heArtbeat ensemble on 29th Dec'09

It was another good presentation from the heArtbeat team which was applauded by a large audience who had turned out for this moring concert at 10am for Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha at Vidhya Bharathi Kalayana Mandapam. The team had Ghatam  Dr. S. Karthick, Embar Kannan on Silent violin, Poongulam subramnaiam on Mrudhangam, KV Gopalakrishnan on kKanjeera, Thirukannapuram Sowrirajan on Thavil & Morsing and Sathya on keyboard. The highlight of teh concert was the Pathanjali sloka sung by Dr. Karthick with explanation - Pathanjali's verse had no Padha & Horn in the Sanksrit script used for few letters.

Concert of Dr. Balamuralikrishna Krithis by Sathya at Vipanchee on December 27, 2009

It is one year since Sathya got the blessings of  Dr. Balamuralikrishna with his presence on the 25th Dec'08 at RK Swamy Hall, for Vipanchee, which turned his life as he got under the tutelage of this legendary musician. Sathya deceided to use this one hour concert on 27th dec'09 to present all pieces learnt from him within this period and it was indeed a great satisfying effort. The audience turnout was also good and the enhancement artists in Parur Ananthakrishnan on Violin, Calcutta Karthick on mrudhangam and Hariharasurbamanian on Ghatam gave a performance that filled with bhavam and essance of the krthis to the satisfaction of the audience. The aalapana in ragam Lavangi -a test for any musician- was performed well by both SAthya and Ananthakrishnan and the kalpanaswarams just flowed with both their fingers dancing on their instruments.

The list of krithis rendered are as under:

1. Varnam - GambeeraNaatai - Adi
2. Mahadeva - Arabhi - Adi (OR &; S)
3. Brahadheeswara - Kaanada - Rupakam (R)
4. OmKara - Lavangi - Adi (R, S & T)
5. Thillana - Brindhavani - Adi
6. SriKarunyaRupini - Punnagavarali - Adi

Mr. Sathyendra, an artiste who had won more than 12 National & International awards acting in films, short films, dramas etc., expressed his views which can be listened to in the link http://www.esnips.com/doc/d1d79e10-a255-450f-bf15-1b19184e5a53/Views-of-Sathyaendra-a-rasika

While every one is looking forward to recognition for theis instrument - Keybaord - in All India Radio as a solo instrument, it was an oppurtunity created by the Almighty for Sathya to perform exactly a 59 mts concert with Varnam, raaga aalapana, kalpanaswaram, thani avarthanam, thillana and a thukkada - a format normally adhered to by artists while they perform for AIR.

Thanks to Chennai vision, a web hosting company this concert was seen live and you can also see the recorded version under kutcheri videos in the linkl http://chennaivision.com/ 

OR - Outline Raaga aalapana, S - Kalpanaswram T - Thaniavarthanam

heArtbeat concerts for Kalarasana & Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru December 2009

heArtbeat concerts are always close to Sathya's heart and so was these two in particular the first one on 19th Dec'09 at Kalarasana. This forum we will never forget as they gave the first recognition for Sathya to perform a 3 hr concert on the 23rd Dec'04. What a moment it was!! We are deeply indebted to Sri Srinivasan and the entire team of Kalarasana for the great thought and Sathya with the grace of the Almighty has been trying to full fill the expectations thus far & continue to strive hard to live up to the same.

The team of Dr. S. Karthick on Vocal, Ghatam & Konnakol with Embar Kannan on Suilent Violin, Sri Poongulam Subramanian on Mrudhangam, Arunkumar on Rhythm Pad and Sundarkumar on Kanjeera with Sagayam doing the PA was indeed very good and the audience appreciated the team's effort in a great way. Infact there was a couple who i saw them going out early and when i was checking for thereason, they said it was theri misfortune that a work suddenly came through, thanks to cell phone, if not they would never ever leave this early with the gret performance going on. A real complimant for the team indeed! The main piece was a RTP on ragam Vakulabaranam a Melakartha ragam set to Misra Thriputa thalam. Embar Kannan & Sathya excelled in their allapanas and in the ragamalika kalpanaswaram with each of them taking 2 different ragas and expanding them.  Keep it up team heArtbeat!

Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru concert on the 21st Dec'09 with the same team with the addition of  eswar the hambura which was gifter to asthya by them. Eswar was indeed a great contributor to this show with great Thambudra Nadham which created a good ambiance. In this concert the team took the audience with the Shanmugapriya composition of Dr. Ghatam Karthick with the lines starting - Om Saravanabhava

                                     

Shanmuuga Azhaga Muruga. The percussion team went on a good thani avarthanam with Dr. Karthcik on the konnakol also. The team gave a great treat for the large audience and Saravana Audios was very much appreciated by the team for having given an excellent support on the audio. The visual clips were also great and kudos to the team which is working for Kalaignar TV this time around. Another successful heartbeat concert and Dr. Karthcik & team is indeed a great one to watch out in the years to come.

Recognition to the instrument and the artiste from ESWAR

Yellam Eswaran Seyal is a common phrase in music circle and it is indeed a great thought full action of

"Thoughtworks India (P) Ltd" to present their eswar - an instrument that serves every purpose for a musician. This is indeed a great possession for Sathya who actually wanted to buy one on the 15th Dec'09. However when he went to Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium the outlet was closed due to heavy rain. Self with my friend Sri Diwakar had a look at the unit on the 17th Dec'09 and were casually asking if we would get some discount if it was for a performing artiste. On knowing that it was being asked for Sathya, Sri Ramji - Advisor  Music content, of the company immediately offered to present a piece to Sathya.

It was indeed a pleasant surprise to all of us in our family andwe sincerly thank the Team of  eswar namely Sri M. K. Chandrasekar - Director, Sri Ramji - Advisor Muisc Content, Sri Raj - echical support, Sri Shyam - Designer and others for having thought of presenting their unit to Sathya. We sincerely hope with the grace of Almighty,  Sathya wil live up to the expectations of all his well wishers. Looking forward to sathya using this unsit on teh 129th Dec'09 when he performs for heArtbeat Ensemble for Kalarasana at RAni Seethai Hall, Mylapore. For more infor on thsi product log on to www.eswaronline.com 

December 15, 2009 - Concert for Panchamuka Anjaneya Samithi, Mylapore

This is the first stage Sathya got an opportunity to perform one of his first 90 mts concerts and it is indeed a fact that there is no turning back. Sathya has performed over 600 concerts and is due to the blessings of this deity. The deity is a priced possession of Sri Ramaswamy & family and his son is the head priest. It was indeed a great blessing that even though the programme schedule had been finalised without a Sathya name in the final list, he got this opportunity when we had gone to their house to invite for the Bhajan albu release. As Sri Ramaswamy was expressing his inability to feature Sathya for this year's music festival, suddenly his son came out of the pooja room and inquired if Sathya would be free to perform on 15th December'09. It was indeed a great opportunity which we were looking forward to and accepted same without hesitation. It is a fact that every musician loves to come and perform for this deity irrespective of the time, duration & presence of the audience.

As it was not in the schedule of things and also because of heavy rains we did not expect much audience and was in principal performing to the deity and the blessings were very much showered with great vibrations felt by one and all present. It was also a first concert for K. Dakshimnamurthy who comes from Mumbai and studying music under Sri Trivandrum balaji. He is competent to perform on Ghatam, Morsing, Tabla and Kanjeera and on this day he tok up Ghatam & Morsing with his guru.He is indeed good artiste in the making. he raga aalpana and the kalpnaswarams were all short phrased considering that it was just 75 mts concert. The thani avarthanam was short, crisp and both the artists gave their best and made it a grand one.  M. Rajeev was on violin and the team gave an excellent concert with almost all krithis on Lord Rama. Sathya also performed one dedicated to Lord Anjaneya apart from the Mallari follwoed by a Vinayagar krithi to start off and Bagyadhalakshmi just before the final chanting of Raghupathy raghava RajaRam.

