A concert in a divine atmosphere for Dindigul Sabah on 27th April'08

A back to back concert always works wonders particularly if the former one becomes a hit. Yes Sathya's concert in Dindigul Sabha on the 27th April'08 came out well with the success of the later days' concert in Chennai. he good thoughts of music continued to flow and this day with Arjun Ganesh for Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and with Venkatasubramaniam and Sowrirajan continued from where they left and presented a wonderful concert. Starting with Charukesi varnam and when he performed Kuria Onrum illai in the middle before the main krithi, as requested by the audience and till teh end with Sathya's medlay the audience were seen applauding and apreciating the team. This town / city famous for "anggingu" film music orchestra gave a surprise with such a wonderful knowledgeable audience present in large numbers. Sathya attempted Enthaneechina in Suddha Dhanyasi and Nine Namithi in SimendraMadhayamam in Misrachappu for the first time and both came out very well. Thanks to rasikapriya yahoo group, from where Sathya learnt these two krithis.

There were senior people who were present with experience of listening to thousands of concertsand when they apreciated the efforts of Sathya, it meant success for his efforts. Also we could see youger generation turning up for this concert. A violin artist after hearing Sathya's Simendramadhyamam raga alalapana wanted him to play Thanam and after the concert he just hugged and blessed him for a great future. VenkataSubramaniam with the silent violin gave an excellent presentation of the raga allapanas and with the kalpanaswaras. Arjun Ganesh on Mrudhangam and Sowrirajan on Ghatam & Morsing enhanced the concert & gave a great thani which drew applause from the audience in the Misrachappu krithi in Simendramadhyamam. As requested by the audience Sathya peformed ragamalika in kalpanaswaram for teh main krithi & includedVarali asone of teh ragas as preferred by Venkatasubramaniam - violin artist. The othere two raga were Mohanam & Begada.The details of the krithis rendered are as under:

01. Lagudi's Varnam - Charukesi - Adi

02. Sri mahaganapathim - Abogi - Kandachappu [r & s]

03. Balasarasamurali - Keeravani - Adi [r]

04. Saraswathi - Saraswathi - Rupakam

05. Enthanecheena - Suddha Dhanyasi - Adi [s]

06. Deva Deva kalayamithey - Maamalavagowla - Rupakam[n & s]

07. Karedhare - Swarasammohini - Adi

08. Kurai onrum Illai - Raagamalika - Adi

09. Nine namithi - Simendramadhyamam - Misrachappu [r, n & s]

10. Thungatheeraviraam - YamanKalyan- Adi

11. Sankarabaranam notes.

12. Medley.

ps. r = raga alalapana n = niraval s = kalpanaswaram

The audio link is in the serial number 014 of http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/

Concert at Home away from Home at SathGuru Sath Sangam, Villiwakkam 15 Apr'08

Sri SathGuru Sath Sangam is almost a home territory and the venue - Rajaji Nagar Play Ground, is indeed a special place for Sathya. It was here his Korg Pro for the first time when he was performing had some power problems, like god sent a brand new keyboard which was just bought by his well wisher Sri Akyilesh was also there in the car and came handy. Sathya opened up the new instrument found out his requirements and performed a great concert!

This day - 15th April'08, it was in the same venue, how ever with no such incidents, the concert came out well with Villiwakkam Raghuraman on Violin, Thiullaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on the Mrudhangam and HariharaSubramanian on the Ghatam & Morsing. Suri was not well, infact vomited just before the concert, but was not seen like that while performing as it was one of his best days asusual. He was enjoying the two new attempts of Sathya namely, Entha Muddho in Bindhumalini and MokshamuGaladha in Saramathy. Raghuraman was giving additionalflavour with his best coming out on the home ground. Hari was good in both the instrument he handled and will come good if he practices Morsing with little more seriousness.

