A Historic Performance - Kala Ramnath and Pandit Yogesh Samsi - Raga Rageshwari

MERU Concert
A truly historic performance by Kala Ramnath on violin and Pandit Yogesh Samsi on tabla on 28 July 2018; Theater Oranjerie, Roermond, The Netherlands
Kala Ramnath (violin)
Recipient of India’s highest honour for music, ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’, Kala hails from a unique musical lineage of seven generations straddling the two classical music systems of India. She has won Grammy nomination for her album ‘Miles from India’. She has been recognized as one of the fifty best instrumentalists of the world by the prestigious ‘Songlines’ Magazine. Kala has performed at the most prestigious stages throughout the world, including the Sydney Opera House, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and New York’s Carnegie hall to name a few.
Pandit Yogesh Samsi (tabla)
Yogesh Samsi is one of those rare great tabla maestro whose reputation has been built on his consummate artistry in both fields of accompaniment and solo playing. Recipient of India's highest honour in music, Sangeet Natak Akademy Award, Yogesh has accompanied almost all the top-ranking instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India

[@asramani]

Unmatched, unparalleled, amazing, talented beyond words - Kala Ramnath ji ! What a performance! Takes the listener into another world. Masterful violin virtuoso.

[@pankajpatel1109]

I'll second the above comment and add that she is perfection!!!

[@matstertacniqalyt2437]

Great V. Player in the Horizon. Bless you dear LongLive. Kala ji waah

[@gopijoshi4276]

Divine. Rageshwari in all its splendour. And add to it Pandit Yogeshji's Accompaniment. 👌👆🙏

[@sejaljoshipura4587]

Kalaji takes us to a higher realm of consciousness! Great tabla by Pt Yogeshji!

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

In her own signature style she gives the listener a mind blowing experience. Salutations to her Mastery God Bless Thanks please

[@johncoppola8105]

Pay careful attention at 33:40 and you will hear Philip Glass meets J.S Bach. Indian Classical has everything in it but many miss because it just flows from one to another so freely.

[@ConcertGrande]

Nothing about that !!! just North Indian Classical music ...

[@Kwelinzito]

Hypnotizing music. She does it with such poise and the occasional seductive smile.

[@vishwaprakash327]

Marvelous performance by both the mistroes

[@suryamukherjee7634]

Astounding performance.

[@mmypainting]

Swara for Raag Rageshwari > Sa Ga ma Dha ni Sa > Sa ni Dha ma Ga ma Re Sa.< It doesn't really sum up the intricacies of this Raag, but it might help some people who are interested.

[@misbahalam2396]

Wah! Zabardast! Kya baat hai! One wishes it should never have ended......but such is life....all good things come to an end.... leaving behind everlasting memories and desires for something more from the same fountain!!! May both of them, Kalla and Yogesh, continue to enchant till everything ends!!!!

[@pankajpatel1109]

Divine, divine, divine!!!

[@kirankoppikar29]

It is pleasure listening to Kala; true to her name

[@-vinsmedia-2519]

DIVINE DIVINE DIVINE

[@pradeepnatu1644]

A MESMERISING CONCERT BY BOTH LEGENDS OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. JUST AWESOME PERFORMANCE.

[@alainPaul34]

Amazing thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@udupisharada7558]

Simply love your music, Akka...🕉️🌟👍

[@kamleshkumardiwan]

बहुत सुंदर जुगलबंदी.......बधाई

[@krishnamurthychillal2006]

The concert started as an usual rendition but ends with an ecstatic elongated drut. Truly historic. Both Pundits have given their best. Thx for sharing.

[@sheshagirigh]

She played so well.. Mesmerizing.. Meend was extraordinary. Only ustad shafkat Ali or salamat Ali can Menuver that kind..Who were these audience..out of tune, I thought. Her smile is as charming as her music enticing.

[@sureshpurohit2742]

Auwsome rendition.

[@krishnapartha]

Just gorgeous ethereal music.

[@ranjanarock3922]

Waah pt ji n ma'am ur to good awesome. Great performance 🙏🙏

[@pramodbiharisharma4172]

I meditate by listening such awesome violin recital played by the grate maestro Kala ramnath

[@binaykumardatta2276]

Amazing pleasant musical sound created by madam kalaji with her violin,may god give her along musical life to enlighten our mind withmusic. M

[@manikdas8829]

Simply marvellous. Kalaji is unique and unmatched. Thanks to the accompanying artist, pt.Jogeshji for beautiful support. Wonderful.

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Divine Music . God Bless the Artistes Thanks please

[@yatinvyas7042]

Heart touching notes of my guru.

[@sanjayapar8728]

Great performance

[@shripadkulkarni1950]

जीवन अत्यंत सुंदर है। केवल खाना पीना और सो जाना, इसके भी परे आत्मानंद नामकी कोई अवस्था होती है। जिसका अनुभव जीवनको परिपूर्ण करता है। भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत यह एक ऐसी चीज है, केवल जिसे सुननेसे भी आत्मानंद प्राप्त हो सकता है। और ये ही एक सच्चा रास्ता है जो आपको परमेश्वरकी ओर ले जाता है।

[@3bbiotechbioprocesslab225]

True

[@-vinsmedia-2519]

SUPER🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🥇🏅

[@alurnataraj2919]

This is an example of Indian classical music can be so mesmerizing with just 2 masters. You don't need a whole orchestra with an over reacting conductor.

