Amrutha Venkatesh, MA, 29/Dec/2016

[sankark]

Edappaly Ajithkumar, Nanjil Arul, Payyanur Govindaprasad morsing

hamsadhwani Adi tALa varNam (pagavari)

mUladhAra kshEtra sthitha mUshika ns@vimala kamala mrdula charaNa vignaharaNa sugunAbharaNa. she did an elaborate, delectable last round of swarams and violin riposte was equally good

Arabhi tsAlakallalAdu konna

bhairavi - a little light feel rather than the bhairavi gravitas - janani mAmava ns@anupamitha kamalAvAsE..dEvi tani. Morsing - wow, beautiful nadam/sound

? I think I heard kalyANi/pantuvarALi so latAngi? pallavi "isai inbathirkku iNai illaiyE ivvulagil thEn (thIn) thamizh" (nothing equal in this world to that of sweet thamizh music) Adi k nadai? rAgamAlikai swarams in trimUrti (AK's creation with just 3 notes), sAvEri. each phrase of that gave the unadulterated sAvEri feel. Sigh! Why not RTP in sAvEri? bAgEsri?

gajAmbA nAyakO rakshatu

virutham nAL en seyyum vinai thAn en seyyum in hamsAnandhi followed by murugA murugA ena nI sol

dwijavanthi thillanA by MBMK

[sureshvv]

mUladhAra kshEtra sthitha mUshika ns@vimala kamala mrdula charaNa vignaharaNa sugunAbharaNa. she did an elaborate, delectable last round of swarams and violin riposte was equally good

Had a mudra. "sankaranarayana nuta". Any ideas? Anyone?

bhairavi - a little light feel rather than the bhairavi gravitas

Ungalai ellam thiruthavey mudiyadhu

Adi k nadai?

Did you miss the elaborate announcement? Was in panchamukhi talam invented by MBMK (at the academy).

Sigh! Why not RTP in sAvEri?

Hmm... May be because thadukki vizhunda saveri.

[sankark]

bhairavi - a little light feel rather than the bhairavi gravitas

Ungalai ellam thiruthavey mudiyadhu

A badge of honor!

On thadukki vizhundhA sAvEri, enna panradhu? Nan thadukki vizhunda edathula innum sAvEri RTP kekka koduthu vaikkala

Sorry non-tamilians, the message will be lost in translation!

[Purist]

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bhairavi - a little light feel rather than the bhairavi gravitas

Ungalai ellam thiruthavey mudiyadhu


@sureshvv .. not in good taste. Sankark could have retorted ' ungaluku edukku andha shramam ' , but he gently took it as 'badge of honour '. Such personal attacks are best avoided, and 'holier than thou' attitude given up. No one likes to be offended, as like you.

[sureshvv]

Oh please... lighten up & have some fun. We are all friends here ☺

But getting back to the topic, the good (tm) rasika should learn not only to appreciate the majestic walk of an elephant but also the fleet footed steps of the spotted deer.

Sankark is hereby sentenced to listen to the chalakalla from this concert a dozen times back to back.

[sureshvv]

It seems that in every concert of AV's, there is a "lump in the throat" moment for me. During this concert it was this:

The Chairman/President of the Academy walks in during the 1st song & occupies the centre seat in the mostly empty first row with hardly a visible recognition from the artistes. Much later the President of the conference walks in somewhat bashfully & takes the seat next to him. The entire team on stage acknowledge, one after the other, bowing down in respectful greeting.

[rshankar]

Much later the President of the conference walks in

Vid. Kanyakumari?

[sureshvv]

Yep. Sk designate.

[sureshvv]

rAgamAlikai swarams in trimUrti (AK's creation with just 3 notes),

I thought there were 4.

s g m d S

[sankark]

Sankark is hereby sentenced to listen to the chalakalla from this concert a dozen times back to back.

Please your honor, change the sentence to mmg from this concert. And share a recording

[bharathi]

In my humble opinion, this concert was most calming and soothing one that I have heard in many years. Sans Azhutham or otherwise the Bhairavi was beautiful..the song was an icing on the cake..
Latangi was very good too.. Simply sit and enjoy, dont be judging all the time..


Kudos to Amrutha for bringing to the fore a multitude of facets of CM..

[rajeshnat]

mUladhAra kshEtra sthitha mUshika ns@vimala kamala mrdula charaNa vignaharaNa sugunAbharaNa. she did an elaborate, delectable last round of swarams and violin riposte was equally good

Had a mudra. "sankaranarayana nuta". Any ideas? Anyone?

This is by E S Sankaranarayana Iyer. Congratulations to vidushi Amrutha Venkatesh on her prize.

