New DVD Launch - "The Conversation - 16 meets 60"

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

Pleased to invite you all for this DVD Launch!

 

A great concert in terms of self satisfaction, self evaluation and looking ahead for a brighter future for the instrument and the artists! Large crowd attended indeed with no big announcements / advts! It was actually the bakthas coming for TTD who stayed back when they entered the hall till the concert! Kudos to the team of Karaikal Venkatasubramanian on violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam! The officials had asked us to wind up at 8pm, however as the concert was going on with the audience enjoying every moment, so was the committee members and came the request to continue the concert for 30 mts more! What a blessings and it was a kind of Shatchi!

2012 December Chennai Music season Concerts

Happy to share the news on the launch of the much awaited Video album of Sathya which is ready for the release on the 31st December, 2012! Yes await for the details in this page in the next couple of days!

You can have the digital tracks of this Album titled - "The Conversation" in this link http://tinyurl.com/cfbc99v on payment as detailed in the link!

Sathya started this December music season concert with a concert on the 4th december with the concert for Thrimoorthy Sangeetha Sabha, Pozhichallur enhaned Sri. Kovai Chandran on Violin, Sri. Thirukadayur Sankar on Mrudhangam and Sri. Ernakumal Ramakrishnan on the Ghatam. It was indeed a great ambience and being for the first time this team presented a great concert and the details are as follows:

to be updated:



December 07 - The next concert was performed on the 7th December with Sri. Karaikal Venkatasubramnian on Violin, Sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Sri. Pradeep on Tabla. This was more of a devotional genre of presentation and here is a sample of two videos and the details will be updated soon!

December 15 - This was indeed a prestigeous concert being the inaugural concert for this season for one of the Oldest Music forum in Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha. Sathya was blessed to have to see great vidwans and vidhushis like  Sri. S. R. Janakiraman, Smt. E. Gayathri, Sri. Unnikrishnan, Sri Vanoli Anna, to name a few and many of the team's well wishers as well in the audience! Great experience indeed and hope to have these kind of experiences more often! Also it was nice of them to have appreciated and blessed him  after the concert and i am really blessed and honoured!  

2012 November BSU, Coimbatore Concert with Sri. Abhishek Raghuram!

November 21, 2012 was indeed an important day for Sathya and the instrument - Keyboard as it was the day Sathya presented a concert with Sri. Abhishek Raghuram and Sri. Ananth R. Krishnan on Mrudhangam for Bharat Sangeeth Utsav, Coimbatore 2012! 

It was a full house and the audience gave a standing ovation to this team and it was indeed a great day! 

Here is the sample of a video clipping of this grand performance:

2012 July - October concerts!

It has been long time that the page has not been updated and we are once again back with good news that the much awaited Video album of Sathya is ready for the release on the 31st December, 2012! Yes await for the details in this page in the next couple of days! We shall see the happenings for the period July - November for now and we shall ensure to update regularly, from now on!

After the concert for Nadopasana on the 30th June Sathya has almost performed 40 plus concerts and all geared up to perform the 950st Concert on the 30th at TTD Centre, Venkatanarayanan Road, T. Nagar at 630 pm and the next on the 31st December 2012 at MFAC which would indeed be a new beginning!

The list of public concerts performed in the period 1st June to 15th December'2012 is as follows:

July 02 - Cross Roads for Sri Krishna Gana Sabha with Embar S. Kannan their first premere!

July 15 - Concert for Music Circle, Bangalore

details to follow...

August 15 - In DD Podhigai     

September 13 - Concert at Warren Road Pillayar Temple

September 19 - Concert at Ambattur Pillayar Temple.

September 23 - Concert for Korrattur Cultural Academy

October 23 - Concert for Kamakshi Amman Temple, Rajakilpakkam

October 24 - Concert at Agastiyam, Kottivakkam

Nadopasana Concert - June 2012

1 - 450 - 905!

These are not part of any series but the concert numbers of Sathya performing at NADOPASANA! Yes, starting his performing career on the December 09, 2001 under the aegis of NADOPASANA he got his next oppurtunity to perform his 450th concert in March 2008 and now his 905th concert on the June 30, 2012. All credits Nadopasan for giving this artist and more importantly the instrument KEYBOARD a facelift in the Carnatic music circle!

