Ananya Ashok made an impressive start at The Music Academy with the varnam in Thodi, Era Naapai set to Adi tala. If her sruthi aligned voice with ensemble was put to test in the first song, her manodharmam was subject to litmus test during the enunciation of Kedaragowalai. Her paatanthram dazzled like Kohinoor in the Kedaragowalai krithi Venugana Loluni of Thyagaraja. Neraval at Vikasitha Pankaja Vadanalu was handled without distorting the beauty of saahityam and raga lakshana.
Shortly, she began Shyama Sastri's Maanji raga Krithi Brovavamma Thamasamela and my pulse dropped to 56 bpm; it was so sedate and effusing with bakthi. With rendition of Mysore Vasudevachariyar's Paripaahimam in Subhapantuvarali along with delectable chittaswaram in appropriate kaalapramanam my pulse jumped back to 61 bpm.
The main raga Poorvikalyani was sung in an unhurried and unambiguous way displaying both her understanding of the raga and sense of aesthetics. Soon followed Muthuswami Dikshithar's Meenakshi Memudham that flowed like nectar forcing people to rush back from the canteen to the auditorium.
I was bereft of words upon hearing Vaaztha vaayum virutham in lilting Jonpuri that was followed by Aandavan Darisanamey composed by Muthiah Bagavathar. The concert concluded with a thillana in Chenchruti. Accompanists, Turucherai Kaushik on mridangam and Nagercoil Anand on the violin added beauty to concert, while duly earning their credits.
Ananya is blessed with a mellifluous voice that effortlessly traverses between upper (Thara sthayi P) and lower octaves (Mandara sthayi M). Though Music Academy has slotted Ananya at 11.45 am, we will soon find her music and voice graduating her to evening slots and taking her to places. Ananya's next concert is at Barathiya Vidya Bhavan on Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 14:00hrs.
For more details read a short interview of Ananya - http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2014/02/ananya-ashok.html
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