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The Swaralaya Samanwayam creation and euphony festival wrapped up connected a precocious note, blending classical tunes and movements with movie songs to usher successful the New Year astatine Rapadi open-air theatre present connected Wednesday night.
The last time featured a stellar lineup, including classical Veena and violin concerts, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam creation dramas, and a philharmonic orchestra by renowned artistes.
Veena virtuoso Sivakami Natarajan and her students kicked disconnected the programme with a captivating classical Veena performance featuring 7 artistes from Swaranjali, Thiruvananthapuram.
Their performance, Veenalaya Tharangam, wove unneurotic accepted Carnatic music’s melody, rhythm, and emotion, giving the assemblage a antithetic experience.
The magic of 7 Veenas successful cleanable harmony. That was what made the programme special. “The 7 Veena players represented the 7 notes that signifier the instauration of music,” explained Ms. Natarajan.
A soul-stirring violin performance by Toronto A. Jayadevan and squad took the evening to caller heights. Despite his planetary and Hollywood credentials, Jayadevan stayed existent to axenic Carnatic classical tunes, performing successful beforehand of his revered guru Nedumangadu Sivanandan.
Nanji Arul accompanied him connected mridangam and Thripunithura Radhakrishnan connected ghatom.
The vigor astatine Rapadi auditorium shifted gears erstwhile Avijith Das and his Bengaluru-based ensemble brought the unfastened location live with a stunning Kuchipudi performance.
Gopika Raj Pillai from Chennai past presented an elegant Bharatanatyam piece.
As the timepiece ticked down to midnight, a talented radical of singers took the assemblage connected a philharmonic joyride done Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil songs, wrapping up 11 days of non-stop creation and euphony successful style.
