"Laya Guruthvam" - Fascinating Mrudhangam Maestro Sri Guruvayur Dorai avl.

It is indeed fascinating to see the other side of Mrudhangam Maestro Kalaimamani Sri Guruvayur Doraii avl as a composer and also a great singer.

Yes he has concerned to guide a group of young vidwans - Jai krishnan on vocal, Sathyanarayanan - keyboard, Sruthi Sagar - flute, Vijay - Violin, the reverbarating Tanjore K Praveen Kumar on the mrudhangam who incidently is the sishya of Sri Durai avl, Anirudh - Kanjeera, and HariharaSubranmaniam - Ghatam. Praveen's parents are the ones behind this effort and this group is to be called as "Laya Guruthvam" - ashirvadams from the Laya Maestro to the children of music in general.

The photos above were taken during a rehersal session done in Sathya's residence and look forward to the first performance of this group of children under the Mrudhangam Maestro 'Guruvayoor Durai" avl on the 19th Oct'06 at "Mahalakshmi " #1, 3rd Street Nehru Nagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020.

Gamakas on the keyboard

K. Satyanarayanan's lively raga delineations proved his proficiency in the department of laya.

article courtesty: TheHindu - B. RAMADEVI Coimbatore edition

DEDICATED: Master K. Satyanarayanan. Photo: S. Siva Saravanan.


While parents of 11-year-olds are struggling with their wards to get their homework done, the proud father of K. Satyanarayanan was sitting behind his talented son and guiding him during the 30th Navaratri celebrations at Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple, Coimbatore. The child prodigy was performing on the keyboard like an experienced musician with his innocent young face belying his skill. Trained by A. Kanyakumari and U. Srinivas, Satyanarayanan was able to bring forth gamakas happily in an instrument known to be purely western and incapable of producing one of the most important aspects of Carnatic music.

Sincere practice

With a little bit of carelessness, the music could have gone awry, as there was no provision for measurement in the instrument that he used for gamakas; but with his dedication and sincere practice the youngster only claimed admiration. The concert began with the majestic Mallari in Gambhira Nattai followed by the varnam in Sahana, `Karunimpa' and `Sri Gananatham' in Kanakangi. His raga delineations were lively and different and he has gained good mastery over the laya.

`Thaye Tripura Sundari' (Sudha Saveri), `Meenakshi Me Mudham Dehi' (Purvikalyani), `Krishna Nee Begane Baro' (Yamunakalyani), `Devi Neeye Thunai' (Keeravani), `Marukelara' (Jayanthasri) and `Tahamburi Meetidhava' (Sindhu bhairavi) and `Kamakshi, Amba' in Bhairavi, were some of the lively songs that he presented. He rendered `Palinchu Kamakshi' in Madhyamavati by Syama Sastri, beautifying it with a lively alapana and engaging swaraprastharas.

He concluded his concert with `Maithreem Bhajatha,' the song composed by Kanchi Paramacharya appealing to people to cultivate friendship and a tillana in Jonpuri by Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. Satyanarayanan has acquired all the skills that can be attained with involvement and practice, but will be at ease with the `sowkya bhava' as he grows older. B. Anantha Krishnan's imaginative and crisp alpanas and swaraprastaras were enjoyable.

Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan on the mridangam and Harihara Subramanian on the ghatam were supportive.

First for Sathya & 51st for Nilgiri Cultural Association, 28th Sep'06

It was indeed a tour of debut concert. Yes after the first full length carnatic concert in coimbatore Sathya performed for the first time in at Coonoor under the auspicious of Nilgiri Cultural Association. The concert was held at The Provident's College of Women and NCA had made elaborate arrangemetns for this 51st concert of NCA with special invites made under the title "Innovative India". Sathya's innovation on keyboard to perform to perform classical, Devotional, Film and wetern numbers was explored and he did with great ease without spoilling the entity of each nature of music.

The auditorium was full from the start and Sathya was blessed by all the speakers Mr Sundar - President NCA, Dr Ramesh - Director Hill Queen Group of companies, Sis Anthu Mary - Principal Providents College for women and the chief Guest Sri T V Christy - Principal CSI College of Engineering. Mr Sundar blessed and wished to achieve all the awards and laurels possible and thanks to NCA which had provided Sathya with such a great audience in good numbers.

