Hamsadhwani’s ‘Parampara Concert’ celebrates Malladi musical legacy

The Hamsadhwani auditorium witnessed a special celebration of musical lineage last Saturday, when Malladi Suribabu received the Sathguru Thyagaraja Hamsadhwani Award. The felicitation was followed by a ‘Parampara Concert’ featuring three generations of musicians of the Malladi family — Suribabu, Sree Ramaprasad and Ravikumar on vocal, with Malladi Sindhu Rageswari on the violin and Malladi Sree Aravind Karthik and Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi on double-mridangam.

The concert began with Annamacharya’s ‘Vandeham jagadvallabham’ in Hamsadhwani, tuned by Sripada Pinakapani. Suribabu’s alapana was clear and assured, followed by kalpanaswaras at the pallavi, with all three vocalists taking turns. The brief Darbar alapana preceding Tyagaraja’s ‘Narada guruswami’ was particularly effective, with Suribabu bringing out the raga’s characteristics through clear and distinctive prayogas.