When Violin meets Keyboard

Although this comes 3 days late, this review is worth every word that I write. It was on Friday evening that 2 fabulously talented musicians in their early 20s were at a popular shopping mall in Chennai to do what they’re best at…. Play music…and what else…it was a concert that didn’t cost your money…they charged you with your time and they sure had every piece of my time whilst I was there from the very beginning till the total end of the concert!

Shyam Ravishankar and K.P. Prateesh were the performers for the marvellous musical night. Shyam, a violinist and Prateesh, a Key board artist said to have teamed up together for the first time in public, but their bonding on the floor defied this reality. Starting from Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje and progressing with master pieces by Sir Elton John, Martin Garrix (Animals), the great Mozart’s symphony, Forsaken (by Dream Theatre), Set the world on Fire (Pirates of Carribean song track), Titanic theme music and descending to more Indian stuff like Anjali Anjali (from Duet), Uyire (from Bombay)… these two were charmers for the gathering. At any given moment during the concert, the audience was no less than 30 people. To not bind audience by the “value for money” factor… to get them magnetised by some true soulful and refreshing music, both of them were splendid I must say.

Personally, Shyam… you made me realise that the pieces of music that are played on guitar, when played on violin have a total different effect on mind, while a rock music on guitar can jolt you and make you think rebellion, the same piece on a violin won't shake you to wake up, it rather makes you pensive, more thoughtful…the end result may be the same, but the channel and the flow has a huge diversity and its amazing to have felt something like that through your work and Prateesh the key board work that you did is something that I saw live for the first time, so your performance will forever be special, I know not what those 8 green buttons are called on your instrument, but I thoroughly enjoyed your expressions while playing on them and doling out some superb stuff…thank you for introducing Martin Garrix to me and to some others in the audience too.

Thank you both for such a levitating yet soothing experience! You both must continue to perform together!

And as the prime part of a review goes....you get 5 on 5 from me!

Lots of good wishes!

Sincererly your fan!

Nirupama