Having known that 28th Sep was the birthday of Sri Sundar - NCA President, Sathya presented a cd and also started off the concert with Happy Birthday tune on his keyboar. He then went on to present a variety of carnatic, film, western and light classical songs and every song was welcomed well by the audience with great applause.

It was also for the time that Sathya was starting off a meeting by lighting the lamp and it has become a tour of debut performance for Sathya.

Sathya in Coimbatore with Gopi Mama - 27th Sep'06

Sathya was blessed to be invited by Sri Gopi mama of Coimbatore to perform at Sri Kamatchi Amman Tempole, R S Puram, Coimbatore on the 27th Sep'06. It was Sathya's first full length Carnatic concert in Coimbatore and was received well by the audience. Sathya and his team of B Ananthakrishnan on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Harihara Subramaniam on Ghatam enjoyed and were of the impression that Gopi Mama was at his best and that none can be a more better host than him.

Sathya started off the concert with a adi thala mallari & followed same with Sahana Varnam and Sri Gananatham in Kanakangi. Sathya played the krithi in an apt speed and gave a good presentation in the kalpanaswara which was matched by Ananthakrishnan, Suri and Hari. This also set the tone for the remainder off the concert.

Sathya then played Thaye Thripurasundari - Sudhasaveri and then a elaborate alapana in Poorvi Kalyani for Meenakshi and also played niraval & kalpanaswaram at Madthurapurinilaye. China natana in Kalanidhi was performed to the liking of Gopi Mama who really enjoyed which was seen with his body language. Krishna nee Begane was followed by Devi neeye thinai in Keeravani. Sathya excelled himself in the alapana of Bhairavi for the Shyama Sastrigal's swarajathi Kamatchi. It did not look like it was plyed for the first time as announced and this was followed by Marugelara and a elaborate alapana in Madhyamavathi for Palinchu Kamatchi. Sathya made swararagamalika for this krithi and everyone enjoyed the presentation of the concert which had all the nuances of carnatic in this western instrument. The thani avarthanam was played with great care and it made an impact with the audence as it received great applause.

Sathya rounded off with few familiar numbers namely Tahumburu meetidharu - Sindhubhairavi, Madhavamamava - Neelambari, Mythrim bajathe, Jagajanai and ended up with a thillana. The success of the concert was seen with the fact that Sathya has been invited by the temple authorities to perform on the Deepavali day 22nd Oct for Sashti and Sathya is very happy to go back to Coimbatore for he knows he is in the hands of one the best hosts he has ever seen.

Pic 1. Sathya with Gopi mama and his sister 2. Performance at the temple 3. Thyagarajar's real portrayal in painting in Gopim mama's house and 4. section of audience seen from the stage.

At the Launch of Hello FM 106.4 - 24th Sep'06

Sathya performed at the launch function of Hello FM 106.4 held at The Park Sheraton, Chennai on the 24th Sep’06. It was indeed remarkable of Sathya in handling two different kinds of presentation within a gap of an hour or two. He was also successful in getting appreciation from two different sets of audience not just because of his age but for his great ability of proper presentation.

Yes after playing at the temple forum of Sri Sai Baba’s Sundaram, Sathya performed with the team of Paul Jacob on Bass guitar, Donnan Murray on Lead Guitar and Balu on the Mrudhangam at the Park Sheraton for the launch function. The team gave a presentation of Carnatic songs without crossing the so called rules and regulation or the nuances of Carnatic but mixing the tones of the guitar to that of the Carnatic classical numbers of Raja Raja in Nirosta, Niravathisukatha in Ravichandrika and a Kavadi Sindhu. Every one who was there for the function appreciated the team efforts and in particular Sathya for his great adaptability to perform in different conditions

Sathya at Sundaram, Sri Saibaba's Temple, Chennai - 24th Sep'06

Sathya was blessed with an opportunity to perform at Sundaram, Sai Temple in R A Puram, Chennai on the 24th Sep’06 with Sri Villiwakkam Raghuraman on violin and Sri Nanganallur Ravishankar on the Mrudhangam. It was indeed a great experience and blessing for Sathya who performed a good 1 hour concert with his team & the same was well appreciated by a full house audience.

