Kalasagaram’s 54th Annual Festival of Music

[@chiapet9570]

My god i dont know what to say and how to express myself about this behag. He is not from this planet i think.god bless him. His swarm still are like the legend Madurai mani Iyer.

[@SureshKumar-lv6fk]

Mrudangeswaran... 🙏.....,,, abhishek sair... Sabdeswaran...... 🙏.... Sound system... 👏👏👏.. ആകെ മൊത്തം ഈശ്വര സാന്നിധ്യം 👏🙏♥️

[@lalithabalakrishnan6816]

Amazing.such a melodious voice.what variations omg. He is superb,superb.god bless 🙌

[@vallursivaraman4201]

What to say about this young brilliant musician. His vibrant rendition keeps you in a different world. Unassuming alabanai & kalpana swaram in different dimension. Wow what an energy. His swara prastharam in certain areas reminds me of yesteryear genius Madurai Mani Iyer. Though I am in Hyderabad & regular to listen the concerts live. This year we are deprived coz of Covid 19., but I thank the organizers of Kalasagaram for giving us the feeling of listening live music by posting tremendous concerts on line.

[@sarojininarasimhan7048]

A powerful presentation Superb as usual

[@balaksundaram3938]

unbelievable behag....never heard it before....probably will never hear it again...I doubt whether even Abhishek himself can reproduce this magic again......phenomenal concert......there is absolutely no one who can perform like this...what a delight

[@ajithbharathvaajlr8364]

I don't know why anybody is not talking about this ! 1:33:57 Mridhangam was just genius!

[@manojrajappan4033]

Yep missed it...thanks for pointing it out!...great presence of mind and execution!

[@saravanabalajik]

This comment guy is genius for pointing out. 😇

[@chiapet9570]

The master piece of abhisek “idu thano thillai stahlam” nobody in the world can sing Behag like him.he make me like iam in the heaven.

[@rrajan5476]

Blend of MMI & BMK!

[@APKoilNSapthagireesanjaya]

I have been listening to ch Abhishek from 2013...you are right. His handling of Behag is uniquely and unimaginably brilliant. I have a little more to say. What applies to Behag applies to almost every other raga too !! And once you hear him. You don't feel like hearing any other for quite some time. The test of a good author is.. you like to read his same work again and again. So too with Abhishek's music. I am past my eighties and have been fan of many greats over the years. Needless to say, Abhishek is one among the greats. Regards 🌹🌹🌹

[@venkatseshan5290]

Couldn't agree with you more 👍AR is divinely gifted & what he delivers is just purely magical 🙏

[@nanarama4554]

I am hearing Abhishek from 2008.After that season I listen to only Abhishek Raghu ram to enjoy the shear beauty of raga alapana, neraval and swaran.No one to beat him.Why only Behag? Kalyani,Nattakurinji, yamunakalyani,Natakapriya, Khamas, Ranjini,Shanmugapriya,Saramathi, Bindumalini-he is unique and excels.Infact he is too good in all raga alapanai and puts his special stamp.

[@VSPG_SIVANI]

True !!!

[@srinivasan1951]

I was joint secy of kalasagaram Secbad for almost decade & half till the golden Jubilee year 2917. Golden Jubilee year Abishek Raghuram sang. Was an outstanding concert. During my tenure, I can recall a few memorable concerts like legend TNS, TVS,Sudha,nJayashri, Lalgudi siblings, Kanyakumari,b Sanjay, T M Krishna, RAGA, & so many more.Abishek Raghuram n is a prodigy who has graduated from monthly concert in Kalasagaram to Annual festival. He can traverse all the octaves with ease. His alapana, rendition of kriti mostly take from anupallavi, neraval, swarams are out of the world. Manodharma is extraordinary. Reminds me of TNS in his prime. Nadaswara Bani following like GNB & TNS. Sruti & Layam in perfect sync. A legend in the making. God bless. He should be decorated with Sangita Kalanidhi at the earliest considering his popularity & genius.

