Up and Comers to Watch for this Season

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 26 Nov 2008, 02:01

I know we'd done this thread last year and I suspect there won't be many changes, but have any new artistes emerged over the last year that we should watch out for? Last year we had Prassanna Venkataraman, Abhishek Raghuram, Amrutha Venkatesh, Ranjani Hebbar, Saketharaman, and of course the unearthing of the crowning jewel, Parassala Ponnamal. Over the last year, Amritha Murali seems to have distinguished herself, but I can't remember any others from the reviews I've seen. Please throw up a few names!

Of course, don't restrict yourselves to vocalists.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 26 Nov 2008, 02:23

Trichur brothers come to mind

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 26 Nov 2008, 03:10

Since you said "don't restrict yourselves to vocalists", here's my input.

Praveen Kumar (Upendransir's grandson) is a great young mrudangist, he won an award from the music academy last year for Best Junior mrudangist. N. C. Bharadwaj is also very good, I think this year he is playing in the Music Academy for the first time.
Of course there are the sub-senior mrudangists (Delhi Sairam and R. Sankarnarayanan), I am a huge fan of both of them.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 26 Nov 2008, 09:21

While it is probably not fare on my part to include my son K. Sathyanarayanan (keyboard artiste) in this list, I sincerely request forum members, if they can spare to listen to a song or two atleast, to attend a live concert or two of his Carnatic on Keyboard presentation during this December. I also welcome criticism / opinion which would really help him.

Fyi he is performing for Brahma Gana Sabha 24th Dec'08 from 345 - 615 pm with Sri B.U. Ganesh Prasad on Violin, Sri Trichur Narendran on Mrudhangam and Sri Vaikom Gopalakrishnan on Ghatam, Mylapore Fines Arts on 28th Dec'08 from 3 - 5 pm, 6th Jan'09 Padma Sarangapani Trust 630pm apart from other concerts for which i shall give details this weekend.

It is just a request and hope members who are in Chennai would spare little time to attend and forward opinion/comments on his performance.

suma · Post by **suma** » 26 Nov 2008, 09:32

I would also like to request Rasikas to come for some concerts of Sandeep Bharadwaj during the season and give us your blessings and feedback. Please try to come for the concert on Dec 23, 2008 at Sri Ragam Fine Arts if possible.

DEC 18, 2008 - 4-5 PM - BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING ANJANA THIRUMALAI

DEC 18, 2008 - 6:30-8:30 PM - BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING KALPALATHIKA SWAMINATHAN

DEC 19, 2008 - 1:30-3:00 PM - CARNATICA - TATTVALOKA - SANDEEP N. BHARADWAJ - SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL

DEC 20, 2008 - 12:00-1:30 PM - MYLAPORE FINE ARTS - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING J.B. SRUTHI SAGAR (FLUTE)

DEC 20, 2008 - 6:00-7:00 PM - VDS ARTS ACADEMY - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING VARUN GANESAN

DEC 21, 2008 - 5-6:30 PM - HAMSADWANI, SANDEEP N. BHARADWAJ - SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL, ACCOMAPANIED BY B.SIVARAMAN - MRUDANGAM, MADIPAKKAM MURALI - GHATTAM

DEC 22, 2008 - 1-2 PM - SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING ARTHI SURESH

DEC 23, 2008 - 4-6:30 PM - SRI RAGAM FINE ARTS, SANDEEP N. BHARADWAJ - SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL, ACCOMAPANIED BY B.SIVARAMAN - MRUDANGAM, MADIPAKKAM MURALI - GHATTAM

DEC 26, 2008 - 12:00-1:30 PM - MYLAPORE FINE ARTS - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING SUBHIKSHA RANGARAJAN

DEC 26, 2008 - 4:30-6:30 PM - NANGANALLUR ANJANEYAR TEMPLE - SANDEEP BHARADWAJ ACCOMPANYING TRICHUR SMT. ANANTHLAKSHMI, B GRADE AIR ARTIST

carnaticdasan · Post by **carnaticdasan** » 26 Nov 2008, 14:28

Can i know whose student is SB?and if possible his contact no.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Nov 2008, 21:21

