Concert by young artistes
Kudos to the Bangalore Gayana Samaja for conducting a music festival exclusively by young musicians. About 25 young artistes performed with gay abandon, proving their mettle.
One such musician is Shilpa Shashidharan, an engineering graduate, who was initiated to music by Meenakshi, continued with Chintalapalli Ramesh and is receiving advanced training from Dr T S Satyavathi, senior musician and a reputed scholar. She has passed proficiency examination with distinction and won prizes in several competitions. The celebrated Kambodhi varna gave Shilpa a fine start, followed by 'Sri Muladhara Chakra' of Dikshitar.
The brief swara for 'Ikanannu Brovarada' of Patnam Subramanya Iyer attracted with good phrases. She sang Varali, the evocative raga, with good feeling and chose 'Yeti Janma Midi' of Saint Tyagaraja with nerval (Sagara Shayanuni Tyagaraja) and received appealing airing.
Shilpa's choice of 'Vanajaksha' of Mysore Sadashiva Rao in Gambheeranata, was a welcome change from the routine compositions. Continuing the tradition of choosing the Pallavi in the same raga of varna, however, Shilpa sang Pallavi in Kambodhi only. A detailed alapana was followed with a brisk Thana and Pallavi set to Misra Thriputa Thala. But she jumped to the ragamalika swara a little earlier. An an elaborate swara in the main raga (Kambodhi) before shifting to ragamalika, could have been made the performance wholesome.
Anyhow, the swara in Amrithavarshini, Bhouli and Kannada was pleasing. A lesser known devaranama (Anya Vaidyara Nanariye) and a thillana in Hameer Kalyani, in the end, were also welcomed by the connoisseurs. Sindhu Chethan on violin, Sudarshan Chakravarthi on mridanga and A. Vinod Shyam on Khanjari responded well throughout the performance.
Experienced dancer
Curtains came down on this year's H Narasimhaiah Memorial Cultural Festival held last Sunday under the aegis of the Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat, with a dance recital.
Chithra Chandrashekhar Dasarathy presented a Bharathanatya solo. Chithra, daughter and disciple of illustrious guru Padmabhushan C V Chandrasekhar, is an experienced seasoned dancer, teacher and choreographer.
She is a post-graduate in both dance and Sanskrit and has also practised Karnatic, Hindustani and Rabindra Sangeet. She has performed in many countries including USA, Japan, Riyadh and Singapore. She has choreographed many dance dramas like Geeta Govinda, Utsava, Panchatantra, Samvada, Chandrodaya. Chithra opened her programme with a meaningful Mangala Sloka from 'Neethi Shathaka' of Bhartruhari.
The Dhanyasi varna 'Nee Indu' was performed with gait and aplomb. This varna of Papanasham Shivan seems to have tremendous potential for elaboration and detailed treatment and showed her in fine fettle. There was precision in laya, which also carried conviction. An Akkamahadevi Vachana 'Gaganada Gumpa' (raga Charukeshi) was a pleasant surprise, although there was less scope for 'Sanchari' in it.
'Nathahare' Astapadi from Geetha Govinda brought out her Abhinaya skill effectively. The subtle expressive feel was evident throughout. Chithra concluded with a fine Thillana in the raga Simhendramadyama (C V Chandrasekhar's). Vocalist Srivathsa gave a competent support while Jayanthi (Natuvanga), S.V. Balakrishna (Mridanga) and Dayakar (Violin) accompanied Chithra with good understanding.
Kudos to the Bangalore Gayana Samaja for conducting a music festival exclusively by young musicians. About 25 young artistes performed with gay abandon, proving their mettle.
One such musician is Shilpa Shashidharan, an engineering graduate, who was initiated to music by Meenakshi, continued with Chintalapalli Ramesh and is receiving advanced training from Dr T S Satyavathi, senior musician and a reputed scholar. She has passed proficiency examination with distinction and won prizes in several competitions. The celebrated Kambodhi varna gave Shilpa a fine start, followed by 'Sri Muladhara Chakra' of Dikshitar.
The brief swara for 'Ikanannu Brovarada' of Patnam Subramanya Iyer attracted with good phrases. She sang Varali, the evocative raga, with good feeling and chose 'Yeti Janma Midi' of Saint Tyagaraja with nerval (Sagara Shayanuni Tyagaraja) and received appealing airing.
Shilpa's choice of 'Vanajaksha' of Mysore Sadashiva Rao in Gambheeranata, was a welcome change from the routine compositions. Continuing the tradition of choosing the Pallavi in the same raga of varna, however, Shilpa sang Pallavi in Kambodhi only. A detailed alapana was followed with a brisk Thana and Pallavi set to Misra Thriputa Thala. But she jumped to the ragamalika swara a little earlier. An an elaborate swara in the main raga (Kambodhi) before shifting to ragamalika, could have been made the performance wholesome.
Anyhow, the swara in Amrithavarshini, Bhouli and Kannada was pleasing. A lesser known devaranama (Anya Vaidyara Nanariye) and a thillana in Hameer Kalyani, in the end, were also welcomed by the connoisseurs. Sindhu Chethan on violin, Sudarshan Chakravarthi on mridanga and A. Vinod Shyam on Khanjari responded well throughout the performance.
Experienced dancer
Curtains came down on this year's H Narasimhaiah Memorial Cultural Festival held last Sunday under the aegis of the Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat, with a dance recital.
Chithra Chandrashekhar Dasarathy presented a Bharathanatya solo. Chithra, daughter and disciple of illustrious guru Padmabhushan C V Chandrasekhar, is an experienced seasoned dancer, teacher and choreographer.
She is a post-graduate in both dance and Sanskrit and has also practised Karnatic, Hindustani and Rabindra Sangeet. She has performed in many countries including USA, Japan, Riyadh and Singapore. She has choreographed many dance dramas like Geeta Govinda, Utsava, Panchatantra, Samvada, Chandrodaya. Chithra opened her programme with a meaningful Mangala Sloka from 'Neethi Shathaka' of Bhartruhari.
The Dhanyasi varna 'Nee Indu' was performed with gait and aplomb. This varna of Papanasham Shivan seems to have tremendous potential for elaboration and detailed treatment and showed her in fine fettle. There was precision in laya, which also carried conviction. An Akkamahadevi Vachana 'Gaganada Gumpa' (raga Charukeshi) was a pleasant surprise, although there was less scope for 'Sanchari' in it.
'Nathahare' Astapadi from Geetha Govinda brought out her Abhinaya skill effectively. The subtle expressive feel was evident throughout. Chithra concluded with a fine Thillana in the raga Simhendramadyama (C V Chandrasekhar's). Vocalist Srivathsa gave a competent support while Jayanthi (Natuvanga), S.V. Balakrishna (Mridanga) and Dayakar (Violin) accompanied Chithra with good understanding.