[@Rama-Rama74]

Pure genius🤗Don't think I have ever heard of a *better* sound system than this before 👏👏👏

[@2309suri]

this concert is a masterpiece ....no words to describe this melody n talent

[@sujathaganapathy2707]

Exemplary karaharapriya,,melting saveri,, mind-blowing kapi ,enthralling behag and not to forget the flowy hamasanandi,on the whole awesome concert.My salutations to the vidwans who have taken the audience to a different world.May God Almighty bless all the vidwans,the torchbearers of our music.

[@chemzard]

Saaveri alapanai floors me....if there ever is a rasa called "kalusha" (agitated, confused), Abhishek has masterfully expressed this emotion in song...

[@jayashreeramaswamy1864]

What an amazing concert. No words to express Abhishek Raghuram’s creativity in Kalpana swarams and neravals. His music is par excellence and I find him a cut above the rest of the other Carnatic musicians. His co-artists were also brilliant in this concert and I think it turned out to be a great concert. May God bless him and all the other artists too and may they achieve greater heights in Carnatic music.

[@raghul2k]

What a great concert! Very interesting interpretations of raaga, sahityam, and swaras by AR. Seems like he has a fresh outlook in this concert. Happy and delighted to hear a new version of AR. Also his voice at the upper sthayi has been refined to a point where its so pleasant to hear even at the highest octaves. The clarity and sur of his voice reminds me a lot of Kishori Amonkar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (esp at the higher octaves). Fantastic finish too with Hamsanandi, there were some Hinsudtani style taans to round the concert off. Hope AR explores a bit of more of these taan flourishes in the main pieces too. At higher speeds, this is not an easy task to achieve, I hope he adds this to his voice repetoire.

[@abhinavdhade5121]

this legend is singing like he's talking to God almighty, keep it up guys. special thanks to channel.

[@SruthiRavali]

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful. No more words to match the music. 🙏🏼

[@gitaviswanathan8540]

Amazing Behag and Hamsanandi. brings tears to my eyes. I cannot stop myself from listening to it again again. God bless you

[@ramsundaram4615]

Wow, he never fails to enthrall the audience with his alapana, neravals and swarms. Music us embedded in every cells . Kanda, Kanda brought tears. Goose bumps

[@bharathijagannath8198]

Effortless singing. Extraordinary range. Totally addicted to AR's singing

[@madhvamunirao.sandhyavanda40]

Saadhana and performances from 1996 in continuity-exceptional imagination-ideation-presentation with premium for aspects of manodharma the centrality of Karnataka Samgita. Only 36, maestro will serve for many decades ahead. In this concert, ably supported by all the co-artists, Vid.BAK, Vid.KSG; Vid.S.K. Grateful for Kalasagaram making it happen.

[@mandayamkrishnan9666]

The best concert of Abhishek Raghuram and support artists

[@rakshitmuralinath7950]

Amazing accompanyment by Giridhar and Krishna .. pure class!

[@deepakp4059]

Superb harmonious performance of every one.Each one perfectly performed.Amazing. congratulations to all performers. Thank you God for giving me a chance to hear such Divine music combination.👍❤

[@pandarinathan8769]

Aho Bagyam !!! Abishek vidunga, athu PRODIGY. I just want to thank Sri. B.Anantha Krishnan - Violin.............. Aha........... Yenna vasippu................. Valga Valamudan.

[@srinivasan1951]

Outstanding concert. I watch almost daily. Highlight is Idu Dano Thillai in Behag & the thrilling & divine Virutham in Hamsanandi & the kriti SRINiVASA take from Anupallavi. Thrilling accompaniments added zest to the concert. Acoustics were outstanding which added lustre to the concert

[@sringerichandrashekar6958]

Pure genius. Divine singing; great accompaniment. Hard core classical that's incredibly melodious. Thank you Abhishek and team.

[@r.balasubramaniam682]

just got immersed in the flood of sublime musical bath from this genius. Sheer masterpiece.... I pray to a Almighty God to bless this genius with a healthy, happy long life so that we would be fortunate to hear his music again and again and again ..

