Concert at Vijaya College of Music

1. nera nammithi - kanada varnam - ata talam - poochi srinivasa iyengar
2. rama neevadu - kalyani - rupaka - thyagaraja (S)
3. brochevarevarura - kamach - adi - mysore vasudevacharya (S)
4. tulasi jagajjanani - saveri - rupaka - thyagaraja (R,N,S)
5. ksheera sagara sayana - devagandhari - adi - thyagaraja
6. chinna nadena - kalanidhi - adi - thyagaraja
7. e nati nomu phalamo - bhairavi - adi - thyagaraja
8. tukkudas

Violin: Vid. HK Venkatram

Mridangam: Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma

Khanjira: Vid. Guruprasanna

Concert at Malleswaram, Bengaluru

1. chalamela - darbar varnam - adi
2. marubalka - sriranjini - adi - thyagaraja (S)
3. vinarada naa manavi - devagandhari - adi - thyagaraja
4. shankari neeve - begada - rupaka - subbaraya shastry (R,S)
5. challare rama - ahiri - misra chapu - thyagaraja
6. marivere dikkevarayya - shanmukhapriya - adi - patnam subramanya iyer (N,S)
7. sri guruguha tharayasumam - devakriya - rupaka - muttusvami dikshitar
8. saraguna palimpa - kedaragowla - adi - poochi srinivasa iyengar (R,N,S)
9. cheli nenetlu - paras - adi - javali
10. shloka (ratnakaroshti) + govardhana giridhara - adi - darbari kanada - narayana theerthar
11. muddugare yashoda - kuranji - adi - annamacharya
12. bhujaga sayino - mangalam - yadukula kambhoji - rupaka - swati tirunal

Violin: Vid. Nalina Mohan

Mridangam: Vid. BC Manjunath

Khanjira: Guruprasanna

Concert at Chandra Layout

1. ninnu juchi - sourashtra - adi - patnam subramanya iyer (S)
2. evarikai - devamanohari - misra chapu - thyagaraja (S)
3. balakrishnan padamalar - dhanyasi - rupaka - papanasam sivan (R,N,S) at 'vyaakulam...'
4. tholi nenu jesina - kokiladhwani - adi - thyagaraja
5. parama pavana rama - purvikalyani - adi - poochi srinivasa iyengar (R,N,S)
6. tukkudas

Violin: CN Chandrashekhar
Mridangam: KU Jayachandra Rao

Gayana Samaj Concert

Singing at this century old institution was always going be a special occasion for me.
On the violin was Charulatha Ramanujam, V Krishna was on the mridangam while Bharadwaj Sathawalli played the mohrsing.
The list goes thus:

1. sami ninne - pantuvarali - adi - varnam
2. entha vedukontu - saraswati manohari - adi - thyagaraja (S)
3. deva deva kalayami - maya malavagowla - rupaka - swati tirunal (N,S) at 'aashritha vibudha'
4. e papamu - athana - misra chapu - thyagaraja (R)
5. himagiri kumari - ravikriya - adi - dikshitar (R)
6. bhogindra sayinam - kuntalavarali - khandachapu - swati tirunal (S)
7. sri venkatesam - todi - rupakam - poochi srinivasa iyengar (R,N,S)
8. tukkudas

Deccan Chronicle - 23/June/2010

Deccan Chronicle carried a write-up about me in their Bangalore Edition today (23/June).

Concert Invite - Bangalore Gayana Samaj, 25th June 2010

Live at All India Radio

After a rather long time (6 months at least), I was back at AIR for another live program - 8:30 am to 9:30 am on 100.1 FM.

I chose three compositions - each dear to me for different reasons:

1) entha vedukontu raghava - saraswati manohari - adi - thyagaraja

2) sharade veena vadana visharade - devagandhari - adi - papanasam sivan

3) ksheenamai tiruga - mukhari - adi - thyagaraja

Entha Vedukontu has always been a kriti which I wanted to begin a concert with - but never got around to do it. It happened this time around though - sang a few swarams for the anupallavi as well. Musuri's version is just too haunting - you need quite a bit of lung power to pull it off though!!

Sharade is one of my all time favorites in Devagandhari. One concert of my guru Sri TM Krishna is still etched in my mind. 1999, DKJ Foundation anniversary celebrations at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, Chennai. It was pouring cats and dogs and the entire team walked through the jam in the rain and reached the hall a few minutes late. But the Devagandhari that he sang that day and this kriti in particular is etched in my minds forever!!!

Mukhari and Ksheenamai is ofcourse one my top ten favorites!!! And each time you sing it, Semmangudi maama's passionate renditions just ring in my ears!!! What energy!! What verve!!! What a musician!!!

Chamber Concert Full Download

Hi folks,

My recent concert for Rasayana, a chamber music organization is available for download at this location.

Hope you enjoy it!!

- Ravi.