Samajam music festival ends on a high with Vignesh Eswar’s versatile concert

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Vignesh Eswar performing a vocal performance  astatine  Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam successful  Madurai.

Vignesh Eswar performing a vocal performance astatine Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam successful Madurai. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

It was a expansive finale for the rasikas connected the 74th yearly euphony and arts festival astatine Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam. 

They witnessed assortment and versatility in Vignesh Eswar’s vocal performance with Sai Rakshit connected the Violin, Sumesh Narayanan connected the Mridangam and Tiruchi Krishnaswamy connected the Ghatam.

Vignesh commenced his performance with “devaamrutavarshani raga kriti of Saint Thiagaraja, “evarani nirnayincirira,“ in praise of Lord Rama, exploring the essence of divinity (Para Brahman).

His adjacent rendition “rara mayintidaka’ in asaveri by Thiagaraja, depicted how Prahlada invited Lord Hari to travel to his house. He brought retired the sombre and compassionate (karuna) temper of the raga successful a good manner.

A little alapana followed “marivere gati evaramma” in Anandabhairavi by Shyama Shastri, asking for refuge to Mother Meenakshi, brought retired the karunya (compassion) and vatsalya (parental love) done elaborate exploration peculiarly done the niraval “sada nammithi namithi”.

His adjacent rendition, Gopalakrishna Bharati’s “enneramum undan”(Nandanar Charitram, desiring to beryllium successful the sanctum of the Lord astatine Chidambaram) connected Lord Nataraja in devaghandari, was champion sung astatine a leisurely gait with correct philharmonic elements, method precision and affectional expression.

He past went connected to render, “amba paradevate” by Krishnaswami Ayya in rudrapriya, with attractive chittaswaras. The main raga ‘Khamas”, for H.N. Muthiah Bhagavathar’s “mate malayadvaja pandya samjate“ witnessed different dimension, enticing and graceful of presentation and showed his authority.

The violinist Sai Rakshit helped to evoke the intended aesthetic flavour and sustained the sruti (pitch) and filled the sonic space. The tani that followed, witnessed sparkling display of mridangam by Sumesh and ghatam by Krishnaswamy, showcasing method accomplishment and creativity wrong the concert’s main piece.

He concluded with the Dikshidar’s, Mangala Kriti (benedictory piece) Kamalamba.

Vignesh’s transportation of each the songs and sangathis were unsocial and successful an authoritative way that the rasikas appreciated.

Published - January 13, 2026 06:49 p.m. IST

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