01. Mallari - Gambeeranaatai - Kandajathi Triputa (trikalam)
02. SriGananatham - Kanakangi - Adi (S)
03. Sobillu - Jaganmohini - Rupakam (R)
04. Theradhiyekaradha - Golibandhu - Adi
05. AnumaneSamikkindha - Malayamarutham - Rupakam (R& S)
06. RaramaIntiRara - Asaveri - Adi
07. Bagadhanaiya - Chandrajothi - Adi (S & T)
08. EnthaMutho - Bindhumalini - Adi
09. Janaki Ramana - Kaapi - Adi
10. Rama Rama - Vasantha - Tisranadai
11. Bagyadhalakshmi - Madhyamavathi - Adi
12. Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram

R - Aalapana, S - Kalapanaswaram, T  Thani avarthanam

December 14, 2009 Concert for Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

A concert which we were looking forward to and it was indeed a good one with the team of SP Ananthapadmanabha on Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasharma on Kanjeera. Sathya started off with a ata thala Kaanada Varnam rendering 2 kalams in the apt speed followed it with the middle speed during the charanam. The team's understanding was fully on display during the first piece itself and it was indeed a great support fromt the audience with a good turn out. It was almost full and every one stayed back till the end which indeed speaks on the success of the concert. Shakshi a Telegu daily had carried a review in their issue dated 15th December, 2009 with the team's photo which can be viewed in the link http://reviewsonsathya.blogspot.com

Ananthapadmanabha was his usual best throughout and was very effective in following the krithis. Sankarnarayanan's ability to follow the songs and to excel himself to a greater level during the Thani avarthanam was very much evident. Hariharasharma was very effective and was apt in playing to the requirement & gave an excellent presentation during thani. Sathya tried out grahabedham while playing Natakurinchi, Mohanam and Sankarabaranam raagams during the Kalyani aalapana for the krithi Pankacha Lochana which drew the attention of one and all and the audience were delighted to give special appalausse for this. While all the 3 enhancing artists were very appreciative of the song selection, Sankaranarayanan  in particular was very appreciative for the song selection with inclusive of variety of thalams and having Adi thalam only in the sixth piece. special mention had to be given to the excellent PA system provided by the Sabha authorities which makes a lot of difference in the performance levels. The details of the krithis renedered are as under:

01. Varnam - Kaanada - Ata

02. EkaThandham - Bilahari - Misrachapu (R&S)

03. Pavanaguru - Hamsanandhi - Rupakam (R & S)

04. Chandram Baja - Asaveri - Matya Thalam

05- Bhihindra Sayinam - Kunthalavarali - Kandachapu

06. Ramaneeve - Narayanai - Adi

07. Pankachalochana - Kalyani - Misrachapu (R, N, S & T)

08. Chandrasekara - SindhuBhairavi - Ekam

09. Thillana - Paras - Adi

R - Raaga aalapana, N- Niraval, S- Kalpanaswaram T- Thani avarthanam

First Time for Karthik Fine Arts during December festival 11th Dec'09

First of all our apology for having mentioned wrongly the venue details for this concert int eh flyers which we had given initially. In fact we felt bad when couple of the people called and asked about the venue after reaching BVB mini Hall instead of Narada Gana Sabha. A reminder to be more cautious in future.

This is the first time Sathya has got an opportunity to perform for Karthk Fine Arts and it was indeed a great presentation considering that Akkarai Swarnalatha joining after a long time and SriManakal Sriram for the first time with Sathya. Both of them were brilliant and enhanced the concert very well. The audince turn out was also good throughout the concert. Ms Swarnalatha was at her best in the raaga aalapana of Vasantha and also was sharp in the responses to kalpanaswras. Sri Mankal Sriram was very enthusiastic and encouraging and played a good thani which was indeed treat to the audince. A good concert in all accounts and the list of the krithis presented are as under.

