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Young G. Ravi Shankar kept rasikas in raptures at the Shri Rama Gana Sabha concert.
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PHOTO: R. M. RAJARATHINAM
Enthralling performance: G. Ravi Shankar.
Shri Rama Gana Sabha, Tiruchi, has now been having a series of music programmes by very young musicians of high calibre. The Sabha recently arranged a vocal concert by G. Ravi Shankar, a II year B.Com student from D. G. Vaishnav College, Chennai. A d
isciple of Nanganallur Renganathan, he has been learning music from age 4. He was discovered by ‘Abaswaram’ Ramji and is a member of the Bala Brahmam Group, a forum that encourages talented vocalists and instrumentalists.
He presented a varied fare, a combination of heavy and light ragas, with ease and beauty. Being a mridangist, he rendered his swaras with mathematical precision arousing interest in the audience for more. The graham beda in the main piece in Madhyamavathi, ‘Palimsu Kamakshi’, was rendered with the effortlessness and alacrity of a mature artist.
The Dikshitar kriti in Mayamalavagowla was also very striking.
The famous poem of Subramania Bharati’s ‘Kakai Siraginilae Nandalala’, in the raga Chandrakauns was mellifluous. His tillana in Desh, a composition of Lalgudi Jayaraman, had the rasikas in raptures. It was a fulfilling evening for the audience as there were compositions by different composers.
An up-and-coming artist, who is proficient in mridangam, keyboard and vocal, Ravi Shankar definitely has the capacity to entertain music lovers and keep them enthralled.
He was ably accompanied by Kopu Nagarajan on the mridangam and T.H. Vasantha on the violin.
Both accompanying artists played very supportively and it was a remarkable team job.
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