Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Shobhana Rangachary - Vocal

Smt Shobhana Rangachary was known as Lady MDR!!
Yes, She was a disciple of Sri M D Ramanthan and picked up his style totally.
It is unfortunate that she passed away at a very young age.
She was a bundle of talent according to knowledgeable people.

Not much is known about Smt Shobhana.
Sri Rangachary, her husband, now a  retired IAS officer, lives in Hyderabad.
I heard Shobhana singing and was struck by hers tyle.
There are peopel who said it was mere imitation.
But, I still remeber the RTP in Balahamsa ragam that Shobhana sang on AIR.
A mere imitator cannot perform like that.
I am told, she learnt Hindustani muisc from  Smt Siddheswari Devi.
With such Gurus what else can be expected from the lady?


I bring here a short performance of Smt Shobhana.
I request people to listen to this music!

I found it interesting!!

List:

01-Varnam-Vasanta.mp3
02-Mahaganapate-Nata_Narayani.mp3
03-Swaminatha_Paripalaya-Nata.mp3
04-Bhajanaparula-Suruti.mp3
05-Neevada_Ne_Gana-Saranga.mp3
06-O_Jagadamba-Ananda_Bhairavi.mp3

Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=10f3f26dc390f408ab1eab3e9fa335cab7ba971e97547390

Let us enjoy good music!!
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5 comments:

Ajay Cadambi said...

Thank you for this concert recording. Is there any way we can listen to the Balahamsa RTP that you mention?

C.Ramakrishnan said...

That was a very good cocnert. Recently I got two of her very good concerts. Hence wanted to know about her. Any photo of hers available. When she passed away.At what age. Thanks.

T K Sreevalsan said...

Shobhana (1954-85) wasn't an MDR disciple. Her chief guru was S Gopalakrishnan (of AIR Delhi), who had learned from Tiger Varadachariar.

In short, Shobhana and MDR share a common music lineage.

T K Sreevalsan said...

https://indiaartreview.com/2020/10/25/shobhana-rangachari-a-life-sketch-of-a-lesser-known-carnatic-vocalist/

B. Karthickeyan said...

Ram Ram. Tnkusomuch. I was not even aware of this great musician.