Melodious Veena
The Suswaralaya College of Music is serving the music world in many ways from 1999, under the able guidance of H S Sudhindra.
Apart from teaching, its publishing wing has caught the attention of musicians and organisers. Its publication of the "Directory of the Karnatik Musicians of Karnataka" has been very useful and popular.
The institution presents the "Swaralaya Shrunga" award to a senior musician in the annual music festival every year. This year's award was conferred on Vidwan T S Chandrashekar, senior percussionist, last week.
Sahana, who gave a veena recital in the festival last week is a disciple of M J Srinivasa Iyengar and has been guided by T N Seshagopalan and T V Gopalakrishnan also. She has completed her MA and PhD in music and is an 'A' grade artiste of Akashavani and has won prizes from the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, Nada Jyothi Ananya Prathibha Puraskara, etc.
Shanmukhapriya was the high spot of Sahana's current concert held jointly with Suswaralaya College of Music and Sri Rama Lalithakala Mandira. The Adi Thala Pallavi was spacious and appealed as much by the melody.
The impact was further buttressed by the ragamalika swaras in Valachi, Behag and Revathi. Earlier, she also presented ragas like Chakravaka and Kaapi. Varali was evocative as expected.
The bill of fare included - Tatwameruga, Bhavayami, a thillana and for a good measure the "Vaishnava Janatho" also. It was classical and with bright "meetu" throughout. Kotipalli Ramesh and G S Ramanujam gave a good support on the mridanga and the ghata, respectively.
Ankura dance festival
Karnataka Nritya Kala Parishath, the representative body of the state dancers, conducts the Ankura, the dance festival to encourage talented, young and budding dancers.
This year, artistes from different places like Belagavi, Sagara, Mysuru, Sirsi, Puttur, Mangaluru, apart from Bengaluru - were invited to perform and exhibit their talent. Though Bharathanatya dominated, there were Kuchipudi and Odissi recitals also.
Josephine Savitha, a student of Guru Bhanumathi, presented the inaugural programme of the festival on Monday. It was followed by a Bharathanatya recital by Vishakha Hegde from Belagavi.
She is a disciple of Rekha Hegde and has passed proficiency in dance and is learning music also. In the beginning she chose a composition each on Ganapathi and Devi (Kanjadalayathakshi). A varna in the raga Abheri stood out for its steady laya.
Aishwarya A Revankar, a student of Gopal Sagar, has completed her Rangapravesha and has won prizes too in a few competitions. "Durga Stuthi" was her opening piece and a popular vachana of Akkamahadevi "Helava Kenjadegalla" in ragamalike. The interesting thillana (Tiger Varadachar) in the raga Natabhairavi was on Rukmini Devi Arundale, which was performed with good a Abhinaya, and a pleasant smile.
Final programme of the day was a duet by Nagashree H L and Sanjana Gogate, students of Kripa Phadke, Mysuru. Both have passed the Vidwath examination in Bharathanatya and have completed the Rangapravesha also.
"Sannutanga Sri Chamundeswari" of Dr L Muthaiah Bhagavatar, suited the occasion. Crisp "Shollukattus" accounted for a dainty imagery which appeared ideal for the young and upcoming students. Then they sprang a surprise by selecting Tharanga, which is common in Kuchipudi, in which they showed their keen sense of Laya. Devotional "Govardhana Giridhare" - was their concluding piece.
These young students can reach great heights with continued training and their Abhinaya has to gain substance.
Tuneful rendering
Promising musician Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath gave a vocal recital under the joint auspices of the Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha and the Karnataka Ganakala Parishat, on Sunday.
She had the privilege of learning music under stalwarts like Seethalakshmi Venkatesan, P S Narayanaswamy and Vegavahini Vijayaraghavan. She is a recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and prizes from the Music Academy, Bangalore Gayana Samaja, Narada Gana Sabha, etc. Though a BioTech engineer Aishwarya has taken music as her profession.
Aditi Krishna Prakash on violin, B R Srinivas on mridanga and Narayana Murthy on ghata accompanied Aishwarya Vidya Raghunathan, in the current concert. She chose mainly 3 ragas for elaboration. Mayamalavagowla, Kamach and Shankarabharana - were proof of her good training and talent.
"Tulasidala" - revealed all the nuances known to the melody. Kamach was chaste and absorbing and "Seethapathe Na Manusana" with nerval (Premajuchi Na Pai) had a nostalgic fervour. "Neerajakshi" in Hindola was another good selection.
Her Shankarabharana was more convincing for its professional finesse and ardour. The evergreen krithi "Swararagasudha" was equally good. With her good voice and lively presentation, Aishwarya's music was appreciated by all those who were present.
