Book: Voice of the Veena – S Balachander by Vikram Sampath

“Voice of the Veena – S. Balachander, A biography”, by Vikram Sampath, Rain Tree (Rupa Publications), 2012

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S. Balachander, best known to many of us as a veena maestro, was very different from the musicians one usually comes across. He was much more than just a great vainika. A man with strong convictions, he stood up for what he believed was the truth, even if this meant he was standing alone against the rest of the world. He was often at odds with others and consequently, his was a life mired in controversies.

It is surprising to note that despite his monumental contributions to multiple fields, many of which he was self-taught in, and despite of his work having inspired so many people, not much has been written about him yet. It is as though many conveniently choose to forget/ ignore him and his contributions. Vikram Sampath’s latest book, the biography of this multi-faceted maverick genius, is thus a very welcome one.

It is not an easy task to write the biography of someone like Balachander and Vikram seems to have done a commendable job. He has tried his best to look at things impartially without seeming to get too much emotionally entangled with the subject. Sufficient details have been provided about the different things Balachander tried his hands at (carnatic percussion, sitar, cinema, veena etc) and about his key contributions to these, especially to the art of veena playing. Balachander’s mercurial rise in a field which was, at that time, dominated by very talented vocalists, his contributions towards making carnatic music internationally popular, his open mindedness at absorbing goodness irrespective of where it came from, his contribution to veena playing (including the changes he brought in to both the instrument as well as the  to the style of playing), his tussle with the establishment and his involvement in controversies (including the Swati Tirunal one) are very well documented. The book also provides a beautiful summary of the changes that both Carnatic music and the environment in which it existed underwent over the years.

I would recommend this book as a must read for anyone involved with art music just for the collection of Balachander’s thoughts gleaned from his dairy/ album entries and his speeches, if not for anything else.

Padma Awards for Musicians

Padma Awards for 2012 have been announced and the following are the Indian Classical musicians who have been honored with the same:

Padma Bhushan:

• Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan (Carnatic – Violin)
• Shri T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Carnatic – Vocal & Mrudangam)
• Pt. Buddhadev Das Gupta (Hindustani – Sarod)

Padma Shri:

• Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar (Hindustani – Vocal)
• Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (Hindustani – Sitar)
• Gundecha Brothers (Hindustani – Vocal)
• Shri Anup Jalota (Vocal)

 

The complete list of awardees is as follows (Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881 )

 

Padma Vibhushan

 

SlNo.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
1.	Shri K GSubramanyan	Art-Painting & Sculpture	West Bengal
2.	Late Shri Mario De Miranda	Art-Cartoonist	Goa*
3.	Late (Dr.)BhupenHazarika	Art- Vocal Music	Assam*
4.	Dr. KantilalHastimal Sancheti	Medicine – Orthopedics	Maharashtra
5.	Shri T VRajeswar	Civil Service	Delhi

Padma Bhushan

 

SlNo.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
	Smt. Shabana Azmi	Art – Cinema	Maharashtra
	Shri KhaledChoudhury	Art – Theatre	West Bengal
	Shri Jatin Das	Art – Painting	Delhi
	Pandit BuddhadevDas Gupta	Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod	West Bengal
	Shri DharmendraSingh Deol aliasDharmendra	Art – Cinema	Maharashtra
	Dr. TrippunithwraViswanathanGopalkrishnan	Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music	Tamil Nadu
	Ms. Mira Nair	Art – Cinema	Delhi
	Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan	Art – Instrumental Music-Violin	Tamil Nadu
	Shri Anish Kapoor	Art – Sculpture	UK*
	Shri Satya NarayanGoenka	Social Work	Maharashtra
	Dr. (Judge) PatibandlaChandrasekhar Rao	Public Affairs	Germany*
	Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo	Public Affairs	Singapore*
	Prof. ShashikumarChitre	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
	Dr. M S Raghunathan	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
	Shri SubbiahMurugappa Vellayan	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
	Shri BalasubramanianMuthuraman	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
	Dr. Suresh H. Advani	Medicine – Oncology	Maharashtra
	Dr. Noshir H Wadia	Medicine-Neurology	Maharashtra
	Dr. Devi PrasadShetty	Medicine-Cardiology	Karnataka
	Prof. (Dr.) ShantaramBalwant Mujumdar	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
	Prof. Vidya Dehejia	Literature and Education	USA*
	Prof. ArvindPanagariya	Literature and Education	USA*
	Dr. Jose Pereira	Literature and Education	USA*
	Dr. Homi K. Bhabha	Literature and Education	UK *
	Shri N Vittal	Civil Service	Kerala
	Shri Mata Prasad	Civil Service	Uttar Pradesh
	Shri Ronen Sen	Civil Service	West Bengal

