Prasanna Venkatraman for NadhaInbam, 24/Dec/2012

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sankark
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Prasanna Venkatraman for NadhaInbam, 24/Dec/2012

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Prasnna Venkatraman - Vocal
BU Ganeshprasad - violin
Neyveli Skandasubramanian - mridangam
Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam

nera nammiti (varnam) - kAnadA - k ata - pUchi srinivAsa ayyangAr
ninnu jUchi - sowrAshtram - Adi - patnam subramania iyer
janani pAhi sadA - suddha sAveri - m cApu - swAti tirunAL (RNS@shaila rAja tanayE sanda munda nAsini)
sri vaLLi dEvasEnApatE - natabhairavi - Adi - pApanAsam sivan (RNS@mAmava sadA sivakumArA)
enta vedu kondu rAghavA - saraswati manOhari - Adi - thyAgrAjA
rAma bAna thrAna sourya - sAveri - Adi - thyAgarAjA (RNS@bhAmakAsapadu rAvaNa, T)
kadaikkan pArvai adhu pOdhumE - kamAs - Adi - ?
irakkam varAmal - behAg - Adi - gOpalakrishna bhArathi

A stellar concert where everything clicked together. It kalai kattufied at the start and never let a moment down. Is he of the SSI school? The tani had quite a bit of variations and patterns but a bit too long (25 min in overall 1.05 main).

One thing I noticed - he didn't go down to mantra stayi and at the upper reaches he seems to struggle rather than go up with effortless ease.

Just wonder what will happen if his hands were tied down - will he produce such fantastic music still? He almost seems to dance sitting down ;)

mahavishnu
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Re: Prasanna Venkatraman for NadhaInbam, 24/Dec/2012

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Is he of the SSI school?
No, he is a student of Sanjay Subrahmanyan (and before that with TR Balamani of Bombay and also TK Govinda Rao).
more here: http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/news/201002/20101227.asp

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