Concert Performances
Semmangudi was widely renowned for his virtuosity as a concert performer. He was famous for the meticulous planning that he put into every concert, including the choice of krithis, raagas and duration. He was also widely acknowledged as a master of improvisation, particularly in the form of niravals.
His concerts will be remembered for many reasons. Most importantly his choice of songs, speed in rendering swarams and his ability to combine choice and speed with bhakti. While there may be several other technical terms that can be used to describe the above, that however was the foundation that won him ardent fans around the world. His concert included intelligent jokes which will be remembered for centuries to come. Some of the most memorable concerts over the years had genius mirudangam and violin accompanyment.
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Lalgudi Jayaraman, T. N. Krishnan, Trichy Sankaran and Vellore Ramabhadran. These five great artists added additional glory to the concerts. Some very famous concert kritis included Marubalka in Sri Ranjani raga which many Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer fan's treasure.
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