Historic Trigulbandhi of Carnatic-Hindustani-Odissi dance
featuring
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran
Pt Tarun Bhattacharya
Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya
Where: Lakkireddy Auditorium,
Siva Vishnu Temple,
Livermore CA (SF Bay area)
When: Feb 23, 2014
Sangam-2014, one-of-a-kind concert that has brought together pioneering and revolutionary artists under one roof – for a noble cause.
While we all know and have experienced Jugalbandhi, Trigulbandhi brought together Classical Carnatic and Hindustani music in sangam with Classical Odissi dance, in a glamorous blend of tradition and innovation. The artists of the evening, maestros in their respective fields treated the audience to a wonderful, soulful music and dance with their impromptu performance.
The first segment was individual solos with Sri.Ravikiran on Chitraveena and Sri.Ramesh Srinivasan on the Mridangam portraying the carnatic style while Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya on Santoor and Sri.Abhijit Bannerjee on the Tabla portrayed the Hindustani style.
The second segment was the jugalbandhi between musicians , and the raga chosen were Kalyani(carnatic) and Yaman (Hindustani).
Sri.RaviKiran known for his virtuosity on the Chitraveena brought out the melody of the ragas
beautifully, as well as expressing subtleties at various tempos that it continued to resonate in our ears.
The pieces selected were such that it resonated well with the Santoor instrument.
While it’s a daunting task to tune 100 strings on the Santoor, Pt.Tarun showed off the instrument beautifully in the improvisational pieces and kept challenged by Sri.RaviKiran on the Chitraveena.
No music is complete without rhythm. The percussionists augmented the concert with their subtle accompanying style and the percussion only interchange segment was an enjoyment to a lay audience as well as the rhythm cognoscenti.
The third segment introduced the Odissi dancer Guru Sanchita with the Carnatic musicians where she danced gracefully to the meaning of the lyrics of the song Brindavana Nilaye, (an OVK composition in raga Reeti Gowlai set to Adi thalam).
The fourth segment was the real Trigulbandhi with carnatic and Hindustani musicians and the dancer, where Guru Sanchita danced to the song Srinivasa, (a Papanasam Sivan composition, in the raga Hamsanandhi set to Adi thaalam) with great Bhavam and fine intricate movements of the odissi style that kept up with the rhythm. Some of her portrayal of the characters that the song depicted was outstanding.
All in all, it was a well spent one-and-half-hours, concert that kept the audience spellbound and worthy of the cause for which it is dedicated.
Note: Sangam-2014 is a fundraiser by Sankara Eye Foundation that has performed about 1,000,000 Eye surgeries in India, and is working to realize the goal of 20/20 for the people of India by year 2020.
Statistics: Posted by sudora — 07 Mar 2014 02:31