A rocking concert by Vikku

  • | Saturday | 13th January, 2018

Vikku has the unique distinction of performing with three generations -- himself, son V. Selvaganesh, and grandson S. Swaminathan -- in different instruments. The ‘Laya Samarpanam’ by Vikku Vinayakram and his team of V. Selvaganesh (percussion), Swaminathan (konnakkol and ganjira), Rajasekhar (mrudangam) and Ganesan (morsing) started off with an invocation to Kanchi Paramacharya. Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, also known as Vikku Vinayakram, a Grammy Award-winning percussionist, kept the audience in thrall at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall during his ghatam concert at the 66th anniversary concerts of Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam on Wednesday. Ghatam’s measured strokes and other percussionists’ kalapramanam added vibrancy to tani by the team individually and the 3Gs in unison. Of course, Vinayakram stole the show with his unmatched strokes (with four ghatams of different rhythms) and, in the end, they played in unison and made it an enlivening concert.

more-in Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, also known as Vikku Vinayakram, a Grammy Award-winning percussionist, kept the audience in thrall at Lakshmi Sundaram Hall during his ghatam concert at the 66th anniversary concerts of Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam on Wednesday. The ‘Laya Samarpanam’ by Vikku Vinayakram and his team of V. Selvaganesh (percussion), Swaminathan (konnakkol and ganjira), Rajasekhar (mrudangam) and Ganesan (morsing) started off with an invocation to Kanchi Paramacharya. The audience had a unique interactive music programme, in which they were taught the rhythms and made to participate through konnakkol, the spoken component of solkattu, which refers to a combination of konnakkol syllables spoken while simultaneously counting the tala (meter) with the hand. Vikku has the unique distinction of performing with three generations -- himself, son V. Selvaganesh, and grandson S. Swaminathan -- in different instruments. Along with son Selvaganesh, grandson Swaminathan and other percussionists, he took the day by storm, giving it a rock concert-like feel and producing sounds (rhythm) that got every single person involved by clapping and chanting.. The audience’s requirements were understood thoroughly and at the same time the team stayed true to tradition and musical grammar. Rhythm, a quintessential facet of Carnatic music, was kept intact throughout. Of course, Vinayakram stole the show with his unmatched strokes (with four ghatams of different rhythms) and, in the end, they played in unison and made it an enlivening concert. Ghatam’s measured strokes and other percussionists’ kalapramanam added vibrancy to tani by the team individually and the 3Gs in unison. Their play list included Siva Thandavam (a stotra that describes Lord Siva’s power and beauty) and Vandanam to Lord Ganesh, Chathur Ghatam and seven-and-a-half and nine beats Naadhalaya Ghatam Mala. The audience were guided to understand the lyrics – which are normally slokas that matched the sollus. S. Padmanabhan

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