Suryaprakash

[Pratyaksham Bala]

... mrudangam star who plays very well and whose name can be told by some one else , as i dont know.

Check the given link !

[ram1999]

Neeye Sakala - Varnam - Brindavani - Suryaprakash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgbCpwoxFgQ

Free flowing / mellifluous music sung with abundant ease!.

[rajeshnat]

In 2011 this vidwan Suryaprakash wrote great posts about his prime paramaguru Gaanakaladhara Madurai Mani Iyer
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=206025#p206025
Check the note of srutisudddham and. bit later sthaana sudham...

Now is he practicing what MMI kept as one of the finest legacy. Check the usually long krithi of MD which is not that sung for want of time, especially go till the end of swaras with copious on spot manodharma . TR Sundaresan , well done sir.

Suryaprakash singing vAthApi in hamsadhwani with swaras. Happy day after Vinayaka Chaturthi.

https://youtu.be/TSDFC07rgp4?t=93

[rajeshnat]

The sarvalaghu swaras of ganakaladhara typecast is one of a kind. We have in the midst of the greatest madurai mani whom i have not seen or heard as i was minus in age when he lived, suryaprakash seriously gives that typecast of carnatic intensity.

Fast filler is just not singing a fast song without swaras or just singing few cittaswaras and going to main , It has to have a fast non fragmented violin return long typecast of manodharma swaras and getting in the course of long pattern the mmi crecendos .95 percent of the schools and musicians will not sing fast filler with such long swaras , There should be no excess kanakkus that destroys the melodic aspect of the raga bhavam. Also swaras has to have a sahitya like suddham where you can take a pen and paper write .Also please remember in pragmatic sense in kutcheri pandal, you lose lot of energy with fast long manodharma pattern just before main and the main will be cannibalized for lack of energy. In short fast filler with long swaras is a T20 last over 22 runs to win situation.

Suryaprakash-HNBHaskar-VijayGanesh@Maryland Sivavishnu temple on June 07th,2014
Enjoy your vasantha swati paramapurusha rollercoaster... my favourite of this musician as. a fast filler is the kannadagowlai Ora Jupu, but i dont have the recording handy.

https://youtu.be/CCf9I9qWTcQ?list=RDCCf9I9qWTcQ&t=262s

[Lakshman]

Listen to Suryaprakash singing his own composition in rAgA gOpriyA here:

https://www.facebook.com/suryacarnatic/ ... 702525744/

[rajeshnat]

A brand new composition in thamizh in a string of ragamaligas ,Suryaprakash doubles up as vaggeyakkara and vidwan.

RAm RAjyam BhAratham - ragamaliga - Suryaprakash

a tribute by R Suryaprakash to Maryada Purushottam Sri Rama on the eve of PrAna PratisthApana day Jan 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9OBcU3bgd8

[sam]

As I am not a resident in Chennai and not a concert goer, not even a CD collector, my only access to carnatic music and information is through youtube and public information sources like magazine articles without paywall
and wiki. This may be the case with many working rasikas like me born around 1984.
Recently, in my series of posts on Subramany Bharathy songs in composers section, I came to know of the very lengthy]kuyil paattu set to music by
Suryaprakash. Luckily, the entire set of
22 clips is available in youtube.
As advised by @rajeshnat,, i have created a blog for Bharathy songs for about 80 songs with Thamizh lyrics and youtube links. This was done after my posts here.
.https://bharathy-songs.blogspot.com/
Work is still pending.

I searched for a bio of suryaprakash but could bot find much except in wiki.which I am sharing below.
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Age 57 years
(22 October 1967).
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Suryaprakash began studying music at the age of seven from his uncle Tirukkodikaval Shri V. Rajamani, a disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. Later, he learned under Shri M. A. Venugopalan, another disciple of Semmangudi. He received his advanced training from Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan. He further enriched his repertoire by working with Smt. Sulochana Pattabiraman and Dr. V. V. Srivatsa, both eminent musicologists.[2]

Suryaprakash holds a master's degree in Carnatic music from Madras University. He was also awarded the doctorate degree in March 2020 by Madras University for his thesis titled "Structured and Systematic Approach to Manodharma Sangeetham"..

