Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
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Vocal: Vivek Sadasivam (Disciple of Rudrapatnam Thyagarajan and Sanjay Subrahmanyan) and he has a lineage connected to Ambi Dikshitar through his grandfather AnanathaRama Iyer and his parents are also his teacher. Vivek is also cousin of Mrudangam artist Anantha R Krishnan)
Violin : R Raghul
Mrudangam: Palladam Ravi (Disciple of his appa Palladam Ramachandra Rao and he is the great grand son of flautist palladam sanjiva rao)
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Day : Thursday
Duration - 2 hours
Sabha/Hall : RR Sabha and 3rd floor Mini hall
Occasion : Koteeswara Iyer Dedication series by Skanda Trust
Damn it i came 15 plus mins late , the schedule was 06 15 PM, assuming i may have missed 2
All were koteeswara iyer compositions
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3. SrivenugOpAla (?, S) - darbar
5 mins swaras
4. KA guhA shanmughA (R) - kosAlam
6 mins alapana and 5 mins violin return
5. sangeetha pArangatha - poornachandikra
06A. kalitheera vandharul (R CS CS S T) - Todi
12 mins alapana and 7 mins violin return
swaras for 8 mins
06B. tani for ?? mins
07. kalangAdhE manamE - rAgavardhini
08. nAda sukham tarum (R) - kAnthamani
2 mins alapaani
09. Mangalam mayil vAhana - shurtti mangalam
Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
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Re: Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
Personally only heard Vivek sadasivam once last year in Arkays hall . He surely had and has a very sowkhyam touch in his music . May appear bit tentative in his approach but that is more in visual mode and not that much in aural mode. Few days back ,Vivek presented an exclusive koteeswara Iyer compositions , was it all on Lord Murugan -that i am bit foggy as of now (many compositions may have many god names and can get finally tagged to Lord Murugan). As i came in i heard the sri venugopala in Darbar . Darbar to also disambiguate nayaki atleast, needs a little more musical assertion , he got it in lakshanam but i felt just little momentum would have helped in giving a more lakshya darbAr.
Kosalam is a tricky raga to elaborate and he did well with a nice flow of krithi bit more repetition on sangathis would have made me bit more happier.S sangeetha pArangatha in Poornachandrika was a rare krithi , may be this is the first time i am hearing and he did well. The days best was indeed his super distilled todi . Lovely alpana touching significantly all the contours of the most detailed ragam , considering it is queen raga of Carnatic music he did well. He made a passing mention that when he got this opportunity he was immediately thinking of this krithi. Kalitheera is one of a kind , if thyagaraja created wonders with his collection of todi krithis, may be koteeswara iyer did this kalitheera in todi thamizh and possibly Papanasam sivan followed with Karthikeya kangeya . How many sangathis he sang so differently in the Pallavi line alone of kalitheera to give so much of Todi Rasa . Two rounds of cittaswaras and also the swaras were measured and well done . Is there a neraval in kalitheera did ARI or KVN sing ever ,now i am forgetting but i missed neraval , all said well done
Post tani, ragavardhini and kAnthamani were sung with lot of relaxed sangathis and i did like both of them . KAnthamani is a tricky raga many have sung, i recollect did i hear once rudrapatnam brothers sing kAntamani(that is the only concert i heard them live in sastri hall that review must be here 15 to 20 years back), when he sang this song i could get his rudrapatnam relaxed like approach. Shurutti Mangalam was a nice closure
R Raghul is a seasoned Violin lover. HE continues to be a MC maama devotee , but i would like him to possibly go bit away during alapana where excess viraladi technique can be bit tampered to bring a more lalgudi/msg/tnk like krithi paddhati approach. But overall he did up the concert . WHile Vivek concert is my 2nd one , R Raghul i have heard many concerts , but one person who was simply superb was Palladam Ravi . I dont think i have ever heard him at all for sure , every year he will get one senior slot in academy. I know he is AIR Madurai or Coimbatore based artist , but he is just exceptionally balanced in right left combination . Konjam i felt a lot like say 20 years back mannargudi easwaran like approach , not a single excess bang . Also he metered the volume so well from Pallavi , anupallavi etc and he played for the vocalist and not played for the taaalam alone . I think if at all he is retired from AIR Madurai , it is worth for him to settle in madras, palladam is only near to Coimbatore , Trichy and Madurai not for mylapore and mambalam. Tani was crisp and he gave more time to the main artist. <<May i know the guru of his father Palladam Ramachandra rao>>
Koteeswara iyer is a brilliant vageyakkara , how did he incorporate raga mudra for all 72 melakartha that too in thamizh. He is indeed a great vaggeyakkara who pushed the frontier of Carnatic music deeper 100 plus years back . Vivek with his deep Dikshitar lineage did indeed give a great concert . Little more dynamic risk taking will be more enjoyable .