Padma Shri

SlNo.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
	Shri Vanraj Bhatia	Art – Music	Maharashtra
	Shri Zia FariduddinDagar	Art – Music – vocal	Maharashtra
	Smt. NameirakpamIbemni Devi	Art – Music-Khongjom Parba	Manipur
	Shri RamachandraSubraya Hegde Chittani	Art - Yakshaganadance drama	Karnataka
	Shri Moti Lal Kemmu	Art – Playwright	Jammu and Kashmir
	Shri Shahid ParvezKhan	Art – Instrumental Music-Sitar	Maharashtra
	Shri Mohan LalKumhar	Art – Terracotta	Rajasthan
	Shri Sakar KhanManganiar	Art – Rajasthani Folk Music	Rajasthan
	Smt. Joy Michael	Art – Theatre	Delhi
	Dr. Minati Mishra	Art – Indian Classical Dance-Odissi.	Orissa
	Shri NatesanMuthuswamy	Art – Theatre.	Tamil Nadu
	Smt. R.Nagarathnamma	Art – Theatre	Karnataka
	Shri KalamandalmSivan Nambootiri	Art – Indian Classical Dance-Kutiyattam	Kerala
	Smt. YamunabaiWaikar	Art – Indian Folk Music-Lavani.	Maharashtra
	Shri Satish Alekar	Art – Playwright	Maharashtra
	Pandit Gopal PrasadDubey	Art – Chhau dance and choreography	Jharkhand
	Shri RamakantGundecha #	Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal	Madhya Pradesh
	Shri UmakantGundecha #	Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal	Madhya Pradesh
	Shri Anup Jalota	Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal	Maharashtra
	Shri Soman NairPriyadarsan	Art – Cinema- Direction	Kerala
	Shri Sunil Janah	Art-Photography	Assam
	Ms. Laila Tyebji	Art-Handicrafts	Delhi
	Shri Vijay Sharma	Art-Painting	Himachal Pradesh
	Smt. ShamshadBegum	Social Work	Chattisgarh
	Smt. Reeta Devi	Social Work	Delhi
	Dr. P.K. Gopal	Social Work	Tamil Nadu
	Smt. Phoolbasan BaiYadav	Social Work	Chattisgarh
	Dr. G. Muniratnam	Social Work	Andhra Pradesh
	Shri NiranjanPranshankar Pandya	Social Work	Maharashtra
	Dr. Uma Tuli	Social Work	Delhi
	Shri Sat Paul Varma	Social Work	Jammu and Kashmir
	Smt.Binny Yanga	Social Work	Arunachal Pradesh
	Shri Yezdi HirjiMalegam	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
	Shri Pravin H. Parekh	Pubic Affairs	Delhi
	Dr. V. Adimurthy	Science and Engineering	Kerala
	Dr. Krishna LalChadha	Science and Engineering – Agriculture	Delhi
	Prof. Virander SinghChauhan	Science and Engineering	Delhi
	Prof. RameshwarNath Koul Bamezai	Science and Engineering	Jammu and Kashmir
	Dr. Vijaypal Singh	Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research	Uttar Pradesh
	Dr. Lokesh KumarSinghal	Science and Engineering	Punjab
	Dr. YagnaswamiSundara Rajan	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
	Prof. Jagadish Shukla	Science and Engineering	USA*
	Ms. Priya Paul	Trade and Industry	Delhi
	Shri Shoji Shiba	Trade and Industry	Japan*
	Shri Gopinath Pillai	Trade and Industry	Singapore*
	Shri Arun HastimalFirodia	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
	Dr. Swati A. Piramal	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
	Prof. Mahdi Hasan	Medicine-Anatomy	Uttar Pradesh
	Dr. ViswanathanMohan	Medicine – Diabetology	Tamil Nadu
	Dr. J. HareendranNair	Medicine – Ayurveda	Kerala
	Dr. VallalarpuramSennimalai Natarajan	Medicine – Geriatrics	Tamil Nadu
	Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh	Medicine – Oncology	Bihar
	Dr. Shrinivas S.Vaishya	Medicine-Healthcare	Daman and Diu
	Dr. Nitya Anand	Medicine – Drugs Research	Uttar Pradesh
	Late Dr. JugalKishore	Medicine – Homoeopathy	Delhi *
	Dr. Mukesh Batra	Medicine-Homeopathy	Maharashtra
	Dr. Eberhard Fischer	Literature and Education	Switzerland*
	Shri Kedar Gurung	Literature and Education	Sikkim
	Shri Surjit Singh Patar	Literature and Education – Poetry	Punjab
	Shri Vijay DuttShridhar	Literature and Education – Journalism	Madhya Pradesh
	Shri Irwin Allan Sealy	Literature and Education	Uttarakhand
	Ms. GeetaDharmarajan	Literature and Education	Delhi
	Prof. SachchidanandSahai	Literature and Education	Haryana
	Smt. Pepita Seth	Literature and Education	Kerala
	Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia	Literature and Education	Mizoram
	Shri Ajeet Bajaj	Sports – Skiing	Delhi
	Smt. Jhulan Goswami	Sports – Women’s Cricket	West Bengal
	Shri Zafar Iqbal	Sports-Hockey	Uttar Pradesh
	Shri Devendra Jhajrija	Sports – Athletics- Paralympics	Rajasthan
	Shri Limba Ram	Sports – Archery	Rajasthan
	Shri Syed MohammedArif	Sports – Badminton	Andhra Pradesh
	Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi	Sports- Commentary	Delhi
	Shri PrabhakarVaidya	Sports-Physical Education	Maharashtra
	Shri T. VenkatapathiReddiar	Others-Horticulture	Puducherry
	Dr. K. (Kota) UllasKaranth	Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection	Karnataka
	Shri K Paddayya	Others-Archaeology	Maharashtra
	Shri Swapan Guha	Others-Ceramics	Rajasthan
	Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai	Others – Environmental Education	Gujarat

