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    Abhishek Raghuram is a renowned Indian percussionist who has learned the mridangam from his grandfather Palghat Raghu and the kanjira. At age 7, he won gold for mridangam at an all-India competition, and gave his first performance at age 9. He has performed extensively in India and abroad, releasing several albums of Carnatic music. Carnatic music originated in southern India and is one of the two main sub-genres of Indian classical music, centered around vocal compositions called kritis and emphasizing sruti, swara, raga, and tala. It is traditionally performed by a small ensemble led by a vocalist accompanied by violin, mridangam,

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    Abhishek Raghuram is a renowned Indian percussionist who has learned the mridangam from his grandfather Palghat Raghu and the kanjira. At age 7, he won gold for mridangam at an all-India competition, and gave his first performance at age 9. He has performed extensively in India and abroad, releasing several albums of Carnatic music. Carnatic music originated in southern India and is one of the two main sub-genres of Indian classical music, centered around vocal compositions called kritis and emphasizing sruti, swara, raga, and tala. It is traditionally performed by a small ensemble led by a vocalist accompanied by violin, mridangam,

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    SPIC MACAY

    Abhishek Raghuram

    ABHISHEK RAGHURAM ● Learnt the mridangam from his grandfather, the legendary Sri Palghat
    Raghu; the kanjira from Sri Harishankar & music from Vidwan Sri PS Narayanaswamy ● Received the Ustad
    Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2013 ● At 7 years, won the ‘Gold Medal for
    Mridangam’ in the Mazhalai Medhai Contest (An all-India contest organized by the Tamil magazine Ananda
    Vikatan) ● First performance at 9 years under the auspices of the Percussive Arts Centre in Bangalore
    ● Performed extensively in India & gave his first international concert tour in America in 1999 with his
    grandfather, Sri Palghat Raghu ● Released several albums, including Makarandam & Ecstacy in Annamayya.
    Composed many Thillanas. Has also completed B.S. in Mathematics
    CARNATIC MUSIC ● A system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian
    subcontinent ● One of two main sub-genres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu
    traditions, the other sub-genre being Hindustani music ● The sub-genre flourished during the period of
    Vijayanagar Empire and was later mainly patronized by the Maharajas of Mysore & Travancore ● Mainly sung
    through compositions called the kriti (or kirtanam) – a form developed between the 14th & 20th centuries by
    composers such as Purandara Dasa, Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar & Syama Sastri ● Sruti (the musical
    pitch), swara (the sound of a single note), raga (the melodic formulæ) & tala (the rhythmic cycles) form the
    foundation of composition. Main emphasis is on vocal music; most compositions are meant to be performed
    in gayaki (singing) style. Has improvisations in raga known as Manodharma Sangeetam (music of imagination)
    ● Performed by a small ensemble of musicians led by a principal vocalist, violin (for melody), mridangam
    (for rhythm) & tambura (for drone) are generally used as accompaniments. Upapakavadyam are ghatam,
    kanjira or morsing ● Some renowned Carnatic vocalists are Semmangudi Srinivas Iyer, MS Subbalakshmi,
    ML Vasanthakumari, DK Pattamal, Maharajpuram Santhanam & Balamurali Krishna

    www.spicmacay.com ● info@spicmacay.com

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