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It was refreshing to find young artistes displaying their skill with aplomb

Photo C.V. Subrahmanyam

Talent and heritage Sikkil Gurucharan was one of the young musicians who enthralled the audience at the music fest

The fest got off to a traditional start with the nadaswaram recital by the Chidambaram-based A. Vijaya Kartikeyan in the company of M.S. Ravikumar and M.P. Natarajan on tavil. This was followed by a pleasing vocal recital in the classical Carnatic style by B. Bhavyalakshmi Saji. She was accompanied on the violin by local artiste M. Satyanarayana Sarma and the mridangam support was provided by Mandapaka Ravi. The evening concluded with an absorbing sitar recital in Hindustani by Raiskhan of Dharwad with Uday Kulkarni on tabla. He played a composition in Vilambhit and Druth in teental in raag Desh and another in Madhyalaya in roopak and Druth in Ektaal in raag Prabhat.

The next evening was marked by an erudite flute recital by Jayaprada Ramamurty of Hyderabad with Ampolu Muralikrishna on violin, M.L.N. Raju on mridangam and Hanumantha Rao on ghatam.

This was followed by a scholarly, soul-stirring carnatic vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan. Adeptly accompanied on violin by Nagai Sriram and mridangam by R. Shankar Narayana, the scion of the Sikkil family of flute fame presented a sublime blend of all criteria of exhilarating exposition of the tradition.

Exquisite elaboration of Teliyaleru Rama (Dhenuka) with gusto in particular marked the recital. The veena (electronic) and violin duet knowledgeably rendered by V.S. Ramakumar and N. Sampath next in the company of Unnikrishnan on mridangam, Trivandrum R. Rajesh on ghatam and Udippi S. Srikanth on kanjeera, was an aesthetic effort. Elaboration of Saaramegaani (Pantuvarali) adorned with taanam was the highlight.

Vocal recital in the North Indian style of exposition by Ranjani Ramachandran of Pune in the company of Guruprasad Hegde on harmonium and Srutheendra Katgade on tabla; Chitraveena by Ch. P. Ganesh with V. Sangeev on violin and Trivandrum Vydyanathan on mridangam; carnatic vocal by K.R. Jayasankar of Pondicherry with B. Anantha Krishna on violin and Arjun Ganesh on mridangam on the third evening were engagingly evocative.

Accomplishing all intricate nuances with impeccable precision in sruthi and laya alignment, Kumari K. Lahari who stood hailed as a prodigy in the firmament of Carnatic vocal, provided a thrilling start to the penultimate evening of the fete.

Elaboration of Ninnu vina of Shyama Sastry adorned with scholarly gathi and yathi variations in the expression of Manodharma in swarakalpana in Ragamalika in particular stood out. Then followed a thrilling layavinyasam on pakhawaj by Lohit Sarma, Varun Jha and Salman Khan (aged below 14) from Hyderabad.

Carnatic vocal rendition by sisters K.S. Sriranjani and Sruthiranjani with their sister Sumanasaranjani on violin with K.U. Jayachandra Rao on mridangam was a soothing musical exercise.

Aesthetic tranquil rendering by R. Sreedev of Tiruvananthapuram with J.R. Anand on violin and T. Sundaresan on mridangam; scintillating layavinyasam by Thakur Harjit Singh on tabla , Om Prakash on mridangam, R. Srikanth on kanjeera and Ramana on ghatam; pleasing vocal by V. Sumithra of Chennai with local artistes KVS Prasad on violin and M. Sridhar on mridangam marked the finale.

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