharasa - Andholika - Adi - Tyagaraja
10. Pakalanilapadi - Karaharapriya - M'chappu - Tyagaraja (R & KS)
11. Theeradhavillayattu - Raagamalika - Adi (Kandanadai) - Bharathi
12. Kuraionrum illai - Raagamalika - Adi - Rajaji
13. Vigna Vinayaka - Madhayamavathi - Adi - Papanasam Sivan

R - Raga alapana & KS - Kalpanaswaram

Sep 19th, 2007 performance at Luz Vinayagar Temple

It was a nice concert presented by the team of Sathya - Keyboard, Sri Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, Sri Arjun Ganesh – Mrudhangam and Sri J Sowrirajan on Ghatam & Morsing at Arulmigu Navasakthi Vinayagar Temple, Luz, Mylapore on the 19th Sep’07. It was well attended and received by a good number of audience.

Sathya preferred to present this as a thematic concert i.e. krithis based on Lord Vinayaka and performed few krithis which he was attempting first time on stage. Starting with Sree Gana Pathimbaje on Sourastram the team performed 10 krithis in all concluding the concertt with a mangalam on ragam Madhyamavathi.

While it was supposed to have been 9 krithis, Sathya performed one more as the time was extended and performed a rasika's request of a krithi on lord Ganesa namely Mahaganapathim on Naatai.

All the krithis had at-least an outline of the raga and Sathya elaborated Gowla and Shanmugapriya which were taken as sub main and main for the day. He also performed kalpanaswarams for Vathapi with niraval in “Pranava Swarupa”, Gowla, Shanmugapriya and Thillang.

Ananthapdamanabha who was enhancing Sathya’s concert after a long gap was excellent through out the concert and excelled during his solo. He was found appreciating many phrases on alalapanas and swaras of Sathya – a good way of encouraging. Arjun Ganesh was at his best with superb presentation which paved way for the enhancements of the concert as a whole along with Sowrirajan who was handling Ghatam & Morsing appropriately. The crisp thani was an exhibition of both the artists high talents.

The list of krithis performed were:

01. SreeGanapathimBaje – Sowrashtram – Adi - Tyagaraja
02. Vathapi Ganapathim–Hamsadhwani– Adi–Dikshidhar(R –N –KS)
03. Sree Mahaganapathim – Atana – Adi – Samaraja Udayar
04. Sree Mahaganapathim – Gowla – Misrachaapu Dikshidhar (KS)
05. Varasiddhi Vinayaka – Kaanada – Athi - Harikesanallur Muthiah Bagavadhar
06. SiddhiVinayakam–Shanmugapriya–Rupakam–Dikshidhar(R–KS-T)
07. Mahaganapathim – Naatai – Ekkam - Dikshidhar
08. Sri Ganesa Charanam – Thillang – Adi (KS)
09. Siddhi Vinayakam – Mohanakalyani – Adi - Harikesanallur Muthiah Bagavadhar
10. Vigna Vinayaga – Madhyamavathi – Adi – Papanasam Sivan

Ps. R denotes Ragam, N – Niiraval, KS – Kalpana Swaram & T – Thani avarthanam

The voice recorder which we tried to record this concert with, did not not work due to power problem. Thanks to Muthu Audios and the temple authorities we could get the recording in a tape to convert to mp3 files. However the recording starts a little late in the first krithi and also the tape ran out of time because of which the last two krithis were not recorded. Here is the link for the audio tracks: http://www.esnips.com/web/19thSep2007liveconcertinChennai

A short 14secs video clipping of the concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHGWCzCTL5M

A week full of concerts

Yes it was indeed a week which had Sathya busy with concerts from the 22nd till the 26th Aug'07. His view with photos has been updated in his personal blog http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com

Pls do visit and forward your views / comments to keyboardsathya (at) gmail.com

Thanks n brgds Krishnababu

A review in The Hindu - Coimbatore edition 17th Aug'07

Here is the link for the article appeared in The Hindu - Coimbatore edition on the performance for "Naadham" - Coimbatore on the 11th Aug'07

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081750580300.htm
Article as flws:


Marked by vivacity and speed



If his skill and ‘gnanam’ earned Sathyanarayana the admiration of the discerning rasikas, his tender age endeared him to everyone. B. Ramadevi



Photo: K. Ananthan. NIMBLE FINGERS: K.Sathyanarayana.

