Ranjani Gayatri

vpadmana · Post by **vpadmana** » 04 Feb 2009, 00:38

One of the leading performers today of Carnatic Vocal. Their voices & strengths compliment each other perfectly. Excellent pAdAntharam and shruti suddham. After MSS, it's R-G that come close to perfection in terms of voice modulation.

Having had training both in Carnatic as well as Hindustani AND on the violin (they started out as violinists), their music is very well rounded and each concert is a wonderful experience for the rasikA.

Comments and insights are welcome!

Shivadasan · Post by **Shivadasan** » 07 Feb 2009, 07:31

The full credit goes to their father Balasubramaniam. He had been grooming them from their childhood, sacrificing all his other interests. He deserves recognition for giving us such good artists.

vpadmana · Post by **vpadmana** » 13 Feb 2009, 01:28

I think that the Hindustani training helps very much in maintaining the shruti suddham. There is and always has been greater emphasis on that in that style of music. It is something that I think all Carnatic musicians ought to study for a year or two.

The reverse is also good for Hindustani musicians who could no doubt benefit from the emphasis on advanced Talam, Bhavam and Sahityam.

subhiksha rangarajan · Post by **subhiksha rangarajan** » 01 Mar 2009, 00:35

big fan of Smt.Ranjini-Gayathri duo..
My sincere prayers and very best wishes for their musical career..

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 06 Mar 2009, 10:24

Their viruththam is surely their usp .

I have heard the following, infact the viruththam that is mentioned in the article , I heard it in my first concert of theirs in 2004 at RA puram vinayakar temple.Usually gAyatri takes the first and third rAgamAliga with ranjani taking the second. Especially gAyatri taking off with the first is simply brilliant (supersonic tarasthayi lift ).
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/03/06/stor ... 190200.htm

Heard the following viruththams in the last few years:

# Viruttam (Soolam Piditha Ema Paasam Suzhatri) - Kambodhi + Amirthavarshini + Sindhu Bhairavi

# Viruttam "Naadum Nagaramum THedi thirindhu siva peruman enru paadum" - Bilahari + Suddadhanyasi + Sindhu Bhairavi

# viruththam "ullagellAm UNarNdhu ODarkku ariyavan" - Arabi
+ "thirunAma anjezhuthum" - sAveri + "thirunAma anjezhuthum" - kamAs - thevAram

They are one of the finest singers in viruththam

. Few viruththams are tuned by their dad shri balasubramaniam

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 06 Mar 2009, 10:30

Having said above with their viruththam which is like a 3(no of ragas) X 100 relay ,I wish one of the days when I attend their concert they have to go for 6 or 7(no of ragas) X 100 relay and preferably end not in sindhubhairavi(all musicians generally never take a raga after sindhubhairavi

) on that day.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Mar 2009, 01:15

rajeshnat wrote:Few viruththams are tuned by their dad shri balasubramaniam

I may be wrong, but I think he even composes (not just the music) some of the viruttams they sing (I call them 'designer' viruttams, because of the incomparable/asAdya poruttam of the viruttam to the song that follows!

)

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 07 Mar 2009, 04:34

Ranjani and Gayatri are currently on tour in Australia.
Some concert details at www.pallavi.org and
www.cmcmelbourne.org.au

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 20 Aug 2010, 15:02

Review of their concert
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/20/stor ... 970500.htm

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 27 Oct 2012, 07:07

Thanks to rajashnat.....

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 27 Oct 2012, 10:31

Mods
Merge this thread to http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... it=ranjani

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 27 Oct 2012, 12:45

Here is a link where Gayatri playes violin to Sanjay Subramaniam...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEqOra8 ... ture=g-u-u

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 Jan 2013, 21:06

review of the sisters crt at delhi
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/lang ... 316186.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 02 Feb 2013, 00:53

RG sisters brief interview
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/stri ... 365299.ece

devan · Post by **devan** » 03 Feb 2013, 13:02

Their father name is Balumani and not Balasubramaniam.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 03 Feb 2013, 14:55

devan wrote:Their father name is Balumani and not Balasubramaniam.

The website of Ranjani Gayatri mentions the name of their father as Shri N Balasubramanian.It is possible that the other name that you mention may be a "Nick" name or pet name.

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 04 Feb 2013, 15:12

Balumani is his pet name in Mumbai circles. The late T.S.Krishnaswamy was one of the Best Teachers in Mumbai.

RaviSri · Post by **RaviSri** » 05 Feb 2013, 11:06

MKR and others, Balamani (bAlAmaNi) and not Balumani is his pet name. Knew him since I was a child in Matunga. He lived in Panch Building near the King's Circle.

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 05 Feb 2013, 22:52

RaviSri, we know him as Balumani! He may be many names to many people, certainly versatile enough for that. But I know quite a few people who know him as Balumani. No ambiguity about the person himself, though. King's Circle, Ranjani Gayatri's father.

