2025 Aug 24 RKShriramKumar AmrithaMurali SandeepRamachandra KAP AA ISS Nadopasana

Violin and Vocal : Vid. RKShriramKumar 

Violin and Vocal : Vid. AmrithaMurali 

Violin and Vocal : Vid. SandeepRamachandra 

Mridanga: Vid. K Arun Prakash

Khanjira : Vid. Anirudh Atreyya

ISS Nadopasana

Part 1 : Violin Trio Concert

01 dEva dEva kalayAmi mAyAmALavagouLa rUpaka swAthi thirunAL

02 O jagadamba nanu amba nIvu javamuna Anandabhairavi syAma sAstri

03 shrI mAtrubhUtam trishiragiri kannaDa m.cApu m.dIkshitar

04 kApi AlApane + inta soukhya manInE kApi Adhi tyAgarAja

05 shAradE karuNanidE hAmIr kalyANI chandrasEkarEndra bhArati swAmigaL

06 krishNA nI bEgane BArO yamuna kalyANi Adi vyAsarAya

Part 2 : Vocal Duet

01 janakI ramaNa bhaktha pArijAtha shuddha sImanthini Adhi tyAgarAja

02 nEnendu veTukudurA shrI karnATakabehAg tyAgarAja

03 pUrvikalyANi AlApane + ninnuvinAga mari dikkevarunnAru pUrvikalyANi shyAmA shastri

04 madhurAdhishawari mAmava mAtangi RAGA TALA ACOMPOSER

05 tyAgarAjEna samrakshitOham sALaga bhairavi Adi MuttuswAmi dIkshitar

06 bEgaDe AlApane + nAdOpAsanacE bEgaDA Adi tyAgarAja

07 narasimhana pada bhajaneya mado

08 viruttum followed by angai koDumalar rAgamAlika tAyumAnavar

09 dEvaki nandana nanda mukunda yamunAkalyANi purandara dAsa

10 krishna kamalaksha kamalesha (on Guruvayurappa) Tuned by RKSK

11 Sharada Mangala Slokam Mangalam Vara Rishyashringa Nagara Vasini

2017 Oct 27 RamakrishnanMurthy HKVenkatram ArjunKumar AnirudhAtreya BGS47thConference

Vocal: Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy 
Violin: Vid. HKVenkatram 
Mridanga: Vid. ArjunKumar 
Khanjari: Vid. AnirudhAtreya 

Venue / Occasion: BGS 47th Conference , Bangalore Gayana Samaja

01 mOhana rAma mOhana Adi tyAgarAja (O, N, S)
nereval and swara @ dhara manujAvatAra mahima vini 

02 kOluvai yunnADE kOdanDapANi dEvagAndhAri Adi tyAgarAja (O)

03 ETi janmam idihA O rAma varALi tripuTa tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)
nereval @ sAgara shayanuni tyAgarAjanutuni

04 ennaga manasuku neelAmbari Adi tyAgarAja

05 haridAsulu vEDalE yamunAkalyANi Adi tyAgarAja

06 RTPK  - Bhairavi 
AlApane with vaidEhi sahitam  and tAna in bhairavi
pallavi khaNDa tripuTa 2 kaLai 2 beats after samam
pallavi line: uraga rAja shayana srI rAma 

rAgamAlika - Infinite of them .. Kalyani, dhanyAsi, kEdAra, begaDe, bindumAlini, kuntalavarALi, navarasakannada, husEni, sAranga, bauLi, rEvagupti, darbAr, sEsh, surUTi, and back to Bhairavi and many more which I could not recognise in the speed of delivery

07 shri rAma jaya rAma shringAra rAma yadukula kAmbOdhi tALa?  tyAgarAja

08 karuNA jaladhE dhAsharaThE nAdhanAmakriya Adi tyAgarAja

09 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja

2017 Aug 11 RamakrishnanMurthy HKVenkatram KArunPrakash AnirudhAtreya @ Unnati

Vocal: Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy 
Violin: Vid. HKVenkatram 
Mridanga: Vid. KArunPrakash 
Khanjira: Vid. AnirudhAtreya 

Venue / Organiser: Unnati


01 sAmini rammanavE Anandabhairavi aTa shyAma shAstri (O)