TNS Krishna has also made good strides - 3/4 years back, while the technical expertise was evident his concerts tended to lack proportion and balance but he has really matured now. BMK Jr and Sikkil Gurucharan are of course making rapid strides towards the top slot. Not sure if Salem Sriram is travelling to Chennai this season (based in the US I think) but if he is, he deserves to be included for sure. Same goes for Palghat Ramaprasad. I also liked what I saw of Aditya Prakash last year. AS Murali, mroe commonly heard on the ghatam , is also a fine vocalist. MR Subramanian, another PSN student was shaping up well 2-3 years back although I have not heard him recently. Rama Krishnan Moorthy bagged several awards at the youth talent hunt last year and is a talent to watch out for...

Of course our two talented forum regulars, Prashant and Ram, are performing together (on 6th Jan I think). The there are others like Sankirnam, Sandeep Narayanan, Ravikiran etc., all of whom must be having busy scheduled during the season...wishing them all the best again.

I am pretty sure I am missing out many others here...

Net, net there is much to look forward to, this season. Request to members to please post their opinions on youngsters they hear...

suma · Post by **suma** » 26 Nov 2008, 22:47

carnaticdasan wrote:Can i know whose student is SB?and if possible his contact no.

Smt Suguna Varadachari and Ms. A. Kanyakumari
You can contact him by sending an email to this id

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Nov 2008, 08:57

Suma,
The best to Sandeep Bharadwaj. Will try and catch a concert of his. You had asked about RasikAs meeting during the season. Note that a new thread has been started on that by Sam Swaminathan, our NZ member who is the brother of the eminent mrudangam player ()also among RasikAs performing artiste-members--Mannargudi Easwaran. Keep a tab on that thread and you will know the place and the time. We had a great time meeting many RasikAs last season...

Vijay and Sankirnam,
Will keep in mind all the names. RasikAs member and member's daughter Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan seems to have risen among the young lot in the past year. She is singing in many venues this season.
Looking forward to Prashant and Ram's concert of course...

carnaticdasan · Post by **carnaticdasan** » 27 Nov 2008, 18:37

Vijay

Apart from the few names mentioned i would like to add few more youngsters who are making waves in the CM circle, Ritvik Raja,Aditya Venkatesh.Ritvik I believe is a student of Sri TMK and Aditya is from the DKJ school.Both are singing in many venues and details can be had from the site-www.kutcheribuzz.com.Iyer sisters too are busy this season.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Nov 2008, 10:49

Try to make it to J.B.Sruthi Sagar who plays the flute. From what Suma says above Dec 20 12-1.30 could be the time slot to catch two youngsters in one go.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Nov 2008, 10:52

Trichy Pradeep Kumar was very impressive when I heard him over the past couple of months.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Nov 2008, 12:13

Thanks carnaticdasan.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Nov 2008, 14:54

Toronto Brothers , Ashwin and Rohin, disciples of poojyasri S R. Janakiraman come to my mind , though they are not exactly newcomers. T hey have been given the morning and midday slots for the past one or two years. This year they performed at Cleveland. gobilalitha

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 28 Nov 2008, 15:50

G RAVIKIRAN who's been making waves all over - more recently with a string of 11 back-to-back concerts in Kerala during Navarathri is the one I'd watch out for -

IT'S ON DECEMBER 18TH, AT 12 NOON

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 30 Nov 2008, 09:33

Sri Prasanna Venkataraman and Kum. Amrita Murali are two excellent artistes whose concerts I try to attend whenever possible...

suma · Post by **suma** » 05 Dec 2008, 00:03

ramanathan wrote:Carnatica Archival Centre for Music & Dance

Presents

SAMARPANAM - A Tribute to Legends
At Tattvaloka Auditorium, No. 76, Eldams Road, Teynampet, Chennai

