Akshara Samskrithi @ the Trinity Arts Festival

[Suneha]

Vocal: Kutti Akshara
Violin: Kum. Apoorva Krishna
Mridangam: Sri. Shivaraman Balasubramaniam

1. Vallabhanayakasya - Begada - Rupakam - MD (R, S)
2. Kanjadalayatakshi - Kamalamanohari - Adi - MD
3. Raju Vedale- Thodi - Rupakam - Thyagaraja (R,S,N)
Excellent rendition by both Akshara and Apoorva.
Nereval @ ' Kaveri thiramunanu '
4. Vasudevayani - Kalyani - Adi - Thyagaraja (R, S, N)
Nereval @ ' Raga tala gatulanu paduchunu '
5. Thillana - Gambira Naatai - Mishra chapu - Chitravina Ravikiran
6. Jayathi jayathi - Kamas - Adi - Mayuram Vishwanatha Shastri
7. Thirupuzhal (Erumayil) - Ragamalika - Khanda chapu - Arunagirinathar

I was amazed by this 7 year old's concert even though I knew she comes from an excellent musical lineage.
She sang with perfect understanding of the swaras and gamakas. Her sahityam pronunciation is excellent and she also has a good control over laya.
Her voice will mature over time but at this stage it is doing a lot of her bidding.
It was a totally different experience for me to listen to this little one sing professionally.

[rshankar]

What's her lineage???

[shankarabharanam]

She is daughter of Smt Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Daughter of Chitravina Narasimhan and Sister of Chitravina Ravikiran) and Shri Vidyasankar Sundaresan who reside in Philadelphia

[rajeshnat]

Nice song list and selection. Keep it going akshara .Best wishes

[rajeshnat]

Nice song list and selection. Keep it going akshara .Best wishes