The list of krithis performed are as under and the audio can be listened / downloaded form the serial number 013 of www.sangeethamshare.org/sathya

01. Vinayaka - Hamsadwani - Adi [or & S]
02. Nadhaloludai - Kalyana Vasantham - Rupakam [OR & S]
03. Kantajoodumi - Vachaspathi - Adi [R & S]
04. Bavayami Gopalabala - YamanKalyan - Kandachapu
05. Marugelara - Jayanthasri - Adi
06. EndhaMuddho - Bindhumalini - Adi
07. SaiBhajan
08. JanakiRamana - Kaapi - Adi[R & S]
09. TheeradhaVillayattuPillai - Raagamalika - Ekam - Thisranadai
10. MokshamuGaladha - Saramathy - Adi
11. KathirupanKamalaKannan - Ragamalika - Adi
12. Kuraionrumillai - Ragamalika - Adi
13. RaghupathyRaghavaRajaram - Ramanamavali

Ps: OR = Outline of Raga, S = Kalpanaswaram. R = RagaAlapana

Five small video clippings are available of this concert as under:

Concert at Home - Sringari Saradhambal Tempel 14 April, 2008

It was a concert we, as family were looking for as it is always a great pleasure to be in your home. Yes Krupasankari Street is the home of Sathya and performing a concert in the Temple in the same street is indeed a remarkable achievement! Thanks to the krupa of Goddess Saradambal and the Guruji Sri Ramakrishnan.

We were so happy to perform at Sringeri Sharadhambal Temple Trust premises at Krupasankari street on the 14th Apri'08 not just being Ramanavami day but because it was in the same street Sathya made public appearance for the Independence Day celebrations for the street association in 1999. It was a proud moment and the team excelled one another. Instead of giving details of the concerts have given the song track in serial number 012 of http://tinyurl.com/3vbjs4 I request you to kindly listen to the tracks and appreciate with your valuable comments.

01. Varnam_Aboghi_Adi_as_recorded_middle-of-the-song.mp3
02. Mahaganapathim_Naatai_Ekam.mp3
03. Sobillu_Jaganmohini_Rupakam.mp3
04. NammamaSharadhe_Hamsadwani_Adi.mp3
05. Entharomahanubhavulu_Sri_Adi.mp3
06. KrishnaNeeBegahe_YamanKalyan_Misrachapu.mp3
07. Ramabakthi_SuddhaBangalam_Adi.mp3
08. Nannupalimpa_Mohanam_Adi.mp3
09. AaddhuAsangadhu_Madhyamavathi_adi.mp3
10. SriChakrarajaSimhasaneswari_Raagamalika_Adi.mp3
11. KarunaiDeivame_Sindhubhairavi_Adi.mp3
12. BoSambo_Revathy_Adi.mp3
13. Premamujitha_DharbariKannada_SaiBhajan.mp3
14. NarayanaHariNarayana_Tharangam_kalyani.mp3
15. JoJoJo_Reethigowla_Adi.mp3
15. Medlay_with_Adupambe-chennikulam-ManeMarikozhundhey-
Nadhabindhu- Muthaithiru-Radhasamedha-
RaghupathyRaghavaRajaram.mp3

Artists:

K. Sathyanarayanan - Keyboard
M Rajeev - Violin
Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mrudhangam
HariharaSubrmanian - Ghatam & Morsing

Here is the link for the video clipping: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yeC2tej9Sts

A Pleasant presentation on 12th Apr'08 at Venkateswara Samajam

It was indeed a pleasant and sowkkia presentation of a concert by the team of Sathya with Ananthakrishnan on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Chandrasekarasharma on the Ghatam at the Sri Venkateswara Samajam, Perumbur on the 12th Apri'08. The entire concert was of apt tempo and also the ambience was so good the artists felt at easy and think the best came out from every body.

Starting off with Lalgudi sir's Varnam on Charukesi - Innum manam, a request made by Suri on the 7th to Sathya on their return trip form Coimbatore, Sathya listened to Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam track and played it to the best satisfaction of Suri. Infact this set the mood for the entire concert and the rest was indeed a treat to hear. The violin tonal quality was of very high standard and so was Ananthakrishnan's alapanas and kalpanaswaras during the concert. The fact that he realised the change of srtuthi from 2 [D]1 to one and half [C sharp] in the last minute [due to a miscommunication] and adopting to the changed sruthi and performing was indeed a great effort.