02 krupa jU chutaku vElarA ChAyAtharangiNi Adhi thyAgarAja (S)
Swara at kripa juchutaku

03 nI Chittamu nischalamu dhanyAsi m.cApu tyAgaraja (A, 
Neraval at guruve nIvanu kuNTi... Guruve Ni bhartudu

04 bhAvaye hridayAravinde dEvagAndhAri Adi nArAyaNa tIrtha

05 bhOgIndra shAyinam kuntalavarALi jhampa swAthiThirunAL (S)
Swara at bhOgindra shAyinam

06 shrI krishNam Bhaja mAnasa tODi Adi m.dhIkshitar (A, N, S, T) 
Neraval at pankaja daLa nayanam vaTa shayanam... guru pavanAdhisham lOkEsham
Swara at At pankaja daLa nayanam

07 haridAsulu vEDalE yamunAkalyANi Adi thyAgarAja

08 rAga tAna pallavi yadukula kAmbOdhi khaNDa tripuTa 2 kaLai edupu 5th beat after samam
alApane in nAyaki and mOhanakalyANi
pallavi Line:  ambhOja padayugaLe hare mAm pAhi yadukala
rAga mALika in nATa, kEdAra, maNirangu, mukhAri, mAnji, ?? . Sri? , ??, kApi, sindhubhairavi

09 shlOka ( shrutva guNAn) viruttum

10 chEtah sri bAlakrishnam bhajarE dwijAvanthi rUpaka m.dikshithar

11 shAradE karuNanidE hAmIr kalyANI chandrasekarendra Bharati swamigal

12 eppo varuvArO jOnpuri Adi gOpAla krishNa bhArathi

13 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja

2016 Aug 06 TMKrishna HKVenkatram KArunPrakash AnirudhAtreya @ SGBS / Unnati

Vocal: Vid. TMKrishna 
Violin: Vid. HKVenkatram 
Mridanga: Vid. KArunPrakash 
Khanjari : Vid. AnirudhAtreya 

Occasion:: 39th Gokulashtami Celebrations at SGBS Trust / Unnati

01 sarasa sAma dhAna kApinArAyaNi Adhi thyAgarAja (O, N, S)
Nereval @ hitavu matalento

02 yArukkAkilum bhayamA sunmmA sollattum bEgaDe padam  subbarAma Iyer ( A, S ) 
Swara @ parishamula 

03 vallabha nAyakasya bEgaDa rUpaka m.dhIkshithar (T, S)
Swara @ valli 

04 chANArO jAwaLi khamAs thanjavur chinnaiyya

05 rAga tAna pallavi mukhAri khaNDa tripuTa 2 Kalai 3 Beats Edupu, Tani
Pallavi: KAdhallippOm nAm anaivarum Aridhaana Manidha Vaazhvai
Ragamalika pallavi in : kIravANi, SrI, nAyaki, sahAnA, Sindhubhairavi

06 cEra rAvadhEmirA rAmayyA rIthigauLa Adhi thyAgarAja (A)

07 hE gOvinda hE gOpAla kAMbOdhi sUrdAs

08 paga gungurUrE mishra pIlu mIra bhajan

A couple of years back, after being bitten by the travel + shutter bug travelled to Jog Falls (after seeing innumerable number of photos online) to have a glimpse of the nature and the feel of gush of water down the 253 meter fall. However, to my disappointment, could see only a stream of water flowing through the fall which was no bigger than my rain water drain in my roof top. It was depleted off its grandeur on that particular day!

I summarize my experience of yesterday's TM Krishna concert to something similar, albeit at a different scale.

On my way back, I was second guessing myself, was it the right time to visit the place. Though I had a mixed feeling on that day, at least for the drive all the way from Bangalore on smooth tarmac, A similar day saver for yesterday was HK Venkatram, and percussion duo of K Arun Prakash and Anirudh Atreya.

The inaugural concert at 39th Gokulashtami celebrations of SGBS Trust at Unnati began with a housefull (+ stagefull) audience packed at least 30 mins before the scheduled start of the evening affair. Though there was no mikasura appearance, a miniature form was the sound engineer assistant who could not differentiate between mid high (frequencies) with Mid / High Frequencies. That was a light moment at the beginning of the concert while the sound was being adjusted. Unbelievably all the setup was completed in much lesser time as compared to quite elaborate (loss of time) that I have experienced.