The Suswaralaya College of Music is serving the music world in many ways from 1999, under the able guidance of H S Sudhindra.
Apart from teaching, its publishing wing has caught the attention of musicians and organisers. Its publication of the "Directory of the Karnatik Musicians of Karnataka" has been very useful and popular.
The institution presents the "Swaralaya Shrunga" award to a senior musician in the annual music festival every year. This year's award was conferred on Vidwan T S Chandrashekar, senior percussionist, last week.
Sahana, who gave a veena recital in the festival last week is a disciple of M J Srinivasa Iyengar and has been guided by T N Seshagopalan and T V Gopalakrishnan also. She has completed her MA and PhD in music and is an 'A' grade artiste of Akashavani and has won prizes from the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, Nada Jyothi Ananya Prathibha Puraskara, etc.
Shanmukhapriya was the high spot of Sahana's current concert held jointly with Suswaralaya College of Music and Sri Rama Lalithakala Mandira. The Adi Thala Pallavi was spacious and appealed as much by the melody.
The impact was further buttressed by the ragamalika swaras in Valachi, Behag and Revathi. Earlier, she also presented ragas like Chakravaka and Kaapi. Varali was evocative as expected.
The bill of fare included - Tatwameruga, Bhavayami, a thillana and for a good measure the "Vaishnava Janatho" also. It was classical and with bright "meetu" throughout. Kotipalli Ramesh and G S Ramanujam gave a good support on the mridanga and the ghata, respectively.
Ankura dance festival
Karnataka Nritya Kala Parishath, the representative body of the state dancers, conducts the Ankura, the dance festival to encourage talented, young and budding dancers.
This year, artistes from different places like Belagavi, Sagara, Mysuru, Sirsi, Puttur, Mangaluru, apart from Bengaluru - were invited to perform and exhibit their talent. Though Bharathanatya dominated, there were Kuchipudi and Odissi recitals also.
Josephine Savitha, a student of Guru Bhanumathi, presented the inaugural programme of the festival on Monday. It was followed by a Bharathanatya recital by Vishakha Hegde from Belagavi.
She is a disciple of Rekha Hegde and has passed proficiency in dance and is learning music also. In the beginning she chose a composition each on Ganapathi and Devi (Kanjadalayathakshi). A varna in the raga Abheri stood out for its steady laya.
Aishwarya A Revankar, a student of Gopal Sagar, has completed her Rangapravesha and has won prizes too in a few competitions. "Durga Stuthi" was her opening piece and a popular vachana of Akkamahadevi "Helava Kenjadegalla" in ragamalike. The interesting thillana (Tiger Varadachar) in the raga Natabhairavi was on Rukmini Devi Arundale, which was performed with good a Abhinaya, and a pleasant smile.
Final programme of the day was a duet by Nagashree H L and Sanjana Gogate, students of Kripa Phadke, Mysuru. Both have passed the Vidwath examination in Bharathanatya and have completed the Rangapravesha also.
"Sannutanga Sri Chamundeswari" of Dr L Muthaiah Bhagavatar, suited the occasion. Crisp "Shollukattus" accounted for a dainty imagery which appeared ideal for the young and upcoming students. Then they sprang a surprise by selecting Tharanga, which is common in Kuchipudi, in which they showed their keen sense of Laya. Devotional "Govardhana Giridhare" - was their concluding piece.
These young students can reach great heights with continued training and their Abhinaya has to gain substance.
Tuneful rendering
Promising musician Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath gave a vocal recital under the joint auspices of the Malleswaram Sangeetha Sabha and the Karnataka Ganakala Parishat, on Sunday.
She had the privilege of learning music under stalwarts like Seethalakshmi Venkatesan, P S Narayanaswamy and Vegavahini Vijayaraghavan. She is a recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and prizes from the Music Academy, Bangalore Gayana Samaja, Narada Gana Sabha, etc. Though a BioTech engineer Aishwarya has taken music as her profession.
Aditi Krishna Prakash on violin, B R Srinivas on mridanga and Narayana Murthy on ghata accompanied Aishwarya Vidya Raghunathan, in the current concert. She chose mainly 3 ragas for elaboration. Mayamalavagowla, Kamach and Shankarabharana - were proof of her good training and talent.
"Tulasidala" - revealed all the nuances known to the melody. Kamach was chaste and absorbing and "Seethapathe Na Manusana" with nerval (Premajuchi Na Pai) had a nostalgic fervour. "Neerajakshi" in Hindola was another good selection.
Her Shankarabharana was more convincing for its professional finesse and ardour. The evergreen krithi "Swararagasudha" was equally good. With her good voice and lively presentation, Aishwarya's music was appreciated by all those who were present.