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Music
Yamini 2008 @ IIMB: Reached IIMB towards the end of the first piece (the first concert, rather) by Sowmya. "Kurrai Onrum Illai" was the last piece that was nearly done with as I got there. What followed was Shashank's brilliant concert. Amongst the most stunning flute virtuosoes ever, so far as I'm concerned. Truly, a remarkable rendition.The violinist accompanying shashank IMHO was below par and the the folks at the control-corners constantly fiddled around with the acoustics / settings (Not much in there too. Open-Air auditorium, it was.). The concert included arbitrary ragas that I can't recall anymore, apart from "naLinakaMti" which stood out. The central piece was some RTP that I can't recall off. Things concluded with "Krishna nee begane baro" and "Baro Krishnayya" which were as usual the crowd's favourites. Shashank was seen off with a standing ovation. Things turned pathetic right after, I mean the next performer in Gaurav Majumdar. Not a single soul from the organization team to even introduce them on the stage and half the audience was riding so high after being mellowed down by Shashank's virtuosity that they took to catching 40 winks. But then again, to the few of us who did keep awake, Gaurav Majumdar's concert proved to be par-excellence. Raag Jog on the sitar being the start up item was particularly enthralling. |
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http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Classical/home/TyagarajaMasterpieces.php Truly, Mysore Doraiswamy Iyengar is a genius. Most people can learn music..but to master it, takes genius.. No wonder, in Indian traditions..musicians are held ever so high in stature.. Nothing but classical music deserves the titles of 'Pandit' or 'Vidwan' or 'Vidhushi' bestowed on those who 're as gifted, committed and passionate enough to master it. Back on Doraiswamy, I think you need to read what R K Narayan has to say about him. So true... Doraiswamy seems to have the bewildering ability to produce polynomial number of swaras in one pluck of the string. And yeah.. It sounds almost as sophisticated as something like a Nadaswara or something..especially that he almost seems to mask away the 'twang' that'd be so characteristic of a stringed instrument like the veena.. In one word, simply prodigious. |
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There 're new things too.
Otherwise, getting addicted to Doraiswamy Iyengar's Raga Ratna Malikache...and phone convos on linguistics, phonetics, Philosophy and whatever else with arbitrary people. |
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http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Classical/home/Raagini.php My friend tells me Hari Prasad Chaurasia was 'G0d-level'...but I can't contemplate off anything in / out of this world getting as good as this. Truly, Praveen Godkhindi is a gifted genius. [OffTopic]: That site is surprisingly well made. I hope my bit to add to it's page rank helps. The desire to learn one of these things burns ever so hot. |
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