Vivek Moozhikulam Concert

 Yesterday, I witnessed Sri. Vivek Moozhikulam's vocal concert. He was accompanied by Sri Vignesh Thyagarajan on the violin, Sri Santhosh Ravindrabharathy on the mridangam and Sri Sathya Ganesan on the ghatam. Most songs were on Goddesses. He started the concert with Endaro Mahanubhavulu in Sri ragam, followed by Sri Varalakshmi, Ranjani Niranjani, Bhaja re re chitha in Kalyani etc. 

The concert was enjoyable and my kids were mostly engaged. Lots of powerful singing. Wishing Sri Vivek a successful US tour and a bright music career ahead!

Oothukkaadu Venkata Kavi compositions

 Recently, on March 22nd, I got the opportunity to listen to the rendition by Smt. Latha Sriram's 100+ students singing compositions by Oothukkaadu Venkata kavi.

Among the familiar songs were Alaipaayuthey Kanna in Kaanada, and the Kaalinga Narthana thillana in Gambeera Naattai. I also listened to Nindranda Mayil for the first time. It has a nice message that we should look inwards to find peace. The event was well organized and the performers showed discipline and dedication. Their singing was well synchronized. Overall, an insipiring experience. 

Margazhi season 2024-2025

 Got the opportunity to listen to a few concerts on YouTube this Margazhi. My favorite concert was the Margazhi Mahautsavam concert by Sandeep Narayan. 

Unfretted concert on Sep 6, 2023

 Vishal Sapuram on Chitraveena, Sruti Sarathy on violin and Akshay on the mridangam gave a crisp concert on Gokulashtami day. Very beautiful concert. Wonder why they didn’t play any Krishna songs until I left.

SIFA concert on Sep 10, 2023

 Vidwan Ramakrishnan Murthy’s performance reminded me of Sri Semmangudi Sreenivasan Iyer. Smt Charumathi Raghuram gave a fitting accompaniment on the violin. Overall, a very enjoyable concert!

SIMA Concert - Sri Shashank

We had this opportunity to attend flute concerts by Shashank and LA's own KRS this year. Both concerts were delightful. Flute music is indeed calming and relaxing. I felt immense tranquility at the end of Shashank's concert. Got a chance to take a selfie with Shashank and a couple of my buddies after the concert.

SIMA Thyagaraja Day 2018

SIMA Thyagaraja Day 2018

After a hiatus, I became a member of SIMA again in 2018. I was fortunate to visit Malibu Hindu temple and listen to Shubha teacher and others sing the Pancharatna Krithis. That was in January 2018. After that, I practiced the krithis using the recordings I had saved. I was also pepped up due to the visit of Surya teacher in April/May. I continued my practice, mostly during my drives to and from work. In June, when the artistes sang on the Hoover school stage for SIMA, I was able to sit on the first row and sing along with them. I consider the opportunity as a blessing from the Gods and my Gurus.