Sangeetha Sandhya
Sapthak is serving the music field in many ways for the last eight years. Apart from organising Hindustani music concerts in Bengaluru regularly, it has also conducted programmes in far away places like Sirsi, Belagavi, Dharwad, Udupi, Honnavar etc. It presents scholarships and musical instruments to talented music students and felicitates senior artistes every year under the direction of G S Hegde.
Sapthak presented two Hindustani music concerts in the "Sangeetha Sandhya" series. First a thabala solo by Ojas Adhiya from Mumbai with harmonium lehara by Siddesh Bicholkar. Ojas Adhiya joined Kalyanji-Anandji at a tender age and later became "Ganda Bandhan Shaagird" (disciple) of Mridangrajji. He has performed both in and outside India with stalwarts and has entered Limca books as the youngest thabala player and has received the Paluskar Award, ITC Award etc. Ojas Adhiya opened with teen taal in vilambith laya in which he played pheskar, kayada and few ghaths. In druth laya he presented rala and chakradhar with amazing clarity that too in high speed. No doubt he has a very bright future.
A class apart
Bragha Bessell, a senior dancer gave a Bharathanatya recital last week, under the auspices of the Nadam. Bragha has been trained by seniors like Mangudi Durai Raj, P S Kunchitapadam Pillai and Adyar Lakshman. She completed her arangetram when she was just 13 years old and received a special training in Abhinaya from none other than Kalanidhi Narayanan. She is teaching at Kalakshetra from last few years and conducted a workshop in the City during the first week of May.
After a brief Virutham, Bragha Bessell chose the celebrated varna of Tanjore quartet "Manavi." It was a neat and beautiful portrayal balancing the aspects of Nritta and Abhinaya admirably. The Nritta was not lengthy but stood out for its dignity. The impact was further enhanced in the Abhinaya numbers. The Saveri pada and the Astapadi were enlivening with restrained but impressive Abhinaya. In the Kannada devaranama "Saddu Maadalu Bedavo", it was slightly dramatizing but without overdoing delineated convincingly. Overall, it was a class apart - especially the Abhinaya - was captivating. But the concluding item "Sakhiye Vinuma" was different with a slightly popular appeal.
No compliment is too high for the musicians - especially the vocalist, who lent excellent support to the dancer. Hariprasad's vocal was inspiring to the dancer and melodious to the connoisseurs. Sri Sudarshini (Natuvanga), Anil Kumar (mridanga) and Kalai Arasan on violin - fulfilled the needs of the occasion.
Old is gold
Veteran vocalist Pandith Indudhar Nirody is a 'A-Top' grade artiste of AIR and a visiting Professor of Karnatak University. He is a recipient of "Asthan Vidwan" from the State government and Annual Award of the Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Akademi.
Pandith Indudhar Nirody started with Rag Puriya Kalyan and gave a fairly spacious exposition - Madhyalay Ektaal Bandhis - "Ovana Laage Saanj" - subjected it to numerous melodic variations and druth Teen taal "Dhandhan Bhaag" - raising a tier by tier construction of the mode. It was followed by Rag Shankara with its natural contours.
His vocal once again proved that age (80) has not withered his spirits. Comparitively Khamaj was brief and it was uninhibited singing presented with deep involvement and brought out the old world flavour of the ragas. He was accompanied by Bhimashankar Bidanur on thabala and B Shreerama Bhat on harmonium.
Ananya music festival
Ghata Tarang, solo violin and vocal concerts were held in the annual music festival of the Ananya. Sukanya Ramgopal (percussion), Dr C A Sridhar (Musicology), Vighnaraja Sampagodu (vocal), Vrinda Acharya (vocal), B K Raghu (violin) and Bharadwaj Sathavalli (morching) - received the Ananya Annual Awards.
In the festival there was a vocal recital by Suchitra Holla of Puthur. She is a first rank holder in both proficiency exam and M Mus class and pursuing her PhD currently. 'Rakshamam Sharannagatham' gave Suchitra a good start and followed it with 'Sudhamayee Sudhanidhe' and 'Nee Kaladaya'.
A grand composition of Dikshitar 'Kumbheswaraya Namasthe" with alapana (Kalyani), nerval (Uthunga Kamaneeya Vrishabharohithaya) and swara - was moulded into an essay of aesthetic finesse. She sprang a surprise by her selection of an interesting Pallavi - Chatusra nade in first half and Khandanade in second half - of Chatusra Jhampe Thala. It was a fine example of her talent and good practice. The concert was a good effort by one who is evolving as a good vocalist. C N Tyagarajan on violin, P Srinivasa Murthy on mridanga and S N Narayana Murthy on ghata - accompanied with good understanding.