.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Suryaprakash

It has to be updated.
There is no mention about 2020 kuyil paattu.

I have done my best in giving details.

https://bharathy-songs.blogspot.com/202 ... akash.html.
My purpose is just sharing public domain audio, info and lyrics.


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[rajeshnat]

Today, as part of Maha Kanda Shashti, Soora Samhara Vaibhavam takes place. Worshipping in all most sacred 6 abodes of Lord Muruga is considered special. Let’s virtually visit these temples thru a special 6 in 1 song - beautiful lyrics by Shri Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar.

This song was released yesterday by HH Kanchi Acharya Shri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal at Arupadai Veedu Murugan Temple yesterday. Jaya Jaya Sankara

Muruganukku Arohara
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===== MY comments on above received =============================================
The song is Kundruthorum - Arupadai Veedu - Ragamalika of Shanmukhapriya, Arabhi, Gambhira Nattai, Kosalam, Natakurinji, Kapi and Sindhubhairavi - Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar(Lyricist)
Tune smith and Singer - Suryaprakash

https://youtu.be/gP07Wq5X2iE?t=100

Great garland of ragas with cittaswaras,particularly the reverse traverse of all the ragas fitted very well with the tight rhythmmic meter. Also choosing 7 ragas instead of 6 with the prime introduction first strike with shanmughapriya is a great choice as a prelude . Find a lot of Thanjavur S Kalayanaraman effect from the second generation disciple of MMI and SSI. I am not aware of Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar . He is a contemporary composer who works in very senior position in Ashok Leyland . SOme one can open a new thread of Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar in vaggeyakkara topic . Googling i find bit more information .
https://nama.co.in/keerthana/bhagavatha ... bhaid=MzY1

[rajeshnat]

'Kolavizhi Amman ThirutthAL Saranam' - One rare forays into 'Devotional' genre of music by Suryaprakash along with Hindu Bala and the lyricist Tiruvalampozhi Ramkumar .

The beautiful lyrics of Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar inspired Suryaprakash to set the tune in Lavangi, a raga created by the immortal legend Dr M Balamuralikrishna. As soon as the singing part was finished, it was clear to Suryaprakash that it had to be presented in 'Devotional' rather than regular Carnatic.

Suryaprakash gave the baby to Shri V Balasubramanian (Hindu Bala) who adorned it with his incredible background score and Veena playing that brings tears to one's eyes. Special mention to the orchestra team, Satish Kumar on the flute, Kannan Narayanan of Vibes Studio Mylapore for the keyboard, embellishments and mixing and Sarvesh Karthick for the amazing percussion and rhythms.

https://youtu.be/AtKv7r2CiLI?si=1um3I2_r3ph-_-QK

Rajesh Thoughts
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With respect to dieties 98 % of the dieties are not suiting the present day majority domicile and the cultural/traditional vibe . It is nice that it appeals to them , why cant fisherman community in Santhome and Triplicane play this song and pray. There is a line kaakum kadalrAni .... that connects sea and amman deity. After all every music source is absolutely layered the best when it is carnatic .

Well done Hindu Bala (I was aware he plays Bala , was not aware of his tunesmith -have seen him in academy ) , Thiruvalampozhil Ram Kumar (i see he playing a persona like say some rare composers whose song is very popular like say enna kavi paadinalum(neelamani ragam ) where no one would know that the lyricist is Anayampatti Adisesha Iyer). Ofcourse Suryaprakash has sung well , tuned it well in lavangi and adapted to that audience . Personally i am not a great fan of Dr BMK as a singer , but as a vaggeyakkara /tunesmith he appeals to me a lot , he is a daredevil vaggeyakkara. For me this song is aesthetically and musically more rich and better than the omkara song of Dr BMK , which is the flagship lavangi song.

Only these drops (atleast may be not in sabha but can be played in their homes)will bring fresh faces into carnatic music as for many Carnatic is bit way too steep to take first few steps because of their ?wrong conditioning which is not easy to educate and roll back.