World Music Day June 21 @ Bangalore for Handshake Concert

This was another great Day in Sathya’s Musical Carrier 

Sathya got the oppurtunity to perform in Handshake Concert presentation for World Music Day - June 21, 2011 held at Chowdiah Hall, Bangalore. This was a presentation by Rattle & Hum Music Society,  Nagalan University in collabaration with NEZCC, Dimapur and Nagaland Tourism. The list of participants included bands of  legendary Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy Winner), Ms Anuradha Pal, SOULMATE, SWARATHMA - from Bangalore, Divine Connection (Winner MTC ROCK ON 2011) Lohe Sisters from Nagaland presenting folk music, MELODRAMA and Kenei Chale (Brand Ambassador of Nagaland Torism and Finalist Ms Nagaland 2010) and Sathya was blessed to get a 15 mts slot which by chance became the inaugural performance!

This performance was seen by almost every participant and a large audience and what was interesting is that Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt got so impressed on Sathya, he blessed him with a big hug and also asked him to perform with him that evening for about 5 mts (the first video of this post) What a great human Pandit ji is !! he was all praise and it is indeed one of the greatest recognition / blessing Sathya has got on World Music Day!! I am sincerely proud of him and hope Sathya picks up the nature of Humility from these great Musicians along with their musical blessings!


Here is the link for the photos taken at the venue: https://picasaweb.google.com/113488920649341170028/20110621WorldMusicDayHandshakeConcertBengaluru?feat=directlink

Sincere thanks to Sri. Dhayanidhi - a Morsing artist who helped us taking the video. He is brother of Ms Lakshmi a mrudhanga vidwan who performed in the band of Ms Anuradha Pal after Sathya's performance, the same evening. 


It was interesting to see this family of musicians in all true sense, Father Karnataka Kalashree Sri. Thangavelu, Mother on the Thambura, First daughter Ms Maragadhavalli on Vocal Musician, second daughter Ms Bhuvaneswari on Violin, third daughter Ms Lakshmi on Mrudhangam, 1st son Sri. Balaji on Tabla and second son Sri. Dhyanidhi on Morsing.

An appraisal - Review of my efforts in Sathya's musical life!

Dear Sri Sankar,

Let me take this oppurtunity to thank you for sparing your valuable time to go through the blog / videos of Sathya and also taking time to register your wishes.

I read your comments in this blog for two of my postings. As you have not mentioned your email id or your contact details I am posting this as not only reply but also as a self appraisal! I also received your impressions through the link in Sathya’s website and in that also we have not received your contact details. I would appreciate if you could forward same for our records. I extend my sincere thanks also to express your viewpoint on his father’s role i.e. myself and I take it in all good spirits as your opinion / suggestion.

Part played by Sathya’s father i.e. myself:

You would appreciate that Sri Shrinivas sir is Mount Everest and Sathya has not even reached the foot hold of this great Mt. Everest in Music. If Sathya can qualify / match a percentage or two of musical knowledge it would be a great accomplishment. Let me be honest to state that your idea to compare me with Great Maestro Sri Mandolin Shrinivas’s father is just not right as my roll on stage today with Sathya is totally different as I act as manager / anchor / MC for all his concerts.

With regard to my position on stage please note I view myself as a MC on stage and maintain / put thalam during his concerts. I am always sure that Hyped talents can not sustain! There is always a saying - Talent if genuine, can never be suppressed / hidden. If Sathya ever has one, I am sure and confident that he will come good! There has never been an attempt to hype Sathya’s talent and I would like to say that Promotion, Information and Hype has different meanings in respective contexts and I always try and inform people about the talent available in Sathya. I will be first person to absent my self / keep mum if that is going to enhance Sathya’s values and it is just for that betterment we as family are working for!

The audiences who attend concerts in various forums / occasions differ these days & it is this present age practice which requires information to be shared and I sincerely feel I am trying to do that in different media viz... Stage / blogs etc... If you read the post History in the making in which you have commented I have sincerely communicated to express my views on the Instrument Keyboard making History and that Sathya also becomes a part of it. I do not think there is any hype involved in this as it is indeed a fact that his was the first live broadcast of Classical concert on Keyboard broadcast by AIR for the first time! This is just an example only.