Sapthak is serving the music field in many ways for the last eight years. Apart from organising Hindustani music concerts in Bengaluru regularly, it has also conducted programmes in far away places like Sirsi, Belagavi, Dharwad, Udupi, Honnavar etc. It presents scholarships and musical instruments to talented music students and felicitates senior artistes every year under the direction of G S Hegde.
Sapthak presented two Hindustani music concerts in the "Sangeetha Sandhya" series. First a thabala solo by Ojas Adhiya from Mumbai with harmonium lehara by Siddesh Bicholkar. Ojas Adhiya joined Kalyanji-Anandji at a tender age and later became "Ganda Bandhan Shaagird" (disciple) of Mridangrajji. He has performed both in and outside India with stalwarts and has entered Limca books as the youngest thabala player and has received the Paluskar Award, ITC Award etc. Ojas Adhiya opened with teen taal in vilambith laya in which he played pheskar, kayada and few ghaths. In druth laya he presented rala and chakradhar with amazing clarity that too in high speed. No doubt he has a very bright future.
A class apart
Bragha Bessell, a senior dancer gave a Bharathanatya recital last week, under the auspices of the Nadam. Bragha has been trained by seniors like Mangudi Durai Raj, P S Kunchitapadam Pillai and Adyar Lakshman. She completed her arangetram when she was just 13 years old and received a special training in Abhinaya from none other than Kalanidhi Narayanan. She is teaching at Kalakshetra from last few years and conducted a workshop in the City during the first week of May.
After a brief Virutham, Bragha Bessell chose the celebrated varna of Tanjore quartet "Manavi." It was a neat and beautiful portrayal balancing the aspects of Nritta and Abhinaya admirably. The Nritta was not lengthy but stood out for its dignity. The impact was further enhanced in the Abhinaya numbers. The Saveri pada and the Astapadi were enlivening with restrained but impressive Abhinaya. In the Kannada devaranama "Saddu Maadalu Bedavo", it was slightly dramatizing but without overdoing delineated convincingly. Overall, it was a class apart - especially the Abhinaya - was captivating. But the concluding item "Sakhiye Vinuma" was different with a slightly popular appeal.
No compliment is too high for the musicians - especially the vocalist, who lent excellent support to the dancer. Hariprasad's vocal was inspiring to the dancer and melodious to the connoisseurs. Sri Sudarshini (Natuvanga), Anil Kumar (mridanga) and Kalai Arasan on violin - fulfilled the needs of the occasion.
Old is gold
Veteran vocalist Pandith Indudhar Nirody is a 'A-Top' grade artiste of AIR and a visiting Professor of Karnatak University. He is a recipient of "Asthan Vidwan" from the State government and Annual Award of the Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Akademi.
Pandith Indudhar Nirody started with Rag Puriya Kalyan and gave a fairly spacious exposition - Madhyalay Ektaal Bandhis - "Ovana Laage Saanj" - subjected it to numerous melodic variations and druth Teen taal "Dhandhan Bhaag" - raising a tier by tier construction of the mode. It was followed by Rag Shankara with its natural contours.
His vocal once again proved that age (80) has not withered his spirits. Comparitively Khamaj was brief and it was uninhibited singing presented with deep involvement and brought out the old world flavour of the ragas. He was accompanied by Bhimashankar Bidanur on thabala and B Shreerama Bhat on harmonium.
Ananya music festival
Ghata Tarang, solo violin and vocal concerts were held in the annual music festival of the Ananya. Sukanya Ramgopal (percussion), Dr C A Sridhar (Musicology), Vighnaraja Sampagodu (vocal), Vrinda Acharya (vocal), B K Raghu (violin) and Bharadwaj Sathavalli (morching) - received the Ananya Annual Awards.
In the festival there was a vocal recital by Suchitra Holla of Puthur. She is a first rank holder in both proficiency exam and M Mus class and pursuing her PhD currently. 'Rakshamam Sharannagatham' gave Suchitra a good start and followed it with 'Sudhamayee Sudhanidhe' and 'Nee Kaladaya'.
A grand composition of Dikshitar 'Kumbheswaraya Namasthe" with alapana (Kalyani), nerval (Uthunga Kamaneeya Vrishabharohithaya) and swara - was moulded into an essay of aesthetic finesse. She sprang a surprise by her selection of an interesting Pallavi - Chatusra nade in first half and Khandanade in second half - of Chatusra Jhampe Thala. It was a fine example of her talent and good practice. The concert was a good effort by one who is evolving as a good vocalist. C N Tyagarajan on violin, P Srinivasa Murthy on mridanga and S N Narayana Murthy on ghata - accompanied with good understanding.