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Reflections, concert notes and stories from Sanjay Subrahmanyan
The first time I heard this great man Ramanathapuram CS Murugabhoopathy play the Mridangam was in 1987. It was the 25th death…
In 2006 I had gone on a concert tour of North America with Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mrudangam) & Neyveli Venkatesh…
I never thought I’ll be a party to a ‘virtual season’ in December. After more than a year of COVID, life is…
One side of my ancestors hail from the village Tiruvisainallur near Kumbakonam. Here, you can find the famous Sridhara Ayyaval Math, where…
My introduction to the 10th melakartha, Natakapriya, was through the composition Geeta vadya (composed by Tanjavur Sankara Iyer). This was a popular…
Samakadambari is a ragam that was created by GNB. I had learnt this song when I sang a GNB day concert for…
My grand aunt and guru Smt Rukmini Rajagopalan had a particular liking for Dikshitar kritis. She had learnt several of those songs…
I recently discovered a diary of mine from the eighties containing some interesting song lists. I had a made a list of…
Gajanana, Vinayaka, Ganapati, Ganesha all bring to mind the beginning of a concert with ragams like Hamsadhwani and Naattai dominating the musical…
Bageshri is a beautiful, melodious ragam that is very popular in North Indian classical music. My first exposure to this ragam was…