In my experience I feel it is important in the present days to express what you are performing before or after a krithi / song is performed and doing so with just the name sounds good some times and also doing it in anchoring style is received well by many depending on the forum / occasion you perform. Normally in a sabha environment I do just announce the details of the krithis and if it is a private show or in certain forums, few elaboration is needed and I do it accordingly. It is also to note that I conduct the concerts for fusion concepts / film music concerts and need to coordinate with all the artists – the job of a conductor in a film music concert. May be actions like this might have been the point you are raising and even this I have been trying to minimize as now the team is already set and artists have also started communicating with Sathya and vice versa.

Bringing up a child of his nature is indeed a challenge without disturbing his childhood! We as parents try not to disturb this and by the Grace of The Almighty and wishes of his Gurus & well wishers we have been leading a comfortable life. I also want to make a point clear that if making money with Sathya’s talent was the only concept we had in mind, it is easy for us to do so by engaging him in film music field on a permanent basis and an offer for this was there when he was just 10 years old, from a music director of repute. However our intention are to bring him up as a complete musician and hope we are slowly succeeding in that direction. With regard to playing Film numbers, I wish to inform that Sathya’s mother is working in that industry with many leading music directors and in particular with Maestro Illayaraja sir for the past 28 years!  We do value that music as well. Also I feel it is for the child to decide what he wants to ultimately establish and we are only giving him directions. Sathya while playing film numbers also makes his own BGMs and that is also welcomed by many and this gives him scope for his imaginations. It is also interesting point to see that fusion concept is catching up fast with even the Leading musicians of date who team up with various combinations and perform. It is also a fact that Great musicians like GNB, MLV, Kunnakudy to present day leading musicians play their part in film music including his present Guru Dr. Balamuralikrishna sir!

Sathya on teaching:

It has been a great hard journey for us to actually travel to the level we are, with Almighty’s grace and wishes of his gurus and well wishers. I sincerely believe Sathya is too young to be put to teaching and it might be a struggle for him to add up one more area to cope with apart from enjoying childhood, learning music, doing academic studies (in X1 std now), socializing and performing concerts. We are in the process of studying fingering techniques and making a format and in the near future would like to spread it to every one. It is our desire to spread this as this is one instrument which has caught up with young and old alike to learn our traditional music and if we could do a little in bringing some system we would be the happiest people in the world.

It is just that I thought of clarifying not only your point of view, I am taking this post as an appraisal / self study for me as well and would also be a information to many who probably has not made this impressions on the blog but could be carrying it in their minds.

Looking forward to your contact details.

With best regards and respects Krishnababu

f/o K. Sathyanarayanan

April 21, 2011 Villiwakkam Sath Sangam, Rajaji Nagar Concert.

It is indeed a second home for Sathya as the rasikas here are so fond of him and so is the organisation, with President Sri Sambamoorthy being the best of the cheer leaders! He is so particular that he gives Sathya the best comforts whenever he comes there to perform. This concert today as enhanced by Sri Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan on Violin, Sri Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Sri Ambattur Sundar on Tabla. It is is indeed a great point to note that whenever Sathya teams up with Sri. Sundar it always becomes a landmark concert and this was also one which was attended by Sri. Gopalji, Director of Dinamalar - a leading Tamil daily as Chief Guest and which print media is one of the reasons for Sathya's success growth story. 

Sathya has been performing almost every year from 2006 and so decided to present krithis which was not presented in this forum. It was also interesting that the song Alaipayudhey requested by the Chief Guest has not been played here before by Sathya. Audio tracks of this concert is available in the link :

http://www.mediafire.com/?rdue77r4eym3i

Video link is in http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=110B51945C927FFF

1. Vathapi Ganapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi - Dikshidar (S)
2. Mahasuram - Shanmugapriya - Rupakam - Dikshidar (R)
3. Raja Raja - Niroshta - Adi -Tisranadai (S)
4.NinnuJoochi - Sourastram - Adi Tyagaraja
5. Kaligiyunte - Keerawani - Adi - Tyagaraja (R,S,T)
6. Alaipayudhey - Kaanada - Adi - OVK
7. Thillana - Behag - Adi - Lalgudi Jayaraman
8. Medley - Garland with diferent songs.

Many songs were requested and Sathya did this last piece as a medley combining Pallavi, Anupallavi or Charanams of the requested songs which idea was well received by the audience.  Mr Murali, forum official was so nice to remember instances of Sathya's concerts performed there and blessed him with great future.

