Atreyi Krishna’s concert sparkles with rare creations

There was an emotional charm in Atreyi’s raga alapan. He performed at the 30th annual festival of Mudhra in 2024 with VV Srinivasa Rao on violin, MS Varadhan on Mridangam and M. Gururaj on morsing. , Photo Credit: Courtesy: Mudhra

Athreyi Krishna is blessed with a melodious voice that spans all octaves with ease. She is the winner of Mudhra’s Kachhari competition.

Coming from a musical family, this young singer from Karkala in Udupi district is now training under Vidwan RK Sriramkumar and Vidushi Amrita Murali. Athreyi’s sweeping thodi had an emotional appeal. The work chosen was Tyagaraja’s ‘Kaddanuvariki Kaddu’. Neraval and Swara Charanam were in ‘Baddu Tappaka Bhajiyinse’. The tone with which he sang Korvais shows his control over rhythm.

The second raga he adopted for elaborate alapana was Kalyani, in which he presented Shyama Shastri’s ‘Thalli Ninnunera’ (Mishra Chapu). Athreyi took Niraval in the third Charanam ‘Shyamkrishna Paripalini’.

Athreyi started the evening concert with Viruttham in Shankarabharanam, followed by ‘Meru Samana’ (Mayamalvagaula) with charming Kalpanaswara in Pallavi by Sant Tyagaraja. Sant’s Kannadagoula piece ‘Orajuppu Juchedi Nyayam’ was crisply rendered. Another Tyagaraja kriti that he sang was ‘Nenarunchinanu’ in Malavi with a beautiful Chittaswaram.

sublime presentation

The singer then presented Gopalkrishna Bharati’s masterpiece ‘Ennarmam Anathan Sannidhiyile’ in proper Vilamba art. He expressed the beauty of Devgandhari. The Javali in ‘Parulanna Mata’, Dharmapuri Subbarayar’s Kapi (Rupakam) was sublime.

Athreyi concluded the concert with ‘Venkatesh Bedi Kombe’ in Purandaradasa’s Ragamalika, accompanied by Khamas, Hameer Kalyani and Kapi in Tisra Nadai and Arunachal Kavi’s ‘Ramanai Tharuvai’ (Sindhu Bhairavi).

Mudhara takes care of arranging senior accompanists for the winner. The experienced V.V.Srinivasa Rao on the violin provided excellent support to the young artiste, especially in his elaborations on Kalyani and Thodi as well as his responses to various swaraprasthas. On the beats, the contribution of senior scholars like M.S. Varadan (mridangam) and M. Gururaj (morsing) brought the singing alive.