[@r.balasubramaniam682]

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[@sasik.g6840]

Exquisite...highly creative and full of blissful surprises--this is an incredibly perfect blend of intelligence and aesthetics.. Most respectful salutations to the master musician Abhishek Reghuram 🙏🙏🙏🌹 🌹 🌹 Excellent support by the brilliant artists Ananthakrishnan(violin), Sai Giridhar (mridangam) and Krishna (khatam) 🙏🙏🙏 THANK YOU KALASAGARAM 🙏🙏🙏

[@ramsundaram4615]

Wow, standing ovation, kudos, salutes and namaskarams to this God sent Young Vidwan. What a training ground for the violinist. Mridangam and ghatam marvelled. Accompanists have to reach up to this maestro . Abhishek’s interaction with them needs to be followed by other singers.

[@venkataramanashok3171]

What a concert. Abhishek in full and sublime form and creativity. Thank you for bringing it to us in such excellent audio and video quality.

[@sridharanneela7286]

Loved the high energy concert. He's a geñius no doubt

[@krishveena]

Perhaps the most scintillating behag I have heard in a long, long time! Bless you, Abishek.

[@kschami]

start Karharapriya Senthi anadavan, , kapi, behag 21:30 Saveri alapana 38:30 Thyagaraja krithi roopakam thala 50:55 kapi Kandar Anuputi virutham Enna thavam seydhanai 1:15:40 Behag alapana irakkam varamal ponadhenna karanam (GKB) 1:56:10 Hamsanandhi SREENIVASA THIRUVENGADA MUDAIYA

[@narayanany4380]

Divine music

[@guppi277]

what a team ... high power expertise. Idhu dhaano thillai thalam has come to stay as Abhishek's signature song ...! his accompanists have done a wonderful job ... Can listen to this scintillating repertoire any number of times in loop play ..!

[@annapoornibalaraman3343]

Wonderful Concert by Sri . Abhishekh Raghuram and his team. God bless all of them.

[@santhanamramaswamy2750]

An enthralling concert by Abhishek with good accompaniments God's strength to them

[@vichupayyan]

Listening to next gen musicians, & Abhishek is one of the promising person. Pure rendition and soulful. He is like a pure crystal clear drop of water.

[@nirmalasubramanian9882]

Such a wonderful concert The team’s oneness n interaction was wonderful Abhishek- we can listen to you for hours n hours- you are simply brilliant

[@omsaimantra]

Extraordinary, unbelievable voice prowess. Sorry to say, there should have been more kafi, in his kafi. Kalpana swaram for behag, was, as many have pointed out, astonishing On the whole, a new dimension of our carnatic music was revealed. Accompaniments, particularly violin were praise worthy. God bless all. Thanks. 29-5-2024.

[@TheSriGudi]

He has elevated Sendhil Andavan to Chakkani Rajamaargamu through the amazing sangatis of the pallavi line.. Having been turned off by Balamurali imitations over the years, I can feel both the original , creative Abhishek and the Balamurali style here and there.

[@sandhanabarathi9049]

This fantastic concert❤ really forgot my self while watching this song

[@thrineshwaramysorer7463]

Great concert, enjoyed very much. All the ragas selected were heart touching. Thanks.

[@Sadayamani]

Superb, excellent, fine, super...... searching for more adjectives to express my feelings about AR and his team's performance

[@srirampdm]

Bookmarking that exquisite Behag (for myself as much as others, since I keep coming back to it so often anyway) Starts at 1:15:20!

[@lakshmisetlur]

Superb energetic concert👏 Amazing mastery over the ragas Carnatic or Hindustani👌 Excellent rendition in Kapi, Behag. Excellent violinist and supporting mridangam and ghatam keeping pace with him👏

[@rukmanimanian3103]

An Excellent concert Nice ragassele tion What a mastery over the ragas and very accomplished mridangam Voilinand Ghatam co Artists

[@sunderesanpattabiraman2122]

What an excellent concert Amazing combination of sheer brilliance and melody

[@lakshmiramchandran5134]

beautiful rendition. i enjoy all your renditions.

[@sivaramiyer1003]

Currently the number 1 singer...

[@raghunathaiyengarvathiargo9165]

Superb among young artists in the present Era. May God bestow him his anughrahams

[@nanarama4554]

Still after listening to this concert people are naming Abhishek as " young upcoming artist", "promising artist " etc.He had already come in the league of Sanjay and T M Krishna.He is a maetero.

[@ramsundaram4615]

Concerts like this need to be archived for the posterior music lovers. Love Abhishek.

