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| April 26 –
Sunday Venue: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale Auditorium Time: 4 P. M. Master Sathyanarayana Keyboard Embar Kannan Violin Poongulam Subramaniam Mridangam Master Sathyanarayana (13 years old) is a child prodigy who has impressed Chennai music audiences immensely. At this tender age, he has already performed in all the major sabhas including the Music Academy. The following is a review from The Hindu. Please do not miss this concert. The Hindu Review: Path-breaking progress in sound technology and sophisticated equipment have made it possible for artistes to play Carnatic musicon the keyboard, gamakas intact. K. Sathyanarayana, all of 12 years, presented a keyboard concert with a sizeable and encouraging audience in attendance. His slight form half-hidden by the bulky instrument, he proved his musical precocity in ``Bagayanayya" (Chandrajyothi) and in the raga sketch preceding it, the notes of this vivadi raga pulsating with energy. A foot-tapping ``Raghuvamsasudha" in Kadanakuthuhalam followed, its melodic structure tailor-made for the keyboard. A sincere effort was directed towards bringing out the flavour of Saveri. ``Ayye metha kadinam" is not an easy ragamalika to handle as the gamaka execution demands considerable gnanam and fidelity to grammar. Sathyanarayana passed the test with flying colours, with well-rounded gamakas augmenting the old-world melody. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman's austerely moving tillana in Revathi was rendered without missing a beat. May 16 – Saturday Venue: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale Auditorium Time: 4 P. M. Sangeetha Kalaratna Neela Ramgopal (Vocal)  We regret to announce that Mrs. Neela Ramgopal concert has been
cancelled. Due to some personal reasons, Mrs. Neela Ramgopal had
to cancel her concert tour including, participation at the
Cleveland Aradhana festival, and return to India. May 31 – Sunday Venue: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale Auditorium Time: 4 P. M. Mrs. Seetha Rajan Vocal V. Lakshminarayanan Violin Ram Sriram Mridangam Seetha Rajan is a senior disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Semmangudi Sri Srinivasa Iyer. The following is excerpts from a review in The Hindu about her performance and talents. A few years ago, The Music Academy awarded the Sangitakala Acharya title to recognize her contribution as a teacher. Mrs. Seetha Rajan is, quite simply, one of the best Carnatic vocalists of our time. Her authentic patanthara, unswerving classicism and uncompromising industry, infuse her manodharma with freshness. Without changing a single swara in a Dikshitar kriti, she can still make it her own. Her kind of music draws tears, not applause. Mrs. Seetha Rajan is also proficient in Hindustani music, having taken lessons from the formidable Bhimshankar Rao at the Government Music College. She followed her guru Semmangudi’s advise, “…. teach, pass on your heritage." Seetha has done this through research, participation in seminars and conducting workshops. |
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