Neelakanta Sivan (1839–1900) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music. Although he did not receive any formal musical training, his compositions exhibit deep technical brilliance. Neelakanta Sivan was born in 1839 at Vadiveeswaram, a part of Nagercoil, he stayed at Padmanabhapuram, the capital of the old Travancore.
He had no practical training in music. Mysticism and erudition innate in him probably got released after his contacts with Kodaganallur Sundaraswamigal. The rulers of Travancore and Cochin and the Rajahs of Ramnad and Pudukottai honoured him. He is credited with bringing rains by invoking God and he anticipated his death and breathed his last at Trivandrum amidst bhajans. Sangita Kalanidhi Papanasam Sivan was his disciple and no wonder the two Sivans have been beacon-lights in Carnatic music with their immortal compositions in Tamil which have been the delight of the musician and the music-lover.
The grandeur of conception, the inspired divine ecstacy revealed in them, the mastery in the art of composition and the felicity of expression have rendered the songs of Nilakanta Sivan highly popular.
He had no practical training in music. Mysticism and erudition innate in him probably got released after his contacts with Kodaganallur Sundaraswamigal. The rulers of Travancore and Cochin and the Rajahs of Ramnad and Pudukottai honoured him. He is credited with bringing rains by invoking God and he anticipated his death and breathed his last at Trivandrum amidst bhajans. Sangita Kalanidhi Papanasam Sivan was his disciple and no wonder the two Sivans have been beacon-lights in Carnatic music with their immortal compositions in Tamil which have been the delight of the musician and the music-lover.
The grandeur of conception, the inspired divine ecstacy revealed in them, the mastery in the art of composition and the felicity of expression have rendered the songs of Nilakanta Sivan highly popular.
Dr. G.Baby Sreeram was born into a musical family in Thiruvananthapuram. Her first Guru was Smt.Ananthalakshmi Venkitaraman, who was the direct disciple of her grand father Sri Bagavatheeswara Bhagavathar. She then went on to receive the Cultural Scholarship instituted by the Govt.of India. She continued her studies in Music under Sangita Kalanidhi T.M.Thiagarajan and later on under Sangita Kala Aacharya Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy.
She received DIRECT "A" from AIR, Trivandrum in 1997, and then opted to settle in Chennai since 1992.
She did her M.A.Music (Rank holder in the year 1994), from Kerala University.
She has completed her Ph.D, in music on the topic "An analytical study on Bhashanga Ragas" under the guidance of Dr.B.Pushpa, from Kerala University in the year 2004.
She received DIRECT "A" from AIR, Trivandrum in 1997, and then opted to settle in Chennai since 1992.
She did her M.A.Music (Rank holder in the year 1994), from Kerala University.
She has completed her Ph.D, in music on the topic "An analytical study on Bhashanga Ragas" under the guidance of Dr.B.Pushpa, from Kerala University in the year 2004.
Artist : Mrs. Santhala Raju.
Velaayudhane
Ragam Kamboji/Adi talam/Neelakanta Sivan
Velaayudhane
Ragam Kamboji/Adi talam/Neelakanta Sivan
Artist :Sharmila Sivakumar.
Song:Sankaranai dinam thuthi maname
Ragam: Yamunakalyani.
Thalam : Adi talam.
Song:Sankaranai dinam thuthi maname
Ragam: Yamunakalyani.
Thalam : Adi talam.
VOCAL: Smt. Bhavani Natarajan.
Saravana bhavaa
Ragam - Kedaram
Talam - Khanta Chapu.
Saravana bhavaa
Ragam - Kedaram
Talam - Khanta Chapu.
Artist: Ms. Priyamvada Sastry
Dinamum Ninai maname
Ragam : Sourashtram
Thalam : Adi
Dinamum Ninai maname
Ragam : Sourashtram
Thalam : Adi
Artist : Bharath Narayan
Shodhippadhenna Nyaayamaa - Dhanyasi - Adi Talam
Shodhippadhenna Nyaayamaa - Dhanyasi - Adi Talam
Artist : Bharath Narayan
Shivanandam - Reethi Gowla - Misra Chaapu
Shivanandam - Reethi Gowla - Misra Chaapu
Artist : Lakshmi Radhakrishnan
Neelakanta Nithyananda-Ragam Hamsanandi/ Thalam Adi
Neelakanta Nithyananda-Ragam Hamsanandi/ Thalam Adi
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