Sri Raghuraman and Ravishankar excelled in their part and the trio’s presentation was very good and looked as if they had played together as team for many concerts. However it was for the first time they teamed up and with the grace of Sathya Sai the presentation came very good.

Sathya at Villiwakkam for Sathguru Sath Sangam – 23rd Sep’06

Sathya performed for Sathguru Sath Sangam, Villiwakkam who had arranged concerts for the Navarathri Festival’06 at the James Kalyana Mandapam, in Rajaji Nagar, Villiwakkam. He was accompanied by Sri Raghuraman on the violin and Sri Calcutta Karthick on the Mrudhangam.

Sathya started off the concert with a varnam on the raga Mohanam and set the pace for the evening with a crisp Vathapi, with second speed kalpanaswaram. Calcutta Karthick who shared stage with for the first time gave excellent support and enhanced the show with his Great School of Guru Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman’s pani. Sathya presented more of familiar numbers as he was performing with a new set of audience and the details as follows:

Thaye Thrupurasundari – Suddha Saveri – Kanda Chappu
Krishna Nee Begane – Yaman Kalyan – Misra Chappu
Bhuvaneswariya – Mohanakalyani – Adi
Sadhimchane – Arabi – Adi
Jagajanani – Rathipathipriya – Adi
Chinnanchirukiliye – Ragamalika – Tisra nadai adi
Akilandeswari – Dhujavanthi – Adi
Madrudhamalai mamuniye
Bo Sambo – Revathy – Adi
Srichakraraja Nilaye – Sivasakthi – Adi
Thanmburu meetidharu – Sindhu Bhairavi – Tisram
Sri Chakra Raja Simhasaneswari – Ragamalika – Adi
Sankarabaranam Notes
Enna Thavam – Kaapi – Adi
Kuraionrum Illai – Ragamalika
Sri Lalgudi’s Thillana – Jonpuri – Adi

Sri Muralidharan President of the Sathguru Sath Sangam praised Sathya for his excellent performance and the ease with which he is handling his instrument. He also showered praise on Sri Raghuraman on violin for presenting good alapanas & kalpanaswarams and Sri Karthick on Mrudhangam who gave a crisp & brief thani. Sri Sambhamoorthy, Secy Rajaji Nagar Welfare Association lauding Sathya for a great performance insisted to ensure his peformance next year during thier Rama Navami celebrations.

In all the audience enjoyed the concert with a presentation of the team to their liking. Special mention is to be made for the good audio system from Sri Balaji.

Delhi Tamil Sangam felicitates Mr Ramji, Secy Music Academy during Sathya's Concert

Sathya performed in Delhi for the 3rd time and this time for Delhi Tamil Sangam, thanks to Sri Thirunavukarasu, M.P, Sri T Narayanan Karunya and Sri Mukunthan Secy, Delhi Tamil Sangam. Sri Ramji, Secy Music Academy was the chief guest for the concert and he was felicitated by Sri Krishnamani, President - Delhi Tamil Sangam. Sathya was blessed with his audience for more than an hour.

Sathya started the concert with a varnam of Sri Tiger's composition 'Anname' in ragam Arabi and presented a brisk Vathapi Ganapathim in Hamsadwani as requested by the organisers. The team of B Ananthakrishnan on violin, Trivandrum Balaji on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramaniam on the ghatam along with Sathya gave a great presentation of speed and clarity in the kalpanaswaram.

Sathya then performed Bharathiyar's Chinanchirukiliye followed by Muruga Muruga on ragam Saveri set to Misra Chaapu thalam. The he performed Entharo Mahanubavulo and Chinna Natana on ragam - Kalanidhi which he attempted for the first time on stage. The next was Vasanthamullai, a request from the audience followed by a western piece based on Nata Bhairavi for which a free hand was given to the enhancement artists and they followed it with great care. This was followed by alapana on Abogi for Sabapathiku and both Sathya & Ananthakrishnan excelled in bringing out the best out of them.

