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2009
Prathyogitha
competition was conducted at Blue Bell, PA on August 22nd, 2009, sponsored
by Shruthilayam Academy. Prathyogitha, as the name itself suggests was
a fine competition that lasted for about four hours. The judges included
renowned artists like Smt. Vidhya Subramanian student of the legend Shri.
Lal Gudi Jayaram, Shri. Sriram Balasubramanian known for his mridangam,
tabla and flute skills in the carnatic world, Shri. Ananthanarayanan student
of renowned Smt. Vasantha Kannan and Smt. Lakshmi Iyer desciple of Krishnan
Bhagavathar.
The students
were grouped according to the different age groups and performed various
complex ragas like Hindolam, Sudha Dhanyasi, Bangala and several others
at a tender age of just six to ten years. Apart from grading their Vocal
skills the Judges did grade them for their sound coceptual knowledge of
Music as well. The students put up with this extremely difficult and tiring
competition showing full productivity at every level. Though several students
participated only three from each age group made it to the finals.
Approved by
by the renowned artist, the Veena Gayathri Award is given to those young
talents who not only help in promoting Indian classical fine arts but also
take that one extra step to be a part of several fundrasiers and help raise
funds for the needy using their classical talents.
The finalists
included Ashwin Murali, Sheetal Tadiparty, Ashmitha Sivakumar, Sashank
Sridhar, Srinidhi, Ashraya, Ramya Saravannan and Sruti Peddada all of whom
recieved a certificate and a trophy for their performances.
Prathyogitha
was a huge success with a huge packed hall of audience and amazing performances
by all the participants who poured in from all over the Tri State.
Ashraya
Ananthanarayanan eight year old student of Oaks Elementary school,
PA secured the first place and was honored with the prestigious Smt.Veena
Gayathri award for her constant contributions to the field of Indian Classical
Music and Dance.
Ashraya has
been giving fundraisers from the age of five onwards to help various organizations
like Balabhavan, Cancer Research foundation, Krishna Iyer foundation, Karunashram,
PFA and several others. The beautiful bondage between Indian fine arts
and compassion flows in this little one.
Self learnt
on Carnatic Piano she is all set to release her debut Carnatic Piano CD
in 2010. The CD shall not only have the age old popular compositions but
also a few pieces in Shankharabharanam ragam composed by Ashraya herself.
As veteran Smt. Lakshmi Iyer disciple of Shri. Krishnan Bhagavathar says
"tremendous hard work seems to have gone into these compositions as each
and every of them are so unique yet adhering to the strict grammar of Carnatic
Music. I have been fortunate enough to get a preview of this debut CD of
little Ashraya".
Being nominated
for the President’s Voluntary service award as well, this eight year old
has once again proved that a combination of knowledge and compassion can
lead to the creation of the fairy world that we only get to read in stories
nowadays.
Six
year old Ashwin Murali was the reciepients of the famous Veena Gayathri
Award. He was also crowned with the Prathyogitha talent award during the
ceremony.
Ashwin Murali
has been a student of Shruthilayam Academy since the age of four and at
this tender age he is able to deliver swarajathis, varnams and kritis with
absolute ease. His sound knowledge of carnatic music could be seen not
only in the compositions that he rendered but also in the theory section
which he handled with a lot of ease and comfort after competing with other
talents from the field for a duration of three hours undergoing three rounds.
He is a student who truly follows the guru sishya parampara in today's
world and that too in a land miles away from India.
As Shri. Ananthanarayanan
puts it "Ashwin is that child who has the gift of voice from the lord above".
With constant sadagam and hard work he is another famous musician in the
making.
Apart from
the Prathyogitha he also has the star of winning the Bharatiyar music competition
and is a regular performer at the composers day and Thyagaraja Aradhana
held in PA every year.
- Information provided by Shruthilayam Academy
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