[bharathi]

Wow.. Great that she got the prize, do you know where list is put up Rajesh?
bharathi

[rajeshnat]

Amrutha trajectory is to NOT to SHOUT and that drive must have given a prize. I think the last time to the best of my recollection when any one won the outstanding award on their first promotion to senior slot was when ABhishek won after his epic entry with TOdi main hamsavinOdini pallavi and a gAna rasa BMK start. Now with BMK end of dwijAvanthi thillana at the end amrutha made it. BMK start or end gives a prize for the first time senior artist promoted list.

Bharathi Check viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28682 where mahavishnu has given the exhaustive list

[bharathi]

Thanks Rajesh..

I cant believe that RaGa were chosen instead of Malladi, who were outstanding in MA.. I had also attended Savita.. but also not as good as Malladi
Anyways the experts know the best
bharathi

[pperumal]

I guess Amrutha is trying to position herself in the 'soft' and 'dulcet' category of performers - which is fair as a professional musician to do - at the end of the day everyone needs to differentiate themselves.
And, in today's age, where you have a gen next star coming up every couple of years, i feel it may not be a bad positioning after all.
Because most of the 'gen next' stars who come new to the firmament, almost always take up the aggressive style of singing.

Good luck to Amrutha in her journey.

- PP.

[MaamiAtHeart]

I got to attend a small part of this concert. I was lucky enough to listen to the Bhairavi. I am a big fan of both Amrutha Venkatesh and Amritha Murali. AV is such a gentle, soulful, thoughtful performer. Her kalpanaswarams in Bhairavi were really innovative. The RTP was in which raagam?

[sureshvv]

I guess Amrutha is trying to position herself in the 'soft' and 'dulcet' category of performers - which is fair as a professional musician to do - at the end of the day everyone needs to differentiate themselves.
And, in today's age, where you have a gen next star coming up every couple of years, i feel it may not be a bad positioning after all.
Because most of the 'gen next' stars who come new to the firmament, almost always take up the aggressive style of singing.

You seem to have a rather "product-ized" view of the art. May be you are an "insider" with deep industry knowledge. My perspective is somewhat different.

Not everyone has the gift of a voice like M.S. Or Nisha Rajagopal. Or Bharthi Ramsubban. Those are rare gifts. Hence each artiste has to work with the tools they have. And the musical form allows for all kinds of voices and approaches.

I am not sure of the stars coming up "every couple of years". Most of the prime slot musicians have upwards of a decade of performing experience. Starting from the mid-afternoon slot, to get promoted to the next slot itself often takes more than a "couple of years ". There are exceptions of course but not as common as you make it out to be.

[pperumal]

You seem to have a rather "product-ized" view of the art. May be you are an "insider" with deep industry knowledge. My perspective is somewhat different.

Not everyone has the gift of a voice like M.S. Or Nisha Rajagopal. Or Bharthi Ramsubban. Those are rare gifts. Hence each artiste has to work with the tools they have. And the musical form allows for all kinds of voices and approaches.

I am not sure of the stars coming up "every couple of years". Most of the prime slot musicians have upwards of a decade of performing experience. Starting from the mid-afternoon slot, to get promoted to the next slot itself often takes more than a "couple of years ". There are exceptions of course but not as common as you make it out to be.

Far from it sri sureshvv sir. I am but a paamara rasika. i was just trying to apply my half baked marketing knowledge to music
i perfectly agree with you on everyone needs to work with what they have been blessed with - i am sure there is space for everyone.

i would just like to clarify on what i meant by stars coming up every couple of years.
i was just pointing out that in a city like Chennai, every 1-2 years one hears of new 'kids on the block'.
for example, 2-3 years ago, not much was heard of sunil gargyan (?) - and this season i saw that he had quite a few concerts lined up.
at the music academy, for example, one heard vivek sadasivam this year and he good too.
not all of these new kids may go up the ladder - (i wish they do though) - but most of them have, understandably, a youthful, aggressive approach to music.
in this light, when i view a senior like amrutha venkatesh, i find her music to be following a totally different approach and hence 'stands out' from the rest.
liking or not liking it is a matter of personal taste though

- PP.

[sureshvv]

Far from it sri sureshvv sir. I am but a paamara rasika. i was just trying to apply my half baked marketing knowledge to music

Kind of what I suspected. It was just an elaborate ruse to make you cough it up

in this light, when i view a senior like amrutha venkatesh, i find her music to be following a totally different approach and hence 'stands out' from the rest.

Agree. Unfortunately "different" is viewed with great suspicion in these circles & once labelled as such the "sheeple" don't even bother to listen to find out for themselves.