I had the opportunity to hear and enjoy the music of Sri Adithyanararayanan on 24/12/08 in the Vani mahal at 1 pm.From a 11 year old boy, the concert is more than what is expected.

This boy is a disciple of Suguna Varadhachari. On the dais were - Adithyanarayanan - Parur Ananthakrishnan - Prasanth.

Sri mahaganapathe - abohi varnam, Ninnunera - panthuvaraali, and then the gana raaga bairavi - nee paadhamulegathi of patnam subramania iyer and concluding the concert with a thillaana (brindavana saaranga?).

Adith has good voice and talent... Skill will develop with experience and practice.

He is able to show the raga swaroopa within the first few seconds from the start of alaapana. The gestures seemed a bit higher for the age.

One small piece of advice is: drink from the flask - only after the end of a song or before starting the next song; Just starting an alaapana (Example: bairavi alaapana) and then drinking from flask - is not impressive... Also, theT V. Sankaranarayanan type shaking of the head and body during singing makes you go away from the mic and so, the audience experience distortions in the voice - when heard thro the speaker.

My best wishes to you Adithyanarayanan!

K G Gouthaman
Dec 26^th 2008

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