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In father’s footsteps
JITENDRA PRATAP
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Kalapini Komkali impressed with her melodious voice, vocal strength and the methodically presented khayals.
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The concluding bhajan was in the typical Kumar Gandharva format.
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Melodic Kalapini Komkali at a concert.
Kalapini Komkali is the daughter of the late Kumar Gandharva and Vasundhara Komkali. Even when she was undergoing a course in library science she continued to learn music under the guidance of her illustrious father and later from her mother. It was
indeed a delight to listen to her solo recital in the HCL Concert Series at the India Habitat Centre. She was well accompanied on the harmonium by Ustad Mehmood Dholpuri and on the tabla by Shambhunath Bhattacharya.
Gifted with a melodious voice and good vocal stamina, Kalapini enthralled the audience with her methodically presented khayals in ragas Yeman andTilak Kamod, besides a thumri in raga Kafi followed by a briefly rendered tarana in the same raga but with much aplomb.
Kalapini’s opening khayal in raga Yeman “Deho gyan-daan mohey” set to the twelve-beat slow ektal was rendered at good length with the raga’s many hidden folds released with utmost melodic charmand intense musical depth. At every twist and turn she manoeuvred to reveal her individual musical capability. In the handling of the ‘alap-badhat’ she did indicate her good sense of reposefulness and intelligently carried out her improvisations. Kalapini’s renderings were bold and with a very clear vocal refrain and tunefulness. The madhya teental composition “Taan de muraliya” was laced with a good number of delightfully deployed variations.
Her next choice was in the colourful melody of the raga Tilak Kamod. The traditional composition set to the mid-tempo ten-beat jhaptal “Piya...sab tare” delighted for she sang with ease and charmingly improvised variations.
She followed it with a brisk-paced tarana-like composition of her father in raga Desh. The thumri in raga Kafi “Kaise bharoon paani” was handled well and was followed with a well-structured tarana. The concluding bhajan was in the typical Kumar Gandharva format.
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