Saturday, May 20, 2023

Odambokki

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Iyer

 Sastri had a number of disciples who excelled at the art. 

  1. Alasur Krishna Iyer became a musician at the royal durbar in Mysore
  2. Porambur Krishna Iyer popularised many of his guru's works.
  3. Talagambadi Panchanada Iyer also made his mark as a composer.

 Another disciple named Dasari gained fame as a noted nāgaswaram player.

Friday, May 19, 2023

contest

 The creative ability of Syama Sastri is possibly best exampled in his concert-contest against Kesavvaya, a great Carnatic musician from Bobbili. During this contest which took place at the court of the king of Thanjavur, although Kesavayya sang a rare raga followed by a tana in different jathis and gathis, Syama Sastri reproduced similar tana varieties, and to the delight of the audience, went further to introduce other varieties which were not known to Kesavvaya.

Thiruvarur

Birth Place of 
NameYearsMost CompositionsMudraKnown for
Syama Sastri1762–1827Telugu, Sanskrit, Goddess KamakshiŚyāma KrishnaComplex Talas, Swarajati
Tyagaraja1767–1847Telugu, Sanskrit, Lord RamaTyagarajaPancharatna Kritis
Muthuswami Dikshitar1775–1835Sanskrit, Manipravalam (Tamil and Sanskrit) Chowka KalaGuruguhaNottuswaraNavagraha Kritis

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Shobana

Shobhana started training in Carnatic Music at a very young age. She has been trained by 

  1. Sri. P.S. Narayanaswamy
  2. Prof. T.R. Subramaniam and 
  3. Sri. Swamimalai Janakiraman.
She regularly performs at 
  1. Narada Gana Sabha’,
  2. ‘Sri Krishna Gana Sabha’, 
  3. ‘Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha’,
  4. ‘Bharat Kalachar’, 
  5. ‘Chennayil Thiruvayaru’, and 
  6. ‘Margazhi Mahotsavam,’ 

she makes an annual 
pilgrimage to Saint Thyaragaraja’s Samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru and participates in the Thyagaraja Aradhana festival.

Education


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Albums

Shobhana made her recording debut in ‘Mahanadhi.’ She released her first solo album at age 12 and has since then released more than 150 albums ranging over 1,500 songs by the time she became a teenager.

Shobhana has recorded albums in 

  1. Tamil
  2. Telugu
  3. Malayalam
  4. Kannada
  5. Sanskrit
  6. Braj
  7. Marathi
  8. Hindi
  9. English and 
  10. Baduga.

Concerts for charity

  • Fund raising concert for free eye camps conducted by Arvind Eye Hospital, India,
  • Concerts for the Tamil Nadu Foundation across the United States.
  • Fund raising concert for the EWRF (Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation) as part of the No Student Left behind campaign (NSLB), Malaysia.
  • Performance for the relief of Tsunami victims at Chennai, India.
  • Concert at the Music Academy for the Cancer Institute, Chennai.
  • Performance for an AIDS Awareness album
  • Charity concert at Malaysia for the welfare of spastic children and many such events.
  • Songs for raising knowledge of legal rights, women's rights and government legal help. She was honored for these services by the State Legal Services Authority on Indian Independence day 2003.


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