Sathya elaborated shanmugapriya and Hindolam for the day and also presented Dikshidhar's krithi Diwakaradhanujam - Yathuklulakombthi, being a Saturday and this was appreciated very much by the entire knowledgeable audience present.The apt krithi Ramanee Samanamevaru in karaharapriya with a good alapana was indeed a highlight from Sathya & Ananthakrishnan. The krithi Ramanukku Mannamudi which had a elaborate alapana and in the kalpanaswaram Sathya played Hamsadwani and Abogi. During the aruthi his presentation of same in three different ragas won the hearts of many. Akilandeswari in Dwajavanthi was presented as per a request of a rasika from Orkut and Sathya summed up the concert with Raghupathy Ragava Rajaram which made every one join during the namavali. A concert which will linger in the minds a long time also for the fact that we could not record it thru line in but only a mic recording which we are presenting it in the following link: www.sangeethamshare.org/sathya and is listed under serial no. 011

Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal and hope to see many on the 14th April'08 - Ramnavami day at the Sringari Saradhambal Temple - a home ground for Sathya as he started playing when he was a resident of the street & his first public presentation started for the Independence day celebrations of the street association way back in 1999!

A concert reviewed on the spot - 11 April, 2008

It was for the first time Sathya was performing at Sri Sidhivinayagar Mahalakshmi Temple in Srinagar Colony, Saidapet, Chennai and started off with black out due to no power supply. When the power was restored the audience who showed patience and the artists got energetic and the team of Sathya with Devanathan on Violin, M.R. Srikrishnan on Mrudhangam and Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & morsing gave a good performance as per the song list below.

Mr Srinivasan, Secretary, Srinagar Colony Sathsangam gave an on the spot review of the concert after the thani on the krithi Vinayakuni on Madhyamavathi and i give below his impressions which was as follows:

"Sathya gave an excellent exhibition of handling the western instrument to bring out the nuances of our Carntic music and special mention is to be made for the raga alapana of Mohanam, Begada and Madhyamavathi. His kalpanaswaras and his krithi rendention were equally good. However when going on the higher octave i found the gamakas missing and it could be due to various reasons. I would like Sathya to explore more in this area and keep learning more & more krithis, do sadhagam and i am sure as he matures by age his music also will keep developing. As it is what he presented is beyond ones imagination considering his age. I wish him all the very best to get to greater recognition for him.

Devanathan on violin is indeed a great prospect for the future. His alapana rendering of Mohanam was of real high quality. Special mention for the way he took up with Sathya in the ragamalika kalpanaswara on Kalyani and Charukesi with Madhyamavathi and they gave a real treat to all of us. While he did show few deviation in Begada, i am sure he will become a star in the future.

M.R. Srikrishnan's Mrudhangam was indeed superb and is clear that he has done "asura Sadhagam" which his evident in his performance today. The thrikalam he performed on the aruthi with command was the proof of his hard work. I only suggest that if he can be little more softer in certain areas mainly during the krithis it would be even more ideal.

Hariharasubramanian was excellent in his following the Mrudhangam artist on Ghatam and his efforts on Morsing is also appreciated. Both of them gave us a good thani and i bless the artists on stage for a great future."

Mrs Shanthi Gopalakrishan, a rasika who was one of the almost entire audience who stayed back wrote her comments in Sathya diary which says"We were all emotionally touched. 7th std student performing like this - 100 million dollar Question!!!

