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Music is a gift.
I am a composer/performer specializing in Indian classical Carnatic music on saxophone, among other creative music.
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I live in the Bay Area with my wife and cat.
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Red Poppy concert 4/23/10
Prasant Radhakrishnan on saxophone, Anantha R. Krishnan on mridangam.
Ethavunara - Kalyani - Adi - ThyagarajaHiranmayeem Lakshmi - Lalita - Rupakam - Dikshitar
Adamodi - Charukesi - Adi - Thyagaraja
intermission
Ellara Krishna - Kambodhi - Rupakam - Thyagaraja
RTP - Lathangi - Misrachapu
Thillana - Shankarabaranam - Tisra Adi - Ponnia Pillai
Bhagyadhe Lakshmi - Madhyamavati - Adi - Purandaradasa
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NYC east coast visit
I had a short but fun visit to nyc on Tuesday. I had a concert at the Hudson Guild with Sameer Gupta's new group Namaskar. It featured Sameer, Marc Cary, Arun Ramamurthy, Neil Murghai, Rashaan Carter(?) and myself. It was a nice evening of music and a great chance to hear everyone. The group has a really interesting vibe with the dense instrumentation. Overall the visit kind of tempted me to spend more time in nyc in the future -- what do you think? Earlier in the day I headed over to Roberto's Winds near times square on Howard's recommendation. Great place, Roberto and Tony were great. I tried out some horns/mouthpieces etc. and got some minor repairs -- I ended up trying out Roberto's special ligature and picked up a couple. The surprising part was running into jazz saxophone master James Carter. He was rehearsing on the other floor and came in for a peek. What a warm human being he was. I played a little bhairavi ragam for him since I already had my instrument out. It was fun. I also got to spend some quality time with my sister, brother in-law and my 8 month old niece in Boston.Now its back to the bay area for a VidyA performance April 1 at the SADHANA conference in Berkeley and April 3 solo at the red poppy mapp show. I will send out more details. See you soon!
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A review of our SMU concert
via smu.edu
Just got this link in my e-mail. Thanks to this student at SMU who wrote a brief article about our performance at SMU back in September featuring Patri Satish Kumar and Thiripunithura N. Radhakrishnan. It's nice to see a perspective of how the music made her feel rather than a song list and technical breakdown of ragas/talas etc. I was moved. A little excerpt:
The first song starts with Radhakrishnan on the saxophone, and it draws me in. I can feel all tension in the air start to melt away, leaving a sense of raw, unadulterated discovery hanging overhead. The man to the left of me closes his eyes, hums softly, and becomes enveloped in the music. As the percussionists enter the song, Radhakrishnan plays as if in a trance. He and his instrument are one and we as the audience witness a conversation between man and music. It is just extraordinary! There is really no way with words to describe the kind of communication between Radhakrishnan and the notes he is playing around him, or the way that it makes me feel.
The whole thing is at http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/2009/090930-WorldMusic.aspx#
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A nice evening cup of coffee...
Great complement to the cold weather. It's the little things.
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