TheSeeker · Post by **TheSeeker** » 30 Mar 2013, 14:29

Very articulate too. Would they be media trained?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlsFuJTqgIk

vsamart · Post by **vsamart** » 18 Sep 2013, 11:14

My ultimate favorites! The most beautiful thing about their music is how their individually different voices come together to make one sound! Truly fabulous.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 15 Jan 2016, 08:54

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 108450.ece

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Jan 2016, 09:21

A very good interview. They make nice sisters and a nice pair of vidushis--and are articulate.

Wondered about their saying how an abhang is more difficult to learn than a padam. May be so, but to 'sing' a padam as every word in it gets ideally emoted is a tougher task, I would think

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Jan 2016, 10:28

Arasi,
The sisters are very articulate and intelligent young women, but I think that this interview did not do them any justice because the questions were, IMO, rather pedestrian....

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 15 Jan 2016, 11:15

I liked it. Normally, Gayathri comes off as more accomplished. The question on the chemistry between them, and Gayathri's 'feeling blessed to sing with her sister' was a nice response. The question about language, bhakthi also were fielded well. It gives a sense of satisfaction to understand the bond between the singers, and it is palpable in their singing.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 15 Jan 2016, 12:11

@arasi, Not padam, it was javali.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Jan 2016, 15:32

padam, jAvaLi...
Yes, the padam (word) I used wasn't it...

nativespecialseo · Post by **nativespecialseo** » 21 Jan 2016, 10:19

hello

The sister ranjani and gayatri are most intelligent women.To b seen both conversation https://www.facebook.com/Ranjani.Gayatr ... =2&theater on this link.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 09 Sep 2016, 06:58

The Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal to be conferred on sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri on October 7, 2016

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 09 Sep 2016, 07:34

Congratulations to the vidushis! Well deserved.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 12 Sep 2016, 00:12

In the last 9 years or so , they have won the best concert yogam nagaswami prize from academy atleast 2 or 3 times. Academy and INdira sivasailam foundation have tied up and certainly that must be weighed in . Congratulations to RA GA sisters , they deserve it .

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 15 Aug 2017, 05:53

A nice interview. The views sound authentic and touching.
http://theaalaap.com/site/theqs/RanjaniGayatri#

shankarank · Post by **shankarank** » 19 Aug 2017, 10:11

Gnanam is really overrated. At the end of the day, we are convinced that technical mastery over your instrument or your medium of expression is really what can make your music communicative. Whatever your mind thinks, your voice has got to be able to execute.

They are making a statement for the times. The reason again Carnatic music when rendered by a raspy voice is appealing to many , is the exquisiteness of expressions ( that points to a certain sAdhakam to achieve it) and also importantly expressions of laya and verve!

In current times however audience - just like I was in my initial days - is attracted to what is currently prevalent notion of a pleasing voice.

However when few of us found them impressive , their voice delivery is one thing - some dismissed it as not too wholesome - an imitation of their violin shades , but mainly there were no other female representation of that vervy style of SSI school with unrestrained kArvais! And there were no other female artistes that would be as strident and punchy as them for a long time.

hemanth.8 · Post by **hemanth.8** » 13 Mar 2018, 22:56

I am looking for audio/video of the following recitals specially by Ranjani Gayatri sisters :
1) enthA puNyave gOpi enthA bhAgyave yashOde - Saveri
2) Saamanya valla shri hari seve - Charukeshi

Also, where can I find original recordings of RaGa sisters maybe in mp3 format or video files?

Thanks

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Dec 2018, 16:20

Ranjani Gayatri review of NGS in The Hindu dated Dec 13,2018. NGS hall concert of Karthik Fine Arts had HNB-SaiGiridhar-KVG as the team . The photo in the below link shows music academy with SaiRam and Chandrasekhara Sharma , thank god in the concert writeup and the photo HN Bhaskar remains the same.

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 733076.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 22 Mar 2019, 11:03

Ra Ga sisters are in collaboration mode with all sides. THeir review with Agam band dated Mar 22,2019
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 598401.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 13 Jan 2022, 16:34

Atleast 10 or 12 years back i was searching if subramanya bhujangam has been taken up by any CM artist. If my memory is right i found one by Bangalore Shankar and there was also one by Vidushi R Vedavalli.

Now Raga sisters have taken up that in their extremely impressive rendition. The video shoot is in the besantnagar arupadai veedu temple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-0hCiDfYHk

I wish they had also shown visuals like the 6 arupadai veedu , that way the 6 temples which are bit localised Tamilnadu history are also known to the world .Look at the credits too, lot more names you do know . Well done the supporting team and Well done Ranjani Gayatri sisters.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 19 Oct 2024, 18:10

I just saw the news that Ranjani Gayatri have been awarded Sangeetha choodamani award by Sree Krishna Gana Sabha (SKGS) for this year 2024. Hearty congratulations to them . Their Gurus and parents (where ever they are) would be proud along with their budding sishyas. They have a Lot of fans who are ecstatic with rA gA music and they will also be elated. IN my family circles ,(many of them dont even know that i listen to lot of CM )they have a lot of fan following, my amma goes specially gA gA with rA gA.

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