Serendipity Music Productions (SMP) has released a new album, 'Carnatic on Keyboard - Vol.2', by Sathyanarayanan. This is the second carnatic music album of the 9-year-old kid.
The album was released on June 23, 2004 at The Mylapore Fine Arts Club auditorium, Chennai. The launch function was followed by a live performance of carnatic music on keyboard by K. Sathyanarayanan. Arts promoter Nalli N Kupuswami Chetti, Abaswaram Ramjhi, violinist Ganesh and Dr. T. P. Naidoo, Director, Indian Academy of South Africa , were the guests of honour.
Sathyanarayanan has to his credit, a National Record in the ‘Limca Book of Records, 2003' as the youngest Indian to pass Grade IV Electronic Keyboard examination of Trinity College , London . He released his first album last year.
Sathyanarayanan is currently being taught the intricacies of playing carnatic on keyboard by maestro Mandolin U. Shrinivas.
Accompanying Sathyanarayanan in the new album are violinist Embar S Kannan, Mannargudi Easwaran on mridangam and S.Karthick on ghatam.
The album features popular kritis like Entharo Mahanubhavulu (Pancharathna krithi of Saint Thyagaraja), Seethamma Maayamma (Raagam - Vasantha), Saamaja Varagamana (Hindholam), Vasudevayini (Kalyani), Shri Rajagopalachariyar's Kurai Onrum Illai (Raagamalika), Enna Thavam Seithanai (Kaapi) and Lalgudi Jayaraman's Thillana (Desh).
CDs are priced Rs 125/- and cassettes, Rs 45/-. Available at all leading music shops.
Contact: T.Krishnababu, Chief operating officer, SMP, Ph: 98841 03464. E-mail: smpindia@indiatimes.com
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Carnatic on Keyboard - Vol 1
The keyboard, as is well known, is a western instrument and inherently produces flat notes. Carnatic music in particular, and Indian music in general, on the other hand are heavily gamaka oriented. Gamakas are oscillations of the notes and this gives Indian music a distinct flavour. To produce Carnatic music on the keyboard is something not many have attempted with any great seriousness.
Sathya has released an album titled " Master K Sathyanaraynana's Carnatic on Keyboard Vol-1" under Serendipity Music Productions. This album, a dream come reality has been made possible by Sri Dinesh Naidoo, Durban, South Africa who got inspired on Sathya's performance in South Africa. When he visited India in July'03 he decide to start a company called Serendipity Music Productions and had this as the first project for the new company.
"Many talented musicians go unnoticed because they do not have a proper platform. My aim is to discover and promote new talent," says Dinesh Naidoo. This album is purely in the intention of promoting Sathya's talent and also informing the music fertenity the intentions to promote music and talent in general.
On August 16, Serendipity Music Productions released this CD titled - Sathyanarayanan's Carnatic on Keyboard - Vol. I in Chennai. The new CD has Embar Kannan on the violin, Ganapathy Ram on mridangam and Karthik on ghatam as the accompanying artist.
Mandolin U. Shrinivas, R. Krishnaswami(Secretary, Narada GAna SAbha), A.V.M. Saravanan and music director Deva were the guests of honour at the album release function, held at Narada Gana Sabha's mini hall, Madras. As part of the launch programme, there was a live performance of a few numbers from the album, played the artistes who have played in the album.
The function was attended by a group of Travel Agents (16 in number) from South Africa who were lead by Sri Dinesh Naidoo who brought them to India on a familiarisation tour of India for promoting tourism into Indian Suncontinent under his company Serendipity Toursx based in Durban, South Africa. The release was also covered widely by major press and TV channels. The CDs and cassettes are available in all leading music stores in Chennai and if any one requires please mail thru' the contact in this site to do needful.