 

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

# indicates duo case.

Concert with Sangeetha Ayyar for Ambalam & Rasayana

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Sangeetha Ayyar. The concert was organized by Ambalam & Rasayana. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Sangeetha Ayyar

Violin: V.L. Kumar

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Ambalam, Yamuna Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai

Sabha:  Ambalam & Rasayana

 

List of songs:

1) mAtru dEvO bhava (varNam) – nAgasvarAvaLi – Adi – mOhan ayyar 

2) shrI mahAgaNapatE – AbhOgi – kanDa cApu – n.s. rAmacandran (OS)

3) aTukArAdani – manOranjani – Adi – tyAgarAjA

4) vishAlAkshIm – kAshirAmakriyA – misra chApu – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANS)

5) vipancyA gAyanti (viruttam) – sahAnA

shrI kamalAmbikAyAm – sahAnA – tisra tripuTa – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

6) nI pAdamE gati – naLinakAnti – rUpakam – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam

7) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kIravANi – kanDa tripuTa (2 kaLai) (T)

   pallavi wordings: “gOvindA gOpAlA jagannAthA, harE krishnA hari”

   eDuppu: 4 akSaram after samam, arudi: 14 akSaram 

8 )  yA kundEndu (viruttam) – bhImpLAs

    veLLai tAmarai – bhImpLAs – Adi – subramaNya bhArati

9) jAgO bansivAlE – lalit – Adi – mIrAbAi (O)

10) dhIm tadaratAni (tillAnA) – rAkEshrI – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman 

11) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with R. Raghavendra for Sriranjani

