Category: Carnatic Music

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan for Papanasam Sivan’s 125th birthday festival

    Sanjay Subrahmanyan for Papanasam Sivan’s 125th birthday festival

    Passionate singing to thunderous applause! Venue: Sadguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai Organizer: Papanasam Sivan Rasikar Sangam Vocal: Sanjay Subrahmanyan Vocal support: Swarna Rethas Violin: S. Varadarajan Mrudangam: Neyveli Venkatesh Khanjira: C.S. Venkataramanan List of songs: 1) nI inda mAyam (varNam) – dhanyAsi 2) gAnarasamuDan – bEgaDA (S) 3)…

  • Abhishek Raghuram at R.A. Puram, Chennai

    Abhishek Raghuram at R.A. Puram, Chennai

    Venue: Siddhi Buddhi Sametha Sri Karpaga Vinayakar Temple, R.A. Puram, Chennai Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram Violin: L. Ramakrishnan Mrudangam: Patri Satish Kumar List of songs: 1) gajAnanayutam – chakravaham (O) 2) gaNarAjEna – Arabhi (AS) 3) kari kaLAbha mukham – sAvEri (ANST) 4) shrI vAtApi – sahAnA (O) 5) angArakam –…

  • Sounds, Spaces and Singing

    Sounds, Spaces and Singing

    Here is part 6 of the series I am writing on the science behind music in “Saamagaana – The First Melody“, a monthly magazine on Indian Classical Music. The intent is to help readers understand a bit more about the science behind music and musical instruments and to enhance their…

  • Abhishek Raghuram at Bala Vinayakar Temple, Warren Road, Chennai

    Abhishek Raghuram at Bala Vinayakar Temple, Warren Road, Chennai

    Venue: Bala Vinayakar Temple, Warren Road, Mylapore, Chennai Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram Violin: Mysore Srikanth Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan List of songs: 1) giri rAja sutA – bangALA (O) 2) gaNarAjEna – Arabhi (AS) 3) vallabha nAyakasya – bEgaDA (ANS) 4) pAlintuvO – kAntAmaNi (S) 5) budhamAshrayAmi – nATTakurinji (N) 6)…

  • Abhishek Raghuram – Ambujam Krishna compositions concert

    Abhishek Raghuram – Ambujam Krishna compositions concert

    Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, Chennai Concert of Ambujam Krishna compositions  Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram Violin: Mysore Srikanth Mrudangam: Sumesh Narayanan Tabla: Anantha R. Krishnan List of songs: 1) kaNamum maravAdE – sAmA (A) 2) enna solli – kAnAdA (A) 3) ini Agilum – pUrvikalyANi (ANS) 4) tyAgarAja svAmI –…

  • Abhishek Raghuram at Kalakshetra, Chennai

    Abhishek Raghuram at Kalakshetra, Chennai

    Venue: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra, Chennai Organizer: Kalakshetra and Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram Violin: Mysore Srikanth Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan List of songs: 1) unnai anRi (varNam) – kalyANi (A) 2) sAmikki sari – kEdAragauLa (S) 3) jaya jaya padmanAbha – sarasAngI (S) 4) dEvi brOva – cintAmaNi (AS)…

  • Not so sound

    Not so sound

    Here is part 5 of the series I am writing on the science behind music in “Saamagaana – The First Melody“, a monthly magazine on Indian Classical Music. The intent is to help readers understand a bit more about the science behind music and musical instruments and to enhance their…

  • Palakkad Sreeram, Shertalai Sivakumar and Anantha R. Krishnan for Musiri Chamber Concerts

    Palakkad Sreeram, Shertalai Sivakumar and Anantha R. Krishnan for Musiri Chamber Concerts

    Venue: Musiri House, Mylapore, Chennai Organizer: Musiri Chamber Concerts Vocal: Palakkad Sreeram Violin: Shertalai Sivakumar Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan The multi-talented Palakkad Sreeram switched effortlessly between vocal, keyboard  and flute. He sang and played so well! Shertalai Sivakumar was very good on the violin. Anantha R. Krishnan was a class…

  • The how and why of microphones

    The how and why of microphones

    Here is part 4 of the series I am writing on the science behind music in “Saamagaana – The First Melody“, a monthly magazine on Indian Classical Music. The intent is to help readers understand a bit more about the science behind music and musical instruments and to enhance their…

  • Strings Attached

    Strings Attached

    Here is part 3 of the series I am writing on the science behind music in “Saamagaana – The First Melody“, a monthly magazine on Indian Classical Music. The intent is to help readers understand a bit more about the science behind music and musical instruments and to enhance their…

  • The sound of strings

    The sound of strings

    Here is part 2 of the series I am writing on the science behind music in “Saamagaana – The First Melody“, a monthly magazine on Indian Classical Music. The intent is to help readers understand a bit more about the science behind music and musical instruments and to enhance their…

  • Concert with Mambalam Sisters for Dikshitar Akhandam

    Concert with Mambalam Sisters for Dikshitar Akhandam

    I played mrudangam for the concert of Mambalam Sisters at the Dikshitar Akhandam. Song list and other details are given below. Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, RK Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai Organizer: Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Theme: Dikshitar Akhandam Vocal: Mambalam Sisters (Vijayalakshmi and Chithra) Violin: Dr. R. Hemalatha Mrudangam:…

  • T.M. Krishna at BSV Trust’s Dikshitar Akhandam

    T.M. Krishna at BSV Trust’s Dikshitar Akhandam

    Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, RK Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai Organizer: Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Theme: Dikshitar Akhandam Vocal: T.M. Krishna Violin: R.K. Shriramkumar Mrudangam: K. Arunprakash List of songs: 1) mangaLadEvatE – mArgadEshi (A) 2) sAmi ninnE kOri (varNam) – shrIranjani (AN) 3) shrI valmIkalingam – kAmbOji (AN) 4)…

  • Seetha Rajan and students at Dikshitar Akhandam

    Seetha Rajan and students at Dikshitar Akhandam

    Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, RK Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai Organizer: Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Theme: Dikshitar Akhandam Vocal: Seetha Rajan and students Violin: M. Rajeev Mrudangam: Patri Satish Kumar List of songs: 1) tyAgarAja pAlayAshumAm – gauLa 2) tyAgarAja madhvajArOha – shrI 3) tyAgarAjO virAjatE – aTANA 4) tyAgarAjam…

  • Abhishek – A day with Thyagaraja

    Abhishek – A day with Thyagaraja

    Brilliant concert by Abhishek and team! Anantha’s mridangam simply sang along. It was such great accompaniment! Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai Organizer: Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Theme: A day with Thyagaraja Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram Violin: B.U. Ganesh Prasad Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan List of songs: 1) girirAja sutA – bangALA…