Teamed up with Sherthalai Shivkumar on violin and Layapriya Sri. Papanasam kumar on Mrudhangam, Sathya started the concert with Prof. Sambamurthy's Asta ragamalika Varnam which was appreciated by both the enhancement artists as this is one of the rare to be performed on stage. Then he took up Siddhivinayakam in Mohanakalyani with the right speed and travelled through his journey in the raga with kalapanaswarams. On to Saveri, he performed a good sketch of alapana and took up Syama Sastri's Sankari Sanguru which is probably one of the trademark for this raga. Taking up Narayana Theerthar's Charanam Bhava in Hamsavinodhini preferred to kalpanaswaram after showing up a outline of the raga sketch. Achuthadaasan's Bahudhari krithi Sadananda Thandavam was the next and the was presented in the apt kaalam. 

Taking up Tyagarajar's Sasivadana Chandrajyoti as the main krithi for the day, Sathya presented a good raga elobarated the alaapana which was well presented also by Sri. Shivkumar on his turn on violin. The krithi  was taken in the right speed and Sathya presented kalpanaswaram in keezhkalam and then on melkalam. It was indeed a delight to listen to this team's performance which was very well noticed in the audience's reaction with a loud applause! Layapriyan - perfect to this title Sri. Papanasam was enjoying the entire concert with different prayogams for Sathya and Sri. Shivkumar and ensured that the absence of upa pakkavadhyam was not felt. He presented an excellent thani avarthanam and Sathya continued to present Gopalakrishna Bharathi's ragamalika krithi "Aiye Methakadinam". Lalgudi's Pahadi raga Thillana in Misrachapu was taken up the penultimate  piece for the concert before the Mangalam and the team had presented a concert not only to their satisfaction but also enthralled the audience with good coordination among them. 


The details of the krithis performed are as under:


1. Varnam - Asta Ragamalika - Adi - Prof. Sambamurthy
2. Sidhi Vinayaham Seveham - Mohanakalyani - Adi - Muthaih Bagavadhar (S)
3. Sankari Sanguru - Saveri - Tisra nadai Adi (R)
4. Charanam Bhava - Bahudhari - Rupakam - Hamsavinodhini - Narayanatheerthar (S)
5. Sadananda Thandavam - Bagudhari - Adi - Achuthadaasan
6. Sasivadana - Chandrajyothi - Adi - Tyagarajar - (R, S, T)
7. Aiye Methakadinam - Ragamalika - Adi - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
8. Thillana - Pahadi - Misracahpu - Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
9. Mangalam

Ps - R - Raga alapana, S- Kalapanaswaram T - Thaniavarthanam 


will upload the audio link shortly. 

Tattvaloka providing great oppurtunity to Sathya - June 25, 2012

It was indeed a great oppurtunity extended by Tattvaloka to sathya and team of K.J. Dileep on violin and Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam to perform at the center on the June 25, 2012 - a Historic Day as this is the first time His Holiness Jagadgur Sringeri Sankaracharya is visiting the center in person! The team performed the following krithis and were blessed by Acharya which would not have been possible without this great oppurtunity extended by Tattvaloka! 1. Nammamma Sharadhe - Hamsadwani - Adi (OR, S) 2. Kamakshi Kamakoti Vasini - Simendramadhyamam - Rupakam 3. Janani Ninuvina - Reethigaula - Misrachapu (sR) 4. Vageswari - Saraswathi - Adi (Th, S) 5. Sharadha Bhujagam Ps. OR - outline raga alapana, S- Kalpanaswaram sR - Short Alapana, Th - Thanam

June 05, 2012 concert at Maha Periyava's Padhugai Temple

A concert Sathya would probably remember for ever! Yes Sathya loves to perform here and this has become a concert he will never forget!

 

Sathya attempts to present newly learnt krithis here and this day happened to be a different order! Sathya started the concert with Varanamukava in Hamsadwani and as started the raga alapana for Manasa Sriramunidhaya, originaly in Mararanjani ragam. As he travelled through the raga he touched on the swara Ga 1 instead of Ga 2, Gandharam of Jangaradhwani instead of Mararanjani. Karaikal Venkatasubramanian also followed Sathya and completed the alapana in the same way during his turn. 