The list of songs performed are:

01. Varnam - Amrudhavarshini - Adi - SV.Seshadri
02. Sri Ganapathimbaje - Sowrastram - Adi - Thyagaraja
03. Pahimam Parvathi - Mohanam - Rupakam - Dikshidhar
04. Sadimchane - Arabi - Adi - Thyagaraja
05. Kamakshi Natho - Begada - Adi - Shyama
06. Ragasudharasa - Andholika - Adi - Thyagaraja
07. Ramachandram - Vasantha - Rupakam - Dikshidhar
08. Vinayakuni - Madhyamavathi - Adi - Thyagaraja
09. Broohimukuntheyhi - Kurunji - Adi - SadhasivaBrehmendrar
10. Srilakshmi Ramana -Sai bhajan - Misrasekara Chandrika
11. Muralidhara Gopala - Maandu - Adi -
12. Chandrasekara - Sindhubhairavi - Ekam
13. Lalgudi's Thillana - Desh - Adi
14. Ramanamam.

The concert was not recorded due to lack of thru line in facility. H/ever the organisers has reorded in a tape format and shall upload if we get same. Here is teh link for teh two video clippings: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C51368FAE7D2FF64

Concert at Sivam - Hyderabad

It was a wonderful experience this time once again to Hyderabad, now for a concert at "Sivam". Sathya was given a team of Sri Rajesh on violin, Sri Somayajulu on Mrudhangam and his sishya on ghatam. This concert was all of audience request and popular krithis more with bhajans as it was at the Sai Mandhir - SIVAM. It was a divine atmosphere and Sathya had the best of the blessings when he felt the almighty himself in the face of Sri Somayajulu while performing!
The list of numbers presented were:
01. Varnam - Abogi - Adi
02. VathapiGanapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi
03. Saibhajan - Revathy - Adi [thisra nadai]
04. Sobillu - Jaganmohini - Rupakam
05. PallukeBangarunayana - AnandhaBhairavi - Adi
06. Saibhajan - Eeswaramba - Chankravagam
07. Buntureethikolu - Hamsanadham - Adi
08. Srimannarayanan - Bowli - Adi
09. NAgumomu - Aberi - Adi
10. Seetha Kalyana - Oonjal krithi.

Here is the link for the article in Indian Express, Hyderabad dated 5th april'08.

http://newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEU20080404232340&Page=U&Title=Hyderabad&Topic=0&

A scintillating concert in the view of the rasikas at Coimbatore on 23rd Mar'08

Coimbatore and Gopi Mama has always been lucky for Sathya and that went to prove same this time too with the concert at Sri KothandaRamaswamy Temple, Ramnagar on the 23rd Mar'08 during their Kumbabisekam festival series. The team of Rajeev on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanrayanan (who had returned from his successful China Concert Tour) on mrudhangam and HariharaSubramanian impressed the large turnout of audience which over spilled to the corridors of the hall and it was one of the amazing site for Sathya.

In fact sunk in the love and affection of Gopi Mama and family during the stay, self came out of the house with Gopi mama and got into the car as if we had come for a holiday and returning without even realising that i had not taken the instrument in the car. H/ever, thanks to Mr Biju, the carroti, managed to be just few minutes late. The concert started off with a Sri Raga varnam (only this has been missed from the recording) followed by Gumganapathim in Hamsadhwani. The raga alapanas for Chandrajothi, Karahapriya were handled well by both Sathya and Rajeev. Suri and Hari were at their best throughout and the team gave an inspiring Pallavi in ragamalika format set to Adhi thalam. This pallavi was a small thought of self when we were coming from a trip and the words came out on Lord Rama. Infact this was performed in Brindhava Saranga in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha during Dec'07 series and so Sathya decided to do little differently this time.

The sahithyam was performed the following way:
Ramanai - Chakravagam, Sri Ramanai - Thodi,

Raghu Ramanai - Kalyani Namam - Kalyani,

Padi - Thodi, Arulperuvom - Chakravagam

Sathya sang this pallavi firstly in all three ragams and then sang it in the above order to ensure it registers in one's mind. It was indeed a great success with the team excelling during this piece and also Sathya maintained the ragamalika format even during the final thanma and korvai during the kalpanaswarams. It was indeed a new experience for Sathya with full attentive audience numbering probably more than 750 as said by the organisor. The organisor mentioned that it was one of the houseful shows which remained so till the very end.Credits to the audience as they did not move around even and after thani also. The team was very happy and with the blessings of Sri KothandaRamaswamy, this concert looked to be taking them to the next level of performance! You can listen to the full audio track except the first number in the link is:

http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/

Please select serial number 007 and rightclick each track and use the option Save Target As to save in your system. You can also use copy shortcut option and use it in play erl option of winamp to listen to the tracks.

