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There were seasoned rasikas, and determination were inquisitive first-time listeners; each of them gathered astir 7.30 a.m. connected Saturday for a Carnatic euphony kacheri, though not successful a sabha arsenic 1 mightiness imagine.
In a bid to present Carnatic euphony to caller spaces and newer audiences, Iktaraa, a level for each euphony needs, brought Carnatic euphony into a java shop, Vinyl & Brew, and called it Kaapi Raagam.
Over the people of a two-hour concert, vocalist Anugrah Lakshmanan, accompanied by mridangam artiste Mahesh Nemmarai, violinist V. Bargava Vignesh and Muthalagi connected the tambura, delivered not lone euphony but conversations flowed successful too.
Mr. Lakshmanan paused to talk astir the past of the classical pieces, opened the level to aggregate Q&A rounds successful betwixt the performances portion the assemblage had their greeting java and toasties, and asked the musicians astir signifier routines, avenues successful societal media, and however 1 adjacent begins to recognize Carnatic music.
“For idiosyncratic listening to Carnatic euphony for the archetypal time, they request to beryllium explained what is going connected due to the fact that determination are truthful galore technicalities, wherever you mightiness not adjacent cognize wherever the opus starts oregon ends,” said Damodharan K. of Iktaraa.
“We wanted to make a abstraction wherever anyone caller to Carnatic euphony tin locomotion in, consciousness similar they are portion of the assemblage and larn arsenic they listen, and dilatory turn to emotion the music,” helium added.
Baskar B., a 60-year-old Carnatic euphony pupil felt the format allowed for a deeper audience-artiste connection. Another attendee, Sangavi, said that the non-conventional mounting made it little intimidating for her arsenic a beginner. Even for Mr. Lakshmanan, who regularly performs successful sabhas, it was a first-of-its-kind experience.
“There is simply a wide cognition that Carnatic euphony is boring, but events similar these volition so gully much audience, including a batch of youngsters arsenic we saw today. This is due to the fact that they could spot things up close, including however the tambura is set, onslaught a casual chat with artistes, which makes it much approachable,” said Mr. Vignesh.
Having already hosted a Kaapi Raagam amusement successful November, Iktaraa plans to proceed the bid with 2 much concerts successful java shops lined up successful January. “This volition besides beryllium a abstraction for upcoming Carnatic musicians to perform,” added Abhinav of Iktaraa.
