Pleasing recital
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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Chitra's concert was a pleasing rendition in traditional style.
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Chitra Srikrishna of Bengaluru gave a pleasing vocal concert at Ravindra Bharati for South Indian Cultural association recently.
She is blessed with a mellifluous voice and good sruti conformity and her concert presentation stuck to tradition. She had her tutelage under great vocalist-scholars like V. Subramanyam and O.S.Thyagarajan. Presently she is learning under Bangalore Sitalakshmi Venkateshan. She is a graded artiste of AIR and Doordarshan. She has good concert experience in India and abroad, singing for prestigious cultural institutions. On this occasion, she was accompanied by B.S. Narayanan on violin, Nemani Somayajulu on mridangam and P.V. Ramanamurthy on ghatam.
Chitra began with Sri Vighna Rajam Bhaje in Nata after rendering, as a preface, a sloka in praise of Ganapathi. The kriti was by Oothukadu Venkata Subbaiah. And this very first number built rapport with the audience. She then essayed Bilahari briefly in which she sang Toli Janmamuna of Thyagaraja. She revealed her sense for literary flavour of Thyagaraja by singing with expression. The swarakalpana too displayed her fluency and ability to weave pleasing phrases.
Beautiful ragas
Kalyani was another raga she delineated mellifluously for Pankajalochana of Swati Tirunal. She presented neraval and swarakalpana displaying a bit of her Manodharma. Chintayami Jagadamba in Hindolam and Dikshitar's Ardhanareeswaram in Kumadakriya once again revealing her sense for sahitya import of the kriti.
Bhairavi was the main melody of the concert and she rendered it with good flavour. She chose a rare Thyagaraja Lalgudi Panchartna kriti Lalithe Sripravrudha addressing goddess Parvati in which she presented an imaginative swaraprasthara.
After rendering Ninnadanela in Kannada ragam, a Thyagaraja composition, she chose Shanmukhapriya for Ragam, Tanam and Pallavi exercise, in which the pallavi was done in trikalam neravu followed by ragamalika swarakalpana.
It was a sweet presentation. The Tani Avartanam by the percussionists was by itself was a treat.
Prizewinners
On this occasion prizes were given away to the winners of this year's music competitions, held recently by SICA, for juniors and sub-juniors. R. Mrudula won the first prize in juniors section. The second prize went to Abhiram.
In Sub-junior section Yasaswini and Prachothan won first prize and Sindhuja was given second prize.
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