The list perforemd are as under:

01. Varnam - SriRagam - Adhi
02. Gumganapathim - Hamsadhwani - Adhi - Thisra nadai (OR & S)
03. Bagadhanaiya - Chandrajothi - Adhi [OR & S]
04. Marugelara - Jayanthasri - Adhi
05. Pakkalanilapadi - Karaharapriya - Misrachaapu [R]
06. Kantajudumi - Vachaspathi - Adhi - [S]
07. Neevadaneegana - Saranga - Kandachappu
08. Janaki Ramana - Kaapi - Adhi [S] - AR
09. Ragam Thanam Pallavi
10. Kuraionrumillai - Raagamalika - Adhi [AR]
11. Muralidhara - Maandu - Adhi [AR]
12. Palukebangaru - Anandhabhairavi - Adhi
13. Kanyakumari's Thillana - Sindhubahiaravi - Adhi [Ragam requested by Audience]
14. Medley - consisting Nadhapudi, Chennikula, Manemarikozhundhey,
Nadhabindhu, Radhasamedha, Vandheymadharam and Raghupathy Ragava

It was interesting that the audience started chanting Rama namam at the end and it was a flow of positive energy in the auditorium. The highlight was that after almost packing up few rasikas wanted to listen to Sathya singing the Palavi line once again and he did so. People were seen noting down the words and it was indeed a great moment.
You can view few clipping of video here :

A concert Sathya loved for the beauty of the location as well!

It was in a picturesque atmosphere the Tamil Nadu Music College in Madurai is located and Sathya loved the same. In the middle of great land scape and mountains, it is indeed an ideal location for some one to learn particularly music, away from any sort of pollution. Sathya with the new team of Nellai Ravindran on violin, Madurai Thyagarajan on Mrudhangam and Papanasam Sethuraman on Kanjeera gave a performance which was very much enjoyed by every one of the college students and also the faculties who were the main audience. The details of the song list and audio link will be provided very soon.

A great concert with blessing of Sri Ramani Guruji

It was indeed a great blessing for Sathya to perform at the Kagabhujandar Temple for Sri Ramani Guruji on the 17th Mar'08. The team of Rajeev on violin, Calcutta Karthick on Mrudhangam and HariharaSubramanian on Ghatam gave an excellent presentation. There was indeed a great gathering of people from all walks of life including many foreigners. The audio of the concert has come good will be uploaded very shorlty.

1st and the 450th concert under NADOPASANA

It was indeed a great day for Sathya as it was the 450th concert he was performing on stage. It is also a coincidence that he was performing for the same forum, Nadopasana, which gave him the first ever oppurtunity on the 9th Dec'01!

Sathya started with a brisk Sahana varnam playing two kalams and taking the madhyama kalam for charanam also performed kalpanaswaram, being first attempt.He then went on to perform Srimahaganapathey in Gowla with a good outline of the raga and kalpanaswaram. Rajeev on violin along with Calcutta Karthick on mrudhangam and Valaingaiman Hariharasubramaniam on ghatam were excellent and were enhancing the concert to their best.

Sathya detailed alapana for Begada and after the concert many of his well wishers who have been constantly following him complemented for his level of maturity seen in his approach to the raga aalapana. The krithi Nadopasana was followed by a brisk krithi in Neevada in Saranga set to Kanda Chaapu. He then gave an outline for Bilahari and performed Karpagambike set to rupaka thalam and the phrases of both Sathya and Rajeev during the kalpanaswarams and the percussion support were indeed good. Sathya took up Lathangi as the main krithi for the day and did a good aalapana, so did Rajeev and performed the krithi Piravaram Tharum set to Adhi. Percussionist gave a good thani which was followed by a Bhajan - Nanda Nandhanu and completed the concert with Karunai Deivame Karpagame in Sindhubhairavi.