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of R. Raghavendra. The concert was organized by Sriranjani. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  R. Raghavendra

Violin: R. Rahul

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Swamy’s Hall, Mandaveli, Chennai

Sabha:  Sriranjani

 

List of songs:

1) sarasUDa (varNam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkaTrAma iyer (O)

2) dinamaNi vamsha – harikAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja (OS)

3) nE pogaDakunTE – varALi – kanDa cApu – tyAgarAja (ANS)

4) gAnarasamuDan nin – bEgaDa – rUpakam – pApanAsam sivan (A)

5) pAlincu kAmAkSi – madhyamAvati – Adi – shyAma sAstri (ANST)

6) ezhiluDai hamsanAdam – hamsanAdam – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer (O)

7) tOm tanana dirana (tillAnA) – hamsAnandi – Adi – srImushnam rAjA rAo

 

 

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Karthik Narayanan for Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Karthik Narayanan. The concert was organized by Nungambakkam Cultural Academy, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Karthik Narayanan

Violin: Ravi Srinivasan

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Ramarao Kala Mantap, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar, Chennai

Sabha:  Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

 

List of songs:

1) jaya jaya – nATTai – kanDa cApu – purandaradAsa (OS)

2) durmArga carAdamulanu – ranjani – rUpakam – tyAgarAja (A)

3) mahAlakSmI jaganmAtA – shankarAbharaNam – misra cApu – pApanAsam sivan (ANST)

4) karAravindEna padAravindam (shLokam) – rAgamAlikA

gOvardhana giridhAra – darbAri kAnaDA – Adi – nArAyaNa tIrtha

5) mAlAsai kObam (tiruppugazh) – mAND – Adi – aruNagirinAthar

 

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Mumbai G. Shilpa for Art Festival, Triplicane

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Mumbai G. Shilpa. The concert was organized by Art Festival Triplicane. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Mumbai G. Shilpa

Violin: C.N. Srinivasamurthy

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  NKT Muthu Hall, Triplicane, Chennai

Festival:  Art Festival, Triplicane

 

List of songs:

1) entO prEmatOnu (varNam) – bahudAri – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman

2) gajavadanA karuNA – shrIranjani – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (S)

3) mrudu bhAshiNi – amrutavarshiNi – rUpakam – mangaLam gaNapati (AS)

4) parAmukham ElarA – suruTTi – Adi – tyAgarAja

5) shrI krishnam – tODi – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANST)

6) mAzE manOrath (abhang) – shubhapantuvarALi – catusra Eka – nAmdEv

7) shrInivAsa tiru – hamsAnandi – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

8 ) eruvAi karuvAi (tiruppugazh) – behAg – Adi – aruNagirinAthar

9) taka dhIm ta dhIm (tillAnA) – dEsh – Adi – lAlguDi jayarAman

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Rahul Narayan for Brahma Gana Sabha

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Rahul Narayan. The concert was organized by Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Rahul Narayan

Violin: Vittal Rangan

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, MCTM School, Luz Church Road, Alwarpet, Chennai

Sabha:  Brahma Gana Sabha

 

List of songs:

1) ninnE bhajana – nATTai – Adi – tyAgarAja (OS)

2) mA ramaNan – hindOLam – rUpakam – pApanAsam sivan

3) taNigai vaLar – tODi – kanDa cApu – pApanAsam sivan (ANS)

4) dEvi brOva samayamidE – cintAmaNi – Adi – shyAma sAstri

5) svara rAga sudhA – shankarAbharaNam – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)

6) kanDEnA gOvindanA – candrakauns – Adi – purandaradAsa

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Deekshita Venkataraman for Sri Kapali Fine Arts

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Deekshita Venkataraman. The concert was organized by Sri Kapali Fine Arts, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Deekshita Venkataraman

Violin: Shradha Ravindran

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  Sri Kapali Fine Arts

 

List of songs:

 

1) viribONi (varNam) – bhairavi – kanDa aTa – pachimiriyam adiyappA

2) gaNanAdanE – sArangA – Adi – periasAmi thUran (OS)

3) nI pAdamE gati – naLinakAnti – rUpakam – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam (AS)

