Special Concert In Dec 2007

I sang at Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam under the auspices of Meenakshi Sunderarajan Trust during the December Music Festival,2007. I was very fortunate to have Vidwan.Haridwaramangalam.Sri.A.K.Palanivel accompany me on the Tavil.

I thought I would share a photograph of this concert with my blogger friends !

CONCERT TRIP TO SINGAPORE:

We were given a warm welcome at SIFAS. The committee has a large number of members who work in a very co-ordinated manner. Since mine was the inaugural concert, I could see that they were working very meticulously on all the details. There are a large number of musically interested families in Singapore and they really enjoyed the concert.

My feeling at the end of the concert was that it would have been nice to have had a longer time slot for the concert. The organizers requested me to include a Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi and hence I felt two hours was a bit too less.

You can also go the following link to see a review of the above concert:http://www.rasikas.org/viewtopic.php?id=5031

This trip to Singapore was with my family. We did a bit of sightseeing and my kids really enjoyed every bit of it.

Here a few photos:


(This was taken at the Jurong Bird Park.)









(This was taken at Sentosa. Girish, myself, my daughter Vishruthi and son Vishvesh are seen here.)

View my concert schedule here

Concert at Singapore

I will be singing at SIFAS,Singapore on 7th March,2008.
The concert will take place at SIFAS Auditorium at 6.45 p.m.

You can view the invitation here:http://sifas.org/calendar_calview.php

I will post more on this concert once I get back to Chennai.

Concert at Mylapore Fine Arts-26-Jan-2008

I sang for Mylapore Fine Arts Club on the occasion of Tyagaraja Aradhana celebrations.

You can go the following link to see a review of the above concert in the Hindu paper:http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/01/stories/2008020151290400.htm

You can also go the following link to see another review of the above concert:http://www.rasikas.org/viewtopic.php?id=4741

Gayathri at New Delhi: 15-AUG-2007

Accompanied by K.L.N.Sastry-Kumbakonam Padmanabhan-Ramamurthy

Gayathri Girish at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,Chennai: 8-AUG-2007

Gayathri Girish-Amrutha Murali-Melakkaveri Balaji

Calling the Youth...

Dear Music Lovers,

I am introducing this new section primarily to raise a few pertinent and poignant questions regarding the growth and the future of Carnatic Music.

While there is no gainsaying that there are many youngsters taking to Carnatic Music in a big way, my query is - are they serious enough and\or can they stay away from the strong influence of the lighter versions of music which could bring them instant fame and lucre?

With music becoming more and more of a visual medium these days, serious Carnatic Music is getting relegated to a handful of its faithful audience.

However I am an optimist and am hopeful that things will turn around and also that youngsters will learn to understand and appreciate the depth, range and the varieties that Carnatic Music has to offer.

Suggestions, ideas and views regarding this are welcome.

Looking forward to your comments,