PS - S - Kalpanaswaram, N - Nraval, R - Raga aalapana, Th - Thanam, Thani avarthanam

Back to home ground - Ayodhya Mandapam, West Mambalam April 20, 2011

This happened to be Sathya's 801st concert and a blessing indeed to perform this for Sri Rama Samajam, Ayodhya Mandapam in his home turf i.e. West Mambalam. It was a team of local artist from West Mambalam with B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin, NC Bharadwaj on Mrudhangam and Chnadrasekarasharma on Ghatam. Ananthakrishnan was at his usual best and NC Bharwaj playing was very pleasant and also gave a great presentation with Chndrasekarasharma on ghatam during the Thani avarthanam. The concert in totality was remarkable and was with a large audience in spite of the fact that it was scheduled at 5pm.  The details of the krithis performed are as follows:

01. Varnam - Shanmugapriya - Adi - Dr.Balamuralikrishna
02. Raghunayaka - Hamsadwani - Adi - Tyagaraja (S)
03. Durmagachara - RAnjani - Rupakam - Tyagaraja (R, N)
04. Jaya Jaya Padmanabha - Sarasangi - Adi - SwathiThirunal
05. Budhamasrayami - Natakurinji - MisraJampa - Dikshidar
06. Bajare Manasa - Aberi - Adi - Mysore Vasudevachari (R, S, T)
07. Chinanchirukiliye - Ragamalika - Tisranadai - Bharathi (AR)
08. Chnadrasekara - Sindhubhairavi - Ekam - Yanai Vaidhyanadha Iyer(AR)

R - Aalpana S- Kalpanaswaram N- Niraval T Thaniavarthanam AR - Audience request

April 09, 2011 Concert for Karpagam Gardens Sath Sangam

The concert at this place is always held at high esteem as the audience are very knowledgeable and many are actually artists and their relatives who come and listen. If your presentation is good  people never mind staying back to listen to the performance even it is beyond 9pm. Sathya's concert here was enhanced by Sri. Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan on violin, Sri Kumbakonam Swaminthan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasharma on Kanjeera. Sathya was blessed with many in the audience actually singing along and maintaining thalam! He was also happy to note a person in the front row who got very involved with the tem's presentation and appreciated and blessed Sathya at the end revealing himself as brother of Sri Mannargudi Eswaran. He also was in high praise of Sathya's laya gnana! Indeed a great blessing! The details of this presentation is as follow:

----to be updated----

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:  

http://66.182.253.251/www.sangeethamshare.org/public_html/tvg/UPLOADS-1601---180\
0/1795-K_Sathyanarayana-Keyboard/

or listen from  the link http://www.mediafire.com/?r26mtc07lgb89 

  

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.

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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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)

Concert for Rasika Fine Arts January 02, 2011

After back to back concert in the morning and evening on the first day of the year i.e. on the 1st January Sathya also performed on the 2nd January 2011, morning for a chamber concert! Yes it was a hectic schedule right from the late evening concert on the 31st December, 2010 with heArtbeat concert for Sri Rama Baktha Jana Sabha from 8 - 10pm then on to Music Academy for the New Year Bash till 1 am on 1st Jan'11, IFA concert at German Hall @ 9am followed by 2 and hour concert for Kunnakudy School of Music at Sri Marundheeswarar Temple, Thiruvanmiyur from 630 pm and now this concert at Rasika Fine Arts, K. K. Nagar held at Jayagopal Garodia School! 

Well it was indeed a hectic schedule and kudos to Sathya, he did justify every concert with different approaches with various artists involved and taking up different ragas / krithis! A great test of endurance and by the Grace of Almighty he took it up in the right way.  Do listen to all the links of the audio / videos of these concert and you can come to your own conclusion on his abilities!

In this concert he was enhanced by B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin, Arjun Ganesh on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam. The challenge Sathya faced here was little hard as his concert was after a soul filing excellent presentation by Sow. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan on vocal! By the Grace of God  Sathya not only was able to hold the audience but also got great appreaciation from one and all! The President of teh sabha had a speacial mention on the audience turn out and the way Sathya held them!

This concert recording is available in www.sangeethamshare.org vide serial number 053 under the folder Sathya (Keyboard) on the main page under Rasika Uploads. You can listen / download these logging in with your google or yahoo ids.