Master K. Satyanarayana played Carnatic music on the keyboard under the auspices of Naadham at Rathna Regent, Coimbatore, where some of his fans had brought their friends along. The organisation brings to light young talent. Only this time, the ar tiste was young (12 years), but not his talent.

Satyanarayana’s concert was marked by vivacity, speed and vibrant imagination.
He commenced his concert with a varnam in Vasantha and moved on to ‘Vara Vallabha Ramanaa’ (Hamsadhwani-GNB). Apt for a Saturday, he sang the Navagraha kriti, ‘Diwakara Tanujam, Sanaihcharam’ (Dikshitar) and followed it up with ‘Sadhinchane,’ Pancharatna kriti in Arabhi (Tyagaraja). Elegant presentation ‘Sogasu Jooda Taramaa’ (Kannadagowla) was presented elegantly while ‘Kanda Joodumee’ (Vachaspathi) was taken for detailed presentation with adequate alapana, niraval and swarakalpanas.

With an unassuming smile on his lips, Satyanarayana let his nimble fingers dance on the keyboard pouring out soft, soothing swaras. ‘Muruga Muruga Enraal’ (Saveri) by Periyasami Thooran and ‘Saarasamukhi’(Gowda Malhar) by Muthaiah Bhagavatar were right in place before he entered into a leisurely alapana of Thodi for ‘Shree Krishnam Bhaja Maanasa’ (Dikshitar).

B. Ananthakrishnan on the violin was most supportive and his solos drew wide applause.
After this sumptuous feast followed the thani which was nothing short of an ecstatic dance by Kumbakonam Swaminathan on the mridangam and Harihara Subramaniam on the ghatam.
After the thillana in Desh, Satyanarayana wound up with ‘Ramdhun’ giving his concert a sober, spiritual conclusion.

If his skill and ‘gnanam’ earned him the admiration of the discerning rasikas, his tender age endeared him to everyone.

Concert in Coimbatore for "Naadham" - 11th Aug'07

A concert in Coimbatore has always been a happy one for Sathya and this one for Naadham at Ratna Regent Hotel held on the 11th Aug'07 was another he would remember for a long time to come. It was houseful through out and every one, from the artists, audience and the PA system team were with high energy levels. The concert was blessed by Sri Gopinathan with his family, Sri Krishnamoorthy - a renowned vidwan (Special Human) to mention a few.

Right from the start the team of Sathya with Ananthakrishnan on violin, Kumbakonam Swamiathan on mrudhangam and Harihar Sunramaniam on ghatam presented a soulful music. Ananthakrishnan was always applaudiong Sathya particularly in Thodi allapana. Infact every one of them were really complementing each other all through. The audience response was indeed great with due acknowledgement for the artists when ever they excelled.

Swaminathan and Harihara Subramaniam gave enhanced the concert with able support on percussion and were out standing while presenting the thani avarthanam. Nice to see the organizers encouraging Ms Saritha (probably the same age of Sathya) to be the host for the show to present the artist and she did it very well.

Mr Seshadri Rao, a rasika who has attended the concert at the Kamatchi amman temple in Coimbatore earlier, informed that he was seeing a great improvement in Sathya's presentation. It was indeed a great a feeling when Sathya concluded the concert with Raghupathy ragahava rajaram as every one present also chanted and the hall was full, now also with great divine vibration. It was also a moment of pride for Sathya when a rasika gave him cash reward appreciating his talents.

The song list rendered is as follows:

01. Varnam - Vasantha - Adi
02. Varavallaba - Hamsadwani - Adi (Ragam & Swaram)
03. Diwakaram - Yathukula Kamboji - Ekam
04. Sadimchane - Aarabi - Adi
05. Sogasujuda tharama - Kanada Gowla - Rupakam
06. Kantajudumi - Vachaspathi - Adi (Ragam & Swaram)
07. Muruga Muruga endral - Saveri - Misrachapu (Outline ragam)
08. Sarasamuki - Gowda Malhar - Rupakam
09. Sri Krishnam - Thodi - Adi (Ragam & Swaram)
10. Chinanchirukiliye - Ragamalika (Rasika's choice)
11. Alaipayudhey - Kaanada -Adi (Rasika's choice)
12. Thillana - Desh - Adi
13. Rama namam.