Aug 03 2024 to Aug 03 2024 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

“Shruthi Maatha, Laya Pitah” is a famous saying where Shruthi and Layam are seen as the two most important fundamentals of music. Layam is a basic rhythm that flows through any movement, expressed as Thaalam (beats). There is an implicit Layam and an explicit Layam. The former has to be realised for the latter to be grounded in one’s sensibilities and mind. Many music composers have explored this layam aspect of music, but the Trinity (Thyagarajaswamy, Muthuswamy Deekshitar and Shyama Saastrigal) stand out in this. Just like in Raagam, in Layam they also have many firsts. The basic framework of tala dasha pranas has also been used by them intelligently in their kritis. This presentation will look at the basic framework of layam and how Trinity made it shine even better, both intuitive and explicit.

Performers

R Vasudevan Vocals

Vidwan R Vasudevan is a Carnatic musician and a disciple of Vidwan Neyveli Santhanagopalan and Vidwan Palghat K.S. Narayanaswamy. He has also undergone guidance under Sangeetha Kalacharya Vidushi. Neela Ramgopal. He has had the opportunity to learn under Vidwan Shri. Calcutta. K S Krishnamurthi and Vidwan Shri. T N Seshagopalan. He has a postgraduate degree in Engineering from IISc and had a long experience in IT before taking up music as a profession. He has a Postgraduate degree in Music and was a visiting faculty member for the postgraduate open course on Carnatic Music at Azim Premji University.

He has performed regular and thematic concerts and workshops and is accompanied by esteemed musicians like Shri. M S Govindaswamy, Viushi. Charulatha Ramanujam, Shri. H S Suddendra and Shri. Vasudeva Rao.

Achyutha Rao Violin

Vidwan Achyutha Rao, disciple and nephew of renowned Violin and Harmonium artiste, Vid. Shri. B Raghuram, has been learning Carnatic music since the age of nine. A B-High graded artist of AIR (All India Radio), Bangalore, he has accompanied many senior artistes of the current generation, including many top-ranking artistes in the field of Carnatic Classical music like Vid. S Shankar, Vid. M S Sheela, Vid. R A Ramamani, Vid. Neela Ramgopal, Vids. Rudrapatnam Brothers and late Vid. Suguna Purushotthaman, to name a few. An Engineer by qualification, Achyutha Rao currently works for DELL-EMC, a technical firm in Bangalore. His prizes and awards include the Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) scholarship, the Best Accompaniment on Violin Prize from the Bangalore Gayana Samaja in their annual concert competitions and the Ananya Yuva Prathibhe Award. He has played in many of the leading sabhas and several music album recordings.

Phanindra Bhaskara Mridangam

Vidwan Shri. Phanindra Bhaskara is a disciple of Senior Mridangam Vidwan Shri. H S Sudhindra. He is an A-Grade artist and a CCRT scholarship recipient. He has been accompanying various musicians for the past few years and has won the Ananya Yuva Prathibha award twice and the CMANA award from the Percussive Arts Center in 2016.