Informative workshop
GUDIPOODI SRIHARIGUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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The workshop on `pallavi' rendering was well attended.
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Pallavi rendering is a very important branch of Carnatic music. It is unique and critical, and requires good command on various technical aspects of Carnatic music, including creativity and control on rhythm. . Raga essay in detail and the tanam accompanied by pallavi renders it as a solo item, taking an average of 45 minutes, which is invariably a highlight of a concert. The RTP is missing these days, but for a few senior musicians taking it occasionally. Pallavi Academy of Fine Arts organised a three-day workshop at Thyagaraya Gana Sabha. S.K. Venkatachari, assistant professor in music, Telugu University, organised it with the help of Central Sangeetha Nataka Academy, New Delhi.
Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana of Hyderabad, and Prof. T.R. Subramanyam and Suguna Purushothaman, both from Chennai, took part in the workshop that was well attended by students, teachers and musicians.
Recalling the heydays of pallavi singing , Nookala observed that Manodharma sangeetham was reflected only in this pallavi singing before the advent of Thyagaraja, since there were no formal concerts.. Prof. T.R. Subramanian also spoke of the importance of pallavi rendition. In Tamil it was called arudi, forceful landing on a beat, he said. And that Telugu language was most suited for Carnatic compositions. Suguna Purushothaman, specialist in dwi-tala pallavis, said that it was challenging to sing in complicated talas in various gatis.
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