Cleveland - Veena- Kalpakkam Swaminathan - 01

[anviksiki]

Fabulous Fabulous ~

[curiousmoron]

Is this Nata varNam? What is the name of the varNam?

[panchamkauns]

@curiousmoron This is "SAMUGAMU" varnam by Swathi Tirunal

[Praveenagouthaman]

Great concert 

[MrFilthyHyena]

amazing ,,, thank you for uploading this ...

[eagerbeaver009]

sundaram... so soothing.

[mmasny]

Doesn't seem to be impossibly hard what she does :)

[panchamkauns]

Eh, it it was impossible, she wouldn't be doing it.

[mmasny]

oh yes, you're certainly right, mate :-D

[manoj464]

@mmasny its not the playing that's hard in indian music.. thats just technique.. the hard part is to be able to bring out the feel of the raag perfectly.. thats indian music

[rgh1986aka199]

at 75 my grand mother can even read a newspaper without glasses...kudos to all grand parents,Indian tradition and way of life...

[dbadagna]

She plays beautifully. May I ask what is her age?

[kanajam]

"88"

[Embikay]

Kalpakam (not Kalpakkam, as stated by the video uploader) Swaminathan is about 90 years of age. Has been honoured with a Presidential award for South Indian Veena. Was associated with the Kalakshetra in younger days. For more info. you may view the Interview video at 123webindiaDOTcom.

[dbadagna]

Thank you very much! What is the Kalakshetra?

[dbadagna]

The article at Wikipedia says she was born in 1922.

[dbadagna]

What was the date of this concert?

[kanajam]

2008 Cleveland Aradhana

[srinivasrgvn]

Awesome! Is that Smt.Jayalakshmi Shekhar sitting near Smt.Kalpagam?

[kanajam]

Its Nirmala Rajasekhar from MN