A great moment in our life! Yes, we didn't even think that this would happen when Sathya played on the 25th Dec'09 at "Vipanchee" chaired by Dr. Balamuralikrishna. It was indeed our wish that Dr. Balamuralikrishna release Sathya's album and in the previous instances we could not get his dates. Today our dream has come true in all means that Dr. Balamuralikrishna not only released his new Bhajans album but also spoke about his efforts to lift the ban in "All India Radio" for this as a solo Instrument.
Thanks once again to Sri. Dinesh Naidoo who was the first person to recognise Sathya's talent after seeing him in South Africa, to produce an album titled Carnatic on Keyboard Vol 1 in the year 2003. He also followed it up with his second production Carnatic on Keyboard Vol2 in 2004 and now this is his third and Sathya's 9th album. What a forethought this man had and hats off to him for Sathya to be in the position where he is now!
The evening started with Sathya's paternal Grandmother Smt. Padma Pathy and Smt. Janaki Subramanian, a ardent well wisher of Sathya, lighting the kuthuvillaku - the traditional Lamp. It was Dr. Ghatam Karthick who made his debut as a Comparer and went on to make a flawless Century, in presenting the event to the audience in the best way possible. His introduction of the Guest of Honours, the artists and thanking the audience were all in style and it is nice to know that a new avatar of Dr. Ghatam Karthick has surfaced during this album launch.
The team of Adyar Balasubramanian on Nadaswaram, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam, Pradeep on Tabla, Sridhar on Drums and Rajagopal on Effects & timing gave five selected numbers from the albums they had performed and it was appreciated to have been indeed pleasing to the ears by the audience. Rajagopal blew the traditional "Sangu" which was indeed a surprise not only for the audience but also for the artistes on stage.
Then came the moment Dr. Balamuralikrishna launched this album along with Dr. NAlli Kuppuswami Chetti, Sri. A. Natarajan (former Director Doorsharshan, Chennai) Sri Goaselan Achary, Durban, South Africa and Sri. Dinesh Naidoo, producer of this album under Serendipity Production, Durban, South Africa. It was so nice to see large amount of media person coming and blessing Sathya for this event and the audience after listening to the performance were eager now to buy their copy. It was Mr & Mrs/ Ganesan who got the first copy in 300 numbers, a thought full gift for their son's wedding reception, Sri Ranganathan, Ashok Foundations, 100 numbers, bought as New Year give away and Sri Vikram Sarathy, 50 numbers who bought for give away gift for his Poonal - Thread wearing ceremony. There were around 75 individuals who had also bought their copies.
A great day ended with Raghupathy Raghava Raja Ram track played and with audience returning home blessing Sathya and listening to this pleasant track in the back ground.
Sample tracks of this album can be listened in :
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