under represented favorites in season 2009

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 27 Dec 2009, 14:53

As the 2009 music season is in full swing, I thought it might be interesting to discuss excellent artists who we could have seen more of.

For me (I do not know any of them personally) this is a partial list:

1. Shriram Parthasarathy
2. Pantula Rama
3. Madurai GS Mani
4. Sreevalson Menon

Mods, if you prefer, this can be moved to general discussions

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 27 Dec 2009, 16:54

Trivandrum R Venkatraman Veena
P S Narayanaswamy
nenduruni Krishnamoorthy
Suguna Purusothaman and Varadhachari
V. Pradeep Kumar - Upcoming male vocalist

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 27 Dec 2009, 18:15

Sumathi Krishnan (Smt Vedavalli's disciple)- She is singing unbelievably well these days
Vishal Sapuram on the chitraveena - What sowkhyam and poise he has!

pattamaa · Post by **pattamaa** » 27 Dec 2009, 19:11

1. Smt Rama Ravi
2. Kalpagam Swaminathan
3. V.R.Dilip kumar
4. Prof SRJ
5. T.K.Govinda Rao

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 27 Dec 2009, 21:06

are we talking about artist who are reviewed less here (rasikas.org) despite their merit?

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 27 Dec 2009, 23:03

Rajaglan
I meant those who are very good musicians but for one reason or other have only given / are only giving 2-3 concerts for the whole season.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 28 Dec 2009, 08:10

I would add sandeep narayanan - last year he had close to 8 or 10, this year very few. I will add more later

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 28 Dec 2009, 08:42

Whatever happened to Rajkumar Bharathi ? I haven't heard of his performance anywhere recently?

MV · Post by MV » 28 Dec 2009, 09:07

My pick is Sangita Swaminthan

Divya Gopalan · Post by **Divya Gopalan** » 28 Dec 2009, 09:57

i would like to add Sriram Gangadharan to the list. How abt V Shankaranarayanan? My dad attended his NGS concert and was very impressed..

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 28 Dec 2009, 10:05

Sangeeta Sivakumar

And the usual names, KS, TRV, PP, Rama Ravi ...

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 28 Dec 2009, 12:14

hi,
Apart from what is mentioned above, how about vasundhara rajagopal.
I have never heard here sing but read about her in http://ommachi.wordpress.com/
and in Hindu.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 28 Dec 2009, 12:29

rajeshnat wrote:I would add sandeep narayanan - last year he had close to 8 or 10, this year very few. I will add more later

There are many talented vocalists in the US, Europe and Australia but they dont go to chennai to perform, they seem happy doing what they are. Sandeep is certainly a talent and will grow under Sanjay. Unfortunate that he isnt singing much this yr, he even had an academy slot last year....so did swarna rethas and tmk student g ravikiran.

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 28 Dec 2009, 21:02

I forgot to mention Raji Gopalakrishnan.

Anu R · Post by **Anu R** » 29 Dec 2009, 02:52

Hello all, this is my first post on the forum. Been following discussions here for sometime and find them very engrossing and informative. My Guru, Shri. S.Kasthurirangan is performing at Sri Ranjani Trust on Jan 1, 2010 at 5:30 PM at Swamy's Hall, RK Mutt Road, Mandaveli. Thought he too could be easily considered a very under-represented favorite!

devi · Post by **devi** » 29 Dec 2009, 03:14

What about Sri. Rama Varma? Today I presume he performed at AIMA.

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 29 Dec 2009, 15:48

I feel it is M S Sheela

Shriroop

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 29 Dec 2009, 15:59

Anu
you are 100% right .. a thouroughly underrated artiste is Sosalai Kasturirangan... with such a mellifluous voice and excellent concert ethics .. he is still poorly represented in the concert circuits....

J.Balaji

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Dec 2009, 16:13

S kasturirangan is one artist I am hunting for years , he sang a year or two back in a temple in purasalwakkam , some time before in academy- mini which I missed. His voice and style in the few recordings I heard ,has a lot of overlap of 80 and 90's- TN seshaAgOpAlanin .

ramalakshmi18 · Post by **ramalakshmi18** » 29 Dec 2009, 16:42

I attended the concert of subha ganesan for the first time at sastri hall, she is very good,

she is one of the lady artist poorly represented in concert circuits, iam impressed by her weighty voice and lively concert format, She is a talented female vocalist.

Raji Gopalakrishnan is my another favourite she has a soothing voice, i wonder why she is not able to make a leading position in the concert circuit.

