Young musicians enthrall Bangalore audiences

Young musicians enthrall Bangalore audiences
New Indian Express

BANGALORE: Young children had Bangalore audiences tapping to classical Carnatic music on Wednesday in the city.

Sreenivas Vishal, Pooja, U N Niranjan, Shreyas and Arjun Nanda Kumar, all between the ages of 11 and 14, all violinists performed under the auspices of TSK School of Music.

The repertoire of songs were impressive spanning Vanajakshi, Vatapi Ganapathi, Bhogendra Shayanam, Manasa Yetulo, Tillana and Bhagyadalakshmi.

The performance suddenly took an interesting turn when the young children performed Madurai Mani’s ‘English Notes’, with its classical Western style.

‘‘All of these children have been under my tutelage since the past 5 years and I noticed they weren’t normal children”.

“They are talented and young which is quite a rarity these days, ’’ said T S Krishnamurthy, their guru and founder of the TSK School of Music in Mahalakshmi Layout.

The songs had persons tapping to the Adi Taal at times and to the Rupaka Taal when the song changed from one to another.

‘To me music is calming. I find it peaceful, ’’ smiles young Pooja of Sri Vani Public School.

While some of the young performers love Vatapi Ganapthi, the other half love Manasa Yetulo.

‘‘I wish people could come forward and encourage these children. If they get an opportunity they can get further exposure and blossom as young musicians, ’’ added their Guru.

The group accompanied by Narayan Murthy on the ghatam and B S Anand on the mridangam will be soon performing in Mysore on October 9, and hope to move to other cities in the South.

For further information contact the TSK SChool of Music at 2349 3538 / 98450 30232.