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Shankari's flute play at Thyagaraja Gana Sabha was impressive.
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SWEET MELODY Shankari
N. Shankari is a senior
student of the Uttaraa
Center for Performing
Arts and has been
trained by Geetha Ganeshan
in Bharatanatyam and
Jayaprada Ramamurthy in
flute play. Shankari gained
proficiency in both dance
and music has given several
performances in the country
and abroad at prestigious
venues. Shankari is at
present pursuing integrated
M.Tech in nanotechnology
from Amity University in
Noida. This bright young
girl played the flute last
week at Thyagaraya Gana
Sabha. She was accompanied
by Pawan on the violin,
G. Ramachandran on the
mridangam and Srikanth on
the ghatam.
She displayed her repertoire
by beginning in a traditional
manner. She
started with with a Bhairavi
Viboni varnam and then
chose to play, as an invocation,
Oothukadu Venkata
Subbaier's Sri Vighna Rajam
Bhaje in Gambhira Nata.
This was followed by a
brief delineation of Panthuvarali.
It was a neat exposition.
Siva
Sivayanaraada of Thyagaraja
was her choice in this raga.
Her technique of playing
of swaras on her flute was
laudable. After presenting
another composition of
Thyagaraja, Raminchuvarevarura
in Suposhini in Tisra
Adi talam, she went for the
major raga effort, Mohana,
that shaped up well on the
wind instrument as if it was
made for it. Bhavanutha of
Thyagaraja was chosen to
present in this imposing
melody. The swarakalpana
was interesting.
G.S.
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