Nisha Rajagopalan @ Dikshitar Utsavam, NJ

[vidya]

Nisha Rajagopalan @ Dikshitar Utsavam, NJ
Nisha Rajagopalan - Mysore Shrikanth - Trivandrum Balaji + Kanjiraist (whose name I can't seem to recollect)

Attended this same team's concert for a Tyagaraja Aradhana in Sruti PA last week and was sufficiently impressed with the Kori Sevimpa rare in Kharaharapriya to drive down to NJ for an encore. A very nice concert with a good team of accompanists and great kRti selection.


1.VallabhA nAyakasya - bEgaDA
2.Bhaktavatsalam - Vamsavati
3.HiraNmayIm - lalita
4.sarasvatI manOharI - sarasvati manOhari
5.abhayambikayAh anyam na jAne - kEdaragauLa (R)
6.sAdhujanavinutam - gItapriya
7.saundararAjam - bRndAvana sAranga
8.shrI subrahmaNyO mAm - tOdi (RNST)
9.mAmava paTTAbhi rAma - maNirangu

[Omanakutty]

The 'Kanjiraist' is Dr. Ganesh Ramanarayanan -

Ganesh is not new to the NJ music community. He is a versatile vocalist, mridangist besides holdinig a Phd in Computer Science.
We heard him also last year playing Kanjira for Abhishek Raghuram in NJ Dikshitar Utsavam.

Nisha & party did a great job. Congratulations !!!

[rshankar]

Vidya,

Thanks for that review!