Aakashwani Sangeetsammelan 2019 concert hosted by AIR Thiruvananthpuram at Levee hall ,Thiruvananthpuram on 19/10/2019 at 6 PM
This capital city of Kerala has been under grip of heavy down pour for the past week, which is usual for the season. However on Saturday last, it was virtually a downpour of divine music, which enthralled the packed house of music aficionados in Thiruvananthapuram, for nearly 3 bhours. The venue was Levee Hall near the SreePadmanabhaswamy Temple. Set up in a serene background, this hall, a part of the Padmavilasom palace complex, itself has a touch of classicism, where the Maharajas of erstwhile princely state of Travancore had promoted art and culture.
AIR Thiruvananthapuram hosted 3 concerts as part of this prestigious annual event. The first concert was a vocal recital by Vidwan Dr.K.Vageesh, with Vidwan Sooryadeepthy–Violin, Sri.M.V.Chandrasekhar – Mrudangam and Sri.M.R.Manjunatha – Ghatom,providing support. This was followed by a Layavinyasam on Mrudangam by Vidwan Vijay B.Natesan supported by Vidwan Trichy K.Murali on Ghatom and Sri.Thiruvizha Viju S.Anand providing Violin refrain. The third was Vidwan Guruvilli Appanna and party presenting a Nagaswaram recital, supported by Sri.R.Atchchanna on Nagaswaram and Vidwan Guruvilli Durga Rao providing special Tavil support. It was a real treat with the seasoned artists like Dr.Vegeesh and Guruvilli Appanna, the flag bearers of sampradaya delighting the connoisseur and a vibrant young Vijay Natesan bringing to lime light the abundance of his talent on the percussion. It was both the senior and younger generation together bringing out the richness of Indian music. In fact the raining skies could not dampen the spirit of the full house, which included eminent artists like Smt.S.Rugmini, Sri. Cherthala A.K.Ramachandran, Sri.Uduppi Sreedhar, Dr.B.Arundhathy, Sri.Uduppi Balakrishnan and those from the younger generation like Sri.P.Padmesh, A.Mahadevan, Uduppi Sreekanth and S.Sreejith. Besides we had Mr.Rajesh Gopalkrishnan, coming all the way from Nasik in Maharashtra, for the sheer delight that Akashvani Sangeeth Sammelan provides to the music lovers, with its variety and classicsm.
Contributed by :-Shri.S.Narayanan Nampoodiri,PEX (Classical Music)AIR, Thiruvananthapuram ,snnampoothiri2008@gmail.com