After playing Alaipayudhey Sathya went on for an elaborate raga alapana for Keerwani for the krithi "Devi Neeye Thunai" with swararagamalika with Srothaswani, Rasikapriya & Mohanam and this kriti was a request from one of the audience. Trivandrum Balaji and Harihara Subramaniam exhibited their laya gnana with a good thani complementing each others talents and getting a great round of applause from the knowledgeble rasikas present. Mr Premkumar who is a Mrudhangam teacher in the Delhi Tamil Sangam was seen very happy when Sathya performed a devotional song 'Marudhamalai Mamuneye Murugaiya". He then went on to play numbers like Enna thavam, Venkatachalanilayam, Kurai onrum Illai and Kavadi sindhu which were sent as requests in slips from the rasikas.

Sathya concluded the concert performing a Jonpuri Thillana of Sri Lagudi Jayaraman followed by the mangalam. The organisers praised the talents of Sathya and the team work of the artists and Sathya can definetly look forward to another concert for Delhi Tamil Sangam next year.

Sathya in 10th Aniversary celebrations of Chennai On Line.com

Sathya receiving a memento from Mr Ravi.



Sathya had a great oppurtunity to be involved with the 10th aniversary celebrations of Chennai online.com a leading emedia. He performed a mix of classical, film and western numbers.

Almost 4 years ago Sathya was interviewed by Srivatsav of Chennai on line and was featured in their site and today Sathya was entertaining the entire staff and their family members during their aniversary celebrations.

Sathya with a new combination

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Sathya on the 31st August, 2006 performed with a new team of Sri Mannargudi Srinivasan on violin, Melakaveri Balaji on Mrudhangam and Sri EM Subramaniam on ghatam for a private concert. This was held at Hotel Kanchi and it was a succesful concert in terms of reach to the audience as many of them had stayed for almost entire concert, taking brakes for taking dinner.

Video links:

1 Ramanannu Brovara - Hari Kamboji a clipping http://tinyurl.com/peq3n

2 A clipping of the alapana of ragam aberi for the krithi nagumomo http://tinyurl.com/mrd2r

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.

Sathya for a birthday party July 30, 2006

Sathya performed a one man show with his Yamaha 640 as the rhythm source and with the new KORG TR workstation as the melody source for the birthday celebration of Mstr Thrinav from USA, held at TAG CENTRE, Alwarpet, Chennai.

Sathya gave the audience a 90 -100 mts of mixed music with carnatic, film, light classical and also some western numbers. The timely Happy Birthday tune, the video clipping http://tinyurl.com/zgf2q was a classy one apart from all the other numsers which were real gems as said by the audience. Here is a clipping of the Hindi number "Thuje Deku Deku Sona", vido clipping http://tinyurl.com/ndayu from the film Kalyug which he started liking from the first time he heard this songs, thanks to Mr Diwakar his father's friend who had given the cd.

Sathya had special guests, his two latest friends on mailand today they got the oppurtunity to see each other namely Gayathri and Prathyusha. It was indeed a nice evening not only for the audeince but also for Sathya as he played little bit of shooting game and also could meet some friends.

28th Jul 2006 Sathya at the Anusham Chamber Concert Series

Sathya performed on the 2nd day of the 2nd Anniversary of "Anusham Chamber Concert Series" conducted by Veenai Vidwan Sri Rajesh Vaidhya at Sri Ramakrishna Kalyanamandapam, # 18 Rajunaicken Street, West Mambalam, Chennai - 33 from 27 - 30th July 2006.

It is to be mentioned that Sri Rajesh Vaidhya and team has put up a grand show for this event with many programmes for the four day function. The most interesting of all is the Photo Exhibition of rare photos of Periyava - a collection of Sri Photo Kannan which is excellent. This video links shows the rare photos and the mohana varnam performed. http://tinyurl.com/ncpgy

Sathya today started off with Mohana Varnam doing 3 kalams in one avarthanam i.e. Madhyama kalam, thisra kizhkalam followed by Thisra melkalam in two speeds for pallavi and anupallavi follwed by madhaymakalam for charanam. It is to be mentioned here that this style of playing mohana varanm was taught by Annathakrishnan to Sathya and this was the first time they performed this piece together. He then went on to perform Sri Gananatham a Kanakangi keerthana with crisp kalpana swara prayogams well matched by Anathakrishnan on violin, Suriyaranarayanan on mrudhangam and Chandrasekara Sharma on ghatam.