A small sketch of kApinArAyaNi paved way for the full flourished sarasa sAma dAna. While TM Krishna focused on neraval embellishments, HK Venkatram led the way in swara elaboration. The detailed affair brought out the best what one could deliver for KApi nArAyaNi. 

The sedate zone of the concert started with an elaborate AlApane of bEgaDe, through some detailed and exquisite phrases being leisurely  delivered. There was no confusion of any sort in recognizing what was being presented. A padam "yArukkakilum bhayama" by subbarAma Iyer aptly fit into the sedate mood set up during the AlApane. Its a tamil composition that fit the bill for a large Tamil speaking audience who were able to appreciate the emotions of the nAyaki to her nAyaka expressed in this composition. TMKs recent experiences of singing for dance performance must have helped him to pace it at ati ati viLamba kAla presentation. The voice co-operated well to stretch to 3 octaves bringing the best of bEgaDe during kalpana swaras.

One gentleman behind another friend of mine had started snoring in a matching madra shruti. Can't blame him for the situation. May be he was in bEgaDe trance.

To our dismay, I believe the chit that was passed on to the artists, requested for bEgaDe (concluded based on the facial expression of all the 3 main artists who saw the chit) , which was indeed obliged !!!!! 

tAna was elaborate and was well paced. I had started picking up the feeling of "bEgaDe overdose" but had to sit on.. Waiting for something more special to be offered. After the first 2 - 3 notes, TMK verified with others to check if that was what requested for ?? The tAna flourished in all possible directions bringing out the complete swarUpa of the rAga. It was followed up by "vallabha nAyakasya" which brought in pace back to the concert. 

chANAro (devoid from previous presentation on jANAro or was my ears in a different state of mind .. don’t know) brought out the best of the emotions khamAs could pack in for a jAvaLi.

MukhAri AlApane took everyone for a roller coaster ride. With my limited music gyan, recognized the first phrases to be near mAnji, while my (more learned than me) music friend VS who was seated next to me recognized the initial phrases to be around bhairavi. Then came a more distinct mukhAri chAya that stood with me for quite some time. Both Raga and tAna were dealt in detail. HK Venkatram returns to the vocalist was a treat to ears. 

The pallavi line with almost translates to "Let us all love this exalted human existence" may have been inspired by vocalist's recent award which has raised eye brows for all the controversial citation was presented. The rAgamAlika came in the pallavi line presentation that as swaras, which was a refreshing change to the routine swara rAgamAlika

HK Venkatram who was asked to present whatever was on his mind, took up lilting rItigauLa. In the same mood, TM Krishna took up a fast paced cEra rAva dEmira. Aligning to his usual experiment of ending the concert with a pretty grand krithi, I expected it to be the last delivery of the day. However, there was more confusion ensuing our way. 

kAMbOdhi / harikAmbOdhi duel kept running in my mind ( seems like even the organizers fell trapped to this as seen in their initial report on their FB page which was later amended - My comments on their page has been deleted too !!) as the next he govinda he gOpAla was presented 

A fast paced mIrA bhajan was presented as the conclusion of the concert. 

As I walked out of the hall, was wondering about a coughing kid right behind me at the concert hall. A budding mridangist, he has been coughing since last 4 years as I get to see him only at Unnati, and I wondered how is he still alive, with cough not getting cured !

As I mentioned earlier, a tougher 75 is not as appreciated as an easy 100* in cricket, this concert had individually and masterly presented pieces. However, at the end, was not able to get a completeness feeling as I left the concert hall at 21.15. May be because, I have attended far better concert of this artist!