When Sathya started the krithi, Venkat realized this and was trying to tell Sathya but Sathya with confidence was playing the krithi with  Ga1 (Komala Gandharam or popularly known as Chinna Ga) prayogam instead of Ga 2 (Dheevra Gandharam or periya Ga)! After the song was performed Adyar D. Balasubramnai, a Nadaswara Vidwan and our faculty in KBS Inculcation, praised Sathya presenting Jangaradhwani ragam and on ly then Sathya realized the mistake committed! 

Purely with the blessings of Maha Periyava he had at the least struck to a frame work of scale and it also happened to be scale of this Melakartha Ragam.  He also attempted to perform krithis in Rishabapriya - MhimatakkincikO, Pesum Deivam Murugan in Nagavalli and Subbraya Sastri's  Sri Kamakshi in Vasantha for the first time and all these did not have any issues! This  was actually the combination we tried when we performed here first and we would sincerely call it a Miracle and thank Periyava for the great blessings as this will be in our minds for ever! 

Special mention on Kumbakonam Swaminathan's Thani Avarthanam which was excellent and we are happy to share on this day June 15, 2012 that he is now Grade A artiste of AIR! Congrats! 

"Hara hara Sankara Jaya jaya Sankara"

The song list presented is as follows:

01. Varanamukava - Hamsadwani - Rupakam - Koteeswara Iyer (S)
02. Manasa Sriramunidhya - Jangaradhwani - Adi - Tyagaraja (R)
03. Sambo Mahadeva - Panthuvarali - Rupakam - Tyagaraja (OR)
04. Mahimatakkinciko - Rishabapriya - Adi - Tyagaraja (R)
05. Pesum Deivam Murugan - Nagavalli - Rupakam - Suradanandar (OR, S)
06. Sri Kamakshi - Vasantha - Adi - Subbraya Sastri (R,S, T)
07. Vanamali Radha Ramana - Bhajan
08. Innudhaya Bharathe - Kalayana Vasantham - Kandachappu - Purandaradasa
09. Chandrasekara - Sindhubhairavi - Ekam - Anai Vaidhyanadha Iyer

Note: R- Raga Alapana OR - Outline of ragam S- Kalpanaswaram, T - Thani avarthanam

Sathya's trip to - South Africa!

Sathya with Dr. Padma Subramaniam @ Chennai Airport

It is indeed like a dream!  A great for us as it was we, Sathya, his mom and self had been to Chennai Airport around same period in 2003, which tour was the launching pad for Sathya! 

Today we, the parents went to Chennai Airport with SAthya to drop him for his tour to SA under ICCR for Dr. Padma Subramaniam and Party!  A great recognition for the instrument, the artist and is indeed a proud moment for all his well wishers and lets all join together to thank The Almighty for this! 

2012 TTD, Chennai concert May 13 by Sathya

Few video links of the concert performed at TTD, Chennai, which will be in our minds for a long time for the ambience and the blessings of Lord Balaji showered both on audience and the artists with a concert of satisfaction to one and all!

Sathya was enhanced by Sri. B. Ananthakrishnan on violin, Sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Sri. Pradeep on Tabla.

Our sincere condolence to the family, near and dears of Dr. T. P. Naidoo, who was founder Chairman of Indian Academy, Durban South Africa who left us all in Durban at 10 am local time.

Dr. T. P. Naidoo is a strong in ethics and lived with values and humbleness. He has been instrumental in conducting St. Tyagaraja Festival for many years and has been inviting artists from India and has honoured many leading musicians namely, Sri. T. N. Seshagopalan, Smt. Sudha Raghunathan and the legendary Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna.

We as family are indebted to his encouragement and guidance and will miss him for ever! It was Indian Academy under his Chairmanship along with his daughter Smt. Vasantha Naidoo, Director Indian Academy, SA which gave Sathya the essential breakthrough in life with the biggest opportunity and recognition at his tender age of 8!

Dr. T. P. Naidoo is a great social scholar and a great orator. He is respected very much in the Indian community of South Africa and worked for their welfare! We as family cannot express our sadness on hearing this news and shall pray for his Soul to rest in Peace!

We still remember the announcement he made in the local Durban, SA during the Tyagaraja Festival day in 2003 saying, "We in South Africa are proud to have given Gandhi to India and now we are equally proud to have unearthed & recognized the talents of a Child Prodigy Musician Sathya". What a great thought and blessing for Sathya!

Hope Sathya lives up to his words and become a complete Musician and more importantly a good Human!  

May 02, 2012 in All India Radio.