The list of krithis performed are:

01_Varnam_Chakravagam_Adi_Walalajapet Venkataramana Baghavathar
02_PariPari_HAmsadvani_Adi_Dr. Balamuralikrishna (S)
03_ThayeTripurasundari-SuddhaSaveri_Kandachapu_Thooran (R)
04_Yevaritho-MAnavathi_Adi_Tyagaraja (S)
05_Buntureethikolu_Hamsanadham_Adi
06_Kadhambari_Mohanam_TisraTriputa_Dikshidar (T, S)
07_RamabadraRara_Sankarabaranam_Tisranadai
08_Thillana_Kamas_Adi_LalgudiJayaraman

S - Kalpanaswaram, R - Raaga Aalapana, T - Thanam, Th - ThaniAvarthanam. 

Concert for The Indian Fines Arts on January 01, 2011 - German Hall, T. Nagar

It has been long time i wrote on the blog as i was a little held up due to various reasons! I shall continue to do this work without fail in future! Wishing every one a Very Happy 2011.

ஜனவரி ஒன்றாம் தேதி நடந்த இந்த கச்சேரி ரொம்ப நல்ல இருந்தது. முதல் தடவை பெங்களூர் சுசீந்திரா மிருதங்கம் சத்யாவுக்கு வாசித்தர். After the late night music show at the Music Academy all of the artists were little tired and as this was in the morning 9 am slot we did not expect muh audience as we thought people normally go to temple and relax at home watching the famous programmes in TV channels. To our luck we also had some people for our concert and this was enhanced very well by Sri B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin and Sri H. Sivaramakarishnan on the ghatam. Mr Srinivasan as usual came on stage and appreciated SAthya for all his efforts & congratulated him on getting the recognition from "AIR". He almost also tested him by making him play phrases on "Desh" and saing "துன்பம்நேர்கயில் யாழெடுத்து நீ", He appreciated his efforts and praised every artist on stage for their  super enhancement. 

This concert recording is available in www.sangeethamshare.org vide serial number 051 under the folder Sathya (Keyboard) on the main page under Rasika Uploads. You can listen / download these logging in with your google or yahoo ids.

The list of krithis performed are:

01_Varnam_Gambeeranatai_Adi_BMK
02_EkaDhantham-Bilahari_Misrachapu_Dikshidar [S]
03_GarudaGamana_Nagaswaravali-Rupakam_Tyagaraja [R]
04_Narayana_SuddhaDhanmyasi-Kandachapu_Purandaradasar[S]
05_Enthukubedhala_Sankarabaranam_Adi_Tyagaraja R,T,N &Th]
06_IrakamVaramal_Behag_Rupakam_GopalaKrishnaBharathi
07_Thillana_Jonpuri_Adi_SatturKrishnaAiyyangaar

Or - Outline Ragam, S - Kalpanaswaram, R - Raaga Aalapana, T - Thanam, N - Niraval, Th - ThaniAvarthanam.

Ps. The recoding was done on open mike basis on the IPOD.

AIR's recognition - Official with letter of grade awarded to Sathya

I am happy to inform and place on record that "All India Radio" - The Prime body in India for recognising artists / instruments has issued letter to Sathyanarayanan with "B" grade. Remarkable achievement for a 15 year old! He has surely been also a cause for this instrument to be recognised by AIR. Sri Ravisankar who also took up the audition was also granted this grade. These two have become one the first in the country to get this recognition!

Above is the first cocnert Sathya performed after becoming a AIR graded artiste and turned out to be a mile stone sort of concert as he performed here amidst rain / drizzle! Yes at some part of time he has covered the instrument with plastic sheet and without seeing the keys was performing with ease! Yellam Iraivan Seyal!!!

Concert for Kalararasana on 20th December, 2010

Performed at Rani Seethai hall for Kalarasana on the 20th December, 2010 with B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin, Thillaisthanam R. Suiyanarayanan on Mrudhangam, Hariharasharma on Kanjeera and Chandrasekarasharma on Ghatam during December Music festival 2010 called the Marghazhi Music Festival - Chennai 2010.



A report in the Sakshi Telugu Newspaper appeared on the 22nd December, 2010.

Sri KrishnaGana Sabha Concert - 14 December, 2010

Details follows:

MFAC Concert on 13th December, 2010

It is indeed sad to note from the news in "The Hindu" that Sri Venkataraman, secretary passed away yesterday 13th Dec'10 around 6pm. Even though belated we sincerely dedicate yesterday's concert to him as he was one of the main reason for Sathya's growth in the Industry with the staunch support he had extended to Sathya with great opputunities to perform for MFAC.

