Navaratri Mandapam Concerts 2016, Thiruvananthapuram

[Sivaramakrishnan]

(Navarathri Mandapam adjacent to
Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple,Thiruvananthapuram)

Date
Main kriti
Vidwan/Vidushi

October 2, Sunday
Devi Jagajjanani – Shankarabharanam
Prof Parassala .B.Ponnammal - Vocal
Smt S.R.Rajashree - Violin
Palghat Sri Maheshkumar - Mridangam
Udupi Sri Sridhar - Ghatam
Tirunakkara Sri Rateesh - Morsing

October 3, Monday
Paahimam Sri Vaageeshwari – Kalyani
Prof.Mavellikara P.Subramaniam - Vocal
Trivandrum Sri Sampath - Violin
Dr G.Babu - Mridangam
Alathur Sri Rajaganesh - Kanjira

October 4, Tuesday
Devi Paavane – Saveri
Prof.Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri - Vocal
Edappally Sri Ajith - Violin
Vaikom Sri Venugopal - Mridangam
Adichanaloor Sri Anilkumar - Ghatam

October 5, Wednesday
Bhaarati Maamava - Thodi
Prof K.Venkataramanan - Vocal
Sri S.R.Mahadev Sarma - Violin
Chertalai Sri Krishnakumar - Mridangam
Vazhapalli Sri Krishnakumar - Ghatam

October 6, Thursday
Janani Maamava - Bhairavi
Prince Rama Varma - Vocal
Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu - Violin
Sri B.Harikumar - Mridangam
Dr S.Karthick - Ghatam
Payannur Sri Govindaprasad - Morsing

October 7, Friday
Saroruhasana – Kamavardhini
Kum.Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal
Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu - Violin
Sri S.J.Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
Dr S.Karthick - Ghatam
Payannur Sri Govindaprasad - Morsing

October 8, Saturday
Janani Paahi – Shuddha Saveri
Prof. T.V.Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
Sri S.Varadarajan - Violin
Sri Padmanabhan - Mridangam
Thirupunithura Sri Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

October 9, Sunday
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Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
Sri S.Varadarajan - Violin
Nanjil Sri R.Arul - Mridangam
Perukavu Sri P.L.Sudheer - Ghatam

October 10, Monday
Paahi Parvatanandini – Arabhi
Sri Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal
Sri B.Anantakrishnan - Violin
Neyveli Sri Venkatesh - Mridangam
Manjoor Sri Unnikrishnan - Ghatam

[rshankar]

Impressive! Who is Sri Kashyap Mahesh?

[arasi]

The name was a new one for me as well. A young musician from Malaysia, I found out. Caught him in a TV interview.His tamizh is very impressive. He sang bits of songs and all of rAmanukku mannan muDi in it.The way he pronounced the words was crystal clear.

I also noticed that this year, the festival features many kerala artistes. The golden girl sings the first concert.

[parivadini]

Arasi: I think Kashyap Mahesh is from Trichy.

[Sivaramakrishnan]

Kashyap, as I understand, is from Trichy.

[arasi]

I stand corrected. He mentioned Malaysia, and the interviewer asked how many times you take trips in spreading tamizhisai across the seas--which made me think that he was from there, I suppose...

Whose student is he, by the way?

[jodha]

TVG

[CRama]

Prof.K, Venkataramanan who is singing on the fourth day is designated to receive Sangeeta Kala Acharya from Madras Music Academy this year. He is Kannadite by birth and studied music under the tutelage of Dr.Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer in TVM Academy .He further became the primary disciple of the famous vidwan Nellai T V Krishnamoorthy
He retired from the Trivandrum Music Academy in 1991. He is aged 82, has got a resonant voice which retains its timbre even now and is greatly respected Guru in Kerala.

[Sivaramakrishnan]

Sri Venkatramanan sir has given a few recitals in Chennai during recent years. He is a storehouse of Muthiah bhagavatar kritis and has tuned several rare compositions of Purandaradasa.

[CRama]

Not to forget rare ST kritis in the repertoire of Sri Venkatramanan. Prince Rama Varma had remarked elsewhere that he had to request for one or two known songs in the concert of the reverred Guru.

[K Nagarajan]

Kashyap Mahesh is a deciple of Sri.Karaikudi MS Mani, who served in the staff of AIR, Trichy.