Sathya's concerts on 26th and 27th Aug'06

Sathya had back to back concerts on the 26th and 27th Aug'06 in Chennai for private weddings of which 26th was a mixed programme with both carnatic and film numbers. for details log on to http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com

On 27th it was again a carnatic based concert and had L Ramakrishna on violin, Trivandrum Balaji on Mrudhangama ndf Harihara Suramaniam on the Ghatam. It was a small hall but had a very attentive and knowledgeble audience what with the grand daughter of Sri Palaghat Mani Iyer with her family attended. The team as said by both the bride and bride groom families did a marvelous presentation and Sathya excelled in the selection and presentation of item which went well with the audience.

Sathya's guru Kum A Kanyakumari's Concert with ESK

Sathya's guru Kalaimani Kum A Kanyakumari gave a violin duet with Embar S Kannan for Saraswathi at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall today. Sri Pathri Sathishkumar on Mrudhangam and Sri Purushothaman on the kanjeera perfromed to their best today. Sathya could not attend this concert and he felt very bad for the same.

Mr Pyarilal, owner of Carnaticsangeetham.com was there to take photos and the same can be viewed in his site www.carnaticsangeetham.com Here in the 1st photo he is seen in action.

Sathya at SICA - Hyderabad

a video clipping of the speach of Dr Narayana Raddy http://tinyurl.com/enkoq

Sathya performed for SICA - South Indian Cultural Association, Hyderabad on the 22nd Aug'06 at Rabindra Bharathi a beautiful auditorium with a good number of audience. The team of Sathya on keyboard, Smt Durga Bhavani on violin, Trivandrum Balaji on Mrudhangam and Sri Somayajulu on Ghatam gave the audience a good evening full of music which was evident from the fact that the strength almost remained intact till the end.

SICA had made all efforts to promote this concert and the concert started off with mallari and Sathya then performed Mohana Varnam after which Sri Gananatham on Kanakangi was taken for elaborate kalpana swaras. Deva Deva a Swathi thirunal krithi on Mayamalavagowla was performed with a short alapana and a good crisp swaras. This was followed by Entharo Mahanubhavulu on Sri ragam which moved the audience. Every song received great aplause and this was a great effort of the team which produced these applause.

Krishna Nee begane was followed by Sivasakthi - krithi Srichakra Raja nilaye of GNB's which had elobaration of Ragamand swaram. Chinanchirukiliye and Nagumomo was followed by the main item of the day Vasudevayini on Kalyani as requested by Sri Chakrapani - Secretary SICA. Trivandrum Balaji and Sri Somayajulu performed a crisp thani and exhibited their brilliance as they were doing for the krithis. Sathya rounded off the concert with Brahmamukate, Chennikula nagar - a kavadi Sindhu, Sai bhajan, Jonpuri Thillana and the mangalam.

Sathya was blessed to have Dr Narayana Reddy's presence ( a gnana peeta Awardee) who incidently was the chief guest for the concert of Sri Mandolin Shrinivas when he perfomed for the first time for SICA way back around 30 years ago. It was to be mentioned that Sri Somayajulu was the one who as infmd by him, was accompanying Sri Shrinivas that day. It is indeed a great coincidence and every one present wished Sathya of a great future. This concert oppurtunity has brought in the confidence to Sathya and family and is a feather in Sathya'scap as he has now been recognised for his ability to perform Carnatic on Keyboard.

Sathya's Concert at Padi - August 20, 2006

Sathya today performed for a Wedding reception at Thirumal Thirumagal Hall for Smt Sri Balachandran's daughter's wedding and it was with the team of L Ramakrishnan on violin, Trivandrum Balaji on mrudhangam and Sri EM Subramaniam on Ghatam. It was a real entertainer for teh audience as Sathya was probably in full form right from the start with Mallari on Gambeeranaatai followed by Vathapi Ganapathim on Hamsadhwani.

Vaathapi had niraval and swarams and the team presented a great interaction among them and it was indeed a treat to watch. This was followed with Ninuvina - Navarasa Kaanada and Sadhimchane. A sper the request of Sri Nagarajan from the Bride's family Sathya performed Om Namo Narayanan on Karnaranjani a composition of Smt Ambujam Krishna. This he learnt from Smt Sudha Raghunathan's album on Saturday.

Sathya also performed a fast paced Siva Siva Siva on ragam Panthuvarali which he learnt from Sri Chembai's cassette. He then played Krishna nee begane, Tahnburi meetidharu, Sabapathikku - a Gopalakrishna Bharathi's krithi, Bo Sambo and the main song Samajavaragamana on Hindolam as per the request of the wedding families. It was indeed a crisp thani avarthanam played by the percusion team of Balaji and EMS which was a real treat to the audience.