[@rajeshkrishnan01]

Enjoyed every sec of this concert! God bless !!

[@teddyarmy6769]

Wow! I just got introduced to Abhishek!!! and now words to explain his brilliance. Esp. from 27:30 the high ptiched part reminded me of MKT.

[@karunsai]

Namaskaram Jai Sri Krishna Thank you so much of your beautifully sharing the excellent Carnatic Musical Vocal exponent of the Carnatic Musical Vocal exponent Vidhwan Sri Abhishek Raguram! My hearty congratulations to him and his team! Gopika Jeevana Smaranam Govinda Govinda! Maha Periyavaalin Thiruvadigale Charanam Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara!

[@rangaparthasarathi]

Good concert by Abhishek Raguraman well supported by accompanying artists.

[@MrSivakris1]

Excellent support by violinist.. Very creative

[@RCSEKAR67]

Great performance. No words to describe. Every artiste has fantastic energy and enjoying .

[@ramamurthitv5061]

Thanks

[@knbalakrishnan4050]

vocal, violin, mridangam, Ghatam........ all masters.......................................................................

[@sury39]

wonderful concert; used to be member of kalasagram when we lived for 3 y in sec bad1977-80!!

[@diskrybe]

I can't remember the last time I've been held so completely in a thrall from start to finish by a vocalist. Sublime, exhilarating.

[@diskrybe]

Kudos as well to Shri Sai Giridhar, Shri S Krishna for their magnificent percussion accompaniment and Shri Anantha Krishnan's nuanced violin

[@jagannathrao6689]

Excellent. Melodious. शुभकामनाएँ. Also Violinist.

[@arjunsubrahmanian7535]

Sendhil Andavan ❤️💕☺️ Starts at 4:34

[@niranjanasudhir1176]

brilliant rendition. totally moved by his performance .speechless.

[@venkataramannarayanaswamy2833]

Who can expect that a frontline Carnatic musician, in a full-time concert,will keep aside each and all of the usual major ragas and fill the space with Kapi and Behag and do more than full justice ? Both are memorably done. These two along with Hamsanandhi also build a nice bridge between the Hindustani and the Carnatic systems, as their renderings have much in common. Is this a celebration of Papanasam Shivan since a major share of the all-Tamil menu are his compositions? As usual, AR keeps all the accompanying artistes literally on their toes bringing in their best and what is more is very generous with his openeyed appreciation of their moments of glory. A different kind of concert , as pleasing as ever.Thanks.

[@srividyas1882]

Brilliant. Refreshing. Class

[@palasserinarayanan]

Highlight of this concert is just that Kharaharapriya !!!!❤❤❤

[@bhargavr23060]

What a Saveri! Amazing sangatis

[@preethysatheesh685]

Superb concert 👌 👏 😍 ❤ 🌷God bless you more dears.Thanks you Team Kalasagaram for this wonderful treat 🙏

[@rajeevnair7133]

Amazing concert.. thanks to the entire team 👍👍👍

[@sivanagarajan9510]

Wow wow Dearest Abhi & the whole team…(accompaniments)..rocking and divinity personified as always with God’s Grace 👍👍💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@sraghunath7423]

Amazing...how he goes at such a high pitch!!! Super concert!

[@purushothamagowda1742]

We are blessed to relish heavenly music of sri Abhishek ರಘುರಾಮ್ . he is our Chithrasena of present period.👍👍✌️✌️🙏🙏

[@MuraliGururajan]

Mind blowing performance... Amazing concert

[@dhakshan]

A perfect kaapi. Most of the times, when people attempt such elaborate manodharmam in kaapi, it sounds too artificial/made up. But in this, it just sounds natural like how it should be. Never have enjoyed kapi this much before

[@anandamohanvoruganti2684]

Great following on Violin and Mrudangam and Ghatan Excellent range of Sri Abhishek Raghuram from Mandara Sthayi to Ati thara Sthayi at some points. Outstanding Manodharmam Swaras falling just like a waterfalll. Bow my head to his vidvath

[@sridhartoopurani4268]

Was an excellent concert tatagaru 🙏💐

[@padmavathirangarajan9780]

Aaha aha Wonderful concert 👍...