Third song was Thaye thripura sundari on ragam Suddha Saveri set to Kanda Chaapu. Oothukadu Venkatakavi's Balasaramurali on keeravani followed with brief alapana with the essence of the raga by the both Sathya and Anathakrishna. GNB's composition Sri Chakra raja nilaye on Sivasakthi presented by the team carried great applause from the audience and so was Mythrim Bajatha - a composition of Periyava. Sathya went on to elobarate ragam Madhyamavathi which was presented well by Anathakrishnan also for the krithi Palinchu Kamatchi. It had a brisk paced kalpana swaram and due to the shortage of time the percusion utilised every oppurtunity prevailed in the krithis to showcase their talents while making sure they did not disturb the main artist.

Sathya rounded off the concert with Thamburi meetidharo, Srichakraraja Simhasaneswari (thanks to raikapriya.net members) and Lalgudi sir's thillana on ragam Jonpuri. Sathya felt very much the ashirvadhams of Periyava in the form great appriciation form the knowledgeble audience present.

July, 23 2006 at Bapatla

Sri Ram Mohan Sastry, Founder Sarada Fine Arts, Bapatla who had known about Sathya decided top hold concert at Bapatla on the 23rd July'06 and also organised a concert at Guntur thru Gayathri Mahila Sangeetha Samandali.

It has to mentioned here that Sathya and his team were hosted to the best in this small team and Sathya enjoyed visitng the 2nd Century AD built temple, Sri Bhavana Venkateswara Temple and drinking Cold Badam Milk at a small corner shop located at the Tower Clock corner.

The same team of Smt Durga Bhavani on violin, Suriyanarayanan on mrudhangam and Harihara Subramaniam on ghatam performed today the following numbers most of which were audience request. Sathya had the satisfaction of playing full length concert without disturbance as it was a closed hall. Mr and Mrs Sastry travelled with the team to Guntur the earlier day and they were discussing about of Amridhavarshini and its impacts in the form of rain. Mr Sastry jokingly said to Sathya to play Amruthavarshini as he wanted Bapatla to get rain as they were going thru' hot climate.

Sathya performed Vasudevayini, a krithi on Kalyani as the main item and suddenly remembered the mention of Amrudhavarshini and decided to do a swara raga mlika with Amrudhavarshini, Charukesi, Sivasakthi and Vanaspathi. Mr & Mrs Sastry were there at the tation to see off the team and to every one's surprise it started rainning around 1130 pm in Babpatla and the team had to take a covered shelter while waiting for thetrain to Chennai. Mr Sastry metnioned that it was indeed god's reaction to the discussion they had the earlier day on the raga. A video link of Kalyani raga alapana http://tinyurl.com/quyk8

The list of song is as follows:

01. Varnam - Abogi - Adi

02. VAthapi Ganapathim - Hamsadhwani - Adi
03. Ramanannu brovera - HAri Kambodhi - Rupakam
04. Entharomahanubhavulu - Sri - Adi
05. Samajavaragamana - Hindolam - Adi
06. Karedhare barebharathe - Swrasammohini - Adi
07. Krishna nee Begane - Yamen Kalyan
08. Ksheera Sagara Sayana - Devaganthari - adi
09. Brocheva - Kamas - Adi
10. Raghuvamsa - Kadhanakudhukalam - Adi
11. Sankarabaranam notes
12. Vasudevayini - Kalyani - Adi
13. Chenikulanagar - Kavadi sindhu
14. Bramamokate
15. Sri Lalgudi's thillana - Jonpuri - adi
16. Raghupathy raghava - Namavali where all the audience joined and made the concert a
memorable one.

It is also to mentioned that Sathya liked the rasam long with potato and banana fry which was prepared and served with great love by Mrs Sastry during thiermenu and stay alongwith that of the lunch hosted by Mrs Malleswari which was better than a buffet menu in a five star hotel with taste at its best, on the 22nd July in Bapatla.

