Thoughtful, mellowing and kindled kutchery

Thodur Madabusi Krishna, popularly known as TMK in music circles always follows his mind and enjoys the bliss in the music. He gets completely immersed in the raga and bhava of any piece which he performs. Being a part of a concert by such by person at the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Sharada Cultural Trust at Keys Girls High School on Monday was a treat to music lovers across the city.

TMK hails from a family of music connoisseurs. The famous TT Krishnamachari was his granduncle. Groomed by Bhagavathula Seetharama Sarma with a strong foundation in classical music, TMK took advanced training from Chengalpet Ranganathan and Semmangudu for more than seven years. He had great influence of Jiddu Krishnamurthy’s thoughts since his schooling.

He received the Bismilla Khan Puraskar and extensively toured the globe and is now a sought after Carnatic musician par excellence. He opened the concert with a beautiful composition of Thyagaraja through a rare krithi “Vinatha Suthavahana Sri Ramana” in the raga jayanthisena with a brief alapana.

He focused to augment the lyrical beauty of the charanam “Matha Bheda” which had a perfect swarakalpna in relation to the krithi. Then he moved on to a masterly rendition of apoorva raga “Padi’ of Dekhitar, a very rarely attempted raga by musicians. The concert was concluded with “Seetha Vara Sangeetha Gnanamu” (devagandhari) of Thyagaraja and "Vandematharam. Jaya Jaya Bhartha”, a ragamalika Tamil krithi, and “Muchukunda Varada” (sankarabharanam) of Muthuswamy Deekshithulu, which was a splendid experience filled with inexplicable joy.