Ten up-and-coming stars in the firmament of classical music showed their talent and next moment were content playing second fiddle to the others. Smooth and seamless transition from one number to another and one artiste to another, the understanding and synchronisation made it look like they grew up together. It is hard to believe that this is their third concert as a group - Shastriya Sangeeta Samahaaram.
The group got into groove quickly drawing a number of Sunday morning walkers on the Beach Road to come and enjoy their more than two-hour zestful performance.
The group comprises Emani Poornima Krishna on flute, Saish L. Malpani from Pune on sitar, T. V. Hemanth Kumar from Warangal on violin, G. Samir Varma from Vizag on guitar, Raja from Guntur on tabla, Ranjit Sarkar from Siliguri on harmonium, A..S.R. Koundinya from Vizag on mridangam, S. Naveen Kumar from Hindupur on ghatam, Murapala Siva Kumar on kanjira and Raghavendra Raj on spanish percussion instrument Cajon.
The spirit of the youth combined with training in classicial music was amply visible in the performance where the transition between numbers was so smooth and seamless that the audience was caught unawares. They established their felicity starting with a combination of 10 ragas – Priya Raga Malika – which featured ragas with ‘priya’ in their name. The instruments of different origins speaking in sync established the fact that music is universal.
Their training in Indian Classical music was reflected in their ability to play lead and seamlessly switch roles to be an accompaniment.