2015 Sept 04 TMKrishna RKSriramkumar ManojSiva AnirudhAthreya @ Odukattur

Vocal: Vid. TMKrishna 
Violin: Vid. RKSriramkumar 
Mridanga: Vid. ManojSiva 
Khanjira : Vid. AnirudhAthreya 

Venue: Odukattur / Unnati
Occasion: Gokulashtami Celebrations


01 kanakashaila vihAriNi kamakOTi bAle punnAgavarAli shyAma shAstri (O, N, S)
nereval @ shyAmalAmbike

02 krishNA nI bEgane bArO yamunakalyANi chApu vyAsarAya (Completely on Violin)

03 tAna yamuna kalyANi followed by adi nIpai marulu konnadirA javaLi yamuna kalyANi dharmapuri subbaraya Iyer (S, T)
swara @ dharmapurIsha

04 tuLasI bilva mallikAdi kEdAragauLa Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S)
Nerval @ suramuna
swara @ paramAnanda
swara @ tuLasi bilva

05 mAye tvam yAhi mAm bAdhitum tarangiNi Adi m.dIkshitar (A, N, S)
nereval and swara @ sudhAtaraNgiNi

06 started with tani followed by nidhI cAla sukhamA kalyANi m.cApu tyAgarAja (T, N)
nereval @ sumati tyAgarAjunutuni k sukhamA

07 kApi bhairavi sAma vasantha bilahari rAgamAlika AlApane 

08 suttum vizhi chUDatAn kaNNamma rAgamAlika Adi subramaNya bhArati

09 lEkanA ninnu juTTuukonnAru asAvEri Adhi thyAgarAja

10 mangala sriyah kAntAya (asAvEri mOhana sindhubhairavi nAyaki bEgaDe varALi kharaharapriya)

2015 Jun 21 VijayShiva RKSriramKumar ManojShiva AnirudhAthreya @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

Vocal: Vid. VijayShiva 
Violin: Vid. RKSriramKumar 
Mridanga: Vid. ManojShiva 
Khanjira: Vid. AnirudhAthreya 

Venue: Bangalore Gayana Samaja
Occassion : Vid. Neela Ramgopal 80th Birthday Celebrations


01 jAnaki ramaNa bhaktha shuddha sImanthini Adhi thyAgarAja

02 dhanyuDevvaDO dAsharathe malayamArutha Adi patnam subramania iyer

03 tyAgarAjAya namaste bEgaDa rUpaka m.dikshitar (A, N, S)

04 rAvE himagiri kumAri kanci kAmAkSi varada tODi Adi syAma sAstri

05 niDhi chAla sukhamA kalyANi chApu thyAgarAja (A, N, S)

06 pArka pArka tighattumo un pAda darishanam Harikambhoji rUpaka Gopalakrishna Bharati

07 rAga tAna pallavi jayantasEna (R, T, N, S, T)
pallavi Line " sEnApate " chaturaSra jhampe, 2 kaLai
Ragamalika in jayantasEna, bilahari, husEni

08 dAsarendare purandara dAsa kalyANi? Jhampa Vyasaraya

09 nEra mOra jAra chOra hamsadhwani jAvaLi

10 mIra bhajan khamAs

11 aruNAchala shiva nAdanAmakriya TALA COMPOSER

12 Eru mayil Eri thiuppugazh rAgamAlike aruNagiri nAThar

13 shAnta ahimsA mUrte samudita samarasa kIrte bhajan on Gandhiji

14 shlOka "kAyEna vAcha..."

2015 Mar 28 BombayJayashree KJDileep DelhiPSairam Anirudh Atreya @ SRSM

Vocal: Vid. BombayJayashree 
Violin: Vid KJDileep 
Mridanga: Vid. DelhiPSairam 
Khanjira: Vid. Anirudh Atreya


01 vAtApi gaNapatim bhajEham hamsadhvani Adi m.dIkshitar

02 telialEru rAma Bhakthi mArgamunu dhEnuka Adhi thyAgarAja

03 vandanamu raghu nandanA shahAna Adi tyAgarAja (A, )

04 mOkshamu galadhA sAramathi Adhi thyAgarAja (O)

05 EtA vuanrA nilakaDa nIku kalyANi Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)

06 rAga tAna pallavi brindAvana sAranga tiSra tripuTa khanDa naDai
Edupu : 1 beat before samam

Pallavi line :  sItA ramaNa raghurAma vAraNa bhaya nivAraNa
rAgamAlika: nIlAmbari varAli naLinakAnti hamsAnandi

07 rAma rAma rAma sItA rAma ennirO  tillAng purandhara dhAsa

08 tillAna sindhubhairavi LGJ (O)

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja