Rithvik Raja,Pune,03/3/13

[isaipriyan0]

M.Vijay - Violin

Tanjore K.Praveen Kumar- Mridangam

Venue:

Sawai Gandharva Smarak Hall,

Near Rahul Cinema, Shivajinagar, Pune -5

List:

1.valachi varnam
2.kamakshi swarajati bhairavi A S
3.maa janaki kaamboji A S
4.meru samAna m.gowla centre A N S thani
5.n.kurinji RTP nAttaikkurinji enpaar s.priya, surati,karaharpariya
6.govardhana d.kAnadA
6.ramachandra -kurinji? (mangalam)

Boring concert. no variety. no energy.

It was a total disappointment for the Pune rasikas as there was some expectation as he is a disciple of inimitable TMK.

[kssr]

Interesting!

I haven't heard of any of his concerts in Bangalore. Ravikiran however is doing very well.

[arasi]

kssr,
True, G.Ravikiran is TMK's student too. Yet, not all students of a given guru are of the same level in their learning, talent or concert experience.

[Nick H]

I have only seen Rithvik Raja once, and that occasion was certainly not boring or lacking in energy. It was a pallavi concert, and I noticed that his approach was very mental; the sort of approach that might be well suited to Pallavi singing. However, there was plenty of non-intellectual beauty in his alapanas.

isaipriyan0 is right to speak as he finds. I'd suggest giving RR another chance, though.

[mahavishnu]

The last time I heard Rithvik Raja he was having some serious sruti/swarastAnam issues. I gave him the benefit of doubt thinking that it was perhaps an off day.

I think RR would do well to practice and work harder on his art before committing to too many stage performances. I say this in the most constructive spirit. I would love to see him succeed, but success is not earned overnight.

[squims]

I've never listened to Rithvik Raja before. This thread got me curious, so I looked for him on youtube. This recording of his singing the varnam in Abhogi was the first track I came across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgNDhnCwKBs
I find it very well sung. So maybe it's that he has his off-days often. But he seems in fine form in this recording.

[arasi]

Squims,
Your "may be he has his off-days often" sounds as if you are talking about one of us seniors
A young thing, a good communicator and good looking. A few years ago I heard him and thought he had a long way to go.

[kssr]

"he had a long way to go"

I am reminded of one of the the sabha secretaries during his "vote of thanks" complimenting the artist by saying "he had a long way to go" What he actually meant (I guess) was that "he will reach great heights"!

[squims]

I am reminded of one of the the sabha secretaries during his "vote of thanks" complimenting the artist by saying "he had a long way to go" What he actually meants (I guess) was that "he will reach great heights"!

Ah, the humour of English language!

[Nick H]

What he actually meant (I guess) was that "he will reach great heights"!

Not quite... what he should have said is "...will go a long way."

Amazing. almost the same words with such different meaning. Well, yes, that is part of the nature of English.

RR may have a long way to go, but I think he will go a long way, maybe even reaching great heights. And, if he does reach great heights, I doubt that his journey will have been uphill all the way