This is a set of krithis performed in AIR which was on air today morning with Smt. Usha Rajagopalan on violin and Sri. Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan on Mrudhangam.

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02_palinthuvo_kanthamani_adi_tyagaraja

03_thamburimeetidhava_sindhubhairavi_tisranadai_purandaradasa
These are the Links available in another webhosting site:

Mahasivarathri Concert on 20th Feb'12

This was a concert performed for Layapriyan Sri. Papanasam Kumar who had organised a ahendam concert series for this year's Shivarathiri and was performed at Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai on the 20th February, 2012. The concert is being telecast on 12th and 13th MAr'12 in RAJ DIGITAL Channel from 630 - 7 am. Please watch and forward your comments. I shall detail the concert details once the telecast is over.

It was a team with Sri. KJ Dileep on Violin, Sri. Neyveli Ramkumar on Mrudhangam and Sri. Sai on Morsing. Sincere thanks to Papanasam Kumar sir and Raj TV.

The audio tracks of today's telecast is as follows:

01. http://snd.sc/wtPwNk - AnandaNatamaduvar Thillai - Poorvi Kalyani - Rupakam - a composition of Neelakanta Sivan

02. http://snd.sc/yiMZCl - Ananthanatanaprakasam - first attempt of Kedara raga Dikshidar krtihi

03. http://snd.sc/AwyLCU - Evasudha - Tyagaraja krithi in Sahana

Concert on January 24, 2012 for Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha - Music Academy Mini Hall.

A concert for this forum presented after almost 4 - 5 years and it was indeed a nice feeling to see a good turn out of audience in spite of the fact that it was a concert from 5pm on a working day. This also show the growing support for the instrument keyboard to presented in Carnatic forums.

Sathya teamed up with Sri. B. Ananthakrishnan on violin, Sri. Thillasthanm R. Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Sri Valangaiman Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam and it was a presentation much to the satisfaction of the people on and in front of the stage. 

Please do watch the video clippings, thanks to Sathya's mother for the excellent recording and forward your thoughts on the music presented.

Carnatic on Keyboard at Thiruvaiyaru by Sathya

It was another blissful day for Sathya as he had the oppurtunity once again to perform at the prestigious and divine pandal of Saint Thyagaraja Aradhana Committee during the Aradhana in January 2012. He performed on 10th January with Ms Rajarajeswari on Violin, Sri Venkatasubramanian on Mrudhangam and Sri. Balaji Sairam on Morsing.

Sathya started his 15 mts slot with Pariyachakama in Vanasapathi set to Rupaka thalam and followed it up with  Dvaithamu sukama in reethigowla and Pavanabura, a Utsava Sampradhaya krithi. As soon as he was about to finish the third krithi, the organisers who were near the stage asked Sathya to perform one more krithi and Sathya presented Buntureethikolu in Hamsanadham in a brisk pace and concluded the concert. A divine blessings indeed! 

Bhairavi, Pondichery Concert on January 08, 2012

This was a concert presented by the team of Sathya with Villiwakkam Sri. S. Raghuraman on Silent Violin, Kumbakonam Sri K. Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Thirukannapuram J. Sowrirajan on Ghatam and Morsing for Bhairavi, Pondicherry.

The audio link of the live recording is given here and would appreciate if you can listen and forward your comments.
 
http://www.esnips.com/thumbnails.php?album=4555183

The details of the songs performed are as under:

01. Varnam - Keeravani - Adi - Patnam Subramanya Iyer
02. Sri Gananadham - Kanakangi - Adi -Tyagaraja (S)
03. Nijamayeethe - Bhairavi - Misrachapu - Tyagaraja (R, N, S)
04. NiravathiSukatha - RAvichandrika - Adi - Tyagaraja
05. Garuda Gamana - Nagaswaravali - Rupakam - Patnam Subramanya Iyer (R,S)
06. Theeradha Villayatupillai -Ragamalika - Kandanadai
07. LemiThelpa - Navaneetham - Adi - Tyagaraja (R,s,T)
08. ParukullenallaNadu - Jonpuri - Ekam - Maha Kavi Bharathiyar
09. Chalomanu - Bhajan
10. Bagyadha Lakshmi - Madhyamavathi - Adi - Purandaradasa
11. Vaishanava Janathao - Misrakamaj - Ekam - NarsiMehta

Ps. R - Raga Aalapana, N- Niraval, S - Kalpanaswaram & T - Thani avarthanam.