Tuneful recital
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V.J. Lakshmi's vocal recital was a rich blend of expositions of Carnatic music.
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IN CONCERT Dwaram (Nemani) V.J. Lakshmi.
Visakha Music and Dance Academy featured a vocal recital by Dwaram (Nemani) V.J. Lakshmi, Head, Department of Music and Fine Arts, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupathi in Kalabharathi.
Accompanied by well known local artiste, G. Annaji Rao on violin, young P. Balasubrahmanyam and renowned Vidwan Alugolu Satyanarayana from Tirupathi on mridangam and ghatam, she got off a tunefully grand start rendering a couple of slokas in Amir Kalyani.
Daughter of Bhavannarayana Rao (son of the violin wizard Sangeetha Ratnakara Padmasri Venkataswamy Naidu) and Venkata Ramanamma, Lakshmi honed her skills under the stalwarts Padmabhushan late M.L. Vasantha Kumari, T.R. Subrahmanyam and Nedunuri Krishna Murty after basic training in both the styles of Indian classical music under the tutelage of P. Surya Rao and J.V.S. Rao.
No wonder, her soulful rendering of Sri Ganapathini (Sourashtram) and Brochevarevare (Sriranjani) with swaram followed by a brief elaboration of the rarely heard composition and raga, Parvathi Ninune in Kalgada and Himadrisuthe (Kalyani) adorned with aalapana in detail and swaram, reflected an effort blending the richness of the chaste traditions of exposition of carnatic music she inherited and imbibed. Then after evocatively rendering Nagumomugananeni (Abheri), she came out with an expansive expatiation of Jagadodharana (Kapi). Marked with empathetic clarity in intoning of the lyrical and musical phraseology including the expression of Manodharma with full confident, the diction which she seemed to be developing for successful exploration of the element of classicality ordained in them, tended to mirror consummate signs of fulfilment.
Annaji Rao in his turns, Subrahmanyam and Alugolu in particular, in their amiable following and thani had their share of contribution transporting the entire mood bordering realms of ecstasy.
Rendering of a bhajan, composition of Annamayya and an abhang marked the tailpiece.
A. R. S
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