4) saundara rAjam – brindAvana sArangA – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar

5) pArvati ninnu nE – kalgaDa – Adi (tisra gati) – shyAma sAstri

6) ETi janma – varALi – misra cApu – tyAgarAja (ANST)

7) dinam hanumanai – bhImpLAs – Adi – madurai g.s. maNi

8 ) Ayiram Ayiram – cArukEsi – Adi – nIlA rAmamUrti

9) rAmanai bhajithAl – mAND – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

10) taka dhIm ta dhIm (tillAnA) – dEsh – Adi – lAlguDi jayarAman

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Karthik Narayanan for Sri Kapali Fine Arts

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Karthik Narayanan. The concert was organized by Sri Kapali Fine Arts, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Karthik Narayanan

Violin: Chidambaram Badrinath

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  Sri Kapali Fine Arts

 

List of songs:

1) vallabha nAyakasya – bEgaDA – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (OS)

2) rArA mAyiNTi – asAvEri – Adi – tyAgarAja (O)

3) ninnu vinAga mari – pUrvikalyANi – misra cApu – shyAmA sAstri (A)

4) mAl marugA murugA – vanaspati – Adi – d. paTTammAL

5) O rangashAyi – kAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)

6) tunbam nErgayil – dEsh  – Adi  – bhAratidAsan (O)

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Aravind Sundararajan for Naada Inbam

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Aravind Sundararajan. The concert was organized by Naada Inbam, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Aravind Sundararajan

Violin: Ravi Srinivasan

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Ragasudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  Naada Inbam

 

List of songs:

1) viribONi (varNam) – bhairavi – kanDa aTa – pachimiriyam adiyappA (O)

2) sakala lOka nAyikE – Arabhi – Adi – UthukkADu venkaTa subbaiyer (O)

3) ninnE nammitinayyA – simhEndra madhyamam – misra cApu – mysore vAsudEvAcAr (ANS)

4) Ela teliyalErO – darbAr – misra cApu – tyAgarAjA (A)

5) EdayyA gati – calanATTai – Adi – kOTIshvara iyer

6) dakSiNAmUrttE – shankarAbharaNam – misra jampa – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANST)

7) oyyAra naDayuDan – dEsh – Adi – padmA vIrarAghavan (O)

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Brinda Manickavasakan for MFAC

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Brinda Manickavasakan. The concert was organized by The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Brinda Manickavasakan

Violin: Akkarai Sornalatha

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  MFAC Hall, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  The Mylapore Fine Arts Club (MFAC)

 

List of songs:

1) sendil vAzh murugayyA (varnam) – hamIrkalyANi – Adi – t.r. subramaNiam (O)

2) shyAma sundarAnga – dhanyAsi – rUpakam – tyAgarAja (AS)

3) cittam irangAdEnayyA – sahAnA – misra cApu – pApanAsam sivan (A)

4) ninnu nEra – dEvamanOhari – Adi – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (O)

5) mInAkSI mEmudam dEhi – gamakakriyA – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANST)

6) pADum tiran ellAm – dEsh – Adi – ?? (O)

7) adala sEdanArADa (tiruppugazh) – rAgamAlikA – tisra Ekam + kanDa cApu – aruNagirinAthar

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with S.R. Mytreyi for Kartik Fine Arts

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of S.R. Mytreyi. The concert was organized by Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  S.R. Mytreyi

Violin: Jayanthi Keshav

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  Kartik Fine Arts

 

List of songs:

1) mAl marugan (varnam) – hindOLam – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer (O)

2) shrI vighnarAjam bhajE – gambhIranATTai – kanDa cApu – UthukkADu venkaTa subbaiyer (OS)

3) evaru manaku – dEvagAndhAri – Adi – tyAgarAjA

4) kAshI visAlAkSIm – gamakakriyA – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANS)

5) vara rAga laya – cencukAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja

6) jananI mAmava – bhairavi – misra cApu – svAti tiruNAL (ANST)