[@vishramam]

Enthoru jnanam!🙏👏

[@gokulchandran5586]

Wow.., amazing rendition.

[@ramsundaram4615]

I am in trance transported elsewhere. God bless.

[@c.p.madhusudhan3453]

Interesting choice of Tamil Kritis for a concert in Hyderabad.

[@radhamurthy4507]

Simply superb

[@abhinayfinearts]

Absolutely superlative. Not a dull moment.

[@ajithbharathvaajlr8364]

1:15:23 Mark for future !

[@srikau2891]

GOD BLESS ABHISHEK AND THE WONDERFUL TEAM

[@mahalakshmigiridharadas6757]

Amazing karaharapriya

[@vichupayyan]

44k people watched it, and then why only

[@prakashram9318]

My favourite Ghatam artist main reason to like is I have not seen him using pickup

[@narasimhangn3303]

great krishna super. excellent kutcheri. abhishek. all the best to all

[@thyagarajathmadakasira2151]

Violin kapi superb sir 🙏

[@palasserinarayanan]

How many people have repeated this concert 5 or more …

[@prakashram9318]

Just amazing from the whole team

[@ataindia]

A Genius at his Brilliance again, every time he starts and ends.. not enough feeling creeps in...

[@MahaperiyavaSchoolofMridangam]

Superb excellent by sooriupendra Mridangam artist Chennai founder mahaperiyava school of Mridangam Record Achievers 💯 Day's 💯 Artists 🙏

[@jayaraman7605]

Aha enjoying bhale ! Swaram goes like a Tejas train on patri

[@padmanabhanganapathy308]

Comments are another nice concert!

[@noorjahanshaik5914]

Such a beautiful tyagaraja's lyrical ornamentation presentation that is abhishek.hats off👏

[@sivakamisrinivasan2952]

Very very creative musician par excellence

[@sethuramanvasantha3576]

KALASAGARAM WARMLY WELCOMES ALL RASIKAS

[@anandamohanvoruganti2684]

Sooper combination of Mrudangam and Ghatam

[@BalaVaidyanathan]

Lovely concert

[@anandamohanvoruganti2684]

Super following on Violin

[@raghavadamodar1998]

balamu kulamu yEla rAma bhakti kAraNamu velayu sakala siddhulella veNTa vaccugAni mEnu (balamu) caraNam 1 nITa kAki mInu munuga nirata mudaya snAnamA tETa kannulu konga gUrca dEvadEva dhyAnamA (balamu) (balamu) caraNam 2 patramulunu mEyu mEka balamaina yupAsamA citra pakSu lEgaya sUrya candrulaku samyamA (balamu) caraNam 3 guhala vESa kOTu luNTE guNamukalgu maunulA gahana munanu kOTuluNTE ghanamau vanavAsamA (balamu) caraNam 4 jangamulu balukakuNTE sangatigA maunulA angamu muyyani bAlulu yapuDu digambarulA (balamu) caraNam 5 valacu tyAgarAja varadu vara bhaktulu sEyu bhakti celagu sakala janulakella cellina kAsaunugA (balamu) Meaning: Of what avail are mere brutal strength and superior lineage without the redeeming element of devotion to Rama which alone can lead to prosperity here and hereafter? Can the crow and the fish get the benefit of a holy bath? Can the mere steady posture of the crane with closed eyes constitute meditation? Can the mere eating of the leaf by a goat constitute Upavasa? Can a million glowing fireflies make the effulgence of the sun and the moon? Can mere living in a cave make a sage of a man? Can the monkey's life in the forest be interpreted as renunciation? Can Jangamas who merely wear the ocher robe pretend to be religion, taken to a vow of silence? Can naked children be called nude-ascetics? Only genuine devotion to Sri Rama, who nurtures Tyagaraja, can be the current coin.

[@vvnamboodiri101]

Excellent accompaniment

[@malathibala997]

Nice singing. Enjoyed.

[@anandamohanvoruganti2684]

On Ghatam also

[@anandamohanvoruganti2684]

Mrudangam and Ghatam Thani are no doubt desirable and enjoyable for an absorbing Concert but when they become so extensive , they rob the beauty of the preceding vocalist's contribution.