raag Miyan Ki Todi by N. Rajam

Legendary violinist N. Rajam (sister of TN Krishnan, aunt of Kala Ramnath, mother of Sangeeta Shankar, all famous violinists) playing the morning raga Miyan Ki Todi (notice the beautiful morning surroundings: an old temple complex at the banks of the Ganges, boats on the river and birds chilping in the background) in a beautiful poetic scene from the documentary film 'Benares, musiques du Gange' (Yves Billon, 1992 ; France). After many years of studying with legendary singer Omkarnath Thakur, N. Rajam completely revolutionized violin playing in North Indian Hindusthani music by introducing a new vocal (gayaki) style of playing.
It was allowed to download this file from the website of Patrick Moutal, a scholar in Indian Classical Music.

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[asitananda]

will someone inform me where to get all the CD's of this astouding violinist.I like to have all of her creations to be enriched.

[PieterdeRooijHolland]

@asitananda : you can buy her cd's at a lot of webstores, f.i. amazon.com etc , and as a nice alternative there are also streaming services like raaga.com where you can streamlisten albums of her and many others.

[Subodas]

Thumbs up for Ramkumar Mishra'sgreat accompaniment on tabla.

[cyrusvids]

google it

[RufusPerera1]

Wonderful Dr Rajan You are my favorite violin solo player. God Given hands .Augustin

[srinitaaigaura]

I just listened now and I am STUNNED! What gamakas (I don't know the exact term for those modulations) -- at that speed and that too on one string -- these particular phrases without the panchama (pa swara) are very difficult on the violin!

What playing and what bhava! The world should see more of this.

[asitananda]

@PieterdeRooijHolland

Thank you a lot for the information and also for uploading this unique piece of her recital.i'm her one of enchanted listeners.

[asitananda]

@PieterdeRooijHolland

Thanks. I got moved by her creation.