Dr.Vasumathi Badrinathan

[satyabalu]

* wish to share what I have read about her talent in Music Dance &being a writer...
*Recently she gave a scholarly &enjoyable recital during Vivadi festival in Chennai-NGS.

As an artiste, Vasumathi derives joy as a performer of both music and dance. Her intense involvement in both these streams gives her an added advantage and helps her present her art with more feeling, awareness and aesthetic appeal. Vasumathi’s grip over music nourishes her dance endeavors and her dancer’s intuition invests her singing with feeling and sensitivity.

Vasumathi is a prolific writer and has been publishing several in-depth articles in the area of classical music and dance for the local and international press. The publication section will have most of her published articles and can be a good resource to the art lovers.

[mahavishnu]

Satyabalu, Thanks for starting this thread about Smt. Vasumathi Badrinathan.
I do not know her music or lineage very well, but I have been very impressed by the youtube videos I have heard.

It appears that she speaks fluent French as well (avec un bon accent) as seen in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtspNiJAbhE

Any further information about her would be appreciated. All that I have been able to glean from the web is that she is a disciple of Smt TR Balamani of Bombay and that she is an equally skilled dancer.

[satyabalu]

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2& ... isp=thd&zw
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2& ... isp=thd&zw

[Pasupathy]

This is her website.
http://www.vasumathi.net/index.asp

She sends her columns ( Noteworthy ) in The Asian Age occasionally to me.

http://archive.asianage.com/category/au ... adrinathan

[satyabalu]

http://www.youtube.com/user/suvibadra

[vasanthakokilam]

Quite an impressive vocalist.

It appears that she speaks fluent French as well (avec un bon accent) as seen in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtspNiJAbhE

That is indeed quite a unique sight, a proper french speaking person singing proper CM.
( side bar: mahavishnu, Google translated avec un bon accent as ஒரு நல்ல உச்சரிப்புடன் . Impressive, isn't it? Both your french and the translation ).

This kind of 'Impressive, unexpected/mind blown" incident happened in my childhood. An uncle from French Canada visited our village. He and the dear elderly woman who sold milk to our household started speaking in French! We were dumb struck!! ( we later found out that pAtti grew up in kAraikkAl in the early 1900s )

[mahavishnu]

This kind of 'Impressive, unexpected/mind blown" incident happened in my childhood. An uncle from French Canada visited our village. He and the dear elderly woman who sold milk to our household started speaking in French! We were dumb struck!! ( we later found out that pAtti grew up in kAraikkAl in the early 1900s )

Great story, VK! we have such a myopic understanding of the globalization that the colonial era brought forth.

[vasanthakokilam]

Stumbled upon this in youtube. Nadanamakriya?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuR_gTUcgA

[mahavishnu]

Very interesting find, VK. Sounds like vakulabharanam to me...

[vasanthakokilam]

Mahavishnu, after you mentioned vakulabharanam, it sounds that to me too. Not that I have a good conception of vakulabharanam, but going by Aro/Ava, I was previously focusing on the purvanga alone. In the later section, where the P P M, M M G R G, R G,, P P M, M M G R G, R S is repeated and expanded upon, the sax moves to the uttaranga and there I heard the N2. ( I am not good at spotting swaras ). It sounds like the key is D ( 2 kattai ). Correct?

[mahavishnu]

VK: They mostly stayed in the S-P range so it could very easily pass for Nadanamakriya, MMG or even Gurjari.
And yes I think it is set to D (at least the trumpets' AdhAra shadjam was)...

[satyabalu]

http://youtu.be/C7wAyS6vEC8

[Pasupathy]

The plain and ornamental: Subtle nuances stand out
by Dr.Vasumathi Badrinathan
http://www.asianage.com/music/plain-and ... nd-out-892