Guntur Concet on 22nd Jul, 2006

Sathya for his 275th concert was in Guntur for the second time and now under Gayathri Mahila Sangeetha Samandali Samaj and had the oppurtunity to perform at the Sri Venkateswara Temple premisses with a crowd of almost 1000 people. He had Smt Durga Bhavani, a senior Violin artist of All India Radio, Vijayawarda along with Sri Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on mrudhangam and Harihara Subramaniam on ghatam as his enhancement team. The concert was co-ordinated thanks to Mr Sastry, Founder, Sarada Fine Arts Academy, Bapatla.

While he was performing his main item for the day, Nagumomu on Aberi as per the request of the audience and just before the start of charanam rain started pouring and the concert had to

end abruptly being on the open grounds. A video link of the song Varavallaba http://tinyurl.com/hd54e

The song list performed is as follows:

01. Varnam - Mohanam _ Adi

02. Varavallaba - Hamsadwani - Adi

03. Sobillu - Jaganmohni - Rupakam

04. Entharomahanubhavulu - Sri - Adi

05. Guruleka - Gowrimanohari - Kanda Chappu

06. Niravathisukatha - Ravichandrika - Adi

07. Bramamokete

08. Deva Deva - Mayamalawagowla - Rupakam

09. Raguvamsasudha - Kadhanakudhukalam - Adi

10. Western notation based on natabhairavi

11. Nagumomu - Aberi - Adi

The President of the Mahila sabha wanted Sathya to perform Jagadho dharaka and Mohana Kalyani Thillana which request request could not be fulfilled due to rain., The entire crowd present was for once feeling bad the rains as it interupted SAthya's concert. Well this has probably given way for Sathya to perform here in the premises of Lord Venkateswara Temple again in the near future.

Sathya with a new team at Chennai July 06, 2006

Sathya today performed for a wedding reception in Chennai teaming with Smt Srilakshmi Venkatraman on violin, Sri B Sivaraman on mrudhangam and Sri E M Subramaniam on ghatam. It was agreat team work exhibited by this group and the audience enjoyed every minute of this 2 hour 15 mts concert.

A video clipping http://tinyurl.com/khma4

Sathya with Ganesh Prasad and J Vaidhyanathan - a new combination

Sathya today performed with a new team of Sri Ganesh Prasad on violin and Sri j Vaidhyanathan on mrudhangam (one of his favorite) and it was indeed a great concert fullfilling particularly for Sathya and his audio team of SK Audios who got the oppurtunity to place the audio system for Sathya's new keyboard. It was for a private concert in Chennai and well the audience enjoyed the concert so and so that one of them had video taken of the entire concert.

Sathya's concert schedule Jul'06.

05 Jul'06 Private concert in Chennai B U Ganesh Prasad -Violin
J Vaidhyanatahan - Mrudhangam

06 Jul'06 Private concert in Chennai Sri Lakshmi - Violin
B Sivaraman – Mrudhangam
E M Subramaniam - Ghatam

09 Jul'06 Private Concert - Chennai Ramakrishnan - Violin
Trivandrum Balaji - Mrudhangam

22 Jul'06 Public Concert – Guntur Gayathri Mahila Sangeetha Saba Madali - Guntur
To be advised - Violin
Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan - Mrudhangam
Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam

23 Jul’06 Public Concert – Papatla Sarada Fine Arts Academy

To be advised - Violin
Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan - Mrudhangam
Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam

Sathya in Zee News Channel on July 02, 2006

Sathya had a live interview with questions over the phone from Delhi and visual from Chennai in Zee News Channel today. The video link is here for you. http://tinyurl.com/k8ghc

Sathya at Neyveli Book Fair June 30, 2006

Sathya performed at the Neyveli Book Fair as part of Neyveli Lignite Corporation's Golden Jubilee Celebration on the inagural day on the June 30, 2006. He had Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on mrudhangam and Harihara Subramaniam on Ghatam.

Sathya played with such an ease with his new board for the 2nd time and he handled it as if he had performed for more than 100 times. May god shower the best for this child.

Video links for your viewing:

http://tinyurl.com/ftea5 and http://tinyurl.com/ee3hp