Kum. Aishwarya Shankar at Narada Gana Sabha Mini - 26-April-

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Apr 2009, 20:08

Accompanists:

Aanayampatti Venkatasubramaniam - Violin
Calcutta Srinivasan - Mridangam

Aishwarya Shankar gave a brilliant blemishless concert for Saraswathi Vaggeyakara Trust celebrating Syama Sastri Jayanthi. In spite of being a hot Sunday afternoon, the hall was sufficiently packed and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the concert.

Song list:

1. Parama Pavani, Atana, Adi, [s]
2. Amba Kamakshi [swarajathi], Yadukula Kambhoji, Misra Chapu
3. Kalyani, Ninuvina gathi gaanu, Adi
4. Trilokha natha nannu brovu, paras, Adi
5. Bhairavi, Sri lalithe kanchinagara nivasini, [nilabja dala lochani]

Personal Notes:

1. Aishwarya, still in her teens. exudes great confidence and a solid paatantaram. All thru the concert, she relished singing every sangati that belonged and getting it exactly right. A perceptive member of the audience remarked, "Iva enna romba varshama padaraa madiri paadara".

2. This swarajati is relatively less heard of than the ones in Bhairavi or Todi. Just the quiet and grandiose way in which she started it and carried it through was enough to make me sit up and enjoy it all the way thru.

3. The neraval for the Bhairavi kriti was phenomenal including the mel kalam which evoked spontaneous applause from the audience.

4. The violin exposition of Kalyani and Bhairavi was wonderful. During accompaniment, the violin sounded a little harsh at times.

5. Mridangam accompaniment was soft and provided the right poshakku for the performance.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 28 Apr 2009, 20:35

sureshvv
BY any chance do you know ,whose disciple is Aishwarya Shankar

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Apr 2009, 21:46

Heard that she is currently learning from Smt. Suguna Varadachari.

harrynags · Post by **harrynags** » 03 May 2009, 16:05

The last item in the concert was brhannayaki in madyamavati in matya Talam. It has been left out.

The concert was too good. I heard that she has come down to chennai from kolkatta to persue music.

She has a concert in the Tyagaraja Vidwat Samajam, Mylapore on the 12th of june.

Dr Krishna Shankar · Post by **Dr Krishna Shankar** » 06 May 2009, 16:40

I heard that she was learning under Smt indira ranganathan of Kolkata before coming to chennai