AIR awards presented
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Good amount of talent came to the fore at the AIR Music awards function.
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IT WAS a red letter day for the scores of young artistes who emerged winners in the national music competitions conducted by All India Radio (AIR) at the award presentation ceremony organised at the Indira Priyadarshini Auditorium, Public Gardens, in Hyderabad.
The winners utilised the opportunity to display their talent by rendering the compositions that fetched the awards.
The awardees were N.C. Kousik Kalyan, of Vijayawada, who won the first prize in devotional music; B.V.S.S. Santhosh Kiran, of Vijayawada and S. Ranjani, of Hyderabad, both second prize winners in the same category; M.R. Srinidhi, of Bangalore, second prize winner in Carnatic violin; Amrutha Venkatesh, of Bangalore, second prize winner in veena; P. Meher Sagar``, of Visakhapatnam second prize winner in mridangam, and R. Karthik, of Bangalore, in Palagummi Viswanatham, former music producer, AIR, presented them with the awards on behalf of Prasara Bharati. He then rendered a song that sounded most suitable for the occasion, which narrated how the artistes and musicians grew to highest standards in the premises of All India Radio as its artistes. Viswanathan penned all his personal experiences into the song. He hoped all these young artistes would eventually become great musicians of the country.
Palagummi's song
The highlight of the evening's programme was a violin solo by Srinidhi. Though he secured a second prize at the national competition, Srinidhi displayed mastery on the instrument and virtuoso skills of an "A class artiste."
He began with Muthuswami Deekshitar's `Maha Ganapathim' in Nata, that had a brilliant swara exercise. Then came `Bantureeti' of Thyagaraja in Hamsanadam and his brief show with a Meera Bhajan in Misr Mand. All the artistes classified as devotional singers rendered the compositions in pure classical style. Kowsik Kalyan rendered `Bhavayami' of Annamacharya and `Dheera Sameere' an ashtapadi of Jayadeva, melodiously. S. Ranjani presented `Pranatosmi' in Nata a composition of Tulasivanam. Then she rendered `Dasaratha Nandana' of Thyagaraja in Asaveri. `Pahiramadoota' is a rare composition also of Thyagaraja in Vasantavarali. Santosh Kiran chose rarely heard numbers for presentation. They were `Krishnayana' in Dharmavati, of Purandaradasa `Palu Vicharamulela' in Shanmukhapriya of Annamacharya and `Kandarpa Janaka' also of Annamayya set in Misr Valaji.Then there was laya vinyasam by award percussionists - Meher Sagar on mridangam and R. Kartik, of Bangalore, on Kanjira. It was a brief and impressive show by all the youngsters, with great potential to shape into leading names.
G.S.
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