7) ARiru taDantOL vAzhga (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA

     pUnguyil kUvum – kApi – Adi – kalki krishnamUrti

8 ) iTu sAhasamulu – saindhavi – Adi – svAti tiruNAL

9) kaNNaniDam eDuttu – rAgamAlikA – Adi – ambujam krishnA

10) ta dirana tana dirana (tillana) – Anandabhairavi – kanDa cApu – tanjavUr shankara iyer

11) tuLLu mada vETkai (tiruppugazh) – hamsAnandi – Adi – aruNagirinAthar

12) karpagamE – madhyamAvati – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Niranjana Srinivasan for Musicians Academy of Fine Arts

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of  Smt. Niranjana Srinivasan. The concert was organized by Musicians Academy of Fine Arts, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Smt. Niranjana Srinivasan

Violin: Shri K.J. Dileep

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Kesava Perumal Temple, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha:  Musicians Academy of Fine Arts

List of songs:

1) innum en manam (varNam) – cArukEsi – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman (O)

2) nI dayarAdA – vasantabhairavi – rUpakam – tyAgarAja

3) tuNai purindaruL – suddha hindOLam (varamu) – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (AS)

4) mangAmbudhi hanumantA – dharmavati – Adi – annamAcAryA (A)

5) thUmaNi mADathu – hamIrkalyANi – Adi – ANDAL (O)

6) Om namO nArAyaNA – karnaranjani – kanDa cApu – ambujam krishnA (O)

7) rAmA rAmA – vasantA – Adi (tisra gati) – purandaradAsa

8 ) nArAyaNa divya nAmam – mOhanam – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (ANST)

9) AlamAmarathin ilai mEl (viruttam) – dEsh

    varuvAi varuvAi – dEsh – Adi – subramaNya bhArati

10) sumandu mAmalar (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA – nammAzhvAr

      Ezhumalai mEvum – sumanEsa ranjani – Adi – sAttUr karpagam

11) tAm tAm tAm (tillAnA) – khamAs – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer

12) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Vidya Subramanian for Narada Gana Sabha

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of  Smt. Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Smt. Vidya Subramanian

Violin: Shri S.P. Ananthapadmanabha

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai

Sabha:  Narada Gana Sabha

 

List of songs:

1) taruNi ninnu (varNam) – kAmbOji – Adi – fiDDle ponnusvAmi piLLai (O)

2) shrI nArada nAda – kAnaDA – rUpakam – tyAgarAja (OS)

3) piravA varam tArum – latAngi – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (A)

4) rAmA kathA sudhA – madhyamAvati – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)

5) EdayyA gati – calanATTai – Adi – kOTIsvara iyer  

6) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kAmbOji – kaNDa tripuTa (2 kaLai) 

pallavi wordings: “ta ta dhi mi   ta dhi mi    dhi mi  enrADum, kanaka sabEshanE”

eDuppu: 2 akSarams before samam, arudi: 10 akSarams

7) Adau rAma tapOvanAdi gamanam (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA

  jAnakI ramaNa – kApi – Adi – vAnamAmalai jeeyar

8 ) tillAnA – cencuruTTi – Adi (tisra gati) – lAlguDi g. jayarAman (O)

9) mangaLam jaya mangaLam (mangaLam) – vasantA – Adi – ambi dIkSitar

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)

Concert with Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha for BVB

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of  Smt. Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha. The concert was organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai. The song list was as follows:

 

Vocal:  Smt. Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha

Violin: Shri Kovai Chandran

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai

Sabha: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

 

List of songs:

1) inta mODi (varNam) – sArangA – Adi – tiruvaTriyUr tyAgayyar (O)

2) rAga sudhA rasa – AndOlikA – Adi – tyAgarAja (S)

3) nI pAdamE gati – naLinakAnti – rUpakam – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam (A)

4) svAgatam krishnA – mOhanam – Adi (tisra gati) – UthukADu venkaTa subbaiyer (O)

5) pArvati nAyakanE – shanmukhapriyA – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (ANST)

6) kurai onrum illai – rAgamAlikA – Adi – c.rAjagOpAlachAri

7) tillAnA – dhanashrI – Adi – svAti tiruNAL (O)

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)