[@KevinDunning108]

Her view and acceptance of global classical approaches in her playing is wonderful to witness. She embraces European/U.States breezes into her meditation, and does a wonderful job of staying in the Indian-view taan. So finely tuned. Good players of all classical styles meet in the same place - om nada brahma. :) True, but watching a world class symphony - 30 people or so on the same meditation points, and playing in tandem... when it's good, and one understands the approach and how it differs from India's style, one sees the dharmic strengths in each approach. It's a wonderful understanding...

[@alurnataraj2919]

I agree

[@sg_walkman]

You don't need to belittle one art form to appreciate the other. The intimacy of Pandit Banerjee's Rageshree and the grandeur of Beethoven's Fifth are equally precious experiences for me.

[@ops4607]

Mesmarizing....

[@arttoheart630]

Astonishing performance 🎩 hats off to you both thank you so much for this happy morning 🖌🎨🤗

[@AbhayKumar-wj5nx]

अतुलनीय

[@kumarisadhna8737]

Divine music! 🙏🙏

[@moudadulislam2876]

Just awesome, touched my soul

[@pezasiatico5664]

Wonderful rendition.

[@baradakantabarik4674]

very nice .

[@yashwantchaubisa681]

Beautiful mem

[@yashwantchaubisa681]

beautiful

[@alakeshmazumdar5982]

Nice tune, great

[@sethvijay36]

SHEER MAGIC WAH WAH!!!!

[@kssingh7650]

Ati sundar

[@nishobhitraagam2043]

प्रणाम

[@venkateshdeshpande8198]

Very nice... धन्यवाद

[@shashankpurandare9400]

awesome...

[@sureshpurohit2742]

Awesome

[@rubinpg8468]

Devine!

[@guttenpant]

Violin विदेशी वाद्ययंत्र है।इस का हिंदुस्तानी इस प्रकार से use करके अंगीकार कर लेंगे,स्वप्न में भी सोचा नही होगा उन्होंने।बल्कि उन्हें इस तरह से बजते सुन सुखद लगा होगा!

[@vijoysinha4592]

guttenpant

[@nileshkalamkar2203]

Sahi kaha aapne

[@udonspecial]

Is the tabla player famous? He is great.

[@MERUConcerts]

Pandit Yogesh Samsi (tabla) Yogesh Samsi is one of those rare great tabla maestro whose reputation has been built on his consummate artistry in both fields of accompaniment and solo playing. Recipient of India's highest honour in music, Sangeet Natak Akademy Award, Yogesh has accompanied almost all the top-ranking instrumentalists and vocalists and dancers of India

[@sumankvdas]

He is the top disciple (after Ustad Zamrik Hussain) of Ustad Alla Rakha

[@sumankvdas]

Ustad Zakir Hussain (autocorrect typo)

[@sandeepuniyal6164]

👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@prasenjitchakraborty6241]

Please upload any video, if available, of Kalaji and Sangeetaji jugalvandi.

[@shavkat-dineshshatrov2325]

Ом намах Гандхарва Веда Om namah Gandharva Veda.

[@PRADEEPGUPTA-wg6fx]

She has left her aunt smt M Rajam behind

[@dvchauhan35]

Nope, just a different technique. But the "Bhaav" part in Dr. Rajam's music is immense, whereas Kala ji holds mastery in technicalities.

[@udupisharada7558]

She is definitely far superior to her aunt...Pandit Jasraj ji ki jai ho...🕉️🕉️

[@dvchauhan35]

@@udupisharada7558 I disagree. Thanks for your comment. Sath hi Jai ho Pt. Omkarnath Thakur ki bhi😊

[@MrRiguepeu]

La Chaurasia du violon

[@mrspock9514]

She's no Heifetz thats for sure !

[@prakashchandradev8387]

What to sayexcellent performance rajeshwsri raagas melodious composn n nice tabla of shumdijis marvellous rhythm

[@anupdeb4210]

No, she is not! She stands on her own rights. I am sure Mr. H. will stand aside to make room for her by him.

[@thechessimmortalplayer1230]

I don’t understand the need to compare anyway , both are legendary in their fields Mr.Spock

[@pilloobaba272]

And Jascha Heifetz is no Kala Ramnath that's even more sure. Don't compare Western Violinists with Indian. It's like comparing a Pineapples with Mangoes. A painter is not qualified to judge the performance of a sculptor using the rules of painting. Western musicians cannot pass judgement on non western music using the rules of Western music. Jascha Heifetz has zero understanding of 2000 or more Ragas with 72 scales with all the nuances of how to render them. Neither would he know of the 100+ tabla rythmic cycles and be able to fit his melody into those cycles while composing the melodic patterns extempore completely without any rehearsal or notation while staying within the rules of the Raga. Neither would Jascha Heifetz know of the 22 microtone scales of Indian music that harmonize with the drone (instead of the Western 12 note equal tempered scale). Neither do I see Jascha Heifetz play any extensive slides between and across notes. All his music has separate plain individual notes which is boring from the Indian musical perspective because a lot of emotion is created with the slides (portmento) . Also, Kala can play very quick scales, where each note in the scale is a portmento combination of two or more notes (if you had the ability to hear it). Since Jascha Heifetz doesn't do that he evidently is not practiced at it and could never compete with Kala if he had to do quick and prolonged melodic patterns where each note is really a cluster of portmento notes (again Westerners have to have the ability to hear it before they even know what is being played). Sorry but your comment is typical of smug Western judgement based on ignorance of other forms of non Western art.

[@rahuljishu]

@@pilloobaba272 I don't know why western classical violin lovers cannot accomplish Indian classical violin lovers ? I have also seen some videos where they are criticizing Indian classical violin players !!!

[@ranajitkumarbhunia9135]

Kalaramnath জীর কাছে একটু শিখতে চাই? কি করতে হবে।