The Upadrshta Foundation of Gudivada celebrated the 249 Jayanthi of Sri Thyagaraja Swamy at Upadrashta Venkata Sastri Brahmin Community Hall and a sizable gathering of musicians and music lovers attended the vocal concert presented in this connection. The singer was a 12-year-old prodigy Kothapalli Pravallika, a disciple of vidwan Popuri Syamasunder. Pravallika ha started showing extraordinary talent from the age of six years and she sports a melodious voice and sharp swara gnanam.
She started the concert with Muthiah Bhagavatar’s famous varnam Mathe Malayadhvaja Pandya Raja Tanaye in Khamas and continued to build up the tempo with Vijayambike (Vijayanagari). In the sub main item Bhajana Seyave of Tyagaraja in Kalyani, Pravallika displayed fine manodharmam ability in the raga delineation and kalpana swaras.
This was followed in quick succession with Kanjadalayatakshi in Kamala manohari and Sara Sara Samarai of Thyagaraja. The main item in Pravallika’s concert was Thyagaraja’s Prakkala Nilabadi in Kharaharapriya rendered competently with fine ragalapana, bhava rich neraval and crisp kalpana swaras. After the main item Pravallika rendered Rangapura vihara of Dikshitar in Brindavana Saranga, Tandanana Ahi of Annamacharya in Bowli and Lalgudi’s thillana in rag Desh.
Fine instrumental support for Pravallika was provided by Palaparthy Nageswara Rao on violin, Inapavuluri Pinakapani on mridangam and T.Lakshmi Shanker on the morsing.
