15th dec'05 in Sri Ravikiran's Mel Harmony

15th Dec’05 KeyboardSathya in Chitraveena Ravikiran’s ‘MELHARMONY ‘


Pandit Ravishankar on seeing Ravikiran render a concert in his very early ages said “If you don’t believe God see Ravikiran”. Sathya was blessed to perform on stage today with the Music Maestro Chitraveena Ravikiran accompanied by Ghatam – Konnakkol exponent Subash Chandran, Ganesh Kumar on Ghanjira, Triplicane Sekar on Thavil, Upcoming Violin Virtuoso Akkarai Subhalakshmi and Chaitanya on Flute for the Jaya TV’s Margazhi Maho Utsavam.


The group presented 7 Gems namely

Sankara on Raaga Hamsadhwani composed by Shri Subash Chandran with own creations on Kalpanaa Swara by the melody team.

The Haunted Brook – Sri Ravikiran’s Composition on Raaga Hamsanaadham was presented with perfection that it was lingering in the minds of the audience.

No Nonsense Five – Sri Ravikiran’s Composition on Raaga Jana Ranjani was a peace presented to the synonym to the Raaga’s itself proved by the audience rhythmic taps.

Saptharathnam on Raaga Keeravani composed by renowed Uthukaadu Venkatakavi brought out the nuances of carnatic with foot tapping rhythmic support.

Mel-Harmony a master piece of Ravikiran’s composition on raga Keeravani presented with the support of Audio CD and Live support by the artists on stage. This piece owns the pride of being the first Indian Composition incorporated for a Thesis presentation in University of Boston by a renowned music composer from US.

Divine Brotherhood on Raaga Kalyani brought out the best from each of the artist in terms Raaga alaapana Kalpana Swara Prayogams and Laya Koravai. A basic piece composed by Shri Subash Chandran had elaborate Raaga alaapana by the melody team and ending with Thani aavarthanam by the percussion team which left the audience spellbound.

Thillaana the final piece for the day was full of life which made audience feel the impact of goodness of music and its therapeutic values.


It was indeed a great opportunity for Sathya to perform with a Galaxy of Star studded musicians and he matched them with his brilliant performance. His knowledge on Chord progression, which is the basics of Western Music, was evident in all the pieces. He excelled with his exploration on the nuances of carnatic music on Keyboard during his presentation Raaga alaapana and Kalpana Swara Prayogams.

Everyone present had the greatest satisfaction of being a part of the MEL-HARMONY and it is sure that this would be his launch pad to get into the next horizon in the field of music.