Sathya and team of M. Rajeev on violin Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam gave a concert soothing to the ears of the decent turn out in spite being the first working day of the week. This concert is probably one of the last Sathya had from the Chennai sabhas and sad to note that it was also probably one of the last Mr. Venkataraman has confirmed / recommended this year.

The video audio links will be updated soon and the details of the krithis are as follows:

1. Varavallaba - Hamsadwani - Adi (Or & S)
2. Guruleka - GowriManohari - Kandachappu (R & S)
3. Neepadhame - Nalinakanthi - Rupakam (R & S)
4. O Jagadamba - AnandaBhairavi - Adi (R)
5. RTP Varali - Kanda Triputa - Kamkshi Mathangi Bhavani Brovave
                                                 Kamala Vadhani - Kanchi
    edupu after four aksharams
6. Muralidhara - Maandu - Adi
7. Thillana - Desh - Adi

December 10, 2010 for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

A concert to be termed a pleasant presentation in terms of the ambiance, the kalapramanams of the krithis and the way audio was set! Yes every one - the artists and the audience liked this! It is always difficult to hold the audience after a vocal concert, especially the great way Ms Dharini had rendered just before Sathya's team! Her song selection and her diction added value to this element.



Sathya Started with teh Gambeeramana "Atana" raga krithi "Sri Mahaganapthim Bhaje hum" and the audience were truly pulled by this team and the writing for a good presentation was on the chords. Rajeev and Arjun Ganesh were brilliant in enhancing this concert and i leave it to you all to evaluate this onseeing these video clipping in which only the Thillana is missing as was the bike keys of Arjun Ganesh! Hope he gets it.

The list includes:

1. Sri MahaGanaptim Nhaje Hum - Atana - Adi [Or, S]
2. Paripalayamam - Reethigaula - Rupakam [R & S]
3. Bagayanayya - Chandrajothi - Adi
4. Deva Devam - Hindolam - Kandachapu [R]
5. ParvathiNayakane - Shanmugapriya - Adi - [R, N, S & Th ]
6. Kaliyugavaradhan - Brindavani - Adi [audience choice of raga]
7. PremaMujidha - Sai Bhajan
8. Thillana - Dhanashree - Adi

Bharat Kalachar Concert - 02 December, 2010

A home turf concert this time from 5 - 7 pm had a decent number of audience which improved as the concert proceeded.. There were some very known faces who have become good well wishers of Sathya and the highlight was the presentation / felicitation by Padmashree Dr. Mrs YGP- The Chairman. She not only appreciated Sathya but also gave him the extra confidence in telling him not to worry too much about the marks in the curriculam but ensure to concentrate on his performing skills and grow to become a great musician.  

Sathya performed with Karaikal Venkatasubramanian on Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan on Mrudhangam Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam and T. Krishnababu (self) on thalam. Started the Lalgudi's Valaji raga varnam the team gave a great Mohanakalyani in Siddhi Vinayakam. Probably they got engrossed too much in the Kalpanaswaram there was a slip in the korvai which the team ensured to play it again and got a round of applause. Thats the spirit! As far as the artists the team of Karaikal Venkatasubramani on violin, R. Sankaranarayanan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam proved yet again that this is always a team that along with Sathya gets to the heart of the rasikas and get appreciation from them. Kudos to the volunteers of the School who reallymadeup the auditorium with the chairs and ensured all were wiped of the dust too. Appreciation also to the Audio person who enhanced the concert with his knowledgeable presentation from is side.
 

The list is as follows:

1. Varnam - Valaji - Adi

2. SiddhivinayaKam - Mohanakalyani - Adi [Or & S]

3. Ramachandram - Vasantha - Rupakam [R]

4. Mariveredikevvaru - Lathangi - Kandachapu [Or & S]

5. Ramaneeve - Narayani - Adi

6. Chankaniraja - Karaharapriya - Adi [R, T, N & Th]

7. Annamaya Krithi - Dwajavanthi - Tisranadai

Or - Outline Ragam R - Ragam S - Kalpanaswaram T - Thanam N- Niraval Th - Thaniavarthanam

December Music Season 2010

It has been a great start for this music season with teh first concert on the 1st december, 2010 for the 93rd Jayanthi Celebrations of Baghwan Yogi Ramsurathkumar at Vani Mahal mini Hall from 9 - 10am. It was a concert with full of devotional numbers and the audience enjoyed and appreciated the team of Sathya on keyboard, B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin, R. Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam, Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam and Rajagopal on the percussion. We look forward to a good season ahead with lots of listening experience as well as performing in this festive month!