Thanks to all who were present for his 1st concert on the 9th Dec'01 and were seen here too. This itself is a great blessing for Sathya. He also had few artists turning up and the greatest blessing was of Smt Jayalaksmi Santhanam, a renowned Singer apart from SAFE Sri Ramabadran and many of Sathya's well wishers.

Here is few small video tracks of teh concert as audio was not recorded.



Thanks to Calcutta Karthick who has given us the cd of this recording on teh 29th Mar'08 and the link is http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/008_Nadopasana_02Mar08/

Sathya in Thirupoonthurhti Narayana Theerthar's 262nd Aradhana Festival on the 13th Feb'08

It was another blessed oppurutunity for Sathya to perform in the 262 nd Aradhana of Sri Narayana Theerthar at Thirupoonthurthi which is being celebrated from 2 - 14th Feb'08. Sathya also had a teamed up for the first time with Sherthalai Shivakumar on Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan on Mrudhangam and Nerkunam Sankar (who incidently held a remembarance day for the great Kalaimamani Harishankar - the synonym of Kanjeera) on Kanjeera. Sathya had learnt this great composer's tharangam, thanks to Sri Yessel, an active member of rasikapriya & carnaticsangeetham- yahoo groupss, who had helped with tracks of tharngams sung by Sri Udayalur Kalyanaraman.

Sathya learnt around 8 of them and performed 5 from this, apart from one in Neelambari he had already learnt, as per details below. Sri Shivakumar who also performs violin accompaniment with Sri Udayalur Kalyanaraman appreciated Sathya's efforts in learning those tracks and playing to his best in ashort time. Sri Ananthakrishnan on Mrudhangam and Sankar on Kanjeera encouraged and embalished the concert in a great way. While the audience appreciated Sathya's efforts special applause was given for the tharangams in ragam Kalyani & Neelambari This team looked good as though they had been perfoming for nth concert even though it was the first time they were playing together. Look forward to this set many more times in the future.

It was also nice to see Sathya's well wisher's, like Sri Subramaniam (Nalinakanthi & Hamsavinodhini), Sri Gopal from Chennai & Smt Swarna Swaminathan family from Pondy to name a few blessing him with their presence.

01. Jaya Jaya Ramanartha - Naatai - Adhi (R & KS)
02. Jaya Jaya Swamin - Mohanam - Ekam Thisra nadai (KS)
03. Veeksheyam Kadha - Ahiri - Misrachaapu
04. Kalaya Yeshodhe Thava balam - Karaharapriya - Adhi (Ragam)
05. Narayana Hari - Kalyani - Ekam
06.. Madhava Mamava - Neelampari - Adhi

Here is few video clipping's link

Concert for Ganabharathi, Mysore on 10th Feb'08

After reaching Mysore, Sathya was happy to get a hotel room with TV to watch the India Australia one day match. He was happy about the outcome of the result and so was the audience at the end of the concert here in Mysore for Ganabharathi on the 10th Feb'08. This concert was enhanced by Mysore Sri Rajesh on Violin, Sri G. Ramanujam on Mrudhnagam and Mysore Sri Ramesh on the Ghatam. Sathya presented composition of Sri Purandharadhasar and Sri Thyagarajar as per following details and completed the concert with the audience request of Sri Rajaji's Kurai Onrum Illai at the end. The composition Birana Brovayide by Tarangampady Panchanada Iyer fitted in as mentioned by Sri SR Krishnamurthy in his review in Star of Myosre as teh main krithi for the day. Link is http://starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=specialnews dated 18th Feb'08

