Promising prodigies
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The two-day children's music festival Bala Braham featured prodigious talent.
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Bala Braham is the name given to children's music festival by noted music sabha Laya . The first festival held last year elicited excellent response and commendation from music lovers . Laya held its second festival last week for two days at Sundarayya Kala Kendram, featuring prodigious talent, including a six year old D.L. Prachodan, who, three years back emerged as child prodigy demonstrating his gift of naming nearly 250 ragas the moment they were rendered. Today he is a vocalist of considerable aptitude . He figured on the second day. Besides him, there were award-winning children from various festivals.
S.V. Anusha and Sai Meenakshi Anoosha , began the show revealing musical talents in their brief concerts. K.R. Manogna who followed next proved quite promising. So was Meduri Sai Krishna. His veena recital lasted an hour and was considered as the main programme. He belongs to the Meduri family and grandson of the late Meduri Narasimha Rao, a virtuoso. Niravadhi Sukhada in Ravichandrika, Neekela Dayaradu in Sarasangi, Evarura Ninuvina in Mohana were impressive presentations. He started with Vallabhanayakasya in Begada and ended with a Tillana. Mohana was the main piece.
S.Vandana, disciple of Himabindu, concluded the day with a pleasing vocal. This concert was the highlight of the day. She began with Begada varnam, and went for Gam Ganapathe in Hamsadhwani. Arul Seya a Tamil composition in Rasikapriya, Srinarada in Kanada and Tillana in Ahir Bhairavi were the essence of the concert. Srinarada in Kanada was treated by her as main piece, revealing budding imagination in raga and swara renditions that were neat and compact. The nereval and swara prasthara indicated her as a promising artiste. There was a concert of three young flautists on the following evening, Tejasvi, Vamseekrishna and Pawan Kumar, disciples of Nagaraj, AIR artiste. The concert made an average appeal.
Vocal recital of V.Harita and Sai Kriti that followed had Subbulakshmi's favourite rendition Bhajagovindam in ragamalika as highlight. Then came Prachodan, the wonder boy. In his half hour concert that started with Abhogi varnam he rendered Tiru Tiru Jawarala of Annamayya sweetly. He displayed perfection at Tala.
S.Parthiva of Visakhapatnam gave the main concert of the day. He is the disciple of M.N.Murthy, an accomplished violinist. Parthiva, who is fourteen years old, displayed a good hand at violin play. He simply excelled in his one-hour concert. Bhavanutha in Mohana was the main number played in tisram. He has the ability of producing good speed. Narayanate Namo Namo was an emotional presentation. This year they introduced a prodigious talent in Kuchipudi dance - ten-year-old Amrutha Nair of Ananthapuram, a Bala Ratna recipient . A disciple of Chinta Adinarayana Sarma and P.Sudhir Rao, she presented a percussion-oriented nritta and then went to present Narayaneeyam in Ragamalika. Marakatamanimaya in Sankarabharanam also was well presented, converted into Tarangam with her dance on brass plate also included. It was a fine show that received good response.
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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