Vid. Surya Sriram | Yochana Kamala Lochana | Vaaram Oru Paadal

Vid. Surya Sriram | Yochana Kamala Lochana | Vaaram Oru Paadal | Episode 89

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Ganapriya Academy of Music, Dance and Drama

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Ganapriya Academy Of Music, Dance and Drama Presents
Vaaram Oru Paadal
19th January 2025 - Day 89
Director: "Ganakala Shiromani" Dr B Govindarajan
Today we will listen to "Yochana Kamala Lochana", a composition of Thyagarajaswami, in Ragam Darbar, Adi Thalam, rendered by Vid. Surya Sriram.
This is an excerpt from a concert held at Om Murugashramam, West Mambalam, on 4th November 2024, where Surya was accompanied by Vid. Arya Nagarajan on the Violin and Vid. S Pranav on the Mridangam.
In this song, Thyagarajaswami asks Lord Rama, "Oh Lotus eyed Lord! Are you pondering on whether to protect me or not? Did you think that if you don't have any communication with me, I will go and beg others? Oh Lord, your splendor is brighter than ten thousands of Suns! You crowned Sugriva as the king of Kishkindha, and stated that you will always remove the faults of your devotees! Was all that just to earn name and fame? Do not deceive me now! Please come to protect me!"
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About the artist:
"Ganapriya Rathna" Surya Sriram, B.Tech., MFA Music., is a disciple of "Ganakala Shiromani" Dr.B.Govindarajan.
Surya Sriram is a Carnatic Musician and Composer. He had his initial tutelage under Smt Prema Srinivasan. He has also learnt from Madurai Sri Balasubramaniam, Smt Bhavani Ramamoorthy and Smt Uma Srinivasan. He has accompanied his Guru Dr.B.Govindarajan for several concerts, and has also given many solo Concerts. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at LTI Mindtree. He is a Post Graduate (Master of Fine Arts) in Music from Annamalai University. He is a B Grade Artist in Classical Music and Devotional Music in All India Radio.
In addition, he is learning Oothukadu Venkatakavi Kritis from Vid. Needamangalam V Alamelu, and the Veena from "Ganapriya Rathna" Sri B Srinivasan. Through the SPIC MACAY "Guru Ki Sangat" Scholarship, he has also briefly learnt Dhrupad Music from Ustad. F Wasifuddin Dagar.
He is one of the recipients of the "Scholarship for Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields" (Age Group 18-25 years), for the year 2019-2020, awarded by The Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
He has also sung for the music album, "Raaja Gaanamrutham", consisting of the compositions of his Guruji Dr B Govindarajan, from Volume 2 of the latter's publication "Ganapriya Isaimalargal". In the album, he was accompanied by Dr VLV Sudharsan on the Violin, Karukurichi Sri N Mohanaraman on the Mridangam and Kalaimamani Sri AS Krishnan on the Muharsing.