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In performance Dr. Ranganathan Iyer’s concert.
Dr. Ranganathan Iyer hails from Mumbai and is literally a new face in Hyderabad’s Carnatic music circles. He proved to be a competent vocalist, in a performance he gave for Sangeetha Ksheerasagaram, last week at Thygaraya Gana Sabha. He was acc
ompanied by N. Anantha Krishna on violin and Gururaj Sriram on mridangam, both promising musicians of younger generation. Dr. Ranganathan, was under the tutelage of ‘Ganabushana’ Srimathi T.S. Kaveri, grand-daughter of the late Anantha Rama Bhaghavathar, a renowned musician of his times. Ranganathan appears to have also specialised in the rendition of Sanskrit compositions both of Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Swathi Thirunal. By profession, he is a microbiologist, but embraced music for love and givesconcerts as a professional musician at various musical festivals at Mumbai and other places. He is blessed with a rich and resonant voice, with wonderful shruti conformity and good sense for rhythm, the essential feature that a vocalist requires. He is out and out traditional in setting his repertoire and packed it with refreshing numbers, some of which rarely heard. Dr. Ranganathan opened with a G.N.B’s varnam in Ranjani and went for the invocation Gajananayutham in Chakravakam, a composition of Dikshithar. He then rendered Devadeva in Mayamalavagaula of Swathi Tirunal preceded by decent raaga essay. Then he chose Bilahari for a brief delineation for the kriti Sri Madhurapuri Viharini of Dikshitar. The raga essay and swarakalpana reflected his innate creative skills. After another impressive kirtana Parakela Nanu Paripalimpa in Kedaragowla of Shyamasasthri, Ranganathan took up Simhendra Madhyamam as his main raga rendition of the concert. He shaped it observing good discipline and musical sense, in building it up methodically. He chose Rama Rama Gunaseema of Swati Tirunal to present in this raga, another rare piece to relish. And the neraval and swaram he presented in this also reflected his inclination for technical aspects of the concert. Pavanaguru in Hamsanandi of Lalitha Dasar, Yadava Nee Baa in Thillang of Purandardasa, were other notable numbers in his concert. He displayed all the attributes of a seasoned vocalist.
G.S
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