Monday, Sep 16 2002
Adityodayam by Chitravina N Ravikiran
- Savita NarasimhanSavita is one of the foremost disciples of
Ravikiran and has herself performed in several countries like USA, UK, Spain, France and Germany. Under Ravikiran's tutelage, she has undergone rigorous training as a vocalist for several years. In the process, she has also had the opportunity to understand his treatment of various musical elements in the creation of a composition.
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Select compositions of Chitravina N Ravikiran have been published and released for the first time in book form, titled 'Adityodayam'. The songs have been compiled and edited by Savita Narasimhan, disciple of Ravikiran, Principal of the Hamsadhwani School of Music and an acclaimed performing vocalist. The selection comprises 24 pieces (set in sanskrit, tamil
and telugu) and includes varnams, krtis, tillanas, as well as a padam and a javali.
The book also contains commendations from the doyen of Indian music, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and V V
Sundaram, an outstanding promoter of music. While Semmangudi declares that 'Ravikiran is a born
genius', Sundaram goes on to show similarities between Ravikiran and Mozart, one of the most brilliant composers in Western music, who started out as a prodigy.
Ravikiran, who made international news at the age
of
two (in 1969) as the youngest performing musician
in
the world, needs no introduction to music lovers.
He
is globally acclaimed as a musician equally
balanced
between firm traditional Carnatic values on
one
hand and innovative, revolutionary world music
ventures (as with the artistes of the BBC
Philharmonic
Orchestra, UK) on the other.
Ravikiran has had a long history as a composer
too.
When he was two, he discovered a new raga,
Choodamani,
named after his mother. His first full
composition
was in Samapriya, a raga he discovered when he was
11.
Since then, he has created more than 450
compositions. Ravikiran is the first and so far,
only
composer to have composed in each one of the 35
tala-s
of the Carnatic music. He did this in less than 30
days in his 30th year, in 1997. Ravikiran has been
widely sought after all over the world to create
original compositions for dance and music
productions
too, and his presentations like Lakshmi Prabhavam,
Savithri, Vinayaka Vaibhavam and Cosmos have been
presented to audiences in several continents.
Priced at Rs 75, the book is available at several
leading outlets such as Higginbothoms, Landmark,
and
Saptaswara Musicals in Chennai, India. Music
lovers in
other cities and countries could contact the
distributors, Karnatic Music Book Centre through
email
at: kmbc@hotmail.com
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