01. Gajavadhanaveduve - Hamsadhwani - Adhi [R & KS]
02. Guruleka - GowriManohari - Kandachaapu[outline raga & KS]
03. Odibharaiya - Bhairavi - Adhi [R & krithi]
04. Ninuvina - Navarasa Kanada - Rupakam
05. Rageethandheero - Punagavarali - Adhi
06. Sivasiva - Panthuvarali - Adhi (audience request) [KS]
07. KanduKandu - Desh - Kandachaapu
08. Biranabrovayithe - Kalyani - Adhi (thisranadai){R, N, KS on ragamalika]
09. Thumburimeetidhava - Sindhubhairavi - Tisra nadai Ekam
10. Vandhanamu - Sahana - Adhi
11. Bagyadhalakshmi - Madhyamavathi - Adhi
12. Kurai onrum illai - Raagamalika - Adhi [Audience request]
followed by mangalam

The audio link for this concert is http://tinyurl.com/38hjmm

Special mention should be made on the ambience and the PA system which was one of the reasons for the success of the concert apart form the lovely learned audience who appreciated every effort made by the artists to present a good concert.

On the request of the audience Sathya performed ragamalika swaram in the main piece taking Rasikapriya, Mohanam & Charukesi. He also played these ragas on korappu format and then went on to play Kalayani for the final big round before the korvai. Mysore Sri Rajesh accompanying for the first time was all praise for Sathya's talents and expressed that he did not expect this level of proficiency from Sathya. Sri Ramanujam and Sri Ramesh were at their best and having already been with him in Shimoga were encouraging him all through out. They also presented a an elaborate thani avarthanam which added flavor to the concert.

Sri Iyengar, Secretary of Ganabharathi referred to Sri Mali and Sri Mandolin Shrinivas and blessed Sathya to come in their foot steps. While we are not sure if Sathya has got the qualities of these MahaVidwans at this stage, with the blessings of the almighty if he can get a percentage or two of their vidwath it will indeed be good for Sathya. A rare photograph of Purandharadhasa and Sathya took this photograph to be preserved.

At Padma Sarangapani Cultural Academy for Pancharathna krithi presentation 9.2.08

It was another great day for Sathya as he was invited in the Saint Thyagaraja's aradhana by Padma Sarangapani Cultural Academy, Villiwakkam where there was pancharatha krithi's performed by eminent musician under the leadership of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri T N Seshagopalan. Sathya was blessed to have been given an oppurtunity to perofrm along with him and it was indeed a great experience.

Sathya with Embar Kanna in Ghatam Karthick's heArtbeat Ensemble on 7th Feb'08

It was indeed a great day for Sathya as he was in for a kind of litmus test. Yes just two days before Dr. Karthick enquired if he can perform heArtbeat's ensemble at NSTSS, Nanganallur on the 7th Feb'08 and on checking with Sathya and Kannan, same was accepted. H/ever it was decided that Sathya has to take a new piece in a new raga (for Sathya) Bhujangini. Sathya took this as a test for his ability and informed that he would like to take the 7th off from school and do a session with his uncle. So we went to Kannan's house in the morning around 1130 am where Kannan informed that he has planned to perform a pallavi in Gowri Manohari with words "Thyagarajaswamikku sari evvaru rama bakthudai sri" as the concert was for his aradhana at NSTSS, Nanganallur.

Sathya with no hesitation sat with Kannan and tried the numbers for the day to be performed. While we were little anxious if Sathya can do, in the evening Sathya proved too good to be praised by Embar Kannan and the entire team of heArtbeat. The audience were also applauding the efforts of Sathya. It was a great day for Sathya and here is the audio link of this concert http://tinyurl.com/2vfwsv

Do listen, enjoy and forward your valuable comments, if possible.

Thyagaraja Ardhana at Bharat Kalachar - 3rd Feb'08

It was a day of Thyagaraja Aradhana probably in many of the leading sabhas in Chennai and Sathya had the blessings to participate at Bharat Kalachar. It was indeed a gathering of artists in good number and the perfect presentation by all the artists was appreciated by a well attended audience. Special mention was made by Smt YGP on the children approx 10 in number, trained by Smt Kunnakudy Bala who has been training not only children but also elders for the pancharathana krithis. Sathya's mother Smt K. Lalitha also participated as a singer in this aradhana. Here is the link for 3 video clipping of the performance.