The lighter section was full of audeince choice with Enna Thavam, Konjum purave, Sri chakra rajasimhasaneswari, Bramamokate, Kuraionrum illai, Enna thavam and Lalgudi's thillana onragam Desh. Special applause was for teh krithi Raja Raja on Niroshta and the Sai bhajan with which Sathya concluded the concert. It is sure this team has impressed the audience, which fact was seen with almost 100 - 150 peopl in a wedding to sit back and hear the concert, giving a feel of a sabha atmosphere.

Video Links:

01. Sathya performing Siva Siva Siva - Panthuvarali
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6213887462957584035

02. Sathya performing Om namo on 20 Aug'06

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1891641642370098873

Sathya at a private concert August 19, 2006

Sathya today performed with Mannargudi Srinivasan on violin, Kumbakonam Saravanan on mrudhangam and Adambakkam Sankar on ghatam for a wedding reception at Chrompet. While the concert was supposed to have started at 7pm, it started a bit late and became a full length listener's choice right from the first song.

Everyone enjoyed the concert including the artists and the rasikas had great satisfaction of having got the songs they asked for. Sathya also performed Bhuvaneswariye in ragam Mohana Kalyani deicating it to Sri Sai Prasad , a email friend - well wisher of Sathya. Here are two video and a audio link of the concert. All the enhancement artist of the day enjoyed the new KORG TR board for which they are accompanying for the first time.

Audio : http://tinyurl.com/kubpt Bhuvaneswariye song.

Video 1 : GNB's Varavallaba - Hamsadwani http://tinyurl.com/rojxd

Video 2 : Sobillu http://tinyurl.com/zzyqk

The song list included

01. Sriragam - Varnam
02. Varavalaba - Hamsadwani
03. Guruleka - Gowri Manohari
04. Sadimchane -Arabi
05. Sobillu -
06. Nagumomu - Aberi
07. Bhuvaneswariye - Mohanakalyani
08. Jagadhodharaka - Kaapi
09. Chinanchirukiliye - Ragamalika
10. Katrinile varum geetham
11. Kartrinile varum geetham - a movie number
12. Sriman Narayanan
13. Thaye Yesodha
14. Rara - from chnadramuki taken as main song todayfor elaboration
15. Alaipayudhey - Kaanada
16. Kuraionrum illai
17. Bagyadhalaxmi - Madhyamavathi
18. Jonpuri Thillana
19. Rama Namam

An evening of great learning for Sathya at KGS on Aug18, '06

Sathya had a great day today as he had the oppurtunity to get live lessons on a concert environment by attending Sri Mandolin U Shrinivas's concert held at the Krishna Gana Sabha, today.

It will do a world of good for him as he is getting intoseries of concet for theis month starting from tmrw, 20th, 22nd at SICA HYD and then on 26th, 27th and 31st in Chennai.

He enjoyed every sec of this concert and we can see the sea side implications in the concerts to follow.

For his impressions on the concert visit http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com

Sathya interviewed by Sri Chandrasekar, Kumudham

Sathya was interviewed by Sri Chandrasekar, Chief Reporter Kumudaham today August 11, 2006 for thier kumudam.com website. This will be beemed in their site probably in the next 15 days time.

It is interesting to note that Sri Chandrasekar had interviewed Sathya about 3 years ago and has published an article titled "8 vayadhinile" after intereacting for almost 3 hours. Today he had interviewed for about 20 mts and later informed great happiness on the qualitative improvement SAthya has gone thru' over the years in handling the western instrument to perform Carnatic music with the next to near perfection of its nuances.

You can see the team of people Sri Venkada Prakash, Sri Ganesh - Camera Incharge with is collegue and Sri Chandrasekar in the photograph with Sathya.

Experience with KORG Technician

Sathya had a great oppurtunity to interact with Mr Francis, KORG technician from Mumbai who was here in Chennai recently for exhibiting KORG Products on the 3rd Aug'06..

This meeting was possible only with the information given by the owner of Sruthilaya to Sathya's dad and the kind co-operation extended by owner Mecho Tronics. It is also to be mentioned that the employees of Mecho Tronics extended great help when the interaction took place from 8 -930pm in thier office.

We are sure Sathya's level of confidence has got boosted with this meeting and hope to get continued support from KORG team in the future.

Sathya receives Award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Photo Courtesy - carnaticsangeetham.com

Photo courtesy - carnaticsangeetham.com

Sathya today today Talent Promotion Music concert Award under Gottuvadhyam Narayana Iyengar's Endownment for the Year'05 from the hands of Sri S Vaidhyanatha Krishnan, Advocate & Musicologist from Coimbatore in the inagural function of 51st Gokulashtami Sangeetha Uthsavam of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha held on the 5th Aug'06.

Sathya had the opputunity to share moments and take blessings from this year Sangeetha Choodamani awardee Smt Aruna Sairam during the function.