Overall a very good to excellent 2 hours concert
Kosalam is a tricky raga to elaborate and he did well with a nice flow of krithi bit more repetition on sangathis would have made me bit more happier.S sangeetha pArangatha in Poornachandrika was a rare krithi , may be this is the first time i am hearing and he did well. The days best was indeed his super distilled todi . Lovely alpana touching significantly all the contours of the most detailed ragam , considering it is queen raga of Carnatic music he did well. He made a passing mention that when he got this opportunity he was immediately thinking of this krithi. Kalitheera is one of a kind , if thyagaraja created wonders with his collection of todi krithis, may be koteeswara iyer did this kalitheera in todi thamizh and possibly Papanasam sivan followed with Karthikeya kangeya . How many sangathis he sang so differently in the Pallavi line alone of kalitheera to give so much of Todi Rasa . Two rounds of cittaswaras and also the swaras were measured and well done . Is there a neraval in kalitheera did ARI or KVN sing ever ,now i am forgetting but i missed neraval , all said well done
Post tani, ragavardhini and kAnthamani were sung with lot of relaxed sangathis and i did like both of them . KAnthamani is a tricky raga many have sung, i recollect did i hear once rudrapatnam brothers sing kAntamani(that is the only concert i heard them live in sastri hall that review must be here 15 to 20 years back), when he sang this song i could get his rudrapatnam relaxed like approach. Shurutti Mangalam was a nice closure
R Raghul is a seasoned Violin lover. HE continues to be a MC maama devotee , but i would like him to possibly go bit away during alapana where excess viraladi technique can be bit tampered to bring a more lalgudi/msg/tnk like krithi paddhati approach. But overall he did up the concert . WHile Vivek concert is my 2nd one , R Raghul i have heard many concerts , but one person who was simply superb was Palladam Ravi . I dont think i have ever heard him at all for sure , every year he will get one senior slot in academy. I know he is AIR Madurai or Coimbatore based artist , but he is just exceptionally balanced in right left combination . Konjam i felt a lot like say 20 years back mannargudi easwaran like approach , not a single excess bang . Also he metered the volume so well from Pallavi , anupallavi etc and he played for the vocalist and not played for the taaalam alone . I think if at all he is retired from AIR Madurai , it is worth for him to settle in madras, palladam is only near to Coimbatore , Trichy and Madurai not for mylapore and mambalam. Tani was crisp and he gave more time to the main artist. <<May i know the guru of his father Palladam Ramachandra rao>>
Koteeswara iyer is a brilliant vageyakkara , how did he incorporate raga mudra for all 72 melakartha that too in thamizh. He is indeed a great vaggeyakkara who pushed the frontier of Carnatic music deeper 100 plus years back . Vivek with his deep Dikshitar lineage did indeed give a great concert . Little more dynamic risk taking will be more enjoyable .
Overall a very good to excellent 2 hours concert
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Re: Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
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Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
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Vocal: Vivek Sadasivam
Violin : R Raghul
Mrudangam: Palladam Ravi
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Occasion : Koteeswara Iyer Dedication series by Skanda Trust
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #Q of Z(hopefully Z(26) is goal) . Q stands for QuiloKuthuhalam ragam <<Whose invention is that ragam ,that is the quiz , can anyone guess>>
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386235#p386235
Vivek Sadasivam@RR Sabha (Koteeswara Iyer Dedication ) On Oct 22nd,2026
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Vocal: Vivek Sadasivam
Violin : R Raghul
Mrudangam: Palladam Ravi
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Occasion : Koteeswara Iyer Dedication series by Skanda Trust
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #Q of Z(hopefully Z(26) is goal) . Q stands for QuiloKuthuhalam ragam <<Whose invention is that ragam ,that is the quiz , can anyone guess>>
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386235#p386235