The students of Veenavaadhini have been delivering concerts from time to time and the whole fraternity can take pride in their achievements. Veena Venkataramani gave two veena concerts in Delhi last year, the first being at the IILM campus, as a part of the ‘Festival of Young Talent’, organised by Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti. The other was organised by the Delhi Tamil Sangam and a part of ‘Delhi 2010’, with former president and eminent scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as the chief guest. On New Year’s
Day 2011, she performed at Rani Seethai Hall, organised by Kalarasa. She was accompanied on the mridangam by Manohar Balatchandirane for all three concerts.
Kamakshi and Meenakshi Ramamurthy gave vocal concerts at Virugambakkam Putra School in January 2010, Sai Baba Temple, Nagthammal temple in February 2011, Alwarpet Hanuman Temple in April 2011, Mylapore in January 2011 and Mantralayam in March 2011. They also performed twice in March 2011 for the Dasara Sahitya celebrations and Sahasra Deepalankarana Seva at Astana Mandapam, and the concerts were aired live on television.
Jayash and Manash Ramanathan had their arangetram in July 2011 at Tattvaloka Auditorium in T Nagar. They rendered all-time favourites such as Vatapi Ganapatim, Maanasa Guruguha and Annapoorne Visalakshi. This was followed by an excellent speech by chief guest and respected musician Sri Neyveli Santanagopalan. They were accompanied on the mridangam by Sri Neyveli Narayanan and on the Ghatam by Sri Trichy Krishnan.
One hopes these young stars will go far in their musical careers and enthral many listeners with their scintillating music.
REPORT BY APARNA SHANKAR
