Shri Sankaran Namboodiri
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Shri Sankaran Namboodiri is very popular in Kerala and participates in various Tyagaraja utsavam over there. He also now sings in movies. I have attended one of his concerts in Kollam some time 2005 in a temple, very knowledgeable and very interesting personality. He can explain very well many of the Tyagaraja kritis in a way that layman can understand. He also explains why singing in a certain way is important to understand the importance of the lyrics.
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Sankaran Namboodiri was a child prodigy. If I remember correctly, he was trained by TV Gopalakrishnan and introduced to the Madras audience in the early-mid 1980s. I recall attending an afternoon concert at the Music Academy when he sang to a standing room only crowd that was very excited about hearing the next big sensation. My father and I somehow managed to get seats right behing the artistes on the stage. TVG was sitting behind him keeping talam and TV Vasan played the mridangam. Namboodiri sang a wonderful poorvikalyani followed by satre vilagi nillum pillai (with a cute malayali accent). He was just a little boy and his sruti was quite high: F sharp or G, which is about right for someone that age.
The audience was enthusiastic, but the general consensus was that he should train more and return to the stage when he had a more mature repertoire, more breadth and depth to his music.
I did not hear him for almost 20 years after that and I was always wondering what happened to this prodigy. I heard him a few years ago during the music season and I was pleasantly surprised to see a young man with a deep voice, clear tone and sound diction. I would be more pleased to see him more regularly featured during the december season and over the concert circuit in North America.
The audience was enthusiastic, but the general consensus was that he should train more and return to the stage when he had a more mature repertoire, more breadth and depth to his music.
I did not hear him for almost 20 years after that and I was always wondering what happened to this prodigy. I heard him a few years ago during the music season and I was pleasantly surprised to see a young man with a deep voice, clear tone and sound diction. I would be more pleased to see him more regularly featured during the december season and over the concert circuit in North America.
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I heard Mr. Sankaran Namboodiri is visiting again USA this year from july -August. He will be singing in LA on July 11. He will be giving concerts in texas, Atlanta, NJ, NY, Denver, TN etc. A person in atlanta (Rajeev)is arranging his concerts. If anybody is interested I can provide the contact details.
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mridkid, can you please provide the contact details? Someone I know is keen on seeing if they can arrange his concert in their city in the US.mridkid wrote:I heard Mr. Sankaran Namboodiri is visiting again USA this year from july -August. He will be singing in LA on July 11. He will be giving concerts in texas, Atlanta, NJ, NY, Denver, TN etc. A person in atlanta (Rajeev)is arranging his concerts. If anybody is interested I can provide the contact details.
Please post the details here or email me. Many thanks.
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House concert video clips of Sankaran Namboodiri are on youtube - quite nice!
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUaKUXi7rAU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUaKUXi7rAU
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To those who can understand malayalam, here is an interview
http://video.webindia123.com/interviews ... /index.htm
http://video.webindia123.com/interviews ... /index.htm
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Re: Shri Sankaran Namboodiri
A young time concert - all co-artists - familiar great vidvans , all young captured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTQCz-vOwA
His voice depth at that age is quite remarkable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTQCz-vOwA
His voice depth at that age is quite remarkable.