Young musicians celebrate Saint Thyagaraja
Fresh young energy and old traditional carnatic music: a wonderful mix for a Sunday morning concert, where voices and instruments have been celebrating the Jayanthi day of Saint Thyagaraja.
Deepening & curiosity
Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (4 May 1767 6 January 1847) or Saint Tyagaraja, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Despite living in Thiruvayur of Tamil Nadu, is the largest composer of Telugu Carnatic music. He composed his first song Namo Namo Raghavayya when he was just 13 years of age; nearly 700 of his compositions are actively taught and practiced till date. He is said to have made as many as 24,000 compositions…