01. Varnam - Keeravani - Adi - Patnam Subramanya Iyer
02. Pari Pari - Hamsadwani - Adi - Dr. BMK (OR & S)
03. Rama Rama - Vsantha - Adi-Tisragathi-Purandharadasar-(R&S)
04. Mahasuram - Shanmugapirya - Rupakam - Dikshidar (S)
05. Manasuloni - Varamu - Adi - Thyagaraja
06. Yedhaiya Gathi - Chalanaatai - Adi - Kotteswara Iyer
07. Subramanyena - SudhaDhanyasi - Adi - Dikshidar (R, S & T)
08. Mythrim Bajatha
09. Arumo aval
10. Konjum Purave
11. Thillana - Kamas - Adi - Lalgudi sir

OR- Outline raaga, R- Aalapana, S- KAlpanaswaram, T- Thaniavarthanam

It was also pointed out that Konjum Purave was sung by MLV amma while i had actually announced in memory to Smt. DKP amma by Sri MAnakal Sriram's mother. Thanks to Mr & Mrs Raman parents of Keyboard Duo - brothers playing double keyboard for having come and blessed Sathya as normally we have Grand parents of Abinav Muralidharan whom we are expecting for Vani Mahal.

December 06, 2009 first heArtbeat concert for the season

A great experience always to perform with jambavans of the trade and it was one another for Sathya to be part of the great heArtbeat team led by Dr. Ghatam Karthick, Embar Kannan on silent Violin, Poongulam Sunramaniam on the Mrudhangam, Sundarkumar on Kanjeera and A.S. Krishnan on Morsing. It was also the first heArtbeat concert Embar Kannan was performing after receiving teh Kalaimamani award. A scintillating concert with a large attendance indeed. Looking forward to the other concerts in this December festival.

Thirumoorthy Sangeetha Sabha, 02 December, 2009, Pozhichallur

It was like a home coming for Sathya after couple of years into this venue which he likes because of the location near the airport with flights often seen while you are performing. The team of Sathya with Ananthapadmanabha on Violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & morsing presented a concert to the utmost satisfaction of the audience who were themselves well informed of our traditional music. Presence of a young vidwan Pogo amazing Kid 2008 Abilash added charm in the audience.

Starting with a varnam the team presented krithis enjoyed by the selective audience who were present with good ears for this Carnatic on keyboard concept. When RTP was announced the surprise was seen in their faces and with teh speech of the Secretary, it was evident that Sathya succeeded in his efforts. SP Ananthapdmanabha with his rich experience of accompanying for Vidhushis Bombay Sisters enhanced the concert with his perfect accompaniment. he percussion team was always going great with Sathya and gave a crisp thani. he bhajan pieces from Sathya's album was well received by all present. A good satisfying concert indeed.

Krithis performed are as under

01. Varnam - Hamsadwani - Adi

02. SiddhiVinayakam - Mohanakalyani - Adi OR & S

03. Bajanaseyaradha - Dharmavathi - Rupakam R & S

04. Tholijenma - Bilahari - Kandachapu S

05. RTP - Poorvikalyani - KandajathiTriputathalam N S & T

06. Kaliyuga Varadhan - Brindavani - Adi

07. Krishnabajo - Bhajan

08. BagyadhalakshmiBaramma - Madhyamavathi - Adi

09. Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram

OR - outline raga aalapana R- Raga aalapana N- Niraval

S- Kalapana swaram, T - Thani Avarthanam

A great start for the December Music Season 2009-2010

What can one ask for more than the blessings to perform for Guru Yogi Ramsurathkumar's Jayanthi festival as your first concert for a season?

A great day, thanks to Om Bhavatharini amma for the oppurtunity extended, indeed as Sathya attempted to perform a thematic concert with krithis based on Yogi's life which story was narrated. The krtihis followed and it was a musical presentation of the life history of this great guru. With his blessings i am sure Sathya's performance this year will be appreciated with the grace of Almighty. Please do come and bless Sathya where ever possible and the details are in http://concertschedules.blogspot.com/