Friday, Dec. 19th, 2008

1.30 pm: Sandeep N. Bharadwaj, R. Ramkumar

For those of you who wanted to catch Sandeep and Ram in action, here is another possible date.

cameo · Post by **cameo** » 08 Dec 2008, 12:06

bilahari wrote:I know we'd done this thread last year and I suspect there won't be many changes, but have any new artistes emerged over the last year that we should watch out for? Last year we had Prassanna Venkataraman, Abhishek Raghuram, Amrutha Venkatesh, Ranjani Hebbar, Saketharaman, and of course the unearthing of the crowning jewel, Parassala Ponnamal. Over the last year, Amritha Murali seems to have distinguished herself, but I can't remember any others from the reviews I've seen. Please throw up a few names!

Of course, don't restrict yourselves to vocalists.

this post by bilahari was highlighted in todays 'Times of india'...

--cameo

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 08 Dec 2008, 12:39

What was the article about, cameo? Didn't know rasikas.org had such visibility!

cameo · Post by **cameo** » 08 Dec 2008, 13:47

haha...yeah it has..

here is that portion of the article:

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A RASIKA's WORLD OUT THERE
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The rasikas take their job seriously.Even before the sabhas announce their schedules and awardees,rasikas analyse the possible contenders for the various awards,the top performers of the year and the young talents to watch out for.Days before the season kicks off ,they hold discussions on technical aspects,learn more about ragas,compositions and composers,and review concerts.And helping them are websites and online forums such as RASIKAS.ORG,carnatica.net,chennaionline.com.
Take for an instance Bilahari's post on rasikas.org which says,"Have any new artistes emerged over the last year that we should watch out for?" or another post by Vijay on the same forum which says,"The full impact of the downturn is still to be felt here...As far as the end consumers,we rasikas,are concerned,I dont think paying Rs 50 or Rs 100 for tickets is going to affect us"

-THE TIMES OF INDIA
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regards,
cameo

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Dec 2008, 15:00

Wow - SRK should demand royalty from these guys! Cameo, could you give us the link, if there is one! We'd better watch what we are saying from now on

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 08 Dec 2008, 15:13

Yes we better "take [our] job seriously" and mind our P's and Q's. Especially the people over at the preposterous TMK thread!

cameo · Post by **cameo** » 08 Dec 2008, 15:19

hehe.. true.. weve got to watch what we say,, if times of India does, probably CNN,NDTV might be watching us for sure..

todays paper,4th page..
i think found a link too for it,

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/sk ... 8729157218

regards,
cameo

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 08 Dec 2008, 16:10

congrats bilahri; cameo, one more of our members is also mentioned in the article-
"It is interesting the way we network, share views and learn from each other. There are many gifted folks on the forum," says Rajee Krishnan, composer and member of a popular internet forum on Carnatic music.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Dec 2008, 16:46

Thanks Cameo

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 08 Dec 2008, 17:21

The article was the second in a series by Vidwan Shashikiran for the TOI. He will be writing on several other topics through the season. The first article was on musicians' preparation for the season. It is here:

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/ ... 8735826218

Thanks to arasi-ji and Sathej for their inputs for today's article!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 08 Dec 2008, 18:09

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 08 Dec 2008, 20:07

After reading both the orginal and the print version, it seems TOI editor has also taken time to go thro' our site. Bilahari and Vijay's post were not quoted in the orginal write up but appear in the edited version

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Dec 2008, 20:13

No Coolji - After TMK's scathing attack in the Indian Express, I don't have the courage to pick up the pen for any mainstream publication!

This time I will cover it "exclusively" in rasikas.org

suma · Post by **suma** » 08 Dec 2008, 21:13

vijay wrote: After TMK's scathing attack in the Indian Express,

What was this about?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Dec 2008, 22:06

He was not very happy with the reporting format - especially scores for various aspects like creativity, repertoire etc.