{"id":2718,"date":"2023-02-11T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T14:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/legend\/crm\/?page_id=2718"},"modified":"2023-05-08T11:47:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:47:58","slug":"ramayana-bala-kandam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/dance-operas\/ramayana-bala-kandam\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramayana Bala Kandam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ravikiran was invited by Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival to compose the first and final segments of their grand 6-day Operatic dance production, Ramayana. His <\/span>Ramayana - Bala Kandam<\/i> performed to sell-out crowds in San Diego in April 2011 and a week later in Cleveland. Choreographed by the legendary Prof C V Chandrashekhar, this consisted of 37 pieces and included a new 3-note raga introduced by him, Katyayani<\/i> <\/span>as also a unique <\/span>tillana based on Chaturashra tishra gati, interspersed with illusory math patterns as well. Musicians included Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, Bhargavi Balasubramanian and others.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Index of Compositions<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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01 – Pushpanjali – Bilahari – Khanda Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Vaibhogame – Ragamalika – Talamalika<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Tenena kuralam (Viruttam) – Katyayani<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Raja guru idayam – Kanada – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Kowshikar vandar – Deepakam – Khanda Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Varuha varuha vedanta vallale – Kedaram – Adi (Tishra gati)<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Mannal mannane (Viruttam) – Simhendramadhyamam<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
04 – Shiriyavan avanena – Kedaram – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
05 – Nakkinal munaindu – Simhendramadhyamam – Tishra Jhampa (Tishra gati)<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
06 – Emmarashe (Viruttam) – Begada<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Dada dada dada ena (Recitation) – Sankeerna Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Tatakai vandale – Charukeshi – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Madai ena parade (Viruttam) – Hamsanadam<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
04 – Manukulottaman kanai parakka – Shahana – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Chittiramayamana (Viruttam) – Valachi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Siddhashramam tanai – Andolika – Roopakam<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Yagnam tadaiyinri (Viruttam)- Saveri<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Vazhiyil veenadainda (Viruttam) – Yagapriya<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Ahalyai charitam – Ramapriya – Mishra Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
04 – Mahendira maha tantira (Viruttam) – Gambheeranattai<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
05 – Olivaittavuzhi (Viruttam) – Ranjani<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
06 – Ashramam adil – Navarasakannada – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Vedagama oli (Viruttam) – Karnataka Shuddhasaveri<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Annai avalai ore kanam – Surati – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Kan shollum kadai (Pada varnam) – Kalyani – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 & 02 – Dhanyananen & Aiyayiram – Dhanyashi & Hameerkalyani- Adi & Mishra Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Vishwamitrarum ramanukku (Viruttam) – Mukhari<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Paramanandamudan (Viruttam) – Sarasvatimanohari<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Tirumaname – Ragamalika – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
03 – Kalyaname – Punnagavarali – Khanda Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Puyalena parashuramar – Vasanta – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Punmuruvaludan – Jhonpuri – Adi<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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01 – Khamach Tillana – Roopakam<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
02 – Mangalam – Shree – Mishra Chapu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ramayana Bala Kandam Ravikiran was invited by Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival to compose the first and final segments of their grand 6-day Operatic dance production, Ramayana. His Ramayana – Bala Kandam performed to sell-out crowds in San Diego in April 2011 and a week later in Cleveland. Choreographed by the legendary Prof C V Chandrashekhar, this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":720,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10801,"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions\/10801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravikiranmusic.com\/compositions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}