Vikram Raghavan at Karpagam Gardens, Chennai, 17 Aug 2012

[ram]

Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/vr_kgss/

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Vikram Raghavan. The concert was organized by Karpagam Gardens Sat Sangh, Chennai as a part of their Gokulashtami Celebrations.



The song list was as follows:


Vocal: Vikram Raghavan

Violin: M. Rajeev

Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar



Sabha: Karpagam Gardens Sat Sangh, Adyar, Chennai


List of songs:

1) shrI krishnam – tODi – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (OS)

2) pankaja lOcana – kalyANi – misra cApu – swAti tiruNAL (ON)

3) himAcala tanaya – Anandabhairavi – Adi – shyAmA shAstri (AS)

4) evari mATa – kAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)

5) gOvardhana giridhAra – darbAri kAnaDA – Adi – nArAyaNa tIrtha

6) mAdhava mAmava – nIlAmbari – Adi – nArAyaNa tIrtha

7) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja



(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

[rshankar]

Hi Ram - any information more on the vocalist - his lineage etc.?

[mahavishnu]

I believe Vikram is TM Krishna's student from Chicago.
http://www.kutcheris.com/artist.php?id=1632