I happened to listen to Gayathri Girish after my close friend insisted since he said I shall find it interesting and he was not wrong. I regretted - that I kept my eyes and ears closed and not having listened to Smt. GG, since the time I started to appreciate and trying to understand what is Carnatic Music is all about and the effects it creates on rasikas like me...
Special mention must be made on the attempts that she takes, be it either a temple concert or a sabha concert. Every concert has something unique in offering be it a krithi rendering or an elaborate raga alapana for that matter.
I must say the difference I found when I heard Smt.Gayathri Girish for the first time a couple of years back and the last year @ Music Academy where there was a different RTP in BEGADA. If I am right, many would agree that this Raagam- is something sung by male musicians and a ragam supposed to be of masculine standard.... but a female trying this is something unique at least for a person like me....This year at the Academy, when she presented neatly the RTP in Shanmukapriya, I found it to be very different and quite interesting..... Poor audio quality is something the artistes are uncomfortable with... and despite these standards, it was testing time for Gayathri Girish who outshone with Khamboji, and delivered a comprehensive melaragamalika that was simply astounding.
Younger artistes and a few noted artistes today are compelled by the strong influence of the lighter versions of music that has brought them NAME, FAME but the impact they have on CARNATIC MUSIC especially towards the elite crowd is unfortunately very less. I am happy to note that GG is by and large ahead, superior in terms of delivering interesting notes concert after concert by improving her repertoire and also by giving us variety.
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