Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of R. Shridhar in Naada Inbam’s Shri SVK Birthday Concerts series. The song list was as follows:

Vocal: R. Shridhar

Violin: Akkarai Swarnalatha

Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar

Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Luz, Mylapore

Sabha:  Naada Inbam, Chennai

List of songs:

1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O)

2) sarasIruhAsanapriyE – nATTai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer (OS)

3) tyAgarAjAya namastE – bEgaDA – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS)

4) anupama guNAmbudhi – aTANA – kanDa cApu – thyAgarAja

5) O ranga sAyi – kAmbOji – Adi – thyAgarAja (AST)

6) parulanna mATa (jAvaLi) – kApi -rUpakam – dharmapuri subbarAyar

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