<p>The youthful and extremely gifted S Aishwarya, great grand daughter of the celebrated musician M S Subbulakshmi and grand daughter of Radha Viswanathan, charmed the <br />audience with a flawless presentation of the classics of MS Subbulakshmi. <br /><br />Commencing melodiously with the ever-popular Annamacharya composition Sriman Narayana in Bowli, Aishwarya impressed everyone with her rendition of Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s Rangapura Vihara in Brindavan Saranga. <br /><br />This perfomance left the listeners awestruck. Her adherence to shruti was remarkable even as her mellifluous voice traversed the higher octaves effortlessly. <br /><br />Aishwarya sang a soul-stirring Viruttam Petra Thai Thanai in Nadhanamkriya followed by Shiva Shiva Shiva Bo, a composition of the late Maharaja of Mysore, <br />Jayachamaraja Wodeyar. <br /><br />The other popular songs of MS Subbulakshmi, that were presented, were Bhavayami Gopalabalam by Annamacharya, Jagadhodharana by Purandaradasa, Dhano Dhanya Pushpe Bora, a patriotic song in Bengali by Dwijendra Lal Roy, and evergreen melodies <br />Katrinilay Varum Geetham by Kalki Krishnamurthy and Kurai Onrum Illai by Rajaji. <br /><br />Old-timers amongst the audience stated that Aishwarya reminded them of the days when MS Subbulakshmi accompanied by her daughter Radha entranced the world <br />of music. <br /><br />Supporting Aishwarya were C N Thyagaraju on violin, C Cheluvaraju on mridangam, Vyasa Vittala on kanjari and Dayanand Mohite on ghatam. <br /><br />Aishwarya, aged 15, is a student of Class 10 at The Brigade School, Bangalore. <br />She trains under Karnataka Kalashree Jambu Kannan and also learns the veena from A Shankar Raman. <br /><br />Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2010’was jointly organised by Carnatica and SVN Music Academy. <br /><br />The event was held in association with the Deccan Herald.</p>
<p>The youthful and extremely gifted S Aishwarya, great grand daughter of the celebrated musician M S Subbulakshmi and grand daughter of Radha Viswanathan, charmed the <br />audience with a flawless presentation of the classics of MS Subbulakshmi. <br /><br />Commencing melodiously with the ever-popular Annamacharya composition Sriman Narayana in Bowli, Aishwarya impressed everyone with her rendition of Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s Rangapura Vihara in Brindavan Saranga. <br /><br />This perfomance left the listeners awestruck. Her adherence to shruti was remarkable even as her mellifluous voice traversed the higher octaves effortlessly. <br /><br />Aishwarya sang a soul-stirring Viruttam Petra Thai Thanai in Nadhanamkriya followed by Shiva Shiva Shiva Bo, a composition of the late Maharaja of Mysore, <br />Jayachamaraja Wodeyar. <br /><br />The other popular songs of MS Subbulakshmi, that were presented, were Bhavayami Gopalabalam by Annamacharya, Jagadhodharana by Purandaradasa, Dhano Dhanya Pushpe Bora, a patriotic song in Bengali by Dwijendra Lal Roy, and evergreen melodies <br />Katrinilay Varum Geetham by Kalki Krishnamurthy and Kurai Onrum Illai by Rajaji. <br /><br />Old-timers amongst the audience stated that Aishwarya reminded them of the days when MS Subbulakshmi accompanied by her daughter Radha entranced the world <br />of music. <br /><br />Supporting Aishwarya were C N Thyagaraju on violin, C Cheluvaraju on mridangam, Vyasa Vittala on kanjari and Dayanand Mohite on ghatam. <br /><br />Aishwarya, aged 15, is a student of Class 10 at The Brigade School, Bangalore. <br />She trains under Karnataka Kalashree Jambu Kannan and also learns the veena from A Shankar Raman. <br /><br />Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2010’was jointly organised by Carnatica and SVN Music Academy. <br /><br />The event was held in association with the Deccan Herald.</p>
