Avartana 2022 is NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble's Semester 1 Showcase for AY 22/23.
Avartana explores the four seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring through a musical light with each season conveying different moods, emotions and reflections, featuring excerpts from Jev Akshay’s poem, Ritu Pralayam. This student-led showcase also serves as a platform for creative expression for the performers to come up with their presentations and experiment with different instrumentations and presentation formats.
The show starts with Summer, presenting an exploration and interweaving of traditional Carnatic Compositions, followed by Autumn, which showcases a medley of film music and Carnatic fusion. Subsequently, Winter performs a Ragamalika Jatiswaram, ending with Spring, presenting an exploration of the raag Charukeshi using a novel instrumentation.
Performers:
1. Summer: Srishti Ramakrishnan, Sneha Athreya, Uma Gowri Ramanathan, Sri Priyanka Rajanala
2. Autumn: Eshitha Jithendra Kumar, Jev Akshay Jeevan, Krishnapriya Sathiapal, Vaishnavi Harihara Venkatesan
3. Winter: Thiago Alexander Esslinger, Lakshmanan G, Vidya Pradeep, Rasamayi (Rallapalli Vembar Srinivasa)
4. Spring: Shalini Seshadri, Xin Tong Chan, Lakshmanan G
Emcee: Abhishek Balaji
Volunteers: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Anushka Prakash, Shantanu Modak, Vedisha Roopun
Mentors:
Viasar Malavar (Summer), Jev Akshay Jeevan (Autumn), Neha Lakshmanan (Winter), Lakshmanan G (Spring)
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0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Summer
12:35 - Autumn
21:24 - Winter
28:20 - Spring
45:05 - Ending
47:08 - Credits
24 июл 2024