Anu R · Post by **Anu R** » 29 Dec 2009, 21:12

dear Balaji Sir,
Thank you for your post regarding my comment.
Every season when we browse through the Sabha Schedule pages searching for our Guru's name, we feel quite disappointed.

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 06 Jan 2010, 06:50

AnuR and Balaji Sir,
Taking your word, I attended a 1 hr 45 min concert by Sri. Kasturirangan at Madipakkam yesterday and came back very happy that I attended this truly excellent concert.
The pantuvarali and Dwijavanti ragam elaborations were so new and fresh that I wish I could have seen a full 3 hour concert of this vidwan.
Thanks for the pointer.

Anu R · Post by **Anu R** » 06 Jan 2010, 09:27

great, kamalamba ji. Could you please post the song list?

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 06 Jan 2010, 10:45

Kasturirangan is one artiste who has truly imbibed both the Ariyakkudi Style as well as his Guru's style. We all should wish him a grand future.

J.Balaji

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Jan 2010, 13:22

Yes, a few or barely any concerts of the above-mentioned. But then, we rasikAs are hard to please!
If they sing in too many venues, we blame that their voices are not at their best!

Kamalamba,
I made it a point to listen to the ones in your list. Loved listening to Pantula Rama, G.S.Mani and Srivalsan Menon. All gave
excellent concerts. Did not want to miss Raji Gopalakrishnan either, went to German Hall at 9-00 in the morning, but the concert was cancelled. A miss indeed.

Mridangam,
Is he the same Kasturirangan that Rajesh speaks about?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 06 Jan 2010, 13:33

arasi wrote:
Mridangam,
Is he the same Kasturirangan that Rajesh speaks about?

Yes arasi, he is the same kasturirangan.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 07 Jan 2010, 12:52

Vidushi Neela Ramgopal is a great musician.

Her Samodham in Shudha Dhanyasi she sang in Nadhasudha,Velachery last year still rings in my ears.The impact was such that in this season when a young and famous artist sang this kriti, couldn't enjoy since NR has set a bench mark that is very hard to touch or match.

apasruthi · Post by **apasruthi** » 07 Jan 2010, 13:09

My take on under represented favourites this season are:

1. Saketharaman - gave an excellent concert in the Music Academy accompanied by Charumathi Raghuraman and Trivandrum V Balaji. I didn't see this being reviewed in the general reviews or coverage of even The Hindu that duly covers almost all the MA concerts, despite the fact that all the three artistes in that concert were also awarded / endowed during the Sadas on the 1st Jan 2010.

2. Bharat Sundar - another upcoming vocalist with good talent but not covered well in the reviews etc.

3. Kasthurirangan - already discussed here by many

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 07 Jan 2010, 13:09

I have not heard vidushi neela ramgOpal at all, can I know what are her best raga's so that I can hunt myself.

Divya Gopalan · Post by **Divya Gopalan** » 07 Jan 2010, 14:51

Dear apasruthi,

I think Saketraman is getting enough coverage. I saw review of his Brahma gana sabha concert in The Hindu, another one in Express, in our own Rasikas and some other forums too. I guess its difficult for the newspapers also to cover more than one concert of each artist.

Bharat Sundar's concert has also been reviewed in The Hindu.

I agree Kasturi Rangan has not been covered well, but so are artists like Bhushany Kalyaraman, Lakshmi Rangarajan, RajiGopalakrishnan, MS Sheela, and many others who perform brilliantly but have not covered due to unknown reasons.

apasruthi · Post by **apasruthi** » 07 Jan 2010, 15:20

Dear Divya:

My take was on "under represented"...I did not mean them as totally "un-represented". Probably there could have been reviews on Saketh's and Bharat's other concerts in other dailies, but I believe in my opinion of them being "under represented".

Apasruthi

Rishikesh · Post by **Rishikesh** » 09 Jan 2010, 08:01

Another of those upcoming talented youngster vocalist is Akshay Padmanabhan(a disciple of PSN) about whom there is no coverage at all in the local dailies. As per the dec schedules he had performed in 4 or 5 sabhas this season I think.

Rishikesh

Preetvardhan · Post by **Preetvardhan** » 30 Jan 2010, 20:20

Check our S.R. Veeraraghavan - Highly skilled - a long term disciple of Shri Balamuralikrishna

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 02 Feb 2010, 08:14

I have been mentioning about KasturiRangan, a worthy disciple of Sri TNS. Friends close to him feel that just because he is an exact replica of TNS, He is not preferred.
Don't you think it is a very great achievement to sing like TNS GOBILALITHA

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 02 Feb 2010, 08:21

"he is an exact replica of TNS, He is not preferred" - there lies the problem. One should be able to show their own creativity and their own brand