Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Nada Neerajanam

[ragmk]

Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath, will be performing at Tirupathi - Nada Neerajanam on the 29th of October at 6 PM. This shall of course be a live telecast by SVBC. She will be accompanied by Sri M R Gopinath on the violin and Sri Erode Nagarajan on the mridangam.
As Aishwarya is one of the best ones among the younger brigade, I am sure this would be a concert worth listening (and watching ) to!

[bassethound]

Heard the concert. Very nice and sincere!! Undedi in atana , Venkata Shaila in surutti were very nice ,as also the main raga,Bhairavi. Though I am not technically competent, Ms.Raghunath's performance was a revelation thanks to SVBC! Showed a lot of promise and strained her vocal chords without restraining it!

[Lakshman]

Are you sure venkaTashila was in suraTi?

[ragmk]

Here is the song list that Aishwarya chose to present

1. Chede buddhi- Atana- Adi-Tyagaraja [S]
2. Paripurna kama- Poorvikalyani- Rupakam - Tyagaraja [N]
3. Sri Venkata Girisham- Suruti- Adi- Dikshitar [R]
4. Tanayuni Brova- Bhairavi- Adi- Tyagaraja [R, N, S] followed by tani aavartanam
5. Telisenu Ra - a padam in Saveri
6. Slokam in Madhyamavati

It was a crisp start to the concert. Swarams in Atana were a clean wrap to Chede buddhi. Suruti aalapna followed by Sri Venkata Girisham stood out exceptionally. I hadn't heard such a good suruti in a long time. Bhairavi was very well executed too. Its good to see that a padam was included in the concert. I haven't come across many youngsters who sing padams these days. I'm told that Aishwarya also learns from Smt Vegavahini Vijayaraghavan (Brindamma's daughter). What I noticed from Aishwarya's performance is that, it was an unhurried concert throughout. Also, she has a lovely stage presence that certainly added to the concert.

Sri M R Gopinath on the violin and Sri Erode Nagaraj on the mridangam supported Aishwarya in a way that uplifted the entire concert. On the whole it was a brilliant concert by this youngster and her team.

[padmaja]

I watched Aishwarya's concert on SVBC. My sixth concert of hers so far. I must say that it was aesthetically supreme and she has a beautiful voice that made it more enjoyable. I have heard her sing padams earlier too. Her renditions of Kunte gadu - a padam in Suruti and Brovavamma in Manji (Nada Inbam concert sometime last year) still ring in my ears. No wonder she also trains under Smt Vegavahini Vijayaraghavan.

What I noticed from Aishwarya's performance is that, it was an unhurried concert throughout. Also, she has a lovely stage presence that certainly added to the concert.

I agree with ragmk. Aishwarya indeed has a very graceful stage presence.

Is she from Bangalore? My best wishes to this young girl to reach greater heights.

[ragmk]

Padmaja, yes, Aishwarya is from Bangalore.

[bassethound]

I got the songs mixed up!

[bassethound]

@Lakshman: Venkata Shaila was in Surutti

[kunthalavarali]

Why not move this to the topic on Naada Neerajanam?

[erode14]

[PUNARVASU]

Very nice.

[erode14]

thank you members who are in Facebook can view a variety of photos of this concert here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 434&type=1

[ganeshkant]

I enjoyed her Bhairavi and oue Erode's deft playing throughout.