Dr. Padma Sugavanam on 19th March 2017

Grand Vocal Concert

Vidushi Dr. Padma Sugavanam                        -Vocal

Vidwan Mathur Srinidhi                                   -Violin

Vidwan R.S.R.Srikanth                                    - Mridangam

Vidwan A.S.N.Swamy                                       - Khanjira

Song List (Courtesy K.P.Jayan):

01  sarasijanAbha (varNAm) – mAyAmALavagauLa – Swathi Thirunal

02 shrI mahAgaNapatE shrI vallabhApatE – AbhOgi – N S Ramachandran ( N,S )

neraval & swara @ ‘tAmarasa daLanEtra tAmasa timira nEtra’

03  vENugAna lOluni – kEdAragauLa – Thyagaraja ( A )

04  EdayyA gati – chalanAta – Koteeswara Iyer

05 ninnE nammitinayya – simhEndramadhyamam – Mysore Vasudevachar ( A,N,S )

neraval & swara @ ‘pannagEndra shayanA, pannagAri vAhana’

06  shrIkanta nIyada – bhavapriya – Thyagaraja

07 RTP – hamsavinOdini – chaturashra triputa x 2 kaLai , +1 ( 2 akSara) eduppu

pallavi line ‘ nigama sudhA vinOdini, nIrajadaLa lOcani sadA-‘

rAgamAlika swaras in ‘ varALi , sAma, sAvEri, pUrvikalyAni’

07b. tani Avartanam

08 mOsa jEsEnE (jAvaLi) – sindhubhairavi – ??  ( O )

09  mareya bEDa manavE – behAg – Purandara Dasa (O )

10 mangaLam – saurAStram – Thyagaraja

Dr. Padma Sugavanam is a A-graded artist of AIR, and also an academician, holding a PhD in Sanskrit and Music from the Madras University. Padma has served as a Lecturer of Music for 10 years, in the Sri Venkateswara College of Music and Dance, Tirupati. Commencing her training with Smt Geetha , she later learned from Sangeetha Kala Acharya Smt Seetha Rajan of the Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer bani, for over 20 years.

Padma has performed in most major sabhas in India, and traveled abroad on several concert tours. Padma was awarded the Most Outstanding Vocalist award in her category in 2014, at the prestigious Madras Music Academy.

Sri. Mathur Srinidhi is a young violinist who has been accompanying many senior artists in Bangalore for several years now.

Sri. RSR Srikanth is a disciple of Sri. Umayalpuram Sivaraman and a senior mridangam vidwan who has decades of experience accompanying senior artists. He is an A Grade artist of AIR.

Sri. ASN Swamy is a senior Khanjira vidwan who has a long experience in accompanying leading artists in Bangalore.